Chapter 5: Chapter Four: A Contract That Changes All
Aliyah signed a contract without even looking back, if she had, she won't be regretting it now, she signed something that determines her life forever, binding her to someone she won't have ever expected.
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Aliyah wrapped herself in a ball on her bed, her hair was in a messy state, she had the overbearing feeling she wasn't getting out of here anytime soon, after that embarrassing encounter with her dad, she stormed off and never stepped out of her room till nightfall, she missed dinner but she didn't care, at all.
Her emotions were derailing and her hair couldn't stop being frizzy, everything seemed blurry now, the desire to get up and conquer wasn't there anymore, she didn't even know where she was anymore, had she been captured by some sick virtual reality developer and used one of the most well-known people as their first?
Because.
They were so damn good.
A gentle knock came from the door, on a normal day she'd expect her father, but regarding the past situation. That was very unlikely, so she just ruled it out as a servant, because no other person was kind enough to knock so gently, even when she knew they were asked to.
"Come in" she said; her voice cracking and dried up for all the hours she had spent crying.
The maid shuffled her feet towards Aliyah.
"Your Highness, Aliyah, you are being summoned" the maid walked to Aliyah's side, keeping her head low, even though Aliyah was backing her.
The servant turned around to go, because servants say as they are told and once done, they don't waste a minute to find an opportunity to move away.
"Stop!" Aliyah shouted before the maid could turn the handle of the door, the maid was stunned by her request for a few seconds, before turning back and hurrying over to Aliyah.
"Yes your Highness?" She asked in a squeak, "Do you have any idea why I'm being summoned?" Aliyah asked. "It is not in my position to say so, your Highness, I answer to superior power than yours, and their command to me is to keep all information hidden, goodbye Princess Aliyah."
Before Aliyah could utter a word, the maid just scurried away. Aliyah sighed and got up. She had been dreading meeting her so called 'father' once more, but it seemed like she had no choice.
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“The chariot just arrived, and I saw the kingdom of Dynopia first hand after the continuous reincarnations, I'm starting to lose my wonder in it, something had to change, that's for sure, I just want these series of time loops to end, and I just hope I can move on with my life, if only Aliyah would help.
I have seen almost every version of her during my 19 reincarnations and this will make it, lucky number twenty.
Everything concerning her temperament, I've seen her being dominated by;
Anger- not the very best experience.
Grief- she always gets pillows wet.
Childishness- she was so annoying.
Disgust- she hates everything, even the sun?
Joy- being positive isn't the best thing ever if you're in my shoes.
Craziness- I almost thought she was a mad woman.
My thoughts were being shifted as we arrived at the palace, all of it seemed like a badly written script, her father, will act super nice to me and his daughter, Aliyah will come down happily, because she is forced to and I take her home= success”. Luke narrated to himself as the chariot moved.
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Aliyah yawned after finally getting the morale booster she needed to get up and go, the morale booster was that she won't give up, never, that word was alien to her, even though she felt like doing that, subconsciously, her conscious mind won't allow it, whether she liked it or not.
Dragging her feet on the carpet was a tiring job to do, her bed was so far from the door, she started to wonder how they managed to keep her room so shining, and sparkly.
She got to the door and got herself out of the room in one move she hurried downstairs.
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I just woke up in bed, by midnight, I cuddled the white sheets as they reminded me of home, and mother's embrace and I wake up by midnight regularly because a medical student never sleeps! And because my body clock is so messed up.
Luke didn't have to carry me all the way over here, I'm a big girl I don't need him anymore! I pouted, yawned and stretched, then I went up to Luke's study expecting him to be there and reprimand him for his actions but to my surprise, he wasn't there, for like the first time in forever, he's not where he's meant to be, that's just weird, I scrunched up my eyebrows out of wonder.
I went up to his bedroom, I creaked open his door and found him snoring peacefully, lights off, him sleeping, was certainly scary.
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Tap
Tap
Tap.
Aliyah's fingers drummed on the table. Her white and gold dress seemed to paint her personality, all too innocent.
Tap
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Her drumming was disoriented as her father's icy glance pierced into her soul; she gave him an even icier look as they sat opposite each other on the long table.
TAP
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She gave him an angry look, and he sighed.
"Aliyah... I have to say something" he paused and took a deep breath, Aliyah's glare softened, as she expected him to apologize.
"Stop drumming your fingers on the table! It is so annoying and disrespectful!" He screamed in annoyance, Aliyah just chuckled.
She had been used to men like him before, her father doesn't make any difference, she smiled and twirled the wine glass in her fingers, it tasted like water compared to the wine she drank in reality.
"Your Highness, what is the name of you kingdom?" She asked.
"Dynopia, simple don't tell me-" he was cut off by Aliyah. "Father, how can you rule a Kingdom, when you can't control your mind, you're unstable, it is so obvious that I can read it on your face, 2. You're plotting something by bringing me here father; I could hear the maids whispering something, 3. You're sweating profusely so what I'm saying is true isn't it?" She asked.
Her father clapped his hands sarcastically as evil villains do in movies, he laughed.
"You are talking and blabbing more than you reason with your head, you signed a contract without reading it and here you are talking about how unstable I am, have you looked at yourself, why do you analyze others before analyzing yourself?" Her father, Fredrick grinned.
Aliyah gripped her fork as she contemplated the words her father swung at her, ‘analyzing myself?’ In the middle of her thought process, the dining room door swung open. A servant in her late fifties came in, she was in a hurry and Fredrick's grin got wider.
If he wasn't her father, she would have mistaken him for the devil himself.
"King Luke is outside, he asked me to hurry to get you King Fredrick!" She said, in between pants. Like someone had chased her over there, maybe that's why she didn't knock, had someone threatened her?
Aliyah's chest tightened in fear, what sort of dream was this? Actually it wasn't a dream. But a nightmare.
Why did her dreams have to be as messed up as her life? She thought she could have bliss and peace for a change, now look at what was happening, she was just 27 for God's sake, she didn't need any more of this stress or hate before her hair starts falling off when she is up to 30.
Some things in life she wished she could have enjoyed but it was too late for that.
"Tell him to come in" Fredrick commanded and Aliyah was still rooted in shock. Something bad was going to happen and it was only a matter of minutes till it did.
---Luke---
Everything didn't change, still the same extravagant waste of wealth her kingdom tends to display, instead of building up their economy and welfare they spent money on petty things. I hold a bit of disdain to Aliyah, mostly because she's always stubborn in all of her shortcomings, but I can't stop holding hope to get out of this sick time loop soon.
Before it becomes the end of me.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone