Scared out of my whit's, I tried to let go of that discomfort and made my way to the bed and sat on it for a minute or two trying to contemplate sleeping or trying to find whatever or whoever it was that was making me feel the way I was but I decided against it, I was a coward and there was no way I was going to look for trouble after my dungeon encounter the last time.
I shut my eyes and willed for the night to just take me away into the world of dreams where I would be safer. My heart rate unwilling to slow no matter how much I regulated my breathing and tried to calm my mind and my nerves. I don't know when or how it happened but I managed to drift off despite the anxiety. I could feel him now better than before, he was standing in the corner of my room hidden behind the drapery just watching me.
It was strange to me it seemed like I was seeing myself through his eyes. It was different, his eyes on me once I stepped through the doors of the room, he stared at me as if he wanted to reach out and touch me but held himself back. His body dissolved into a shadow, completely blending into the darkness but he was still there with me watching me as I slipped off my clothes walking into the bathroom for my shower. He closed his eyes with a deep breath, eyes still on me as I moved and he watched on as the water cascaded down my body, his hands reached out as if to touch me once again and to replace the water the was closer to my skin than his hands were.
Then all of a sudden, the scene changed and now he was just next to my head looking down at me as I slept elegantly. My hair all over my face and some slipping into my moth as a slept like the girl I was. Oh, what a wonderful sight to be held by the King. I wish I could just laugh at my self at the state I was in with drool escaping my mouth and it hung open. He traced the curves of face as he starred and then whispered to me.
"you've been hiding from me Rose" he stated as if amused that I tried to hide from him but that was exactly what I was trying to do but I couldn't answer me. It was as if I was trapped outside my body and inside a dream at the same time. I had no control over what was going on nor did I understand why I could experience everything without experience everything. It seemed like control of my body was taken from me, it felt strange. His hands moved from tracing the curves of my face down to my neck and moving the hair away to bare my neck to him. He paused with his finger on my neck veins for a minute before he moved on.
Even if I had no control of my body, I knew I could feel him. From the subtle way his finger brushed over my face and neck, I wanted more and he gave it to me for a moment. The tips of his fingers ran over my bare arms and when I thought it would get better, his touch disappeared completely. Leaving me thirsty for more of him after the taste he had given me- it was funny how I was able to feel everything but still felt like I wasn't in my own body. He stepped back with a wry smile as he looked at me
"You'll see me more often Rose, there's no use hiding" and just like that he simply blended into the darkness again then he was gone just like that. It suddenly felt like I had control over my body once he was gone. I shot out of bed trying to find any traces of him just to prove to myself that I wasn't delusional but maybe I was or maybe I was. Everything seemed to be as it was as if I hadn't experienced anything at all.
I forced myself back to sleep and refused to ponder about the strangeness of the night. I had a long day ahead of me in a few hours and I couldn't let something I didn't understand keep me awake. I didn't have the luxury to compromise my productivity for the next day, there was no way I wanted to be in any bad books which would lead me down to the dungeon again.
After what seemed to be one of the longest nights I have had in awhile, I woke up at the crack of dawn, sat at the edge of my bed for a few minutes to clear my mind and go over my duties for the day as I waited for sleep to clear off my eyes. I stood up when I felt awake enough and made my way to the bathroom to take care of myself, got dressed over a quick shower and then hurriedly made my way out of my room to help them sort out breakfast in the kitchen.
My days were usually in the same order, I had to wake up early, help sort out the breakfast for the king and his closest companions, clean the rooms where they have their respective meals then while they had breakfast, I had time to clean their studies and rooms. Sometimes the times and the order to which I would do these depended on what exactly they were doing at what point in time. There were days where they had meetings during breakfast which would give me a lot of room to clean for them before they returned to rest or work but there were other days where they could hold meeting in the study for a while after having a quick breakfast then I would have to find time to slot in the cleaning if their quarters as well. It was not easy but I thought it was better than some jobs as well.
Finally done with the last room for the day, I placed the cleaning materials outside the door and the stepped out quickly after looking over to make sure I had done everything and then shut the door. "It's been a while, pretty flower" a voice greeted from behind me making me stumble into the cleaning materials that were next to me. I turned to meet the face of the man who had brought me out of the dungeon a few months ago. I hadn't seen him since then but then here he was again and I wondered what he was doing talking to me.
"Sir, thank you for your help the other time. Please is there anything I can help you with?" I asked, my head low in respect as I spoke to him.
"There's no need to be so formal with me, is there?" he asked with a laugh and I didn't understand why he was amused as he spoke to me. I really did not want to be found talking to him in this sort of condition, I had to get away was all that run through my mind then. I bowed at him, told him I had other duties to carry out, asked to be excused and as fast as I could carried my materials with me and left him standing there looking at me like I amused him.