CHAPTER TWELVE

Araromi leaned forward and watched as she stormed out of the room and a smile appeared on his face, no one dared talk to him the way she just did, and it seems like the young lady doesn't really know what he is capable of doing to her because if she did,she wouldn't have spoken back at him but instead of being angry, he found her attitude fascinating and a slight chuckle escaped his lips that had everyone in the room except Shewa worried, they all knew what he was capable of and Shewa couldn't wait to see the lady being dealt with, that lowly thing had the audacity to talk back at her, she thought and clenched her hands in a fist. Araromi leaned back on his seat and another mischievous smile appeared on his face, I should punish her" he thought and the smile on his face died down.

"She lacks manners bro Ara,she talked back at you" Shewa spoke

"you should have respected yourself little sis, act according to your title" he said and she frowned"

"Iwa is the one that should be blamed for that, she was...

"Iwa?" be interjected

"Sister Iwa" she corrected herself, whispering.

"why are you trying to put the blame on me, you attacked the girl immediately you saw her"

"why bring a slave girl..."

"I corrected you yesterday Shewa, when the king introduced her to us, he didn't say she was a slave, you are beginning to cross the line"

Araromi chuckled, " you can say that once again sis, so it can register in her brain"

"enough now everyone," Ajisafe commanded, "Ara, I hope you aren't planning to punish that girl"

"well, that's left for me to decide,you can't stop me from punishing her, you know she needs some lessons"

"Ara" he called

"I will take my leave, am going hunting, have a nice time" he said and left.

"Oh, I wonder what Ara will do to that poor girl" Iwa said worriedly

"serves her right, next time, she will know how to control that God forsaken tongue of hers" Shewa said and Iwa threw an angry look at her.

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Eliza reached her room and flung herself on the bed, " oh God what have I done" she said and rolled on the bed, throwing kicks in the air, she wondered what had gotten into her that made her talked back at the prince, what if he really punishes me, will he chop off my head, she thought and sat on the bare floor worriedly, she should have just controlled her tongue and keep mute. She slapped herself repeatedly, cursing under her breath.The princess caused it, she was the one who pushed her to the wall, if she were to be given opportunity to deal with her, she was certain that she would beat her black and blue.The world she is now, isn't her world,she has no relative and knows no one here, if the prince really chops off her head, no one would know about it, she had told herself to be careful in this strange land and just the second day, she has gotten into trouble.

Darkness fell on the land and Eliza walked around the room restlessly,she was waiting to be summoned by the king and when someone knocked on her door,her heart jumped with fear, but it was the maid who brought her dinner and she hardly ate it, she wasn't at peace, she thought of escaping,but where to, she knows nowhere here. Time went by and no summon came and her heart became at ease, maybe the prince had decided to show her mercy, who wouldn't get angry at being called a wench, she thought and decided to go to the garden for fresh air. She picked up the lantern and left the room.She walked down the corridor that leads to the garden, she isn't getting lost this time around. She reached the garden and smiled triumphantly, it would have been a disaster if she were to miss the way again. She sat on the floor and looked up at the beautiful sky, the stars and moon beautified it and she loved the view, she kept staring at the sky with a beautiful smile."it's beautiful" she muttured and looked away from the sky to look at the rose flower, the same ones Araromi kept staring at yester night and she saw it was a sight to behold.

"you are here again" a thick voice said from behind and she jolted and hastily stood on her feet to see who it was,

it was Araromi, he stood there in the dark,his hands behind his back, his blue eyes twinkled under the moonlight and it was hard to resist his charm, those eyes of his were too powerful, it captured her very soul and mind and it took her some seconds to come back to her senses. She hastily bowed her head, so low, that her head was touching her knee, "I apologize for my unruly behavior this morning"

"what a good girl you are" he said and she raised her head. am not a girl, she said to herself.

"am sorry I lost my temper"

"well, everyone gets angry" he said and she smiled

" have you forgiven me?"

"no" he said and she frowned,"am still going to punish you"

"are you really going to chop off my head"she said and he chuckled,

"why would I do that, what would I gain by chopping off the head of a beautiful lady" he said and she sighed in relief and agreed with him in her mind that she really Is a beauty,she needn't not to be told that,she knows she is.

"am sorry once again" she said and bowed her head again

"am still going to punish you" he said and sat on the floor

"I know" she said and sat beside him, keeping a good distance between them. She said nothing to him and went back to look at the flowers. This night she is the one that has her eyes fixed on the flowers not the prince,his own eyes were fixed on her. He had seen her leave her room and follow her here secretly, he was glad he saw her smile as she looked at the sky and at that moment,she was like an angel, he had longed to see her smile and he finally did. Speaking of the punishment, he wants to hand down to her, he thought of a good one and the thought of that brought a smile on his face.