"Elena, you told me that he doesn't treat you any special?! did you lie to us? why?!" said one of the maids that talked with Elena earlier. "I didn't lie, he doesn't treat me differently!" Elena tried to convince them. "then what do you tell about how he was treating you before?! do you think that we don't know anything? we have been seeing his highness for so long and we never saw anyone treated that good by his highness, even his own brother was not treated like that?! you have a special relationship with his highness, that's the reason he made you sit on his lap and even fed you with the spoon that he uses, he never allowed anyone even to touch that, and still, you are denying that nothing is going on between you two? seriously Elena? we trusted you and even felt bad but you just lied to us?" Another maid said with a sigh, she didn't think bad about Elena seeing the way Ashton was treating her, but she was angry that Elena lied to them and they just believed everything but soon

"what about you, the head maid?" Lilly asks in confusion and worried that she won't come with them. "No, Lilly, as a head maid, I should be here and look after the things in the palace so you guys should go," She says with a small sad smile, and then she looked at the other disappointed workers and says "get back to your work guys, you will get a chance too".Everyone walks back to do thier work other than Lilly and Genelia. They can see that Kate is not feeling good so they stayed back to talk with her. Kate was confused and asked, "why are you girls still here, aren't you going back to do your work?". They both looked at each other and then looks at Kate, and Genelia asks with a worried look on her face "what happened head maid? you don't look good? did something happen?". Kate took a sigh and didn't answer anything. That's when Lilly understood something as she asks "Head maid, is it about Elena and His highness? you were sad seeing what happened this afternoon?". Kate's eyes wid

"Who is he? why the hell did he touch you like that?! didn't you tell me before that you have never been with anyone before?! then why the hell is he talking to you like you are his Girlfriend? how did you even know him?!" Ashton shouted at Elena in frustration and anger, grabbing her hand and pulling her close to him. Elena was scared and shocked, she wanted to explain but she can't tell anything, seeing his anger. "what are you looking at?! tell me!" he shouted at her face, scaring her even more. Elena flinched and looks at him with terrified eyes but this time, she whispers in fear "There... there is nothing between me and Aarav.... he is just one of my friends.... that is all... I am telling the truth, I have never been with anyone". After hearing this, Ashton took a sigh of relief, as he doesn't like to anyone touching his things and when it comes to Elena, he is just too protective and possessive over her. "Fine, I believe you but I don't like anyone touching you so stay away

Elena felt so nervous as she looked at him with fear, just thinking about Ashton, is making her scared. She wanted to get his help but thinking about Aarav getting hurt because of her, is also scaring her. "Don't worry about anything and tell me if you trust me" Aarav said with a comforting smile, so Elena can open up to him, he can roughly tell what happened in her life but wanted to know everything from the start clearly, so he can do something to help Elena."Fine, I will tell you everything, when the new Alpha king took over the kingdom, after killing the late Alpha king,....." Elena started to explain everything she saw, and experienced, just thinking about the past is making her eyes teary, no matter how hard she tried to be strong in front of him, and not make him worried, she can't do that. she is now, showing her weak side in front of Aarav.Aarav was confused as he don't know the reason for the attack, but seeing Elena cry is hurting him so he didn't think about that and to

The Next day, evening: Everyone is busy preparing for Fedrick's birthday party, and the whole palace is busy, Elena didn't do much work because Ashton has always kept her close to him. All the guests started to arrive, and everyone came down to the Party hall, which has been decorated with everything that Fedrick loved. Ashton and everyone in the palace is waiting for Fredrick to come down and make his appearance for his birthday party. Elena is standing behind Ashton tensed, thinking about Andre's words from before, she doesn't know what he is going to do, but just hearing his words is making Elena scared, thinking he might do something stupid and she didn't want to hurt anyone. "What happened, head maid? why are you nervous? and why are you standing here like this?" Lilly asked, looking at Kate, who is standing in the kitchen alone and is so nervous. "I... I don't know if I can ask you to do this, Lilly, but I really can't take this anymore" Kate whispers with tears in her