A Beautiful Angel\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Upon arriving in the village, Abril asked the guards to take her to the market, as she had never\u00a0<\/p>\n
visited one and was curious to see what it would be like.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the market, there were many stalls selling fruits, vegetables, and various other items. She\u00a0<\/p>\n
stopped at each one of them and bought something from all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she passed by a food stall, she saw two very thin children gazing at the\u00a0<\/p>\n
stomachs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
and touching their\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril had touched her stomach countless times like those children were doing when she was a\u00a0<\/p>\n
child; she understood what it meant, they were hungry. Abril approached the food stall and ordered several meat skewers, and after paying for them, she approached the children and offered\u00a0<\/p>\n
one to each.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you hungry?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The children nodded energetically; seeing the food made their mouths water, but they hesitated for a moment, unsure if they should take what was being offered to them. Nobody was ever kind to them, so they distrusted the kindness of the beautiful woman in front of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With a soft and sweet voice, Abril said to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe food is good, there\u2019s nothing wrong with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The children took the skewers with the meat and immediately put it in their mouths; they had been orphaned two months ago, and since their parents had died, they had been sleeping on the streets because the landlord had evicted them from the house they lived in, and since they had no other family, they had to beg for food to survive. However, people were not kind to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Very few gave them some hard bread to satisfy their hungry stomachs; this was the first decent meal they had had in a long time. Tears rolled down their cheeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril caressed their heads; their hair was dirty and matted. The guards wanted to stop the princess from touching those dirty children, but she gave them a stern look. They were surprised; she was always sweet, gentle, and naive, and they never imagined she could give such a look. She comforted the children and asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong? Isn\u2019t it tasty?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, it\u2019s very good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the children replied while wiping his tears with the back of his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\u00a0<\/p>\n
111\u00a0<\/p>\n
C\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Beautiful Angel\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril took out her handkerchief to wipe their tears and asked them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can eat as much as you want; I\u2019ve bought plenty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points:\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the children had satisfied their stomachs, Abril asked them where they lived. The two\u00a0<\/p>\n
children looked at each other, wondering if they should tell her the truth or not. In the end, the one\u00a0<\/p>\n
who seemed to be the older one answered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIn an alley nearby.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril had feared it; those children seemed to have been abandoned to\u00a0<\/p>\n
they were in, but she still asked them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about your parents?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The children\u2019s eyes became glassy, and the older one replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey died two months ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there no one to look after you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
iven the state\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two children shook their heads. Abril knew how hard it was to be alone, even as a small child, with no one to help, no one to care if you had eaten or not. She wanted to help them; she didn\u2019t want to do what everyone else did, give them a meal and move on. She wanted to do more. Abril remembered that once Alessandro had told her she could ask for anything she wanted, and he would give it to her. At that moment, she wanted to make use of that offer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She gave them a sweet smile and said to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want to come with me? I\u2019ll take care of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two guards thought the princess was being too impulsive and wanted to stop her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour majest\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before they could say anything else, Abril gave them an unfriendly look, silencing them. She wanted to help those children, not just because she felt sorry for them, but also because she identified with them. Every time she saw them, she saw herself, hungry, alone, and scared praying to God to live one more day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The older brother responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t go with strangers, right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Abril, and what are your names?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Otis, and my brother\u2019s name is Joe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Beautiful Angel\u00a0<\/p>\n
The older one replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch beautiful names! Your parents must have thought a lot about them. Now that we\u2019ve\u00a0<\/p>\n
introduced ourselves, we\u2019re no longer strangers; we\u2019re friends. Do you want to come with me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril caressed their cheeks, not minding at all that the children\u2019s faces were dirty, and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen winter comes, you won\u2019t be able to live in that alley.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril turned to Otis and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re still young, you need a place to live, and your brother is too little; he won\u2019t survive the cold winter weather.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Otis was aware of that, without warm clothes and food, they would die with the arrival of winter, so he asked Abril while looking at his brother,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou won\u2019t do anything weird to us?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course not, I just want to take care of you, make sure you have a roof over your head and three meals a day, so you grow up healthy and strong.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Otis hesitated for a moment whether to accept what the beautiful woman in front of them was saying or to run away; he was scared, many children had disappeared lately. Otis responded,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you really not a bad person?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I seem like a bad person to you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Otis shook his head. Abril smiled at him, her smile was beautiful, warm; to him, Abril was like a beautiful angel who had saved them from starvation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re like an angel, kind and caring, who doesn\u2019t mind touching someone like us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what do you say? Will you come with me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Otis looked at his brother and replied,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, we\u2019ll go with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland\u2019s breathtaking cold.<\/p>\n
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