SIN
( A REASON TO DIE)
NOEL INNOCENT
CHAPTER TWO: PAIR OF RED EYES
” Do you realize that flowers never stop blooming baron ” mumbling my gaze didn’t move from the rose am watering, over hundreds of years they keep doing the one thing they are good at.
” Of course my Lord ”
Nodding my head, I allow my eyes to meet his for a split second ” what brings you here baron?”
” It’s about the little girl my Lord ” he exhale after mumbling ” what do you propose we do with her ”
” Give her to the head chief to take care of” realizing the water has reach its end I stand straight ” I do not need a child staying close to me, they are certain things I can’t tolerate ”
” Of course my Lord, I will do just that ”
Before he leave I lift my hand to stop him from taking another step ” tell the head chief to keep love making out of the child ears, for someone so small I can’t believe she can say such things with ease”
” Will do that milord”
Lily watch them carefully, how they cook, take care of kitchen, watch the dishes, clean the floors, is this what I will grow into doing? It seem really hard, I should give it a try.
Jumping off the table I move to pick the broom stick but the woman they call the head chief stop me, looking up at her, I notice she look sad, as if pitting my situation ” little lily” she bend down and pat my head ” you need not stress yourself any further, your future will be difficult enough ”
” My future?”
She nod ” once you hit eighteen, the king will acknowledge you as a suitable bed warmer ”
” Bed warmer?” I look at her strangely ” these are words I know nothing of madam ” my gaze move to the maids which are always sad ” to service the Lord on his bed is that bad?”
” Of course ” one of the maids mumble and the others shoot her daggers ” I mean when you grow up you will un-derstand ”
” Am sure the Lord has other concubines right?”
” Yes ” the head chief smile ” I want you to relax and enjoy your childhood for these six years you have left ”
” Do you mean the king dismiss me from his presence for six years?” They all nod and I smile, finally happy ” you mean I won’t get to see that sad man face for six years!” I chuckle and they all stare at me strangely ” did I say something wrong?”
” No lily ” one of the maids mumble ” is just that the king is always smiling, he is always happy lily ”
” But they are fake ” I look at them ” don’t you notice it ”
” Enough of the talk ” the head chief stand to her feet ” we should get to work before martin arrive here” everyone begin working while I walk behind head chief.
” Who is martin?”
” The man in charge of the palace neatness, he is one sulking man” that made me smile ” you do know you talk older than your age little lily ” head chief mumble while stepping into a huge room down the hallway.
Books all over, I watch her move to a corner lifting some box that look pretty heavy, I think this will be a library ” what are those for?”
” These are books that are to be thrown away without the king knowledge, he must never know you dispose of what is his ”
” But that means they are old if you have to dispose of them right?” She nod and am left to wonder, is the king that greedy of his things? Or he just like staring at them.
In the process of the head chief lifting it, a book drop and I hurriedly pick it up, ‘tales of heaven’ written boldly on it ” bring it lily ”
” Can I please keep it ” I give her my begging eyes ” I promise I will be careful, the king won’t see me with it ”
” Alright lily, be careful, remember to always avoid meeting the king ” she warn ” he ask me to keep you out of the main palace ”
I nod my head while walking back to the servant quarters, opening the first chapter I couldn’t help but smile, I will make sure to take my time in reading them.
Weeks pa-ssed with me gradually working in the kitchen, washing the dishes and watching how they prepare the king meal, each time I do salivate, he must really enjoy his meal.
Afternoon I move to the ranch to help mr Collin who take care of the horses and other animals the king choose to keep ” how much do the king pay Mr Collin ” I ask which gain me a hit on my head, playfully.
” You shouldn’t ask someone of his salary but since it’s you I will disclose it ” he smile ” three hundred thousand dollars ”
” That’s a lot ”
I watch him nod still smiling ” that’s why I try to work perfectly ” I guess everybody still have their reasons of working here.
Time do fly by, within a blink of an eye, four years has pa-ssed and now today is my birthday that no one knows about, am sixteen today and my life here is not so bad.
un-der the stars I sit on one of the benches in the garden, holding the book I took years back,’ tale of heaven’, no mater how many times I read it, I just can’t help but to find it interesting all over again.
Opening the book once more, I smile as my eyes move from each paragraph ” tales of heaven’ ” hearing that voice I quickly rise to my feet and place my hand with the book behind, hiding the book from Lord Mammon.
” My Lord”
” That belong to me ” he grown, he seem rather pissed, how can someone remember a book he haven’t seen for four years ” no body touches what’s mine! ” For the first time I heard him growl and for some reason he seem bigger and I couldn’t help but to decline.
” No milord ” I bow my head ” it is mine ”
” Are you saying I tell lies?” I heard the anger in his voice and I lift my head to meet pair of red eyes, I forgot to ask miss Clara why the king so much hate someone to touch what’s his.
Am not surprised, all my birthdays always have a horrible incident attach.
