The room was becoming dimmer. Some of the maids who had finished their meal were beginning to get up to leave. I simply sat there taking one at a time horrible bite at my porridge, slowly eating my food in order to gain more time that would enable me to feast more on their conversation. It was getting more interesting as well as scary considering the subject of their discourse. 'But how could Sasha wish such for herself. It was totally nonsensical to me. Who wishes for death on a silver platter?'. I thought. 'Such a fellow as the king whom I feel is a psychotic bastard is totally undeserving of any form of human companionship'. I reasoned as they continued their conversation. 'To think that Sasha would wish to be in the same perimeter with him simply beggars belief'. I mused, taking the last nite of my porridge.Just then, Madam Fegor walked in and quickly have us two minutes to be dissolved and dismissed for the night. Then she stepped out again. I shut off on their conversation a
I was served a breakfast of tea and bread, and as usual, I found quite a comfortable spot to eat my meal in peace. The kitchen, like the hall of summon was filled with chatters and conversations of varied sort.Pockets of maids continue to form at different cross-section of the room. You could literally tell they were still bothering their heads over the issue of the reassignment, making guesses amongst themselves over who might or might not get selected. I decided to keep myself away from such discussions and concentrated on my meal. In a few minutes, I was done with my food, and quickly commenced my day's task. I was never gonna get bothered by that which bothered again. I was confident I was never going to be selected for such reassignment. I was already at my desired place, and I would simply concentrate on my duties.My task for the day was to work as a kitchen assistant alongside the rest that had been assigned to the kitchen too.I joined in doing the dishes while the others w
My heart beat pounded with the thuds of a hundred pestles. Panic gripped my throat, my feet wobbled tensely and my palms became sweaty."Hey Latifah!.. Stop being dramatic and move out from there so the rest of us can check our names". Sasha's cold-hearted voice hit me from behind.Without a moment break, she shoved aside forcefully, and without balance, I tripped and fell, smashing my ass on the ground."Arrrh''. I howled. I felt like a bruise had occurred somewhere on my skin, as I began to ease off the pain. There was not a word of sympathy from anyone. I guess they didn't even think of confronting Sasha in any way. She was the queen bee of among us.I managed to remove it from that spot, and tried lifting my body off the ground. I had only undertaken a little bit of that exercise when I heard a loud shriek. With a stronger push, I hit the ground again.I clenched tightly my teeth, a groan escaped my lips as I felt a figure mounting over me, and grabbing my dress tightly at its co
I had opted for a small, nice and plain room with a tiny window located at the side of the wall. Though small, it afforded me my space which I considered more than enough. My eyes spotted where my uniforms were kept and I made for them. Quite decent and better designed than my previous.I decided to take a bit of rest if not a nap to reminisce on a few things still bothering my mind. Whilst I laid there staring at the ceiling, drowsily, I slumbered and slept off.I couldn't tell for how long I must have slept, but I figured it was pretty long until I was startled to my feet by a big bang on my door. I jumped up abruptly wide-eyed, wondering if the Palace was on fire. Quickly, I dressed my hair, and walked hastily to the door.Swinging it open, I saw the other maids, with their hands clasped and their heads bowed submissively. I needn't be told before joining the trend.'What could be the matter right now?'. I wondered. 'I had thought it was supposed to be our day off..So, why an abr
I sat close to Sharon at the table as we ate our breakfast. Eva then walked in to meet the chief cook. She began to whisper something into the ears of the chief cook.I guess something caught Sharon's attention about Eva that she couldn't wait to give voice to. Her face had already turned sour at the sight of Eva."This Eva lady is so fake and superficial..Hmmm". Sharon said, with a chuckle.I was shocked to hear that, and with a raised brow, turned to her at once, quickly gulped in some tea."Why would you say such a thing about her?.. I already concluded that she was nice and ofcourse much different from the others". I responded, with a mystified look swiped across my face."Good heavens Latifah!". She chuckled. "Don't let appearances fool you.. Learn to see beyond the surface". Sharon said with a raised brow."Honestly.. I am trying to make sense of what you are saying.. What's your point?". I inquired, still looking confused."The point is Ava is just being nice and easy going rig
After a moment of relaxation, shutting my eyes and resting my head on my knees, I was breathing normal and fine again. The dizziness had gone off and I resumed folding the clothes and putting them in the closet. Once done with the closet, I came out, shutting the door behind me. Walking over to the window, I stood there for a couple of seconds contemplating whether to leave it open or shut it the way I saw it.All of a sudden, I shivered as though a hand touched me from behind. Not been able to place my mind on it, I decided to leave the curtains ajar, and began picking up my cleaning materials, so as to leave at once.I felt another shivering sensation route through my body. Aha!.. I was more concerned about it right now. It just felt so strong as though some invisible personality was staring at me. Turning back to look behind me, I saw no one. I was beginning to get scared now.'Did someone really touch me?.. Or was it a figment of my imagination?'. I reasoned in shock.What was
I continued to run till I got to the King's quarters and began to climb the stairs. It didn't occur to think about why she had called me in the first place. That was the least of my worries, much like I am happy that I had escaped from her evil eyes.I continued to climb the stairs till I got to the King's floor. I immediately took out my cleaning materials. Still feeling quite apprehensive and a little bit upset with everything around me. At that moment, I called myself to order, taking a deep breath in and out. Fortunately for me, I was happy I had not even seen or made contact with the King himself, and I earnestly hope it remained so.Walking over to the door, I pushed it open. The room was empty as usual and as is customary, I began to clean up the place as quickly as possible.Whilst I was at it, suddenly, I felt a gush of breeze blow across the room. It could have lasted for a couple of seconds. But it made me roll my eyes in response. I continued to do my chores but no more
As I managed to stare into his eyes, I could see how they flames with a thousand tongues of fire. They swam deep with rage and fury, making it uneasy to continue staring.He was a demigod!.I quickly removed my eyes from his face as a look of irritation was visibly written on his face. Tilting his head towards his side, with a continuous stare at me, fury gulping over his face, he began to make predatory stride towards me like a ferrocious beast prepared to pounce on his prey.With every gallant step he took, I took two backwards. Every forward step he took, I reciprocated with a backward one until I met a brick wall. Now, with my back glued to the wall, I was left with no choice than to stand and watch him do what was in his mind, but my eyes were shut in fright, and my head turned to my right side.He came and stood in front of me, placing one hand on the wall, and grabbing my chin with the other. I was literally shuddering in fear.He moved his head to the side of my neck as thou