Chapter 190: Freedom
DAHLIA POV
"Psst, Ilyana, Ilyana!"
I watched as Ilyana raised her head from where she was busy chopping vegetables. She stared around in confusion and when her gaze finally landed on mine after recognizing that it was me. She swallowed before she set the tray down and approached me. The head cook glanced up at her, a scowl on her face but when she saw that it was me who had summoned her she turned her head away not saying anything but the scowl still remained in place which I assume it was from embarrassment from what had happened.
Ever since I knocked her out, the head cook stayed out of my way. She had woken up to see us all eating our supper and I had carried a bowl of cabbage soup along with bread to give her. She had glared at me but when I raised my hand to hit her, she flinched. The other women started following me already seeing there was nothing to be afraid of. The head cook was just big and she used her size to intimidate fellow women like her. She got humbled when she went against me and because of that she has been hiding her face in shame.
Most of the women do not even fear her any longer, they had no reason to. Others believed that I should have been the head cook but I didn’t want to tie myself to any position as I would be leaving this wretched place soon. My plan was already coming into motion because I now had allies too which was exactly what I wanted.
Ilyana approached me with a smile on her face, "Dahlia? What do you want?"
"Did you get what I asked?" I requested of her.
"You mean the poisoned berries?" Ilyana whispered as her gaze darted around hoping no one found out what it was we were discussing, "Of course I did and I crushed it into a bit of a nectar too, mom helped me to pour it inside a vial."