The smile slipped off Isabella's face.
"What?" She uttered but he ignored her and walked up to Reign. Reign turned to him with a furrowed eyebrow.
"Can I help you, sir?" His eyes ran down her body and Reign immediately felt disgusted when he licked his lips.
"Yes, come with me. We must talk to your master and madam" He grabbed her hand against her will and led her to the dining room.
Isabella huffed as she stomped behind them.
"Sir, Madam, I came here to claim your maid as mine" Linda and Jacob stood up from their seats in shock. Linda immediately glanced at Isabella before turning to Ian.
"You want our maid? You can't have her as a wife" Ian nodded.
"She'll be my concubine, I'll pay any amount you want for her" That sentence seemed to annoy Isabella more.
"She's not for sale" She said through clenched teeth. Everyone turned to Isabella with wide eyes.
"Isabella…."
"I'm not selling my maid, she's not for sale. You may leave" Ian's father stood up, glaring at her.
"How can you disrespect us this way, do you know who I am?" Isabella took a deep breath as she tried to control her anger then she turned to Ian and his parents with a smile.
"Reign and I are very close. We grew up together and she's like a sister to me. I hope you guys understand but she's not not sale" Everyone went silent as they processed what she had said then Ian's father nodded.
"I understand what you mean. My son will find someone else as his concubine, right?" Ian sighed but nodded.
"Then we'll take our leave now, let's go mother, father" Jacob escorted Ian and his family out of the house.
As soon as they were gone, Isabella grabbed Reign by the hair.
"You witch! You just want to take everything away from me! I'm going to destroy you!" Reign tried to get Isabella's hand off but she was holding on to her hair tightly.
"Let go of me Isabella, you're hurting me"
"Good! Now you know how I felt when Ian chose you over me, you witch!" Reign groaned as Isabella pushed her to the floor.
"Isabella, that's enough! I already have a headache, don't add to it" Jacob shouted as he walked up to them rubbing his temples. Isabella stomped her foot like a whining child.
"But father! You saw what happened there! This sleazy maid was chosen over me! I was just disgraced because of her! What will everyone say when they hear of this!? I'll be a laughing stock for the whole kingdom" Linda walked up to Isabella and wrapped her arms around her shoulders.
"That's never going to happen because no one's going to know about this. Do not worry, I know a lot of men are lining up to ask for you hand in marriage and they'll be ten times more handsome than Ian and will be richer, do not worry about Ian, he's not worth it" Isabella glared at Reign who was still on the floor before stomping up to her room. Linda turned to Reign.
"You sleep out with the horses tonight" Then she followed Isabella. Reign slowly stood up from the ground with sigh then bowed her head at Jacob when she saw he was still standing there. He shook his head at her before walking away.
Anna immediately ran up to Reign and grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Oh you poor thing. Do not worry, you'll sleep with us tonight" Reign shook her head.
"Ma'am Hilda won't like it. You know she doesn't like me that much" Anna sighed.
"But I just can't let you go sleep with the pigs, let's just test it out, okay? Ma'am Hilda may have a change of heart" Reign smiled then nodded.
"Alright, let's go" Anna led her over to the maids room and as soon as she walked in, everyone immediately turned to them.
"Reign" Jess said as she walked up to them.
"Can Reign sleep with us tonight? Madam Linda wants her to sleep in the horse's barn but it's cold out"
"She can't sleep here because it's only going to make matters worse. Take her back to the barn" Anna frowned.
"But ma'am Hilda…"
"Do you want me to report? Then do as I say" Reign sighed then turned to Anna with a smile.
"Thank you for your help but don't worry about me, I've slept in the barn before and I didn't die. I won't die tonight" Anna sighed then took hold of her hand as they walked out of the maid's quarters.
"Why does ma'am Hilda hate you? You haven't done anything to her. If anything, she's the one that is supposed to love you the most because she was here when your mother worked for this damned family" Reign placed her hand over Jess's mouth with wide eyes.
"Are you crazy? If anyone hears you, you'll be done for" Jess huffed.
"But I'm right, aren't I?" Reign sighed.
"It doesn't matter. Maybe she didn't like my mother either. I'm tired now guys and I really need to rest. Both of you can go back and rest too, I'll be fine on my own" Anna hugged her.
"Come meet us tomorrow in the kitchen, okay? I have to buy food stuff from the market and I think you should come along because you need fresh air" Reign smiled.
"Okay, thank you" She pulled away from Anna and walked towards the barn.
She made sure to lock the barn before arranging the haystacks she was to lay on. She shivered when the wind came in through the window. She immediately closed up all the windows before laying down on the haystack.
She was still very cold and her clothes weren't helping because of how torn they were and there weren't any blankets in the barn.
She sighed as she huddled herself into a ball on the haystack.
"God give me strength"...