Chapter 6

Everyone disliked and bullied Ashley because she was his personal maid and only she had the chance to enter his room. They knew that the prince never cared about her or noticed her, so it gave them more courage to bully her. Some even wished that she fell into the ruthless prince Damon's trap one day and got killed.

When they heard him call out her name in what seemed to be in anger, they became excited that their wishes had come true. 

Mitilde Ashley had offended the ruthless and terrifying prince Damon of Silvorout kingdom!

The scene of her getting killed by the prince and his cold hands soaked with her blood sent chills down their spines, but was still exciting. They just couldn't wait to see the pain and agony in Ashley's beautiful deep blue eyes.

When Damon saw that no one knew where Ashley was, his gray eyes became cold and the smile on his lip froze. "Where is Ashley?" Once again, he asked, but this time, in a low and calm voice.

It was like the winter breeze blew against the skin of the maids that stood at the front, making their legs tremble slightly. They took a step back in fear.

A minute passed, two minutes passed, three minutes passed, and then…

Elshey was pushed out of the crowd to the front.

"That's her friend and her roommate" a thin female voice rang out in the silent room from the crowd.

The moment those words came out, Elshey's legs trembled uncontrollably and she fell onto her knees. She bowed her head and said in a trembling voice, "P- prince Damon, good… good morning, Ashley went to your room to do her duties"

"Really?" Damon's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, prince Damon" Elshey's voice became hoarse as she almost cried in fear.

She knew something was wrong the moment she saw Ashley trembling in the room in the morning, but she couldn't place her hands on what was wrong with her and what she did wrong exactly. She knew Ashley as someone who wouldn't cross her lane to find someone else's trouble. When the other maids bullied her because she was the prince's personal maid, she kept quiet and didn't even report the matter to the Prince. If any other maids were to be in her shoes, they would have used the fact that they were the Prince's personal maid to fight back.

However, Ashley never did.

Elshey raised her head a little to look at Damon's expression. She saw him raise his arm to run his fingers through his hair. He moved his fingers and one of his guards as if he got the instruction, nodded his head and walked out of the room.

Perhaps, Damon noticed Elshey gaze on him, he lowered his eyes to look at her and his lips curled up when he saw her trembling in fear and lowered her head to resume to her formal position. 

It didn't take long before the guard that left came back. He stood beside Damon and lowered his head to whisper into his ear. Damon's eyes narrowed slightly as he set them on the trembling Elshey kneeling in front of him. He stood up slowly, his graceful and elegant figure strode towards her.

Elshey felt it and slowly took four steps backwards, but she stopped when she felt that her feets had been stepped on. Pain shot through her entire body and tears welled up in her eyes. She turned her head to see that wicked grin on the faces of those who stepped on her feets. She tried to pull her feets, but the pain increased, so she decided to stop.

She felt Damon stopped in front of her and knelt on a knee. She shivered when his cold fingers went under her chin and brought her face up. "Where is Ashley?" He asked the third time.

"She might be in our room"

"She isn't there" Damon answered. "Where is she?"

"I don't know. I don't know. I don't know where she is" Elshey closed her eyes as she shook her head vigorously as hot tears fell from her eyes onto Damon's fingers.

Damon's eyes moved and fell on her feet. He looked at Elshey once again before he stood up. "Go search everywhere for Ashley" he said as he walked out of the room. "When you find her, bring her to me"

"Yes, Prince Damon" the guards said and jogged out of the room.

When Damon got to the door, he slowly turned back, his gaze landed on the trembling Elshey. He reached out and pointed at the two female maids that had stepped on Elshey earlier and ordered coldly. "Take them away" he said and walked out.

The two female maids were taken away with confused looks on their faces. "We didn't do anything wrong" one of the two tried to protest, but she was slapped. Blood ran down from the corner of her mouth and her head spun.

Seeing that everything had calmed down, Elshey slowly raised her head and looked around. Everyone was talking about the missing Ashley, but those words were entering one ear and coming out from the other. The only thing that was on her mind was how she just escaped death and where Ashley could be.

She reached out to touch her hair and realized how soaked her hair was due to the sweat. She slowly stood up, trembling, but fell on her knees again. She closed her eyes, sat down and reached out to rub her swollen feets.

She recalled that she heard Prince Damon tell his guards to take those maids who stepped on her feets away and was shocked. 

Did he see what they did?

Elshey shook her head. She knew the prince. Even if they stepped on her head right in front of him, he would only glance at her and look away as if it was none of his business if she were dead or not. 

If it was not that she was Ashley's roommate and friend, he wouldn't have looked into her eyes or even asked her questions. 

She was nothing to him, but a maid of no use. 

She watched as other maids left her to herself. They didn't care whether she was alive or not. Some, she could see disdain and hatred in their eyes. They wished for her death and pain.