Iris hearing Emmaline's scream, ran to the spot where she had told Emmaline to hide. Emmaline laid lifeless. She looked at the man that had obviously hit Emmaline, it was Ferdinand. Anger grew and matured in Iris,
"You jerk ! How could you be so wicked ? How could you be so unreasonable ? Was this the agreement ? How could you be so cold at heart you wicked fool ? " Iris cursed and hit Ferdinand all at the same time.
Ferdinand just stood unmoved.
Iris ran to Emmaline who still layed helplessly on the floor. She knelt down beside Emmaline, and began to shake her lifeless body. " Oh my God Emmaline I am so sorry. all I ever wanted was to correct the wrongs I have done. Forgive me Emmaline. I never planned this. I only wanted to show you that I could be a better person too. I would never be able to forgive my self " Iris cried uncontrollably.
" Emmaline, Emma ! ( Iris called still shaking the lifeless body ) " Iris cried like a wounded dog. She buried her heads in Emmaline's chest and yelled as much as her strength could carry her.
" You silly thing ! " Ferdinand called to her pulling her up to himself with one hand, and making her stand before his face. " You are such a fool. You pity her ? You think she'd have spared you ? " he asked her looking into her eyes with an expectation of a reply.
Iris looked at him in disgust, still giving way for the accumulated tears in her eyes to flow with ease. " An agreement is an agreement you imbecile ! I just decided to let you know about it, when she found out. We agreed that you were going to threaten her into running away from the palace and never return. That was the agreement. You made me bring her here and you killed her ? ( Iris asked him without expecting a reply. Then she continued immediately ) how much of a fool I was to think you'd be that nice. Nice one big guy, nice one. You know what I am going to do ? ( She asked again rhetorically ) I am going to report my self to princess Arainna and get ready, because things are going to get really messy for you. You not going to have your way this time . "
Iris hadn't finished speaking yet, Ferdinand slapped her hard on her cheeks, his hands left horrible marks on her cheeks. She fell to the ground. He picked her up as though she was a piece of paper and slapped her again. She fell to the ground again, and left the edges of her lips bleeding a bit. He picked her up again. He was obviously very angry. He looked into her eyes with annoyance. His eyes burned with fury.
" you silly and worthless idiot of a person, you dare throw tantrum at me ? Who empowered you with the insolent boldness to throw tantrum at me ? ( He asked her shaking her profusely ) do you know a lot of mess that I would be saving us from by killing her. Besides what does it matter ? She's only a worthless maid. Who on this God's plentiful green earth is even going to notice that she's dead ? You all are just tools in the hands of this royals, they care less of your existence. What happens when a tool gets spoilt ? " He asked her and became quiet for a while.
" It is often trashed you silly, trashed and forgotten. That is how she'd be forgotten as soon as she is dead. But if we keep her, we'd both spend our whole life in prison, that's if the prince spares my life before then. You idiot don't you see I am doing this for our safety. I killed her and not you, take it that you are not aware of what happened. I can not afford to jeopardize my own safety. And you know what will happen to you as well if you don't play this cards right? ( He asked speaking more softly ) you'd be forgotten too soon as well. " He said to her walking away from her and stood with both hands on his waist.
Iris just stood shivering, not wanting to make a sound. She sobbed in pain and agony. She wished she had never met Ferdinand.
After Iris's father's death, life had become terribly hard for her,her mother and little brother. Iris met Ferdinand in the local market. He looked as strange as he always appeared. He bought her food, as she begged money in an open space in the market. After eating that day. He offered to give her a job, which Iris gladly accepted, feeling that she had met an angel.
Her job was to always deliver a parcel wrapped in an envelope at the seaport very early in the morning. Ferdinand had warned her sternly that she must never open the envelope.
Abiding to such a rule wasn't a big deal, as long as she got her pay. Things continued like that untill one-day Ferdinand forced her to have sex with him, taking her virginity away. She had never known peace with Ferdinand. He always used her to get what he wanted, and at the end, slept with her as much as he wanted. He had threatened her that if she didn't tell him about Arianna and Brianna, that he would kill her. She didn't want to die, she had no choice but to succumb to Ferdinand's orders.
Ferdinand terminated her thoughts, he walked towards her, bent low and looked at her with a smirk, " you know what we're going to do silly ? "