It's been a week now since she has been here, but for Serena, it felt like months, they were barely served food to eat, lived with the fear of being killed, yes they are witches but truth be told Chloe had close to nil skills, only how to move light objects with her spells and Laura could barely cast fire spell that for being one of the poorest students in class unlike Chloe who could not learn because a traitors daughter can not be given the privilege to learn witchcrafts,
Serena had just finished taking her bath, changing into a faded jean trouser which huge her butt perfectly, a striped body-tight top, and was about drying her washed hair when Chloe ran into Serena's room with a look of panic on her face, lost of breath like she had run a mile,
"M_____m______my princess, my princess"
"Calm down Chloe, what is wrong I thought you and Laura went to get food, what took you so long"
"It's__its "
Taking in a deep breath, Chloe tried to force the words from her mouth, with her two hands placed on Chloe's shoulder Serena asks again
"Chloe, look at me, what is wrong, where is Laura?"
"My princess we went to get the food as you ordered but I am getting to the kitchen they wouldn't allow us to take any food soooo"
Speak up Chloe so what happened
Serena was beginning to sound impatient
"So my princess Laura only did it just scare them and she didn't mean to do it, She threatened to harm them if they didn't get the food"
"Get to the point we don't have all day "
"my princess chad he's been sent to the dungeon and Laura too"
Serena didn't want to listen to the rest when she ran to the main building
"My princess could you please slow down you could fall"
Chloe's voice was heard behind Serena but Serena was not listening running as fast as her legs could carry her to the main building, not bothered by the attention she called
"Where's the kitchen ?"
"this way, my princess "
Chloe replies leading her to where the kitchen was
Arriving at the kitchen Serena could hear the laughter of the kitchen workers fill the air like they heard something funny while they went on with their chores not even bothering to acknowledge her presence,
Serena then clears their throat in other to let her presence be known,
One of the workers a young petite lady who looked like she was in her early thirties looked up at Serena like she was nothing special defensively folding her arms, Serena could guess she was in charge of the kitchen, the others whispering ill comments but did not dare to look her in eye but this particular lady did making Serena's work easier she now knew who to be harsh at
"What are they doing in the kitchen, out you two, strangers are not allowed here"
The lady attacked, but the laser stare Serena gave made her hold her tongue, just like it never happened Serena immediately replaced it with her will trained face while neither shows if she was angry or happy, this helped her solve most situations, her face showed nothing
" Miss, I guess you are in charge here "
Serena says not receiving a reply but a growl from her who could not be named,
"Hey miss if you came here to ask for food, there is none left and all this will be fed to the stray animals "
Opening a pot of nice meal just to let Serena and Chloe know they were still food left but did not want them to have any
Chloe who was so hungry whispered in a voice a not so quiet voice
"My princess what are we going to do I am so hungry "
"calm down Chloe "
"Let me tell you missy I won't be able to prepare any meal for now, till this evening because I will be serving the King's guests so I would like it if you would leave this kitchen now, and do not come in here again without being permitted to"
Serena was not one to be intimidated just because of some few hurtful words neither will she give this last the pleasure of winning her in this battle
not looking at Chloe whom she knew stood behind her, Serena commands in a gentle voice that held so much power
"get the foodstuff we need and come with me we will the making our meals ourselves from now on "
"Oh no no missy no one is leaving this kitchen with any food without me saying so "
"So say so"
The petite lady looking surprised says
"Excuse me ?"
"I said to say so because if you do not, I am leaving here with the foods anyway, this time Serena walks to the fridge picking what they needed herself while passing them to Chloe who excitedly collected them and stock them into the meal basket
"Now I want Laura and chad back"
"Missy did you say something "
The petite cook says making fun of Serena while the other maids present laughed
"Where did you keep them ?"
"Let's go my princess I know where they are
Chloe butt in, leading Serena to where they are kept"
Walking past what looks like a training ground as a group of men and women gathered around probably to watch an interesting fight, if Serena was not in such haste she might have probably tried to get a glimpse of what all the cheering was about
The voice of the vicious woman behind them
"Stop right there, stop right there you two"
This made the cheering of the crowd reduce as most eyes turned to see what was going on, Willam who watched from the window in his office the fight of two of his very good soldiers then noticed the two women which of course was Serena and one of his head cooks, watches as the head cook ran towards Serena and pulls her hand back to stop her and this did the trick but the so composed Serena turned to the cook
"Why can't I go there ?"
"Because your so-called people are not there "
"Chloe saw them being taken and you want me to believe they are not there, ,,,,,, did you kill them ?"
The cook words were cut short by the interruption of William's beta kyle
"What is going on here ?"
Unlike William fake cheerful face, Kyle was carefree and relaxed, he looked friendly, Serena noticed about him during their few encounter
"I do not think there is nothing the alpha himself can't fix",
Kyle knew William could hear them due to the wolves super hearing, he knew the last person William wanted to meet was Serena herself but he just so loved pranks and jokes