Shattered Porcelain

Synopsis

He married his first love in a lavish wedding procession ten miles long, and five years later, he went mad with regret. When my life reset, the King's first decree was to grant me my freedom. He said, "I give you your liberty. Go wherever you wish." Ten days later, he paraded his first love into the palace, in a spectacle of banners and golden finery. I watched the magnificent procession and turned southward, leaving it all behind. Five years passed. The border was in turmoil, and the King went incognito to inspect the frontier. In a quiet coffee shop, I held my daughter in my arms, my son standing beside me. When his eyes fell on us, his coffee cup froze mid-air. Glass shattered all around us.