Catherine froze in horror. No. No way. She was dreaming. This can't be real. Surely this wasn't real. Catherine slowly crept forward again, making sure she was careful not to be seen. She was only a few feet away now.

"I'm sorry. It seems that we didn't keep it a secret. We didn't have any choice though, Your Highness."

"You didn't have a choice," her mother snapped angrily.

"There has to have been something you could've done!"

"But you have to understand! She was too young for this," her father pleaded.

"No, Julian. I don't understand anything right now!" her mother shrieked.

"I am sick of this. Sick of you....