"Don't you think that was mean?" Nikolai asked as they walked down the hallway leading to the prince's room. He was rewarded with a deadly look from Luciano.
"Oops sorry" He raises his hands in mock surrender. "Didn't mean to offend prince Wolfy.....pleeeease.have mercy my prince...don't..kill... meee!!!...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to offend the kingdom biggest baby cat!!!" He teased mimicking a helpless voice and laughed loudly clutching his stomach.
They reached Luciano's room and the guards opened the door and they both stepped in. The room screamed ROYALTY. It was spacious, a little bit dark and well furnitured with a king sized bed at the left side of the room. A shelf occupied the right end of the room with a table and chair close to it. There was a door at the right side of the room leading to the bathroom. There was also a standing mirror purely made of gold at the right side of the room, besides it, a table filled with all sorts of jewelry made of expensive gold stood there. There was a huge door standing at the middle end of the room obviously leading to the balcony.
Nikolai stopped teasing him when he saw the angry look on his brother's face not directed to him though.
"Is there a problem brother?" Nikolai asked, looking confused as hell.
"Evander."
The door opened and one of the guards stepped in. "Yes my prince."
"Get me Helen."
"Yes my prince." Evander bowed and left the room.
"Is there a problem Luciano?" Nikolai repeated the question again looking like a lost puppy.
"Out."Luciano commanded.
"Huh? Nikolai said, shocked.
"Out Nikolai, I want to be alone." Luciano grunted in response with a deep voice.
"Okay okay, I'm going....it's not like I want to witness any ugly scene." Nikolai said.
Luciano paid him no attention
Nikolai walked to the door, held the door knob and with a smirk on his face turned back and said "Bye big baby cat." and exited the room.
Luciano looked at the door with a frustrated look on his face.
*Few minutes later*
Luciano could be seen behind a desk sitting gracefully, books and scrolls could be seen on the table, a small bottle of ink and feather lying on the desk.
Helen, a woman probably in her early fifties standing meters away from the prince with her head bowed.
There was an eerie silence in the room making the older woman feel uncomfortable. Finally the silence was broken when the prince leaned forward on the table and said "why is my room so unkempt?"
It was then Helen looked up and saw that the room was truly unkempt. The bed was not arranged properly, there were traces of dust on the book shelf. Helen mentally scolded herself for forgetting.
"I'm so sorry your highness, it must have skipped my mind to tell you that Sansa had resigned from working in the palace to go help her sick mother."
"So what you're trying to tell me is that there are no maids in this palace"
"No....!!!....no....no....your high..ness." Helen stammered, already shaking. Why was he twisting the whole thing? "It's just that we don't have enough maids in the castle anymore, it's just the slave that are..." She was cut short when the prince yelled with a loud voice "and are this slaves handicapped!" He asked, his eyes raging in fury. "No... no..your highness...not all all..." Helen answered very quickly.
"Then assign one of these 'slaves' to get my room in order." He spat out angrily pronouncing the word slave like it tastes bitter in his mouth. "Okay your highness, consider it done." Prince Luciano relaxed back on his chair, his face expressionless like he wasn't the same person who looked like he could kill somebody. "Good you may take your leave." He said, his voice calm as ever.
Helen bowed her head and turned around quickly and with hurried steps exited the room.
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Eleanor had just returned from cleaning the very big ballroom in the castle. The ballroom had been very dusty, because it had been so long since it was used, making it very difficult to clean.
"I wonder why they tell us to clean the room they're never going to use." Eleanor thought within herself. "Because you all are slaves." Her subconsciousness reminded her. She signed heavily as she got dressed in a poorly made dress specially for slaves after taking her bath.
Eleanor had just finished dressing up and was about laying on the floor to get some rest. There was only one bed in the room which consists of twelve female slaves including Eleanor and Gwen. The room was poorly constructed, small with only one window.
There was a knock on the door before the door went open and Madam Helen the heads of all maids in the palace stepped in. They all greeted her. Helen was a very generous and caring woman to all of them. Most times she would steal food from the palace kitchen to give it to them to eat or else they would've probably starved to death.
Helen scanned all of them with her eyes looking around until her eyes landed on Eleanor. "Eleanor" Helen called with a concerned voice. Eleanor looked up and stood to her feet before answering "yes ma'am."
Madam Helen took a deep breath before speaking "you have been assigned to clean and make sure Prince Luciano's is in order." Eleanor could hear a very loud bang in her head. Prince Luciano!!...dear gods!!!!
