Filed to story: The Alpha Kings Hated Slave
“Thank you, Madam Baski,” Sally said tearfully afterwards, her princess’s pain getting to her.
Baski nodded and patted Danika’s shoulders. “You’re a strong woman. You’ll be fine.”
“Thank you,” she whispered hoarsely.
Sally huddled closer to her. “You just lie down here, my princess, while I get everything ready for working the mines. You don’t have to stress yourself and-“
“There will be no working mines or any kind of work for you, Danika, for this entire week. No kind of work. Nothing. You just concentrate on getting well,” Baski ordered, getting up from the bed.
Shocked silence met her. Sally’s eyes widened as she stared at Madam Baski.
Danika was sure her ears weren’t hearing right. She was afraid to hope. She swiveled her head to see the woman clearly. “Really? But the king-“
“Forget what the king said and take my word for it, young lady. And you, Sally, can take this day off too. Take care of theking’s sick slave.” Her herbs bag packed, she faced the door. “I’ll come back later for your night treatment.”
After Baski left, Sally got from the bed and started dancing. “I’m so happy! I’m so happy! I’m so happy!”
She danced and smiled and hummed music. Being horrible at dancing, her dance steps were hilarious, and at one point, Danika found herself chuckling tearfully while watching her.
Danika was so happy and relieved that more tears only left her eyes, even as her lips kept smiling. “I’m happy too.”
Sally saw it and gave a mock pout. “Admit it, my princess. You want to laugh at Sally’s poor dancing!”
“No, it’s not poor,” she lied in a hoarse voice, distracted from the pain in her back.
Sally only danced harder and worse, and before Danika knew it, she was giggling like a child as she watched.
At last, Sally turned and smiled so hard at her princess. “The day is suddenly looking so bright, my princess!”
“The only person brightening up the day is you, my dear Sally.”.
DANIKA OR REMETA?
Danika slept the rest of the day, and Sally took care of her. It was evening before she could get up and leave the room. “Let’s get some fresh air,” she told Sally in the evening.
As they headed out of the palace, Sally grinned at her. “Where do you want to go, my princess?”
“Library. Let’s find any library in town,” she replied as they walked out of the palace gate.
The evening wind blew, causing their clothing to sway around their legs, and long hairs that weren’t properly pinned lifted from their owner’s nape as the streets filled with people walking to their various destinations.
Danika enjoyed the fresh air. The only time she got out of the palace was when they went to the mining site. It was refreshing and beautiful to leave the palace for another reason.
She walked in her usual unhurried steps, her head held high, her hands clasped together at her midriff beneath her clothes. Her clothes were ironed, and her long blond hair styled and braided. She stood out as she walked, the regalia of her presence clinging to her like a second skin.
While she walked behind, Sally skidded her way ahead, laughing and talking and greeting anyone and everyone.
“Wow! Look at this!” She’d point to a flower, stopping to pluck a bit of its leaves. She showed it to Danika with a huge smile on her face.
“It’s called a rose,” Danika supplied with a small smile as she walked.
Sally started ahead, even as she talked. “That’s the rose?”
“That’s the rose.”
“Oh, it’s so beautiful, my princess!” She skidded aside and gently plucked the flowers out. Two long beautiful, and fresh-looking roses. She pushed one rose into her hair and glanced at Danika with a smile. “How do I look, my princess!?”
With the flower stuck in one side of her black hair, Sally looked more beautiful, more childlike. “You look beautiful, Sally.”
She flushed under the compliment. Then she stepped closer to Danika and placed the remaining flower in her hair. “There. You look so beautiful.”
“Thank you,” Danika said to her with a smile.
They continued their journey to the village and went in search of a library. The people frowned and murmured whenever they saw Danika, but they smiled and waved at Sally, who smiled and waved back.
Used to the animosity, Danika just bowed her head slightly to any elder she passed and continued her journey, anyway.
It took a long time before they could locate an old library downtown. They entered and walked to the counter. Sally talked with the library worker, got a card and paid the fee. Then they went through the shelves.
Danika went through each row of books with joy on her face. Tears prickled her eyes because the books reminded her of the life that once was hers.
Sally didn’t understand a thing about books and wasn’t really a lover of them, but it didn’t matter. She was used to making herprincess happy. Gaining her own happiness from her princess’s happiness.
Danika read to her and tried to teach her to read unfamiliar words and how to write. They spent a lot of time in the library.
By the time they left, the sun had almost set. They heard about a festival on the other side of town, and Sally dragged her to it.
They watched people dance and celebrate. Happiness everywhere-the loud shout of children singing and dancing. It was a beautiful night.
Danika slept with a smile on her face.
On the third day after her torture session, Danika was feeling much better. The pain in her back lessened, too.
While she took her bath, Sally prepared to go to the mines. Sally already complained that the slave trainer kept asking her about her princess.
“I don’t understand his interest in you, my princess, and it makes me so scared. He seems dangerous!” she’d confided in her.
It scared Danika too, but she didn’t allow herself to dwell on it. If there was one thing she had learned to do since she became a slave, it was to live one day at a time.
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