88 Wishes and Dreams

"But they said that I was a disgrace…" Till this day, some of the harsh words from her so-called wedding parade still haunted Daphne in her nightmares. They echoed in her mind, amplifying and duplicating. 

"Their homes were just broken. Like you, they needed a place to let that all out. But once they thought about it a few more times, they realized the holes in the logic." 

Daphne suddenly felt like crying. No matter if this was the reality, she wanted to believe that it was true. 

She was but a human. Like all others, she wanted to be liked. But even more, she didn't want to be hated, much less by the people she had loved her whole life. 

"Princess, the people of Eversun really do love you. And you've done everything to reciprocate their love. They have a reason to love you." 

"I've never succeeded in doing anything for them." 

"Princess, you risked your life to save them. You sold your pride and bartered away your position."