Paula's P.o.v
I woke up with a slight headache and found my ladies ( servants ) looking at me quietly, I sat upright and cleared my throat, those days I used to wake up with their eyes on me I felt so uncomfortable, but now I was so used to it.
"Morning princess." They greeted together.
I smiled happily, they were like my own 6 blood sisters.
"Isn't my hair a mess?" I asked while standing up, I moved and sat on a chair that was opposite my big mirror.
Bridget got a brush and carefully started brushing my hair.
"My Princess aren't you nervous about tomorrow? You know you will be wedded to the king right?" The new servant asked.
"Cleo Know your place!" Lauren yelled at her angrily.
"What did I do? I was just asking politely, we can't all just pretend to be calm, we are about to take a journey to a foreign land who knows how people live there!" Cleo yelled back making me lose my temper.
"Enough!" I yelled while standing up.
The ladies quickly bowed.
"Why can't you all learn from Lauren! I hate it when you talk as if I'm not in your presence, I'm a princess for crying out loud if you can't respect me here then what makes you think the others will when we go there?" I yelled angrily.
"Princess Paula please don't get upset, forgive us, we will try our very best to improve, tomorrow will be a big day, you don't have to be stressed okay?" Lauren said calming me down.
"I think I will request for new ladies to attend to me," I said as they all looked at each other in fear.
Cleo quickly knelt down as everyone else did the same, I looked at Lauren with a pained heart, why would she kneel in front of me when she knew I wasn't mad at her.
"Debby prepare a bath for me," I said then turned and went to the balcony.
"You see? Your stupid mouth will one day cost us our heads" Miriam said angrily.
"Debby you heard the princess, prepare a bath for her, as for the rest of you, don't get back to your duties until the princess forgives us" Lauren instructed.
"Lauren please ask for forgiveness on our behalf from the princess," Janet said lowly, while I acted as if I heard nothing when I heard it all.
I heard footsteps approach me then shortly Lauren stood next to me.
"Let me guess, you are here on everyone's behalf right?" I asked facing her.
"Yes," she answered honestly.
"Lauren, the ladies have been attending to me for years, I thought by now they knew me better, why is it that you are different from them, you understand me well and know what I like and dislike?" I asked.
"Well princess we have known each other since we were young" she answered.
I sighed and looked away, she was right but that still didn't answer my question.
"Is that an excuse?" I asked.
"No, to me you are more like my little sister, I like your stubbornness and your kind heart, I know I'm not suppose to say this but I just feel like you should know" she whispered.
I looked at her sadly then laughed softly.
"You laughed?" She asked in disbelief.
"I hate how disrespectful they can act towards me at times, every mistake should not settle without a punishment, remember what father used to do to me every time I made a mistake?" I asked loudly.
"Yes, he used to starve and lock you up so you could do better" she answered sadly.
"Exactly, I don't want to do the same to them but I want them to learn, that's why I was thinking of having new lady servants to attend to me" I answered.
"Paula, I know how much you care for all of us, you treat us like family and we are lucky that you do, not all princesses can be this kind, many are self-centered but you aren't, please reconsider your decision, are you going to be happy after letting us go?" She asked as I widened my eyes in fear.
"Us? Why are you including yourself in the sentence?" I asked loudly.
"Because I wasn't appointed alone by the king, he chose us as a group to attend to you, if you are to send the ladies away, that will include me too because I am part of the group" she answered.
I bite my lower lip thinking hard.
"I can talk to father, he can agree in letting you stay," I said quickly.
"No princess, I can't stay behind even if the king did agree, to me you and the ladies are my family, I can't choose sides, so I would rather disappear" she answered.
"You are not being fair Lauren, you are not really giving me a choice here" I whispered feeling tears swell in my eyes.
"I am giving you a choice Paula, so? What will it be?" She asked seriously.
I took in a deep breath then released it.
"Fine, they will stay, I won't say anything to my father, but as for their punishment, they will continue to kneel, they have to learn to respect me," I said firmly.
"Thank you princess" she answered with a smile then went down on her knees.
"What are you doing?" I asked trying to understand what she was doing.
"Accepting my punishment" she answered calmly.
"But...but I didn't punish you" I stammered.
"My princess, I don't want any special treatment from you, I'm to be treated as they are treated, I trained and took the vow that they too take, I'm glad that you have given us all a second chance, for that I'm grateful, I will gladly accept the punishment you have given all of us," she said while avoiding my gaze.
"Why are you doing this Lauren? You are suppose to understand that everything I'm doing is for their own good" I whispered.
"I know" she answered.
"Fine, may you all stand, you are forgiven," I said loudly for everyone to hear.
They stood up happily, Lauren looked at me then smiled happily too, I nodded then walked past everyone and got in the bathroom to take a bath.
