Fantasy

The Red Queen (Hearts Are Red Like Roses VIII)

♥︎Amelia's POV ♥︎

White roses are turning into red roses, just like how Iracebeth likes it and how I also like it too. Painting them was very fun along side with a couple of pricks on the fingers, but nothing too bad, I'd spend my free time painting them and still am serving the queen 

Acie thought that there no need to look for another servant to paint the roses since I am more than willing to paint them in my free time. Speaking of Iracebeth, she's been rather chatty with me lately, it was weird, but I'm not complaining, I like talking to people, I like talking to her

She would talk about the things she likes, like snacks that consist of squimberry, red roses, I figured and anything red, as before, I already figured that too. I like listening to her, except when she talks about Stayne, I dislike that man very much and I'd like to stay far away from and if possible, I'd also like for Acie to stay away from him

Something about that one eyed man seem suspicious, there is no way am I trusting him, even though Iracebeth says she trusts him

For the past month, I've got know her better by observing her, I also enjoy staying at Acie's side, she has a quick temper, would yell at the other servants and when she gets mad, I would try to calm her down 

I paused from painting the roses for a bit and smiled when I remembered the method I would use to calm her down; I'd hold her hands and make her look at me, when you stare in her eyes, her pupils would be enlarged with fury and filled with fire, then her face would be in the hue of red and jaws clenching hard

As I am looking up on her, I'd request for her to look me in the eyes, I'd ask her a simple question like what is the colour of my eyes and she would get correct as one would, then I'd make her list out her favourite things, once she'd get to her fifth favourite thing she would have already calmed down and back to her normal state

However, there's one thing I've noticed about Acie when I ask her to list her favourite things, she'd hesitate and stare at me for a moment, I know it doesn't much, but it was uncommon for her to hesitate, like there was something she wants to say, but decides to keep it within herself, makes me wonder what she's thinking 

"Ms Westheart?" I turned around to the familiar voice behind me

"Ms Everlee! Anything the matter?" I pondered

"No, dearie, the queen request your presence in the throne room" she explained 

"I see, thank you, Ms Everlee"

"Not a problem" she waited for me when I wiped my hands with the towel and walked along side me till the throne room and that's where we parted. The huge doors opened and I walked in, I set my eyes are straight ahead of me and at the decreasing distance with every step

I see Iracebeth, sitting in her throne, smiling happily with a pig under her feet as she likes to warm her feet with it, then I noticed this huge girl right beside her and as I get closer, my eyes widen and suppressed my gasp

"Amelia! Glad you can make it!" Acie exclaimed, she reached her hand out, I smiled and we held hands for a split second, then let go of each other, her hand was warm and soft, every time we touch hands a small and what feels like an electric shock runs by my body 

"Well, there's nowhere I'd rather be" her grin widen more than before

"I'd like for you to meet someone. Amelia, this is Um. Um this is Amelia, my personal maid" she introduced me to the huge girl next to her, but she didn't have to tell me who she was because I already know who she is and I know Um is not her real name