Chapter Six

After a moment of silence quick footsteps surrounded me from every angle. Hands grabbed and pulled at my dress. I was then quickly led to another room and dunked into a hot bath. My skin was bright pink when they were done cleaning, or should I say scrubbing, my skin. They put heavily scented oils into my hair and three people began to brush and do my hair. At this point my eyes had adjusted to the dim light and I could see that there were five women dressed in brown dresses. The two that weren't styling my hair were going through dresses. They pulled out a dark blue dress and held it up to my face, then they began to dress me. They opened the door we'd come through and two guards came in.

"Follow us." The older man said before turning around and walking out. I looked back at the women, who'd already started to clean up the room. They didn't speak to me while they led me through the halls. They finally stopped in front of a door. "We aren't allowed past this door, the King wants you to wait in his private room. Please refrain from touching anything." They walked away leaving me. I open the door to find a staircase leading upwards. I sighed and began my assent.