Paula's p.o.vToday was one of the worst days of my life, immediately I took a bath, my ladies dressed me up, a servant came to inform me that my carriage was ready, I wanted father to see me off but he refused, he was busy with one of his concubines to even say a simple goodbye to his only daughter.I got in the carriage with Lauren while the others got in the other carriage, when the carriage began moving, I sighed sadly."My princess are you okay?" Lauren asked with concern."Yeah" I answered then leaned against the couch and closed my eyes. . . .I was woken up by the sound of loud trumpets, I quickly sat upright and found Lauren asleep, I looked outside the window, it was no longer morning but mid-evening.The carriage was moving slowly in the street where people were gathered and cheering, Lauren woke up and looked at me th
Paula's p.o.vWeddings were mostly a symbol of love and Union, but to me, it was a symbol of fulfillment, my people needed this kingdom's protection and guidance and that was all that mattered to me, even if it meant me hurting or marrying the worst man on earth."You look very beautiful princess," Lauren said as I looked at myself sadly.I wore a long white wedding dress which had diamonds on the front and spots of gold, giving it a royal breathtaking fit, a beautiful white long veil was covering my face up to my waist and my ladies wore beautiful light blue bearless dresses that went up to their feet."Let us go," I said as all my ladies covered themselves with dark blue veils.we walked out of the room quietly, each step I took my breathing was becoming laboured, I was scared and felt lonely.I gasped when I made a turn going towards the door and found fat
Paula's p.o.v"My queen please think this through, you shouldn't do this," Deby said as I sat upright and glared at her coldly, she quickly knelt down in fear and lowered her eyes to the ground."Then want should I do?, Tell me who that woman was, the bastard had guts to dance with her instead of me" I spat as my ladies gasped loudly."Please refrain from bad mouthing the king, despite you being the queen and his wife you can be hanged for that" Lauren said in concern."That lady you saw dancing with the king is called lady Grace" Amore answered as the door opened.When Henry walked in, my ladies quickly stood up and bowed in respect."leave us" he ordered.They quickly left the room without a second glance, I lazily stood up and picked my veil from the ground and put it back covering my face.Despite hating everythin
Paula's p.o.vEarly in the morning after a bath, I sat in front of my dressing mirror with Miriam combing my hair, while my other ladies were taking care of my room and choosing a worthy dress for me."Pardon me my queen, but you look happy this morning," Miriam said with a smile while she continued to comb my hair.I was more than happy, as much as I hated the stupid bastard's behavior, I wasn't going to let him ruin my mood."Well, what do you expect?, Today is a beautiful morning and we are in a new palace, you know how we have been raised alone in a locked up room, but today I'm a married woman and I'm free, I can go anywhere I want to," I said then stood up and looked at myself in the mirror.I wore a simple beautiful peach dress which showed off my curves, and my hair was nicely let down, in the afternoon I was suppose to change and put on another dress that the Ladies were
Paula's p.o.vToday I dressed up with one thing in mind, to get Henry's attention, I was so happy when jack came to me a few hours ago. Flashback"My queen?" Jack called outside my door.I quickly put on my veil and came out if my bedroom."Are you ok?" he asked Softly."Yes, why," I asked."You seem sad and yesterday some servants were gossiping on how they saw lady Grace leaving the king's chamber's immediately you walked in, I know it's none of my business but is everything ok?" he asked."I'm ok Jack, don't worry about me, everything is going perfectly fine" I answered while trying so hard to smile under my veil."Ok if you say so my queen, I came here to invite you and your ladies to
Paula's p.o.v"My queen, today you are suppose to be happy, the king is returning, you haven't been your usual self since he left, do you miss him?," Lauren asked, I choked on my saliva then laughed."No I don't, I'm actually annoyed at him, can you believe him?, he chose a concubine over me, he is such a disrespectful man," I answered angrily.I had been whining over his act for a week now, I couldn't help it but get upset every time I thought about him."Do you love him that much?" Lauren asked as I blinked in shock."Me, love that man, are you seriously asking me that? What I feel for him is respect because he's the king, I don't love him," I answered then swallowed hard, I really wasn't sure what I felt for him."And by the way where is Miriam, Deby, and Janet?" I asked while looking around."They went to admire the jewels at t
Paula's p.o.vI sat sighing in my room for what felt like forever, I wasn't happy with Henry's words, I was very much bothered by them, but despite feeling dejected I couldn't help myself from thinking about how he looked, I didn't know if it was my eyes or my imagination but he looked very calmer than usual and so handsome, he wore his royal robes without a crown on his head, his hair was brushed back for the first time and it really suited him.I stood up from my bed and picked up my veil, I covered my face and looked at my ladies who were all sleeping on their beds, I felt bad that I was still sleeping with them, technically they all deserved a room each, and my room was suppose to be Henry's but he couldn't even look at me without showing disgust.I slowly walked to the door and opened it carefully after glancing behind to make sure that they
Paula's p.o.v"My queen be reasonable," Laurencried as she and my ladies stood at the doorway."Get out of my way all of you," I demanded as they shook their heads in refusal."You can't go back to your father's house now, you will be made into a laughing stock and they will call you names, they will say you failed to do your duties as a wife and it will bring shame to you and his highness your father," Deby cried."Deby let me go before everybody wakes up," I ordered."No my queen, who will marry you after you leave this kingdom, please think about that. They will think you are impure and tainted when you still are pure," Bridget pleaded."I would rather die pure than stay here with him when I have no duties to his kingdom, for heaven's sake I'm his wife but he treats me like