Chapter 185
Chapter 185
“What is going on here?”
I turned to the sound of the voice to see two women. I recognized them as the ones who Lady Nifra put in charge. They walked into the garden, flanked by guards.
“Oh my goodness! Blair!” One of them shouted and rushed to Blair. The other one followed behind her.
“You!” They turned to me. “What did you do?! This was all your fault, wasn’t it?”
I gently pushed the girls who surrounded me to the side and stepped forward. “Me? What did I do?”
“Don’t play coy! You used a disgusting trick in Blair and these guards here! What was it, huh?! You’re not going to talk?!”
I folded my arms calmly and stared at them. “You lot are not only siding Blair, you’re ignoring your duties and acting like little obedient puppies. You have turned a blind eye to the suffering of this harem, and I am going to put an end to that.”
The burst out laughing. “That is nonsense,”
“You were but a slave here, have you forgotten?”
“Cleaning up after us, obeying every command because that was all you could do. Have you forgotten, slave?”
I opened my mouth to reply and then paused.
Come to think of it, it’s no use exchanging any word with them. They aren’t listening, and it’s clear they’re here for something.
I looked at Blair who looked passed out on the ground and back at the women.
“I see what is going on here,” I said with a slow nod. “Are you all doing this because you want to get special treatment when the king makes Blair his Luna? Is that it, huh?”
“And?” One of them spat and folded her hands. “What is wrong with it? A little ambition never killed anyone.”
“And you should start making peace with us if you want to have a happy life after this.”
“That’s right. Go on your knees, and we’ll leave. Else, you will be responsible for the girls suffering. I’m sure you’ll like that, right?”
Murmurs rose from the girls surrounding me.
“What a load of crap.” I muttered under my breath. I turned to leave, only for the guards to rush up to me and grab my arms. I sighed softly, shaking my head at their antics. Didn’t they see their colleagues gasping on the ground? And they still had the guts to touch me.
“Make her kneel” one of the women said.
The guards forced me to my knees in front of them. Their eyes held cruel stares as they looked at me.
“You’re going to pay, slave. By the time we’re done dealing with you, you’d wish you were dead.”
I laughed to myself.
Ah, the ignorance on them.
If they knew just how much the king treasured me, they wouldn’t dream of coming close to me. For heavens sake, just an
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hour ago I was in his secret gardens where he confessed his feelings to me,
These women still don’t know that,
I wondered for a brief second if I should use the magic I had used on Blair on her guards on these women. Would it work? It should, right?
I banished the thought as soon as it came. Even if it will work, I don’t want to actually lose control and kill someone. That isn’t my aim at all.
I just have to find another way to deal with this situation.
“You have no idea what you’re doing” I said. “Let me go, and I will forget all about this.”
They both laughed in my face. “You’re so arrogant it’s cute.”
“Guards, tie her up to that tree trunk over there. For her crimes, she is to be whipped until she asks for mercy.”
“You can’t do that!” One o the girls screamed out from the crowd.
“Who said that?!” The woman barked, her eyes rocking around the crowd like a hungry predator.
“I did!” The girl stepped forward. “Leave Sabrina alone! She didn’t do anything!”
“Leave her?” The woman sputtered. She stormed up to the girl and grabbed her by her hair. “Do you want to take your darling Sabrina’s place then? Would you?”
The girl began to tremble. She looked at me and she nodded.
“Let her go.” I said. “I will take your punishment, leave her alone”
The woman rolled her eyes. “What nuisances. They think they have a sense
floyalty or something. Guards, tie her already!”
“You’re going to regret this.” I said as the guards dragged me to the tree trunk. “You have a chance, stop this now and I’ll forget all about this.”
They laughed at me. “Maybe you should gag her too.” One of them said and the other agreed.
The guards tied me to the tree trunk, my face squished against the rough bark. I inhaled deeply and readied myself for the lashes to come.
This wasn’t the first time I had been whipped, but that didn’t mean it didn’t sting.
The first lash tore through my clothes, stinging my ski and drawing blood. I squeezed my eyes shut and bit my lip, refusing to make a single sound.
The whip came down on my back. Over and over again. Around me I could hear the gasps of the girls, someone was crying. The women were laughing and screaming for the guards to whip me faster.
“Make her cry!”
“She’s too silent! Are you even doing your job well?!”
I could laugh. They have no idea that I’ve been through a worse hell than a simple whipping. They are the ones that I feel sorry for. because soon they won’t just be crying, they’ll be in hell.
“What are you girls doing?!” A loud voice shouted. I recognized that voice as Lady Nifra, and I felt a tinge of relief that she was here. “Sabrina?! Oh my heavens! Sabrina!”
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The next thing I felt were hands hastily undoing the ropes that held me. Lady Nifra grabbed my shoulders and turned me to look at her. Her icy eyes were full of worry.
“I’m fine.” I said with a small smile.
“Lady Nifra this slave was…
She turned to the women. “Do you have any idea what you have just done!!”
“My lady! She was being haughty and we
“We disciplined her!”
“You disciplined her?” Lady Nifra asked with a scoff. “Do you know who she is?”
The women exchanged worried looks. Behind them, Blair got to her feet. She looked right at me and glared.
“She is the King’s beloved.” Lady Nifra said angrily.
“What?!” Blair screamed. “She…how-
“And for the touching her, the king would have your heads. All of you!”
Blair gasped, her eyes rolled back to her head and she passed out again.
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