CHAPTER 3

"I'm glad you're all here" Riona says, "this, is what will be your end the next time one of you shows such disrespect to me" she says. all the servants stare in fear at the unconscious body that laid on the floor. there was a mix of shock and fear in the faces of all the servants and no one dared to move. they couldn't believe that the timid princess Riona had done this to a maid.
"what are you standing there for looking like idiots, she's still alive, but I can't say if she will be for long if you don't take her out of my sight!" she shouts. instantly a male servant swoops in and takes the maid's body off the floor to take her to the med bay within the duke's estate.
"hey you!" the male servant carrying the injured maid stops walking at the sound of Riona's call. "when she is awake tell her to come and clean my room immediately, injured or not" Riona sneered, "ye..yes! my Lady!" the servant boy says and takes off. "the rest of you go back to your work" the crowd disperse, except a young man, who is dressed differently than the male servants present in the house. he stares at her and Riona can't get why, "may i help you?" Riona says matching his stare. Kemi recognises the man before her, he is the head butler's son who betrayed the Duke's family by giving all the dirt accumulated by the Duke's son and daughter, to the rebels that took over the kingdom. he couldn't stand every member of the family and so after getting his father out of the mansion he led the main Male character to slaughter all in this house. 'what does he want with me?!!' Riona thought to herself, 'he won't actually know that I'm not the actual Riona right?' she thought again.

the way the butler's eyes scrutinised her, irritated her further, she knew she had to hide the fact the real Riona was not here anymore but her Kemi, but she hated when people looked down on her, it was because being a girl who ruled the street, a lot of people thought she was not capable enough and didn't fail to show their hostility.

"I asked if I could help you? if not how about you lower your eyes when I'm talking to you punk" Riona sneered "abi you dey craze?" she spits, Kemi realises she had just messed up, 'did I just speak pidgin in a setting like this, now I really have blown my cover' she thought. Kemi had a really bad temper, as soon as she was angry all sense of reasoning was out the window, the butler himself knew this about Kemi,he thought something was off, she was nothing like the quiet Riona who was banned to the corner of the estate by her father, the lady standing before him could not be the lady in the book he read before sleeping off, as soon as Riona uttered broken english, in as instant he knew his theory was correct and boy was glad he was not the only one stuck in this world

"Kemi?" the butler says, Riona is shocked to see the butler mention her name but how? Riona is on full alert now, she feels threatened by the character before her, for him to have uttered her name means its someone from her world or someone who has some magic power to know her name and probably not a friend but an enemy, in an instant she swoops down spinning her leg to knock the butler off balance, he falls to the ground, knowing that her hands are pretty weak, she knew she wouldn't be able to knock out the man groaning on the floor so she can take him to her room to question him, she proceeded to try kicking him across the face when the man shouts

"wait Kemi it's me Chidi!" the butler shouts, With Riona's foot close to his face, about to land a blow.
"Chidi? what the ho-"

"what in the world is going on here Riona?" Riona is interrupted as a young woman around her age walks towards her. the lady is dress in a beautiful yellow gown, she has green coloured eyes that match so well with her red hair. Riona recognised the villainess of the story. Tiana her step sister who till Riona's death treated her terribly.

"I asked a question are you deaf?!" tiana shouts "how dare you cause a scene in my mansion?! it seems you don't know your place anymore, allow me to show you" tiana walks up to Riona and slaps her across the face. "you will go down to the infirmary and apologise to that maid" Tiana states with satisfaction on her faces at the sight of the swollen cheek of Riona.

"well get going this instant or-" before Tiana could complete her sentence, Riona steps so hard on her feet breaking her toes. Tiana let out a shriek and falls to the ground as her maids rush to her aid. Riona takes the butler who is now Chidi by the hand and walks to her room, Tiana calls after her "you're going to regret this I swear it! I'll make you pay". Tiana is escorted by the maids to the infirmary leaving Riona and the butler alone.