THE BIG DECISION“She’s family, to me. She is family to me. Michelle said over and over again, sobbing loudly as she laid prostrate on the floor. Mrs. Danni was moved by her tears and begun to feel compassion for her too, as her eyes became teary-eyed. This reminded her so much of when her daughter, who died out of pregnancy complications. Her daughter was taken as a slave alongside her, and she did everything when they were captured, even to the extent of sleeping with all the guards she came across, so that she wouldn’t be separated from her. She had prostrated the same way, Michelle was currently doing, crying begging them, and it broke her heart.And now, seeing this again, reminded her so much of her daughter, so she couldn’t help but feel pain too. Sniffling, Mrs. Danni went across the chair, and pulled Michelle up from the floor and said,Seeing you talk about the princess this way, has shown me, that you truly believe she is a good person. I do not know of this princess perso
KEEP BURNING BRIGHTLYAt last, the slaves of the Southern Isles finally made it to the kingdom of the Northern Isles, after numerous days of walking. The slaves were all exhausted as they collapsed on the road, as the soldiers guarding the border met up, with the soldiers who were returning from the Southern Isles.“Finally, you guys are here. Don’t you know that the kings from other kingdoms just arrived. We need these slaves to be there, during introduction so that they can be sold. Your heads were so going to roll, after today if the prince had asked for the troops, and you haven’t returned.” The general said as the captain bowed his head, saying“Forgive me, we decided to let the slaves rest for a little while in between breaks, and due to the fact that we carried a lot of slaves, including old people, we had to go at a slow pace, has the prince asked about us yet?” The captain said, with his heart in his throat.“Not yet, get the slaves to the dungeons, and tell the maids to pr
TANGO WITH THE SOLDIERSEarly the next morning, Michelle had left Mrs. Danni’s house as she found her way sneaking into the palace grounds as she tried to find someone who could help her and tell her where to find her princess. She was going to see her princess, today irrespective of what happens to her. she knew that hoping to the prince wasn’t a good idea as she had not sought for an appointment and also the reason of her appointment was to let her see the princess would be the death of her, as prince Michael would kill her right there and then on the spot, and she was no good to her princess dead.She needed to find someone who would have mercy on her and decides to help her, once who wouldn’t shun her like the others but also at the same time had authority or power to do things without being queried by anybody else other than the Prince himself.Damn it, finding such person was going to be a hectic attack. Michelle groaned in frustration. It was already getting to late noon, yet
A CHANGE OF HEARTMichelle noticed the frown on the man’s face after she finished talking. She was confused. Was it because she had asked to see her princess. So he hated her too huh.“Did I say something wrong? She said slowly walking towards the man, cutting the distance between them.“Why do you request for the princess? By your skin, you are obviously a citizen of the Northern Isles. What business, do you have with a slave, a tool for the prince’s pleasure. He asked as Michelle shook her head.“Yes, I may be one of you, but my loyalty lies with the princess. She is the only one I know. I am her personal maid, I follow her day in, day out, doing things to make her happy. She is the only family I know, and I need to see her please.” Michelle said begging as Dan shook his head.“That is not a good idea. The prince had requested that nobody sees the princess without his permission. I simply can’t disobey him. Go back home and forget about the princess. She is a slave now, and you are
A JEALOUS MISTRESSAmbrosia was very angry, after seeing and hearing all that she heard just now. She was furious. How dare that lowly peasant talk about that slave that way. And made her angry the most was that the prince didn’t tell her, that he had the princess as his slave. She had thought that the princess was beheaded with the rest of her family, all those months ago.Michael lied to her, but why? Aggravated and confused, she stormed to her chambers, after sending for a palace maid to fetch her Annabel.She still paced around in her chambers waiting impatiently for Annabel to come. Today was becoming a very bad day for her, from the moment she woke up.She didn’t see her prince beside her when she woke up, and from the coldness of the bed told her that it was probably midnight when he left her room. She was sad, she thought that the prince was beginning to mellow and let her in slowly into his life, not knowing that he just stayed behind to make sure that she had slept before l
THE IMPULSIVE DESIRE TO PROTECTDan and Michelle soon found themselves standing at the entrance of the mines. It was a bit dark, as they entered due to the few windows, in it. Michelle scared, edged closer to Dan’s back, as she held on to his clothing which made Dan stop and she rammed into his back, and fell from the impact.“Oh I am so sorry.” Dan said reaching for her hand, and pulled her up, as she massaged her forehead a bit.“Don’t worry it is okay, I guess I was walking a lit too closely, behind you, I will put some distance from now.” Michelle said as she looked into his eyes and seeing the salty brown eyes, her breathing seized as she was trying to pull away, but couldn’t.They remained in that position for some minutes, before Dan cleared his throat leaving her hand and straightened his body said, his voice deeper and aloof,“The sooner we stop staring and find the master in charge of the mines, the sooner we can leave.”Right. Michelle said nodding her head, and clearing h
DELUSIONALAmbrosia was very angry as she stormed the hallways, the maids scurrying away from her path as she made her way to the royal throne room. She was furious, at the prince and at everyone else. Making her way to the throne room, she was blocked by the guards at the entrance.“What do you think you are doing? Clear out from my fault before I lay my anger on you, don’t you know who the hell I am? I will have you hanged for your insolence. Ambrosia, but all screamed at the guards who bowed their head.One said slowly,“We know who you are, but the prince gave us instructions not to let anyone else but royalty walk through these doors. He is with other kings and they are discussing something important. Please understand our predicament.“I don’t care if he is talking with the gods, or making an offering, I am his mistress and by the power I order you to let me in. she said trying to walk through but the guards didn’t let her in.“I am sorry but I am afraid that you would have to w
THE REUNION“Yes, it is really me.” Michelle said holding back her tears as Era slowly reached out touching her cheeks and coming in contact with solid, she almost gasped. Pulling Michelle closer, she saw that she was able to touch her unless it meant she was dead, that means Michelle was really alive.She checked her whole body looking for bruises or scars but she couldn’t find any. She was relieved. They hadn’t touched her.“Could this really be you?” Era said choking on her saliva as Michelle pulled her into a tight hug sobbing loudly grateful that finally she had seen her princess after all these time. Era on, the other hand let her tears began to flow again. Her Michelle was here, everything was looking brighter for her.She didn’t care that the head of security was right there, leaning on the door, watching two women display something that probably made men cringe but he didn’t. rather he had a little smile on his face, and Era was wondering if, it was happiness or a smirk.She