It had been unaffected by the outside world for over three hundred centuries,
It moved at a contradictory pace then the rest of the kingdom.
The people of this kingdom were content with their way of living,
That they never thought twice about what lied beyond the kingdom.
Everything but a dark secret kept hidden by a member of the royal family.
Their only daughter passed away when she was still in infantry.
The royal family strained to get beyond that depressing time,
But were never actually able to move on after that tragedy.
After the death of his only daughter,
The King started to separate himself from the family.
The death of the Princess took the biggest toll on the queen,
For she lost the daughter she always wanted.
The foundation of this once great kingdom started to crack,
Rumors and lies about the royal family started to circulate within the kingdom.
The royal family kept up appearances for the kingdom's sake,
But privately the royal family was diminishing quickly.
The queen distanced herself a little more each passing day.
Yet the King was never aware of the queen's discontent,
Due to he was always gone on some kind of expedition.
The princes felt helpless as their family deteriorated right in front of them.
The second oldest prince also started to separate himself from the family.
The prince lived with a secret that would split the family even more.
He did what his family has come to expect of him,
Yet behind their backs he lived his secret life.
He followed the expectations placed upon him as a prince,
He dated princesses from other kingdoms and kept up on his education.
His heart was already stolen from him from a commoner in the village.
But this love was forbidden because his heart belonged to the castle's stable boy.
The prince was afraid to tell his parents of his love for this commoner,
For it would shatter the delicate fiber holding his family together.
He...