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I tried to get Belle to come with me as well, cause I believed that if she or any slave was there with me, the vile princess would hesitate before hitting me. However, Belle shook her head and stepped away from me even more.

"The princess might think I lack manners if I show up when she had yet to specifically send for me to come get my own reward. So, I think you should go on your own. It’s gonna be alright so there’s no reason to be afraid or expect anything harmful or scary." As Belle spoke, if I wasn’t so nervous right now I’d have scoffed. She clearly didn’t care about anything aside her own desire to be recognized by the princess.

I struggled hard, but at this point it was pointless when the girls of the princess grabbed me and dragged me off to the back of the hall where I had just escaped from. I begged then ax they kept dragging me but they didn’t even bother to give me a response, and once we arrived at the back, I was thrown on the ground unceremoniously while the princess who had just been pacing, stalked towards me and slapped me hard across the face.

"You stupid wrench!" She snarled into my face before slapping me again. "You’ve just worsened your situation." As she spoke, the anger in her face kept worsening.

"I didn’t plan to kill you before, I only planned to beat you so much that you’d have to spend at least a month in a hospital. But now, I’ve changed my mind: not only would I beat you so much, I’ll literally kill you!"

Mu eyes widened even more as she spoke, but she only laughed at my facial expression before continuing. "You’ll not leave here alive. Only your corpse would leave here, I’ll make yo a very believable story of how you ended up dying, and of course, no one would even give a fuck since you’re nothing but a slave." When she rose to her full height this time, she kicked at my chest with her shoe, making a sharp pain to wrench through me.

"I can’t believe you, a mere slave, had put me through this much trouble, but not to worry, once I’m done with you today, in your next life, you’ll never dare think to mess with someone like me ever again." After saying this, she wrenched away before I could get a word out. I felt so annoyed and so afraid at the same time.

Annoyed because I literally do a single thing to her. She didn’t own the prince so she has no right to ask me to mot do this or that concerning him, but of course I didn’t dare utter those words to her right now. I let out another sigh as I dragged a hand through my hair, while wondering if this would really end up being my end.

I hate that I’m constantly being involved in situations like this one that’s like a threat to my life, and I doubt if others in the slave quarters are experiencing the same thing as myself every day, so why’s my own life so different. Since I got to this kingdom, I never knew a full day without me involved in one sort of drama or the other, and it’s honestly so draining now that I’m thinking about it.

"Drag it over here!" The princess’ loud voice called out, pulling me to the present and my eyes widened when I realized what was being dragged out. It was a large drum, that looked over six feet tall.

My eyes widened even more when the princess glanced over at me, while pointing over at the drum as she spoke. "See that? That’s where you’ll meet your end in. Then I’ll make up a story. You were trying to be noble, I lost my shoe in there anc you were in there to get it for me but unfortunately didn’t make it. Tell me, am I not a damn genius?" As she some, she crackled at the end of her sentence. I want to tell her that she just seem like a fraud and nothing more but I kept my mouth shut, watching as those girls that answered to the princes began to fill the drum with water.

The princess sauntered over to me and crouched by my side. l wanted to beat you up before. That was my initial plan, to ask my girls to beat you with iron rod till you can’t breathe, but I ended up deciding against it because that might make people suspect that I harmed you, especially after that shoe you went to put on in there, in the midst of your fellow slave, and you know I can’t have my reputation being ruined." She clicked her tongue as she spoke and I glanced away from her without bothering to respond because what am I even supposed to say to the person who’s letting me know she’s gonna get me killed in a few minutes?

Absolutely nothing.

I remained silent, watching as the drum slowly got filled up. Within my mind, I kept hoping that I don’t end up dying here today no matter what. I didn’t survive so much hardship only to die like this, because of a jealous psycho.

After the drum got filled up and the princess rose to her full height while clapping excitedly, my eyes widened and I instantly began to beg for forgiveness. I begged and begged, while my entire body shooked in nerves and a deep immense feeling of fright.

The princess only threw her head back and let out a loud laugh.

" I should have killed you sooner to be honest, and you should have also listened to my warning as well! At least wallow in regret for not listening to me as you solely die!"

With that said, she ordered her girls to throw me into the drum of water at once.