The Author's POV

After finishing her last class, food exploration, Amanda went back to her room. Along the way, people would try to strike a conversation with her, but she promptly ignored them.

Arriving in her room, the first thing she did was sit on her sofa and pick up a book. Since she had about an hour to pass, in order to pass time, she decided to do the only thing she could think of. Read a book.

...only when reading a book did she feel a sense of belonging.

Amanda's family circumstances were a bit special

Her father, Edward Stern, Guild master of the 'Demon Hunter' guild and Hero rank 25 'Frost of remorse', was rarely home.

Her real mother left when she was two. She couldn't handle all the pressure that came from being the wife of such an important figure.

The only memory Amanda had of her was her lonely silhouette walking down a long road as heavy rain poured from the sky. That was the day she left their home.

Amanda wanted to reach out for her…but not once did the figure ever turn back to look at her. That memory was forever etched deep inside of the young Amanda.

Because of that, ever since she was two, she was raised by her father and her nanny

That being said, due to the nature of her father's work, he would rarely be able to come back on time to spend time with her.

Whenever he did have time, Amanda remembered him rubbing her head with his large warm hand.

Too bad those moments only lasted a couple of seconds…

In the end, the person that raised her was her nanny.

She would often tell her stories and fairy tales of princesses getting kidnapped to later get saved by a charming white prince.

She too wanted to be a princess…

Back then, Amanda didn't really understand what princesses went through when they get kidnapped.

But later on in her life, she did.

The first time she was kidnapped she was seven years old.

At the time she only remembered hearing voices. Her vision was obstructed. Tight roped tangled both her arms and legs. She was scared. A large gag was placed in her mouth preventing her from screaming.

…fortunately, her father came and saved her.

Then it happened again.

…and again

…and again

Slowly, Amanda found herself losing her emotions. Her natural childish smile disappeared the more she got kidnapped. She was slowly maturing.

However, she was still able to smile when her nanny narrated fairy tales to her. Those were the only times she felt safe and at peace. Sucked in another world. Almost as if escaping reality.

…That was until she was eleven. That was the age at which her nanny passed away, ridding of the last warmth in her heart.

has never

when kidnapped, she felt

and white. Slowly the expectations

won't be sad, I won't expect anything from

shut herself in a box. It was from that point on that she decided not to form any relationships that weren't necessary. Even if they had the best interest for her,

she was reading, Amanda stood up

a cold indifference to them that made people feel like she

in the form of a smile. Letting go, the edges of her

couple more times, but...no matter how

took a beautiful black dress with

she usually disliked attending parties, Amanda chose to attend this one. That was because back in the first

was used to these kinds of things, but...once she opened the box she was

identical to her, and if not for the

she barely had any memories of her mother, Amanda couldn't stop herself from

to know why she had abandoned her and never visited in all the years

Amanda had no choice but to look for him, and thus decided

dress and looking at herself in the mirror for a couple of seconds, Amanda took

-Click!

door behind her, Amanda went towards the appointed location with

...

a suit or

what to wear to the after-party. As I never attended

suit or casual

...urgh!

because this situation caught me off-guard I wouldn't have chosen to attend this

ironed T-shirt accompanied by blue jeans. Looking at myself in the

skinny body had started to bulk up. Though my body wasn't sculpted like a god, I had a fairly good body. My short black hair which was nicely styled, accompanied by the deep

at myself a couple of more times, I looked at the time and found that I only had ten

my eyesight landed in the corner of my room where a black sword

black

get to the point where I have to

for the worse. The situation was already starting to get out of my control, and right now, for the first time, I was going

-Click!

my room keys and turning off the lights, I left

...

"Cheers!"

luxurious room, a flock

golden patterns on the sides sat in the middle of the room. Large wooden tables that were filled with

rather well-known restaurant called [le farat]. It was a fairly luxurious restaurant with celebrities often showing up here. Due to its popularity, it was fairly obvious that this place was expensive and somehow Elijah had managed to book a whole room just for the gathering. This pretty much impressed

the wine. It had a fruity yet overbearing smell that made my

I

wine was one that I took from

tasting was one that I brought with me. It's not that I disliked the wine here, but there was a high chance all the foods and drinks in

being somewhat paranoid, it was better to

with the crowd. If I didn't drink it, in the event that there was an ambush,

smacked my lips a couple of times before looking at my