Chapter 18: [Bonus - ] Maidservant
The princess was still for the whole time she was alone, her attention directed in front of her.
Perpendicular to where she stood was a wooden closet. Aside from her bed, it was the only furniture that she could see inside the desolate room. The princess sat down at the edge of her bed, and looked over to the dusty window where the moon shone brightly.
Elys thought of Cordelia back at the slaves’ quarters, and that of the other women that they slept with in one tiny, cold, and rickety room. She didn’t have the right to be sad over non-existent furniture.
At the very least, she wasn’t going to till rock-solid lands once more and face the injustice and insults of that Ugly Pig.
She released a deep and long sigh, and a knock suddenly came from her door.
"Come in," she said.
"Your highness," Henry poked his head and fully entered the room, "the water is ready. However, there is only cold water available..."
"Goddammit," Elys muttered under her breath, but immediately corrected herself as Henry’s eyes widened with her comment to the cold water. "It’s fine," she said as she raised her head, "I will make do."
She was fine with the cold, but a little warmth would have been better.