THE KING'S PERSONAL MAID

“ I’m sure you are all aware of what would happen to you if any of the rules are broken. In no doubt, the punishment will be severe that you would wish for nothing but death. So think twice before breaking any.” She says sternly, watching every one of us. Her face held no emotions.

“ Number one, remember to keep your head down always. More importantly, in front of the king. Only raise your heads up when asked, too. Number two, don’t even think about escaping, ever. You won’t get that far. Number three, there should be no act of disobedience or resistance against your master. These are the three major rules to survive here. Do not forget them.”

“ The rest will be taken care of by Elvire. She is in charge after me. She is the one to meet if any issue you wish to discuss arises. Follow the guards, and they will take you to her.” She looked around the room. “ That’s all for now.”

We stayed in line, following the guards out into a corridor. We walked down the stairs, stopping in an open hall with a lady no more than five years older than me.

I couldn’t help admiring how beautiful she looked. Even with the maid gown, she stood with grace.

I give it to them, they do have great skins. Every beast female I have ever come across all have this glow in them.

“ Okay, everyone, listen up. There won’t be much time to list out the remainder of the rules, so they would be pasted on the wall of the hallway for you all to go through.” The lady spoke, her voice sounding so adorable. “ You get the rest of the day off, giving you a chance to mingle with other maids and get your footings on how it works here. Make no mistake, you won’t be getting any more free days after today.”

Of course, we were nothing but slaves to them.

“ You will each get your task before the end of the day. Your uniforms are already placed in your respective room. That’s all, you are free to pick a room.”

My room, just like the other Palace, was small and plain with a tiny window by the side of the wall. But still, I had my space, which was more than enough.

I walked over to where my uniforms were placed. They looked more decent and in better shape than my previous one.

There wasn’t anything too unique to see in the room as I decided to take a bit of rest. I climbed onto the bed, slowly closing my eyes. It wasn’t long after that I fell asleep.

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I was woken up by a bang on the door, jumping to my feet. I tidied up my hair and dressed before opening the door to see the rest of the maids standing by their doors with their heads down.

I followed suit, not asking a question as I kept my head down.

“ heads up.” Elvire said, standing by the far end of the hall, with her hands clapped to the back.

“ I hope you guys had time to go through the rest of the list.” She says, scanning through the hall. “ Without wasting any more time, I’m going to call out your name, as well as your task. Is that clear.”

“ Yes, ma’am?” We all chorused together.

“ Good, let’s get right into it.” She unfolds the paper in her hands. “ Bailey Norman.” A young lady, not less than twenty-five, raised her hand. “ Kitchen duties.”

“ Josiane Stuart.” Just like the first lady, a petite girl my age raised her hand. “ Garden duties. ”

I stopped paying attention to the list of names being called until I heard my name and my head shot up.

“ Micaela Whitlock”

I raised my hand, trying my best not to shake even though I was failing miserably.

“ You will be attending to the King’s quarter.”

“ What......” I whispered, a look of horror on my face.

“ You are to serve the king as a personal servant.” Elvire says, giving me a pointed glare.

I stood frozen, my hands clenched tightly to my clothes as Elvire carried on with the names like she hadn’t just assigned me to death himself.

“ I suggest you get as much rest as possible today because tomorrow you resume back to work. From 5am in the morning to 9pm. Remember, tardiness won’t be allowed. You will be punished if you are even a second late.” Elvire’s warning rang through the hall.

She gave us one last look before leaving the hall. As she left, the hall was filled with silence. I could feel eyes on me, the glance of sympathy being thrown my way from both old and new maids.

The maids cleared out of the hall, going back to their respective room. I, on the other hand, remained rooted in my spot.

Numbness filled me up. My mind and body refused to co-operate with me. I swore I could hear my heart beating fast, I’m surprised it was still intact.

Struggling to move my legs, going back to my room. I fell to the bed, a lone tear fell for my eye.

I guess I will be seeing my family soon.

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