Forgotten Princess Syndrome

'Oh, why did I decide to leave the Palace?' I inwardly screamed at myself. How did these people even know who I was?! All I wanted was to escape my miserable life in the Palace and find refuge in a neighboring village. ***** I had to take action because waiting for help like a damsel in distress wasn't an option. I didn't run away from my difficult family just to meet a worse fate. ______ Imagine being the most cherished girl in your kingdom, only to become a personal maid to your stepsisters after a trip to a secluded part of the neighboring country. Alyssa Elise Vasquez is the youngest daughter of King Edward of Darinton. She and her older brother, Luke, were once the pride of their family until their mother passed away. Six months after her mother's death, her father remarried the daughter of the general of the royal army. Following the marriage, Alyssa found herself with a stepmother and three stepsiblings. Suddenly, she was shunned and neglected by her father, isolated from her brother, and bullied by her two stepsisters, grandfather, and stepmother. At 16, a war erupted with the neighboring kingdom of Aragorn. The conflict lasted two grueling years before a truce was reached. Aragorn, being the most powerful kingdom, demanded a princess be married to the crown prince, who also happened to be the youngest prince of Aragorn. It is said that the crown prince personally came to ask for Alyssa's hand. At 18, Alyssa was sent to Aragorn as the wife of the young Prince, unknown to her, reputed to be a cold-blooded tyrant and one of the most ruthless figures in their world, Prince Damien of Aragorn. Meanwhile, Prince Damien is the crown prince of Aragorn, striving to reclaim power from his power-hungry uncle and cousins. Due to his trauma, he became a cold, ruthless, and heartless warrior, killing anyone who stood in his way. But everything changed when he met "her". He tries his best to win Alyssa's heart, but it isn't easy when her heart remains fixed on the man she met on her 14th birthday.