THE NEW SERVANT 2

LIA BLAKE

"Don't worry, you will get used to it." Ma'am Lucy said as though she read my thoughts. There were some guards guarding the frontage of the different axis of the exquisite buildings.

"He really is the king…" I murmured in awe gaping around the place. My father's house, despite how I usually saw it as one of the finest houses in my pack, was like nothing compared to this beauty.

"Excuse me, we are here to see the king…He is aware of our coming." I heard Ma'am Lucy ask one of the men on duty.

I didn't hear the guard speak but Ma'am Lucy was soon calling out to me.

"Come along girl! The King is waiting."

"Yes ma'am," I mumbled still partly in awe as I took quick long strides to catch up with her. She pushed open the entrance door and we let ourselves in.

The dead silence of the room struck me the moment we stepped in.

A series of portraits and pictures of people I guessed to be legends or perhaps had an impact on the pack hung on the wall.

"This is the throne room, not