"But milady! Out there is more dangerous!" Lia exclaimed.
Sasha and Karina jumped and covered Lia's mouth and glared at her.
"Tone it down or you will put her in more danger. If she will still be hanged after she went through, then she better flee." Karina hissed.
"We will go with you," Sasha said in determined tone of voice.
"You will?" Cataleya asked in disbelief. She knew they were loyal to her but she never knew that it was to this extent.
"We will," The three maids then said.
Cataleya had no plan to bring them at all but the look on their faces almost made her swayed. Almost.
She thought if she would refuse them all, they won't stop bugging her and it will blew her plan. Before the marquis will arrived along with his heir, Cxenon, she should be on her way now.
"Alright," Cataleya said. "But first, prepare the things I told you."
The maids nodded at her and she was amused at their enthusiasm like they were up into some kind of adventures. She wished it was the case but this escapade was a matter of life and death for her. She needed to grab this timing or she won't be able to.
While the maids were busy on the errands she bid them to do, Cataleya went into the kitchen t prepare themselves with a tea. On her pocket was a strong herb which can make a healthy horse sleep in one sip of water mixed with the herb.
Half an hour later, she was on her way to her room with a tray of tea and a few snacks in there. She placed it on her table in front of the red settee. She saw that her travel bag was already packed. When she checked it, there were lot of her jewelries safely wrapped around a cloth. It actually felt heavy when she tried lifting it.
Then she saw she got few dresses and inner garments for her travel and she was certain that Lia was the one who included the toiletries which composed of her signature scent of a flower which only grows in Briston's estate.
Since there was already a bath drawn to her in the room, she took the liberty of bathing with it quickly. She then changed into a travel dress which was a little thicker than her usual dresses in the wardrobe.
Cataleya went into the window and checked for the main gate if the marquis had arrived. When everything was clear there, she went back on her seat and waited for her maids to come. She was certain that those three had also packed for their own dresses or things in general.
Cataleya tapped her finger on the arm rest and watched on the wall clock to the right inside her room. Though it looked antiqued, it still signified elegance and class. Not a moment after, the three maids arrived with their own travel bag and travel cloak.
"Huh, they really look ready." Cataleya mumbled over herself as she beheld her three pretty maids grinning at her widely.
"What is this?" Sasha gestured to the drink in the tray.
"Let's drink this first to warm our stomach. It was a little chilly outside and it's going to be hard for our body to adjust in the temperature." Cataleya said cheerfully as she handed them their tea cups full of teas with the herb she secretly brewed along with it.
The maids then quickly finished their drinks while Cataleya only lifted the cup on her lips and wet it slightly. She then put it down back on the table and watched her maid with a smile. It didn't took long enough before the three of them collapsed in the couch in closed eyes.
Cataleya stood up and waved her hand in front of their faces. When there seemed no response, she smiled at that. "Maybe I put too much of it," she mumbled over herself again.
Having no time to spare any longer, she hopped to get her bags and ran outside the room. CAtaleya went into the barn through the secret door. There was already a strong horse being saddled already in there.
"Hi, Brutus. Take me away from here." Cataleya said after she already secured her things in the horse nd already got on with the beast. It was an advantage on her part to have a long legs which can easily get on something as high as the horse.
"Hiyah," Cataleya said and the horse galloped away from that place that swore not to return anymore.
Though she was wearing a rather thick dress, the cold of the night was no joke and she questioned herself if she could ever survive the knight while riding a horse. The town will only be half an hour away from their estate. She'll gonna have to rent a room for the night and at dawn, she will leave in haste.
"Hiyah!"Cataleya exclaimed loudly as she entered into the area of their estate where there was only darkness surrounding the road. "Brutus, I will trust your eyes on this. Lead me out from here, girl."
Cataleya tapped the neck of the horse as she talked. All the horses in the barn were all acquainted to her and Brutus, was the only horse with great tenacity over any difficult courses of the training.
She was known to be a great polo player and Brutus had been the beast that brought her into countless victories. This time, she will count on her to bring her into her new life.
She was willing to leave the life of wealth and luxuries if it means she will get to survive from the tyranny of the duke who will soon seek for her neck or form the king and his cohorts who planned to hang her on the plaza.
Being hang in front of the people to set an example was surely not on her list of to do's in this life. Besides, her face was hailed to be the most beautiful in the entire empire and to live the world screaming with loosely attacked neck on her body will set a horrifying view to the people.
She won't want to be remembered as Cataleya Briston, the one who lose her beauty by hanging. so, she must flee before everything becomes too late...