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// Chapter 5 
// Story: Lucia di Lammermoor 
// by cierragp 
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The words of her brother rang in her ears. She held back tears that were ready to slip down her cheeks, and willed herself to think of happier times.
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She reads the letter silently. The cruel, cold, heartless words ring in her ears. 

She feels angry. She feels the hurt. She is heartbroken.

He had loved someone else all along! She was nothing but an unwitting pawn! Her brother was right for once, as he did use her and abandon her. 

She could not believe Discord had deceived her in such a way. 

He loved her! Or did he?

She tears the letter in half, and storms into her brother's room.

"You were right about him!" She spits. "Happy?"

Zephyr fakes his sympathy. His heart was bursting in joy when she spoke. 

"I'm sorry. But I wanted you to know the truth." That wasn't a lie. Discord was scum. He should have been tortured and executed - in Zephyr's logic - but fate had other plans. 

"I will help." Zephyr says softly. "Blueblood, though, has shown an unceasing interest in you. You will be helping the family, Fluttershy. " He holds her hooves. "Please. You will be able to live like a queen."

She only wanted Discord back. The sweet, loving, adoring Discord she loved. 

She did not want to live like a queen, or a princess, or even a Countess. She just wanted the comforts she desperately sought from Discord. Yet fate was cruel in the way, and tore the love away from her with claws, away from her heart still dripping blood.

"Okay." She collapses into the chair. She buries her face into the cushion and when her brother leaves, she sobs. 

What had she done?