Em doesn't think herself special, sure she's had a hard life so far but everyone has that. When one day the queen visits her mistress, her world turns upside down. And as she finds out, the more important you are, the more dangerous the rest of the world is.

The missing princess

 My mind is racing. 'What's going on?' The weird feeling I had has come back. 


 "Are you sure you didn't send a man to fetch us?" I ask Mother, but she just shakes her head. 


 "Couldn't that female servant have passed on the message to the man we talked to?" Landon asks. 


 "No," Mother says. "Jewel never passes on personal requests to other servants." 


 Mother looks at me with a determined look. "Yes, Jewel. This might sound weird to you, but I know most servants by name. I know more than you might think." 


 "I never said you didn't know anything about your servants or anything, but the question remains who was that man?" 


 Mother ignores my question and rings the little bell standing on the table. Not soon after, a servant appears. 


 "Please fetch Mrs. Adams, tell her it's urgent," Mother tells him. 


 Not soon after, the lady I've met yesterday appears. "You called for me?" The woman, Mrs. Adams, says. 


Chapter 16