The trap

Annual pov 

Chapter 2

"You!" The person enunciated. Her long finger was only a few inches away from my pupil.

"Young lady Elena needs your ass up there."

Within a blink I was already inside lady Elena's chamber, panting heavily.

"Where is my dress?"Elena enunciated, her voice getting louder with each word.

A chill crept over me from the tip of my heart to my extremities. "Your dress?"I repeated in doubt.

"Maybe you're deaf or also ugly with your ears."She spouted, turning to me. Her hazel eyes lost their glow.

She cast me a glance and her eyes spoke volumes. I lowered my gaze, tears pouring out of the rim of my eyes. "I'm sorry ma'am, but Lena already took the dress from me earlier on."

My eyes darted over to Lena's side, she gave me a deadly glare before speaking up. 

"Me?"

"Yes," I answered.

"Ann, don't you dare lie to me, I never demand any dress from you. I only speak to you because lady Elena needed her dress but you informed me that the dress was burnt while you were trying to press it with a hot stove."

My eyes rolled out of their socket. Lena was accusing me. Why would she do that?

She had only told me that lady Elena needed my presence, but she had come on earlier to demand the dress.

"You burnt my dress?"Elena inquired with her cocked brow.

I nodded my head negatively, trembling.

"You ugly duckling begot of a worthless promiscuous curl!" She yelled. Her hidden veins were popping out of her skin.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but if you check my room you wouldn't find the dress there. Lena..."

"Shut your trash!" She growled. Her pale eyes turned purple.

The door pushed open and I fell to my knees. It was lady Jessica.

The mother-in-law to lady Elena. The wife of the brother of the supreme King.

"What's the yell all about? This is not a market but a palace. Weren't you taught this in your kingdom?"She lashed out at Elena.

Elena immediately busted out in tears.

"What is it with the tears?"Lady Jessica demanded.

"Mother-in-law. It was not my intention to turn the palace into a commotion but this useless maid caused it. She burnt my dress."

"There are a lot of dresses out there Elena."Lady Jessica spouted, trying to walk off.

My mind was at peace because lady Jessica was not in support of how Elena had behaved but Elena ruined the moment.

"It was not just a dress that could be replaced but it was the dress that the supreme Luna had given to me." 

Lady Jessica stopped at her pace, whirling back to cast a glare. Her evil aura wanders around the room, sending shivers through my spine.

"How could you be careless Elena?"She barked.

"It wasn't my fault, I had only given it out for laundry and it was ruined by her."

"It wasn't me."I chirped to defend myself but I was welcomed by several slaps.

I hold tightly to my cheeks with my hands. There was a stinging pain emanating from in there.

"Who are you to talk to when I'm talking?" Lady Jessica's voice resounded in the room. 

I was shocked at her response. Before I could get out of my turmoil, she already sent a hard kick against my tummy. I tumbled backward, sprawling in pain.

"Bring her to my chamber."She cooed, walking out of Elena's chamber.

Lena dragged me off the hard linoleum.

"No leave her, "Elena's calm voice broke out.

"She will have to crawl with her knees to my mother's in-law chamber." She said this and walk out with Lena walking after her.

My eyes popped, and uncontrollable tears trickled down the rim of my eyes to my bare cheeks.

I was pained to the core of my heart. Elena was the one mistreating me not just anyone but Elena. Has she forgotten what we were? Has she forgotten everything that I had done for her?

I know she hates me and she didn't people in the palace to be aware of our relationship but why would she keep framing me for things that I had not done?

She should have stepped up and defended me since she knows me better than anyone but here we are with the remembrance of her threat resounding in my ears.

***

"If anyone finds out that we actually know each other or were somehow related, all that you love will be fed to the dog." 

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I was in lady Jessica's chamber with my knees still glued to the linoleum.

They were all seated in their various favorite chairs.

Amy and Hana were beautifully dressed in red. Each of them sits parallel.

Fears creep into my heart, taking my heart as a tombstone.

They were all present, I ain't sure that I'll survive their gathering.

"Sister-in-law..." Elena tried to greet them but was shunned and cut off by their nonchalant look.

She was taken aback by their body language.

"How dare you place your filthy hands on my robe? Do you want to stain it with your body odor?" Amy cursed out in disdain, her face losing its colors.

"Elena take that cane and flog her fifty times for ruining the dress. Twenty-five on her back. Fifteen on her buttocks, and then at her legs." Lady Jessica ordered.

A devilish grin appeared at the top of Elena's face, she has this excitement written on her face. She was giving me a look as if I was better than her or her competitor or rival.

"I swear I'm innocent." I tried to defend myself, stuttering midway.

Before I could compose myself a loud slash landed at the top of my head.

My head loses it counts. As I looked up with a blurry vision, a man was sitting over the extreme with his gaze fixated on a book.

He was smiling, while reading. He had this burnt orange color for hair, he had a sharp nose and a straight mean face.

Everything about him was spelling danger, he almost has the same features as the man who had tell to go on and kill myself. I must confess that this man was handsome and I couldn't help but to gasped at his beauty.

Was it because my vision was blurry? They seem to look alike.

That other man does not have a mole but this gentleman has. I tried to take a further look when a slash landed at my neck, I couldn't help but moan.

We weren't permitted to cry when being whipped by our masters. I had already prepared myself for another slash when I heard Elena spoke.