That was probably the worst dinner I have ever been a part of. I take another puff of smoke out of my long cigar. A gift from Val. I didn't smoke that much. Val got me hooked onto it. It calms my nerves, not so much now. Set comes up. I look at him. He starts licking my bleeding arm. 

"Hmh." I let out a small chuckle. 

I take another breath of smoke. Of course, Val thinks he saved me. He did at first, but now it just seems I'm caught in between his two out of four hands. He's choking me. I lean against the floor of my room. I blow out smoke. 

At least it's over. Val went back to attend to business. At least he got off of me. I hear a knock on the door. I slowly stand up. No need to put on my cape. I don't need it. I open the door. Rapunzel stood there.

"What?" I ask.

"May I come in?" She asks. 

"Your highness." I open the door.

She walks in.

"I assume you have questions about my past." I say.

She nods. I let out a breath.

"Why did Valentino say he saved you?" She asks.

I take another whiff of smoke. She looks at me.

"I got hooked onto smoking because of Val." I say.

"I'm not judging." She says.

"Uh-huh." I say.

I turn. She looks at the scar on my face.

"You know, I've gotten scars before. When I was a slave, I wasn't the only one. There were thousands of boys. boys each separated from their parents at a young age, really young age. We were trained to kill and serve. Long story short, a slave life isn't the best life. Anyway, I met Val at eighteen and man..." I chuckle.

The first time I met him changed everything. It was like fireworks. I fell for him quickly. It was the first time I felt love. But now... it's kind of gone. I turn. Rapunzel walks up to me and hugs me.

"Uh. Princess?" I ask.

"I'm so sorry." She says.