CHAPTER 5

"Niha dear, do not treat the servants like slaves. They are people too and they get tired too, they work day and night to make sure you enjoy all the comfort of whatever party, dinner, lunch, and breakfast you are having so treat them with respect. Ariana looks slightly soaked, I am afraid she encountered a mishap on the way. So she needs rest and not scoldings, got it?" The queen's mother lectured to Niha who reluctantly agreed by nodding her head.

Niha wasn't satisfied with the results but they were nothing she could do about it, she flashed Axelis you just got saved expression before focusing on the food on the table.

Ariana grinned silently with her head still bowed but the others couldn't see it, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your benevolence. I will take my leave now." Ariana remarked and turned around to leave.

At the entrance of the hall where the party was being held, Knox stood with his hands in his pockets. He glanced at everyone enjoying their selves in merriment while co