SIN
( A REASON TO DIE)
NOEL INNOCENT
CHAPTER THREE: FAKE SMILES
Mammon watch her carefully, how her nose move abnormal, her heart beat doesn’t seem normal, her eyes trying to avoid contact with mine or perhaps checking if a guard is coming or not” my Lord ” she swallow ” all I mean to say is that, tales of heaven’ is a book anyone can have, how sure are you that it’s yours ”
” You’re saying am beginning to lose sight of things?”
My words seem to make her eyes widen, realizing the kind of trouble she is, she step back and shake her head, her hair has gotten pretty long, doesn’t she cut it off, I once heard girls always try to be pretty, it doesn’t look like this child put a lot of effort in it.
” Of course not milord, only a fool will imagine that ”
” Aren’t humans fools?” I frown ” but I will take it you’re not one, are you?” She look at me confused which only means she think she is human, how silly and preposterous.
” Hand it over ”
” Huh?” She mumble still looking confused, am being nice to this child but……my thoughts stop running wide when she fall down, the book roll from her hands and I frown at that.
Moving close I take in her facial improvement, she truly has grown, how long as it been that I haven’t seen her? ” Four years milord ” hearing that voice I turn back to notice miss Clara standing, I give her one of my smiles.
” I have no idea I said that out loud ”
” You did milord ” she hurried to the child direction and lift her up ” if you will excuse me, I will like to take her back to the servant quarters”
I nod ” she is not ill ” I mumble ” so worry not ”
” Thank you milord ”
” She took what’s mine miss Clara ” I growl ” do you know of nothing relating to that ” bending now I pick up my novel, a book that was written with my own hands and this girl dare to tell me that many people owns this kind of book ” how long has she been with it?”
” Four years milord ” miss Clara bow down ” please have mercy on her milord, it was my fault for agreeing to her request, punish me instead ”
” I can see that you have grown attach to this little girl ” I laugh ” what is that, motherly feelings?”
” Milord ”
” Being barren doesn’t give you the right to treat this thing special head chief ” I watch how her eyes redden, probably ready to shed eyes, humans, always emotional ” regardless of that, she took what’s mine so I shall punish her ”
” Milord ”
” Take her to my chamber head chief ”
” She is only sixteen ”
I furrow my brows ” why do you look so concern with my decision, do you plan to go against me?”
” No milord, I won’t dare ”
Feeling the ha-rd floor beneath her body she growl unpleasantly, disliking the feeling ” you’re awake” the voice replay in lily head as she try to remember who owns such husky voice.
Everything replay in her head, her conversation with the Lord, his anger, how she lost consciousness immediately he called her non human.
Sitting up with speed I quickly open my eyes, I was left on the floor, my gaze quickly move to meet the Lord, who is sitting on the chair next to a huge bed with the novel.
I look around and realize one thing, this room belongs to the king, the huge bed, the light, how huge the bed is but why am I in his room? Am only sixteen, is he so hor-ny that he couldn’t wait till I grow up completely.
I do know that my bre-ast s and arse has added a little but that doesn’t mean am big enough for the act of love making ” milord!” I couldn’t help but to growl ” surely you do not mean for us to start such act at a tender age!”
” Such acts? Tender age?” He repeat my words and I take in his appearance, usually his hair is always tied up in a ponytail but this night it’s lose down and he is wearing something like a robe, he might be na-ked un-derneath.
My face heat up from just that thoughts.
” Milord I beg for your forgiveness” bowing my head I mumble ” I shouldn’t have taken your belonging, it was foolish of me ”
” Hmmmm”
” I know milord but am only sixteen ” I lift my head and scream unknowingly due to how close Lord Mammon is ” milord!” Covering my mouth I notice that he still look angry, did I perhaps anger him more with my words.
” You ” his frown de-eperen and his robe seem to loosen a bit, the moment my eyes dart down it move right back to his face ” you think I will get hor-ny over seeing a child as yourself ”
” A child” I mumble and I smile quickly ” you still see me as child right” feeling happy I nod my head ” thank God ” he stand to his feet, giving me a cold stare.
” You’re a strange one ” I watch him move back to his chair and sit quietly, the room remain quiet, he said nothing, just kept staring at me with what I feel is anger ” it’s been awhile someone touch what’s mine and went free, I mean no body goes free after that ”
Not un-derstanding his words, I remain kneeing ” do you mean I have to pay?”
” Pay” he repeat my words once again and it seem to annoy him ” do you not fear me!”
” I do milord ”
” And you talk back with such ease ”
” Forgive me milord” I mumble ” I will grow to fear you more ” this however made him quiet, I watch him once again rise to his feet, drop the book then bend to my level.
His blue eyes seem darker but he fake a smile ” always an eyesore huh ”
” Fake milord ” he frown at my response ” your smiles are always fake” this made his eyes widen from shock, why do he look surprise, have no one told him that before.
They look pretty fake to me.
” Out ”
” Milord ”
” Leave my presence ”
TBC