Alex Bayly and the chief Maiden walked back into the concubine building, a place reserved for the playthings of lord Chadwas Bayrus.
Alex was stylishly looking for Biolu Gurm, the woman who helped her to wash the clothes on her behalf.
She moved her head sharply in different directions, searching desperately for her. She suddenly saw her sitting by the far end of the room, looking moody all by herself.
Alex practically ran to her and hugged her as if meeting an old friend.
"Biolu, thank you for helping me with the clothes, the chief Maiden would love me to show her the clothes.." Alex said to Biolu while wriggling her eyebrow to deliver hidden messages.
Biolu was first shocked by Alex Bayly's play-acting and ability to adapt. It shocked her. She never thought that such a proud girl could change so suddenly, the next thing that shocked her was how she was getting the handle on fooling the chief Maiden.
Biolu almost wanted to laugh out but she had to stifle the laughter while trying to maintain a straight face so that the chief Maiden won't be suspicious.
"Yes, this way please..." Biolu pointed in the direction in which she had spread the clothes after she had gotten the hidden message.
On the surface, it seemed as if Alex was informing Biolu of what has happened and wanted to go elsewhere, but underneath, Alex was appreciating Biolu for helping her with the clothes and at the same time asking her to lead her to where the clothes were spread.
Biolu got the message and obliged.
Biolu and Alex walked ahead, while the chief Maiden followed from behind.
Within the space of 10 minutes, they got to a clearing at the back of the building with metal stands arranged at equidistant positions. Attached to these metal stands of seemingly equal heights, were blue ropes on which clothes were hung.
Although there was a dry cleaning system for cleaning clothes, that wasn't open to anyone else, only the clothes of lord Chadwas Bayrus were given that special treatment.
The Chief Maiden saw how clean the clothes were washed and she turned to Alex in surprise. "You washed these silks so clean...Maybe you'll get more of my silks..." The Chief Maiden was impressed.
"No...." Alex spoke before she realized the implication of rejecting the chief Maiden. Both the Chief Maiden and Biolu turned to look at her in shock.
"No... I mean, why give me such a small task, already I've proven to be capable, so why not give me more tasking jobs, especially those that require calculations and complex brain tasking problems..." Alex quickly explained herself, saving herself from further enmity with the Chief Maiden.
The Chief Maiden became even more puzzled about the identity of Alex. She looked at her wondering, 'Who in the world is this girl...?'
"In that case, I will discuss it with my assistant and see what job would be suited for you... but for now, I need you to wash the toilet of Lord Chadwas..." The Chief Maiden instructed.
Alex had her eye wide open. She wanted to ask why, but wisdom has taught her to learn to hold back.
Biolu was also shocked. Anyone who was given such a task usually end up being pregnant with Lord Chadwas's seed and most times, Lord Chadwas would ask that the baby be terminated or the woman be terminated depending on how satisfied he was with her.
Sometimes the victims get to choose between their lives or that of their babies.
The Chief Maiden continued to speak while Biolu was feeling sorry for Alex in advance.
"Some guard would come and lead you there very soon, so prepare yourself..." The chief Maiden completed and walked away.
As soon as the chief maiden was out of sight, Biolu pulled Alex to a corner and whispered to her.
"You need to avoid that task..."
"Why?" Alex asked in curiosity. "Aren't you the one telling me to blend in and all that...?"
Biolu sighed, "The moment you enter that place, you won't come out until Lord Chadwas has had his way with you. He hates you so He won't go easy on you."
"I've been there too, I had a baby for him, he killed my baby... He will either kill the baby or kill you, you will be the one to make the choice. I never got to make the choice, my baby was dead before I knew what was going on..." Biolu started to cry as she reminisced on the past events.
Alex Bayly was terrified now. It was barely a day that she got here and she was getting such treatment.
As soon as she turned she noticed she was surrounded. There were hefty-looking men everywhere she turned.
She initially had her doubts about the words of Biolu Gurm, but now, she doesn't seem to doubt anything.
She couldn't run anywhere. In the midst of this gathering, the Monsignor also appeared, his presence seem to bring to life Alex's greatest fear.
Her heart started to beat heavily and rapidly. ~Gbiiiiiii- Gbiiiiiiii- Gbiiiiiiiii~ At that moment, she felt a strange comfort that spread over her. She heard a sentence, "My Lover, I'm coming..."
Her eyes opened as if she had just hit a jackpot. She knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that those words were from Azrael.
It felt like it came from Miles away, yet it felt so near. "My Lover, I'm coming" She repeated the words to herself and allowed herself to relax.
Biolu was still crying and feeling sorry for Alex. Alex moved close to her and cleaned her tears.
She corked her head towards the direction of Biolu's ears and whispered, "Don't worry, my lover is coming to save me, I will ask him to save you too" Alex spoke with confidence.
Biolu was usually in disbelief anytime she hears Alex say words like that, but this time, she felt something different about the way Alex said it. Alex didn't just say it as a matter of faith or hope, she said it because she truly believed it, like she has seen something or heard something.
'If her lover was truly coming to save her, he could also save me too, then I might not have to spend 10 years in this shithole...' Biolu thought as she looked at Alex in shock.
She held on to Alex's hands and whispered back, "If you can save me, I will forever be in your debt..."
Just shortly after, the hefty men surrounding the area came closer. One came a bit ahead of the others and spoke, "Miss Alex, you're required to clean the toilet of Lord Chadwas, we've come to take you there..."