Maria took a deep breath before speaking "you have been assigned to clean and make sure Prince Luciano's room is in order." Eleanor could hear a loud bang in her head. *Prince Luciano!! Dear gods!!*. She looked at Helen with eyes wide open in shock. She could only nod her head. No words forming in her mouth. She was about to turn around and take a seat when Madam Helen added "you should get your equipment, you're starting right now." Eleanor felt her legs go weak, she had to lean on the wall to support herself from falling. *Prince Luciano!! Oh god please!!* Since her stay in Cordenia Eleanor has heard a lot about the cold hearted Prince. He has murdered a lot of time without any little tiny bit of conscience in him. How was she going to cope with him, who knows maybe one day might just strangle her or slice her head with those big swords he carries about. God, no, she was not ready to die yet. She was already panicking within herself. Helen felt really sor
I held my skirt as I raced up the stairs to the Prince's bedroom. It's my second day working as his personal slave. I was relieved of a few of my duties, I feel sorry for Gwen and the others because they still had to work the mines today. I stopped to catch my breath as I reached the last floor. Was I really ready to face the prince today? I remember yesterday when I hurriedly finished my work and literally ran out of the castle just to avoid seeing him. I guess I just have to deal with seeing him everyday. I reached my destination which was exactly in front of his room and met two guards there again looking like their faces were made to frown. I greeted them but they just kept looking at me like I'm some dumb fool. One of them, yes I recognized him, he was the one who came into the room to call the prince yesterday. He turned and opened the door for me. I opened the room and met the prince and the Queen in a heated discussion, i didn't even get the chance to hear what they were a
Eleanor's POV "Hey brother" he said looking at me "who is this" he asked *okay, here we go again* "My personal slave" He grunted in response before walking away to train with few of the warriors My heart was beating real fast...wanna know why...okay...the prince's younger brother has been standing here six minutes since prince Luciano left and has been staring at me...does he even know who I am? "Hey" he said *wait..is he talking to me* I actually wanted to ask but restricted myself. "Nikolai" He said, stretching out his hands for a...what??...handshake!!! I paused, staring at him like a fool.. wait..just wait..he wants to shake him...whaaaat!!!! a common slave like me?? He chuckled to himself before saying " hey c'mon I don't bite" He stretched out his hands again saying "I'm Prince Nikolai, but you can just call me Nikolai" *no way! Do I want to be beheaded?? maybe not yet* I tucked my hair behind my ear before stretching my hands to
So when would Elliot arrive here in Cordenia" Ariel asked "I don't know, he should have sent a letter by now" King Axel replied "I really can't wait, at least he would talk some sense into Luciano's head" She said, turning to face the king and helping him with the buttons on his shirt. "Luciano?? What did he do this time Ariel??" The Queen signed, finished the buttons and took a step back. She folded her hands under her breast before speaking "you would not believe what I'm about to tell you" She paused before revealing "Luciano assigned a slave of Narva to work for him as his personal maid" She said with a voice that clearly sounds like she's gossiping "What?!!!!" The King roared "how could he?!!" Exactly. That was the exact reaction she wanted to get from him. "What the hell is wrong with him?" He yelled, his eyes red in anger. "I don't think it's his fault though" She said calmly, causing the king to snap his head to look at her like she just said the dumbest thing eve
*Eleanor's POV* I heaved a sigh of relief as I walked into the empty kitchen. I leaned on one of the kitchen cabinets to catch my breath. Today has really been hectic, we have been cooking different kinds of meals. Why? According to what I heard, this lord Elliot happens to be a very powerful person and is very hard to please. The maids wouldn't stop gossiping about him, and I've been thinking if he's that hard to please, why are they wasting their time preparing a surprise party for him. Well the worst part is, nobody's attending the party aside from the king and his family. So why are they cooking all the kinds of meals I've never heard of before, talk less of eating them. I doubt they are going to finish it. Madam Helen rushed into the kitchen and literally dragged me out rushing her words. "He's here! He's here! We all have to assemble to welcome him, c'mon hurry!!" I almost rolled my eyes. We got outside the castle and I sighted Gwen looking around, probably searchi
*Eleanor's POV* I walked into the castle to assist other servants to clean the palace. I can say it again that yesterday was another worst day of my life. After the prince ordered me to get dressed, I went to my room and got dressed in another of my slave wears, which was neater and did not stink of sweat like the one I had on. I still wonder how I'm still alive today because yesterday my heart was pounding hard like it wanted to break out of its ribcage, and the deadly look the Queen was giving me did not help matters at all. I can't say the Royal family is one interesting family because the so-called 'party' or 'dinner' they were having went in total silence. Only the King and his brother were making small talks. It was just once Prince Luciano spoke, which was when his uncle 'Lord Elliot' was trying to be a good uncle and asked Luciano how he had been, he was like "Luciano! It's been so long since I last saw you, you've grown into a big man now." And Luciano's reply went
*Eleanor's POV* I woke up to the slight tapping on my arm and somebody calling my name. I groaned inaudibly under my breath tossing around on the floor. "Wake up Eleanor, you have a lot of work to do at the palace, remember?" I forced my eyelids open and looked through the small window. "C'mon Gwen, it's not sunrise yet." I shut my eyes, ready to drift off to sleep again. SMACK!! "Ow!!!" I yelped in surprise, jerking up off the ground and rubbed my head soothingly, trying to ease the pain. "What was that for?" I asked, scrunching my face in annoyance. "Well, that's a clear reminder that the Queen hates you." she replied, folding her hands under her breast with her brows arched. "Why would she ha--" I trailed off when I remembered the order from the Queen yesterday. "Oh dear gods of Narva, why me??" I grumbled wanting to rest my head on the wall but accidentally smacked it a little hard. "Ouch!!!!" I yelped moving away from the wall. Gwen stood up from the ground with hand
*Eleanor's POV**Two weeks later*I walked deeper into the bush, my vision a little blurry, my legs wobbling slightly but managed to keep going. I used my hands to angrily wipe the tears off my face. My body swayed slightly unable to keep steady. I walked further into the bush and finally arrived at my destination, a small river with rocks around it.I walked to a big rock and sat on it sniffing lightly. I was mad, crazy, deranged, anything just name it, so I had to stay away from the castle. I know this is a big risk, especially for a 'slave' like me, but at this moment I don't care.