Filed to story: The Alpha Kings Hated Slave
Me!
“I’m not sure I would have been able to bear it if anything happened to you; you scared me so badly,” Danika explained, wiping her tears.
Sally smiled slowly. “But I couldn’t… just leave my princess here. Someone had to be here to protect you. Who would that be if not Sally?” she asked slowly.
Danika took her hands into hers. “No. From now on, I’ll protect you. You just focus on getting better. Please stay alive for me, Sally. Just try to stay alive, and I’ll do my best to help you heal.”
Sally stared down at her bandaged self. Sitting on the bed, she shifted a little, flexing her muscles, and a sharp bite of pain slammed through her body from all directions. She bit the inside of her lipto make sure her princess didn’t see her in pain. She stared at her princess’s face, noting how swollen her eyes were from crying. How red they were.
“If I promise… to fight so hard to survive, my princess, I want you to make me a promise,” her voice hoarse like gravel.
“Anything,” Danika responded at once.
“Never b-blame yourself for what happened. Never carry that guilt… inside you. Stop h-hurting from it. Don’t let it change you, my princess. Don’t let it break you. You have to promise me.” Her eyes searched Danika’s.
Danika only felt like crying more. “Oh, Sally.”
“Please-you have to p-promise me that you’ll let go. I don’t want you ever living with such a burden. It will kill me. Please, promise me you’ll do everything possible to let go, my princess, and I promise to do everything possible to fight hard and get better.” Sally was breathing hard by the time she was done talking slowly.
Danika let her words wash over her. Taking in the expectant look on Sally’s face, she closed her eyes. “I promise,” she whispered at last. Danika said those words, promising to let go, promising to stop blaming herself, promising to deal with the pain of what happened yesterday, promising not to let it change her-break her. As Danika said those words, her heart lifted inher chest. Her shoulders felt light, like a burden was lifted from them. Her heart felt better.
She
felt better.
Danika might never forget what happened to Sally in the courtroom, she might never forget hearing it happen, she might never forget that Sally did it for her, but she was determined to deal with the pain and the guilt. If Sally, with all the cuts and bruises on her body, could still smile and plead with her to make such a promise, then by all means, Danika would keep this promise.
“I promise, Sally,” she repeated, stronger this time.
Sally smiled again then. “I’m so glad, my princess.”
Just then, the door opened, and Baski entered again. Chad and two maids, including Uyah, followed behind her.
Danika helped take Sally to the bathroom and helped her bathe. No matter how much Sally protested, Danika wouldn’t have it. Afterward, she helped Sally dress, too, before walking her gingerly back to the bed. The maids watched wide-eyed in shock and disbelief. But Chad and Baski watched them expressionlessly.
Danika and Sally didn’t notice.
While Baski redressed Sally’s wounds, Danika brought out a book and started reading to her just to take her mind off the pain. Even as tears slid from Sally’s eyes, she did her best to focus on her princess as she read to her.
“All done,” Baski said, at last putting away the bloody used bandage. “You’ve already drunk your potions and taken your pills while still drifting through consciousness.”
“Thank you so much, Madam Baski,” Sally groaned, her face tight with pain.
“You gave us quite the big scare yesterday. Even big Chad here was scared out of his mind. We’re just glad you’re fighting it out, Sally,” Baski said.
Sally’s eyes found the king’s personal guard, and he bowed his head in greeting. Her cheeks heated up, and she returned the greeting with a bow of her own head. Sally tried to temper the shame that rose inside her. This great man always looked at her with respect before. She wondered if he’d keep seeing her as a respectable girl, or if he’d start seeing her like trash because of what happened.
“You need to exercise those muscles,” Baski said. “You need to walk around for some time every day. You’ll heal faster.”
“I do want to get some fresh air,” Sally admitted.
“I’ll take you. We’ll go together. But I’m so scared about what will happen,” Danika trailed off in a whisper, saving the rest unsaid.
Baski knew what she was trying to say. She feared what would happen if people found out that Sally was the one that was introduced instead of her.
Baski sent the other maid to get her a big bowl, and the maid left. “Uyah?” Baski called.
“Yes, Madam Baski?” the girl said eagerly.
“You care for Sally, right?” Baski asked the girl quietly.
Uyah nodded, the blonde mass of hair bobbing around her face. “So much! Oh, I’m so glad Sally’s alive! I cried myself to sleep last night thinking that she’d never make it, and my conscience was killing me because I helped her dress in the same costume the slave princess wore. I feel so much better now that she’s awake! I want nothing to happen to Sally!” Tears pooled in Uyah’s eyes as she talked passionately; it was obvious the girl was genuinely upset.
Throughout yesterday and this morning, Uyah had been keen to help, and they all believed her when she said she didn’t want any harm to Sally.
“Thank you so much, Uyah, for helping me,” Sally whispered sincerely.
Uyah smiled. “You’re welcome, Sally.”
Baski swiveled her head back to Uyah. “I want you to go out and spread the rumor of the introduction, Uyah. Danika was being introduced to the kings and Sally couldn’t watch anymore, so she tried to interfere. Then the kings became furious with her and took pleasures from her body and beat her up. They would have killed her for interfering, but they decided to have mercy on her.” She paused and took a deep breath. “The palace workers are curious about what happened yesterday. I want you to go around and spread this rumor.”
Uyah nodded her head vigorously. “Consider it done, Madam Baski.”
“That’s the only way we can save Sally,” Baski added to Uyah.
“I’ll make sure everyone hears it, and it’ll be all over the palace. You can trust me, Madam Baski. I can spread rumors,” Uyah vowed.
“You can go now, Uyah,” Baski said with a smile.
The girl bowed to them and left.
Tears of gratitude pricked Danika” eyes, and she blinked them back. “We can” thank you enough, Madam Baski.”
“You can’t. So maybe you should quit trying,” Baski said with irritation as she got up with her medicine bag. She explained she needed to get home because the nurse she was paying to care for Remeta would soon drop her off at home, and Baski needed to be with her daughter.
They thanked her again, and she left.
Chad hadn’t said anything at all, but he seemed satisfied with just watching Sally, seeing for himself that she was alright. Finally, he bowed his head slightly before he turned and left too. Sally’s eyes trailed after him, worried.
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