chapter 2 episode 2

i awoken to the sound of foot step in my room

"good morning my lady, am sorry i woke up you"a young maid said

" nah it okay , i would have wake up anyways so no need beating yourself up "i said smiling

" thank you my lady , i have set your water but i don't know how you want it warm or hot , rose petals or body fragrance " she said almost in a hurry. she looks very innocent if am not mistake we could be age mate that is if i am not few years older than she is poor child.

"calm down okay i wouldn't bite, firstly i like my bath warm , i mean very warm and yes rose petals will do just fine" i said giving her a warm smile

"okay this way " she bows and turn allowing me to strip and tie my towel

" can i know your name"

"huh"

"why do you look surprise , i am new here and i could really use a friend here too"

"maya, my lady " she replied with a bow

"Maya , what a nice name , you know i read somewhere that Maya means good mother and also in Greek methodology , Maya was the mother of the Greek god Hermes , who happened to be the son of Zeus"

"wow, my lady i never knew" maya said in surprise as he pours warm water to wash my hair.

after washing my hair we stepped out to dry my hair

"tell me maya how long have you being in the shark's land"

"as long as i can remember my lady, my parent

where fugitive running from their captive my father was killed in the course my mum was badly wounded, while running with me she ran into the camp fire of lord Andrew sharks, according to him she was dying she gave me to him and that how i have been since then , she narrated.

" wow, that nice of him, how old are you if i may ask"

" my lady , i will be 19 in few moons" maya said as she opens the wardrobe for me to pick a dress.

"well i am still older than you then " i said and she chuckled.

" you can call me nell , when it just us okay, i never really had a female friend other than my nanny madam grace and i miss her so much"

"alright nell" she said as we both laughed.

In few minutes i was dressed, in a red long gown that hold tightly from my breast till my mild thigh and flow freely downwards, it also had a net sleeves. my hair was packed into a ponytail, she applied a little shed of red colour to my eyes and a water like lip balm to make my lips shine.

"all done" maya said

"wow, i must admit, there is a difference between the touch of a young lady and an elder" i said and we both laughed

"i will take my leave now food will be brought up here for you since his grace isn't back yet"

she said and left , not long after another maid came in with a tray, filled with fruits and food, from her looks she is in the same age group as i and Maya

"Hi" i said to which she didn't give a reply she drops the tray on stand and walks out, okay i guess not everyone in shark land is friendly. i took one look at the food and my tommy grumble. i haven't tasted anything since yesterday afternoon. I started devouring the food, shortly after the maid who brought the tray came to pick it up. I sat on the bed nothing to do i picked up my phone only to see dozen of texts from my brother i totally forgot i put it on silent when i came in last night and it past noon already cold chills filled me am sure he must be throwing tantrum by now ,with one ring he picked

"where the hell have you been" he creams from the other side of the phone

"am sorry'

" sorry huh, sorry, you are not yet a day old in shark land and you have forgotten who you are"

"i haven't, brother"

"then get your head straight" he said before he disconnects.

i spent the rest of the day mostly in silence since i didn't have anything to do when it was evening maya came to get me ready for bed, we chatted a little while about different things i discovered we had a lot on common she had to leave to go and prepare for other things. i sat on my bed as i watched the birds flying freely outside thinking about my life i was over taken by my thought that i didn't hear the maid come in.

"your food" the same girl from earlier said as she places the tray on the same spot as before.

"thanks , can i know your name , i tried to talk to you earlier but you seemed like you didn't want to have a conversion"

"xena"

"nice name "

"i will take my leave now" xena said before i could say anything .

after eating i took the tray and handed it over to the guard by the door i wanted to rest i didn't want to be disturb . i slept after some time. i remembered when i slept but how did i end up here it so dark i guess i must be dreaming i turned round to examine my current location i must be in a tunnel i move further to the light at the end of the tunnel i came in contact with a a big wild dog if i were in a television movie i will say it was a wolf it eyes look like fire i became scared i started running back the same way i came i kept running and when it was as if i was going to give up i found myself in my house , but it looked like it did years back i moved to the court yard that use to be my favourite place i could see a woman talking with a man from their body language they were arguing i moved closer to identify who they were and what they were doing here the picture of little me being dragged by my brother appeared i ran after him to stop him then the fire started and then i realize those people could have been my parent i ran back to save them but the fire was just too much i kept on screaming and crying for help before i was brought back my maya

"nell, nell wake up"

i was covered with sweat and tears and the dream of my parent death hunted me all my childhood i would always wake up with a scream and madam grace will always be there to comfort me, but this time it different the dog and then the picture of my dad and mum.

"you had a nightmare" maya said as she washes my body" i guess it because you sat down yesterday doing nothing , so today i will take you round the house so you will know your way around before his grace returns okay so don't be moody" i smiled a little just to assure her i will be fine, the bath went on quietly when we were done i sat on my dress stand since i didn't let maya to dry my so she let it down, i have a very long hair that stops just before my waistline. i wore a sundress since it a sunny day.

"why are you the one serving me food, where is xena"

" i guess you must have meet the evil queen right hand Xena and by now you know she doesn't like you" Maya said as she places the tray on the table.

"Evil queen ? who is that and what does she have against me". i laughed maya can be so dramatic so she cant really be serious about the evil queen stuff

" nai , kakia vasilissa Andriana "(yes evil queen Andriana) maya said as she made funny horror sounds to which we both laughed.

"okay maya calm down now you sound like we are in a horror movie, who is Andriana and what does she and xena have against me ?"

maya moves to sit besids me"will you see, just like most of us here Andriana was given to Lord sharks when he was 10 , same period i was brought in but unlike me she become his mistress and she has been keeping his bed warm since then "

"oh i see," i said , i don't know why but i felt a sting in my heart as she spoke

"Don't get me wrong his grace is not the kind to have chains of Mistresses so we all thought he would be marrying Andriana" she said

"oh now i see why see why she should hate me, where is she anyways"

"well she as usual she went with his grace for his meeting, she should be arriving before him " she said to which i just signed " come on Nell don't think about it and allow me to show you around"

"okay dear lead the way"

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