Rae's POV

I held my brother's hand tightly and leaned into his side as we followed Victor down the hallway. I tried so hard not to show any fear or discomfort in seeing Victor again, but my body betrays me by displaying my widned eyes and trembling body. Questions and thoughts swirled in my head as worries and concerns overwhelmed. I had so many feelings bottled up inside of me that I was close to just falling apart; but I refused to give that satisfaction to Victor.

Victor stopped in his tracks and opened the door widely to reveal a guets bedroom. He pointed at Killian and made a hand gesture to the room. Killian was hesitant to leave my side. I noticed that he was feeling uneasy about leaving me alone with Victor. I didn't want him to leave me alone with Victor.

" This is your room, Captain. I advise that you stay in your room until further notice. ", Victor said firmly.

" What about my sister? ", Killian asked sternly.

" I will escort Miss Rae to the room that she is to stay in. She will have to stay in her room until further notice as well. ", Victor said in a bored tone.

Killain narrowed his eyes at Victor before gently ruffling my hair and letting go of my hand. My brother's blue eyes were focused on Victor before he entered his room. Victor slammed the door shut and snapped his fingers making the sound of the door knob click.

" Did you just lock the door!? ", Killian asked angrily.

" For your safetly. ", Victor retorted before his attention went towards me.

" Follow me, Miss Rae. ", he spoke in a chilling voice.

I narrowed my eyes at him and crossed my arms before following Victor's lead. We walked for a while and I realized that my given room was far from my brother's reach which made me uncomortable. I didn't say a word. To avoid small talk, I turned from side to side to exmaine the changes that were made in the decorations. Instead of flowers and light colors thabrought the elegance in the castle, the counters were empty and dark colors were spattered on the wall making me feel uninvited. Instead of feeling a cozy feeling of returning room, I felt like a stranger walking into someone's house just waiting for trouble to approach me.

Victor stopped in his tracks and opened the door widely. He made a hand gesture towards the guest bedroom.

" This is where you will be staying. " , Victor said.

I slowly nodded before walking into the room. A faint smile crossed my face seeing the guest bedroom being elegant and clean. The bed was nicely made with multiple pillows. There were drawers and bookshelves. A nightstand was placed next to the bed and white curtains covered the view of the window.

" It has a nice fit for a princess. " , Victor complimented.

" Indeed. " , I spoke softly.

" Too bad, you aren't a princess anymore. " , he taunted me.

The sound of the door closing made me flinch. Tears streamed down my cheeks and I held in my emotions silently. I had everything stripped away from me and there was nothing that I could do.

" My, my, my. It seems that the fiesty, stubborn girl has lost her motive to fight back. The so called princess is removed from her position and is now a normal girl. " , Victor darkly chuckled.

His dark blue eyes stared into my eyes as he circled me like a predator with its prey. His hands behind his back like he held more power than me. In which, he did; for I am nothing against him.

" To find out that your parents were murdered is probably even worst. " , Victor said. " At least you have your boyfriend. "

" Peter and I broke up. " , I mumbled.

" Pssh, stop playing with me. " , Victor waved me off.

" I'm not joking. Peter and I broke up. Okay? So yes, I have no boyfriend, my parents were murdered, I lost my position, and now I have nothing but my brother who is a pirate! And I don't want to be a pirate! " , I exclaimed being clearly frustrated as tears stained my cheek. " You must be happy. Very happy. "

" Happy? Oh please, I don't care about your problems. But hey, at least you had some sense to break up with that cruel villian. " , Victor scoffed.

" And I regret it. " , I admitted quietly.

Victor hummed in response before I felt his presence behind me. His finger curled a piece of my raven hair as his arm rubbed my shoulder gently.

" Love is a complicated emotion to take in. You fall in love and get rejected...you are hurt. You are in a relationship and things don't go well so you both break up...you get hurt. Nobody loves you...you are hurt. Love can a beautiful feeling, but it can also hurt you if you don't know how to handle it. " , Victor stated.

I raised my eyebrow before wiping away the tear stains on my cheeks and taking a couple of deep breaths to calm me down. I played with the charms on my bracelet nervously and sighed once more.

" In every fairytale, there is a villian. A villain may be the antagonist in the story, but there is always a story behind their reason for becoming evil. " , Victor whispered quietly.

I frowned at the thought of Killian. My brother is Captain Hook, a villain in a fairytale. Now I understood why he is the way he is and how happy he seems to live his dream as a pirate. It never crossed my thought about how villains are just like us, but express their ideas differently.

Oh Peter.

" I know you see me as the bad guy, but I can assure that I'm not as cruel as Pan. Even I have sympathy for you because I never knew what my purpose was in my life. And that led me into getting in trouble. " , Victor said.

" And your point? " , I asked rolling my eyes.

" You have a purpose in this world, Rae. Maybe being a princess or marrying that Romanian loser wasn't meant to be. Maybe your purpose is bigger than that. Dreams can become reality, but only if you make it happen. " , Victor advised me.

He patted my shoulder and started to head out of the door. I turned around to see him look at me one more time before closing my door. The sound of the lock activated gave me goosebumps, but Victor's words somewhat gave me hope. I looked down at my bracelet seeing the small message that made me smile.

Just Think Happy Thoughts.

If only Peter knew that he was one of those happy thoughts.

A/N: Intense chapter, but slowly settles down at the end. I hope y'all are enjoying this book 💕