The Making of a Princess. by Lorrie Mae.

The Hurtful Pain. Part 6

Mr. Aspen had returned to rule over his so called castle, but in reality it had turned into a squalor. Everywhere you turned it was dirty and smelly, so many children who were each worth money to him. He stood looking and in his head he was thinking I should get this place cleaned and the children washed and clothed properly, there were plenty of clean clothes in boxes in the attic.

Mrs. Watson was busy in her kitchen, today she was making a huge pot of broth for the children, since Mr. Aspen had been away for a few days she had seized the sacks of vegetables that the Duke and his friend had bought over for the children, she was doing all of the cooking and was happy in herself. The husky voice of Mr. Aspen was saying "Good morning," to her, everyone stopped suddenly and turned to see if he was back, "Get back to work you filthy scum," he yelled "I am not talking to any of you am I," and he walked over to Mrs. Watson and said "I have some things to talk over with you this afternoon, so please come to my rooms when you have finished your work here," and he looked around at the nice clean kitchen, with every one doing their jobs like a well oiled machine. "I will be back later so don't be late," and he turned and strutted out of the kitchen.

The meeting between Mr. Aspen and his cook was coming to an end, he had asked Mrs. Watson to get some of the children to help her clean up the floors etc, she would have free range to clean every room in the place, I have some cleaning products that you can use and let me know when you want more," "It is a huge job you are giving me, between all of the cooking as well, how am I supposed to do all of the work, pray tell me." "I will pay you well if that is what you are asking, just get the place and the children cleaned up, you can get extra help from the village if you need to, but no more than 6, I will come and inspect things in a weeks time, there are boxes of clothes up in the attic, so you can give each child two sets of everything and burn all of the old things, and hurry it up with the cleaning."

Mr. Aspen stood looking over toward the mansion where he was held as a prisoner, he started thinking about Daphne, that little bitch he thought, it's all because of her that I was taken and held, and miss high and mighty is sitting up there and I cannot get near her, I must work out a plan where I can get her back, he stood studying the grounds and realised that he could walk straight around the tree lines and was under plenty of cover, that way no one would see him, when he came to take her away, he just needed someone that would help him and keep it to their selves what he was going to do.

Daphne sat looking out as the moon slowly rose and showed her beautiful shiny face, there was a soft glow all the way around her, in her mind she was thinking thank you lunar for showing us your beautiful face, and while watching, she saw something move along the line of trees, she kept watching and saw the human form of a man and he had a girl with him, she got up and went to tell the duke but he wasn't there, and so she went back to watch the two creeping around, They were about halfway around when he saw the smaller figure stumble and fall and the taller of the two grabbed

her by the hair and pulled her up, I am assuming that she is a girl going by the size and the figure.

With her heart beginning to pound hard she kept watching the two, who by this time they were about half way around, she could see with the help of the moon's rays, then as the first figure she could see she realised that it was her tormentor coming for her, and she went cold from the inside out, and went running to get help before he reached his destination, and she went running to Jenny's door and started banging on her door, "Please help me, he's coming to get me, Please Jenny can you help me." Jenny had woken up with a fright as she could hear her lady's voice, she banged her foot on the way to the door, but that was the least of her troubles, she wanted to help her friend, her voice was shaking when she banged on the door, she opened the door to see the scared and very pale face of Daphne, and so she grabbed her gently and turned her into her room, "Please don't let him get me please, I'm so scared. Jenny took her and made her sit on the bed, just as someone knocked on the door, and entered, it was the friendly cook and two of her girls, they had heard the noise and came to see what had happened and why all the noise at this time of night.