"Here's it brother" Princess Sarah said, as passed him the golden cup she was holding as it was half filled with deep greenish coloured water in it.
"It will help you get better" Princess Sarah nervously said as a sweet smile curved on her pretty dark face while Prince Mark sighed and he questioned her,
"Hmm, And how did you discovered about this?. Are you now working with the humans to know about medicinal herbs?" Prince Mark stared at the content in the golden cup, still holding it in his right hand while Princess Sarah smiled and replied, "No brother is a secret now, just drink it."
Prince Mark trust his sister even though he knew he couldn't be easily killed, and so he drank up all the content in the golden cup and it tasted a little bitter in his mouth, contorting his face while his golden colored eyes subconsciously narrowed at her as he handed her back the empty golden cup.
"How do you feel now brother?," Princess Sarah asked him with a nervous smiled and he shook his head and quickly replied,
"Wow, so quick to get your answers Sarah!, I don't know yet, but am fine," Prince Mark truthfully replied while Princess Sarah said,
"Okay then you will drink another one in the night and tomorrow morning and the next."
"WHAT!" Prince Mark screamed out with widened eyes. And he asked, "Do you realize it's bitter and you still want to feed me with more of that?."
Princess Sarah smiled sweetly again and she said, "It's just to help you get better and stronger," Princess Sarah turned to leave quickly but Prince Mark responded to her retreating back, "Am fine sister! You don't have to worry about that."
"Hmm," Princess Sarah turned and stared to him a little before she finally walked away to the kitchen.
Prince Mark stood staring out thru the window again after Princess Sarah left him, and just then Jack stepped into the hall to meet him.
"Your majesty, how about the stroll down to the humans villages and towns to inform them that they cannot rule?"Jack asked but Prince Mark didn't stared to him as he continued staring out.
"Hmm, send two guards to inform them about that. As am not feeling to well to leave the palace for today" Prince Mark finally replied and he turned to went back upstairs but Jack quickly asked him. "And the new slave your majesty, how about her punishment?."
Prince Mark paused and he said, "Send Lady Annabelle at once to see me now upstairs in my chambers."
"Okay your majesty," Jack quickly bowed to him and left to carry out his instruction, while Prince Mark turned and went to the stairs, going upstairs to his room as he was feeling tired and dizzy after drinking the medicinal drink Sarah gave to him.
Prince Mark went upstairs to his room and he laid on his bed to relax feeling a little dizzy, just then Steve knocked and stepped in as Steve bowed to him and spoked, "Your majesty Lady Annabelle is here to see you."
"Let her in," Prince Mark replied and he sat up back to his bed and stared to his bedroom entrance door that pushed oped.
His dark bronze skin was heating with sweat dripping down his dark skin and he watched Lady Annabelle quietly stepped into his chamber and slowly closed the door quietly behind her as she turned to him and asked, "Your majesty you sent for me?."
"Yes I did," Prince Mark replied and he shifted on his bed to sat out on the edge of his bed.
"How about the new slave that was lastly sent to you, I hope she is not giving you problems?." Prince Mark asked her as he continued to watched Lady Annabelle.
"No your majesty, but I haven't given her any clothes yet, nor ask her to take her bath as Jack stated she's still under punishment," Lady Annabelle informed him with her head subtly bent lowered in a respectable manner while standing in front of him.
"Hmm, how about your assistant?" Prince Mark asked her and Lady Annabelle quietly replied,
"She went on maternity leave your majesty."
"Oh, I forgot she welcomed triplet. Fine then, when you get back, you give her something to wear and food to eat, I will deal with her personally later."
Lady Annabelle stares up at Prince Mark face meeting his golden coloured eyes in surprise even though she wasn't supposed to looked up at him when he spoked to her or any of the servants, and Prince Mark asked her, "What is it?."
Prince Mark saw the surprised look on her face, but smiled and immediately bent her head and replied,
"Nothing actually your majesty."
Lady Annabelle smiled as she waited for him to dismissed her as she has heard that he stopped Jack from stripping the young white woman completely naked, and she has examined the young woman even though the young lady looked so hurt and injured.
Lady Annabelle saw the young lady still looked very beautiful and sexy and she heard Prince Mark voice, "That's all for now. You can leave."
"Thank you your majesty" Lady Annabelle replied and she left his chamber while Prince Mark shapeshifted into his black beast form, immediately after Lady Annabelle shut the door, As his sweaty body was trying to fight off the effect of the herbal drink that Sarah has given to him.
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Lady Annabelle exit his chamber and as she stepped out into the corridor of the second floor she meet with Queen Melissa whom stared at her suspiciously.
"Good afternoon Gracious One," Lady Annabelle quickly bowed her head lower and Queen Melissa's eyes narrowed at her as she immediately questioned,
"What were you doing in my son's room Lady Annabelle?."
Queen Melissa took some closer steps to meet Lady Annabelle and she walked round Lady Annabelle standing in a circle to examined If Lady Annabelle wasn't mating with her son and to also showed her superiority to Lady Annabelle.
"Nothing actually Gracious One, His majesty only sent for me," Lady Annabelle quickly responded as she continued to stared downward, even as Steve stood out guarding Prince Mark door entrance.
"Why? Are you mating with my son?" Queen Melissa finally questioned Lady Annabelle whom raised her head upwards to the shocked question thrown at her, and Lady Annabelle quickly replied,
"No Gracious One!, Actually is about the new slaves captured and their punishment."
"Oh! The new slave?" Queen Melissa muttered as she stopped and had actually forgotten Lady Annabelle was their head.
