Chapter Fourteen

I blink my eyes in quick succession although Aurora had just spoken a language I did not understand.

“What did you say?” I blurted out and  a look of irritation and a look of impatience spread across her face, “You need me to repeat myself? Pack your things and let’s leave. From today you work in the King’s quarters” she replied and I was dumbstruck.

I took a glance around. I wasn't the only one in shock, every one of my roommates had a dazed expression on their faces. I immediately shook my head in refusal.

“I don’t want to,” I replied. There was no way I was going to go and work in Jonathan’s quarters. He already made life hell for me even though I was far away from him and now he wanted to punish me and make my life harder by asking me to work for him? I wasn’t going to do it.

Aurora burst into laughter stunning me. It was laughter that made my bones ice over but it was the first time I was seeing her laugh.

“You don’t want to?” she asked, “You are a slave, you do what you are told. I didn’t come here to ask for your opinion, I came here to inform you about the decision, there is nothing you can do about it except you want to die” she retorted.

“If I were you, I would pack up this instant and follow me,” she added as she turned on her heel and started walking away. Before I could say a word, a bag was flung at me and I quickly picked it up recognizing the torn bag as mine. Juniper had made the bag for me from some of his worn clothes.

“You don’t have a lot of things to pack so I helped you, bye bye” one of them said with a sarcastic smile and I rolled my eyes at her before turning and hurrying after Aurora.

Her steps were steady and I soon caught up with her. I couldn’t believe I was going to be working in the king’s quarters. What was I going to do there?

We soon arrived and Aurora led me into the palace through another door I had never seen before and led me to a room, she pushed the door open and the two girls in the room jumped to their feet immediately.

“This is Amira, she will be joining you two” Aurora introduced and I couldn't help but notice the amount of hostility one of the girls used in looking at me.

“They will help you with all you need to know and explain your duties to you” Aurora informed me and I nodded my head slightly.

“Try not to cause any more problems, Amira. I will be watching you and this time around, any mistake you make, I’ll make sure that I off with your head” she threatened and I swallowed.

“I’ll try my best” I replied slowly and Aurora snickered at me before walking out of the room.

“Err… welcome, I’m Serena. I managed all the work in the King’s quarters” the other girl introduced as I nodded my head and walked towards the unmade bed and placed my bag on it.

“Hello Serena, I’m Amira,” I replied, grateful for her olive branch of friendship.

“You don’t need to put on any airs around here, just because you used to be a Princess doesn't mean that you are above anyone here” the other girl muttered glaring at me and I sighed softly.

“Don’t mind Lillian, she just doesn’t like royalty very much” Serena replied and I scoffed, “But she works for royalty, does she hate the King too?” I asked and Lilian glared at me.

“Youuu!” she whisper yelled and I chuckled, “I hate him so I thought we could bond over our hatred for him but since you don’t, that’s fine” I replied and Serena laughed quietly.

“Hmph!” Lillian harrumphed as she climbed into her bed.

“Alpha Jonathan saved Lilian from a group of men when she was younger. She doesn’t hate him. She owes him his life” Serena explained and I raised my eyebrow.

Just how many people did Jonathan save?

“What we do here isn’t much but the King likes everywhere to be clean and tidy and there are some other chores plus he doesn’t trust anyone to hang around in his personal space. The palace is huge so it’s a huge relief to have you here share the work with us” Serena continued explaining and I frowned.

“Are you saying that he trusts me, that’s why I’m here?” I asked and Serena shrugged, “Don’t you know the kind of history I have with him? Everyone knows that, don't they?” I asked again.

“Yes. We all know, that’s why it doesn’t make any sense that you are here to flirt!” Lillian was quick to bark at me and my nose flared in irritation.

“You’ll soon be out of here. Very soon” she added and I hissed out loudly.

“A flirt?” I asked laughing as Lilian rolled her eyes, “You really do not hold your saviour and your King in high esteem do you?” I asked and Lillian shot out of her bed pointing at me.

“I’m warning you, stop insulting my respect for the king and stop using me to make mockery of him” she replied and I shrugged, “You are the one who keeps mocking him” I defended.

“Saying that I flirted with him is like saying that he fell in love with me, his enemy’s daughter. I flirted with him, that’s the reason why I’m here. So think about what you said and talk to me again who is mocking him between you and me” I continued and Lillian in all honestly seemed to take a moment to think about the bullshit she was spouting and with another roll of her eyes, she got back into her bed.

“She’s not that bad you know, you guys will get along after a while” Serena said and her friendliness reminded me of  Juniper.  I hadn’t seen him since I fainted and I immediately made a mental note to see him as soon as I had time.

“I see that you are tired so I’m going to leave you to rest and tomorrow we’ll discuss how to split the chores” Serena added and I nodded.

“Thank you so much Serena” I replied with a smile and her smile just got brighter.

“What about I help you unpack?” she offered and i burst into a derisive laughter. I immediately stopped laughing seeing the way she was looking at me.

“I’m not Princess Serena, I am a slave, I only have a tattered shoe to my feet and tw clothes that don’t look very different. There’s nothing to unpack” I replied and Serena chuckled.

“Well my box of clothes is under my bed so you can grab whatever cloth there to wear whenever you want” she replied winking at me as she walked back to her bed.

I stood by my bedside stunned at her reply. Apart from Juniper, Serena had been the nicest to me. My sarcastic comments about myself and my derogatory comments seemed not to have any effect on her. 

I sat on my bed staring at the two clothes to my name and merely left the bag on my bed, stretching the bed cover over the bed and laying in the bed closing my eyes.

The bed was softer and cozy, I felt so uncomfortable that I didn’t know when I slept off. Someone shook me rigorously and my eyes snapped open to see Runa smiling down at me.

“You keep having these long dreams again?” she asked and I blinked my eyes again staring at her unsure whether she was real or it was a dream again.

“His Majesty is here” she whispered and I immediately sat up seeing my face sitting at the edge of my bed.

“Father?” I called and my father beamed a smile at me, “Runa said you’ve been having these really bad and long dreams. Are you okay?” he asked and tears immediately welled up in my eyes and I rushed towards him hugging him.

“I missed you Father” I whispered and my father laughed, his laughter reverberating through my own chest.

“You saw me at this morning’s session” he said and I nodded, disengaging from me and wearing a smile, “But I still miss you” I replied and my father laughed again.

“I love you Amira” he whispered and I smiled brightly.

“What’s blood doing on your hand Amira? What’s my blood doing on your hands?’ my father suddenly asked and I turned to my hands and blood was dripping from them. I raised my head to explain but darkness surrounded me.

“Noooooooo” I screamed as my eyes snapped open and I sat up on the bed immediately.

“Amira, are you okay?” Serena asked as she got out of her bed and rushed towards me. I looked around and closed my eyes taking in deep breaths as tears welled up in my eyes but once again I forced them back.

“Amira, can you hear me?” Serena asked again with concern written all over her face.

“I am Serena. I’m sorry that I woke you up from your sleep” I apologized to her.

“Did you have a nightmare? Do you need me to rub your back?” She asked in quick succession and a small smile spread across my lips.

“I’m fine Serena, thank you” I assured her and Serena took a twenty second long look at me before nodding and walking back to her own bed.

I laid back on the bed while staring at the ceiling, Alpha Jonathan without a doubt needed to die and I was going to kill him.

I needed to kill him.