She raised an eye brow as she stopped and asked, "How about the new slaves? What did his majesty ask you to do to them?"
Queen Melissa was eager to knew if she would got any information and Lady Annabelle shook her head and said, "Nothing Gracious One, He only said that all their punishment should be suspended until his ready to deal with them by himself."
"Hmm.. I see, you can leave!" Queen Melissa quickly dismissed Lady Annabelle as she also walked away toward her son's room door, contemplating to knocked on it, even as Steve stood there guarding the entrance door. He didn't dare to stopped her as she finally opened the door and stepped into Crown Prince Mark's chamber and she saw him in his black beast form, laying on his bed.
Queen Melissa shut the door behind her and she walked up to her son's bed and asked him, "What's wrong Mark?."
"Just leave me alone for now mother, Am not interested in any discussion" Prince Mark replied as he turned his hairy head away to stared away from his mother and she frowned and still approached him on his bed..
Queen Melissa knew that she has accused him a lot especially since the new female slaves arrived, and were brought into their palace.
She sighed and walked closer to meet him on his bed and she sat down beside him, but still Prince Mark didn't turned to face her as he was still in his black beast form.
Queen Melissa slowly extended her right hand to his back and she rubbed her palms on his hairy back to caressed him and apologized to him, as he was in his beast form.
Queen Melissa said, "Am sorry Mark, Forgive me if I had misunderstood you and got it all wrongly."
Prince Mark relaxed under his mother's touch as she rubbed his hairy back and she was still his mother. He groaned and replied, "Is okay mother, you can leave."
Prince Mark didn't turned to stared at his mother and she sighed and stood up from his bed, as she finally exit his chamber.
--- IN THE WOMEN'S QUARTERS ---
Angela sat in a corner in the women's quarters hall on the floor, feeling sick as her open wound wasn't attended to, and her blonde hair was already scattered covering her face as she sat in a squatting position on the floor still feeling embarrassed from the public staring to her in bikini. While her scattered hair was preventing the flies flying around her from perching on her open wounds, of clawed scratched marks around her sour neck.
Angela folded her knees up to her chest as she watched some of the young women in the women quarters hall, playfully relaxed and discussing like they were in their homes which seemed to surprised her that they ain't even grieving of fighting back to went back home, whereas their family were still in agony about losing them to the palace.
Angela continued to stare at them as some of them glared at her as their mean eyes, while some stared at her pitifully.
But none of them approached her and they all dressed like the beasts-folks too, even though they were humans. They wore bra-like tops and short brown skirt, and Angela sighed as she continued staring at them too.
Just then, Jack walked into the hall and Angela shivered thinking maybe Jack returned to dragged her out again as she was the only stubborn one amongst them refusing to bowed to their king, but to her surprise she saw two servants happily following Jack after he spoked to Lady Annabelle, and later they later returned blushing and smiling, making her to wondered what they actually went to do with Jack. .
Jack returned again and summoned Lady Annabelle to followed him and he stared to her, seeing she was sitting on the cold cemented floor, curled up to a corner and having her knees folded upwards, to covered her exposed chest.
Lady Annabelle followed Jack and Angela sighed, wondering what kind of punishment they would gave to her.
She wanted to asked some of the young women in the hall some questions, now that they were left alone, but her throat was too dried to spoke a word, and most of the young women in front of her weren't even smiling friendly at her or giving her that friendly look to talked to them either. As they stared at her irritably like she was the enemy amongst them.
{Where they brainwashed?} Angela silently wondered and soon Lady Annabelle returned and walked up straight to meet her, where she sat on the cold floor.
Lady Annabelle asked her in her beast accent language that they could also understand, "What's your name human?."
"Angela.. White" Angela softly replied and Lady Annabelle smile to her, making Angela to wondered what was making the beast-woman in front of her to smiled, as although the beast-lady looked so beautiful and charming in her smiles.
"Come with me," Lady Annabelle said to Angela, as she gestured for Angela to stood up and to followed her.
The rest of the young women gathered in the large hall downstairs started at Angela as she stood up on her, feeling her body aching and Lady Annabelle pointed out towards two young women in the hall to follow her, while they all walked into the corridor silently with Angela following them slowly from behind.
They walked thru the corridor and stopped in front of a room door and Lady Annabelle slowly opened the door for Angela to stepped inside and Lady Annabelle said,
"Remove your bra and pant, The two of them will help you take your bath."
Angela immediately got startled at Lady Annabelle words and she quickly shook her head in rejection and said,
"No madam.. thank you Ma'am, I can manage to take my bath by myself."
Angela has never been bathed by anyone before except when she was a baby girl and that was by her mother, and grandmother not a mature young lady like herself.
"No!." Lady Annabelle deadpanned as her face became serious causing Angela to shivered.
"Protocols are to be adhered to here, and as you are still new, you might be summoned someday to bath the crown prince as part of your punishment being a slave here in this palace. So kindly do as I have said," Lady Annabelle stated, while Angela's jaw dropped the more in shocked.
"Bath the crown prince?.. No I can never do that!" Angela shuttered as she imagining bathing the handsome beast prince, and her face twisted in irritation, but she saw the other two young women standing beside Lady Annabelle blushing, making her to wondered if they had also bathed the crown prince of the beasts to before.
"Not to worry, Is all part of your training here, so you will get use to it. Now allow the two young ladies to do their job while you learn from how they attend to your skin," Lady Annabelle Instructed and she walked away from the bathroom door leaving Angela to the two young ladies.