PARADISE OF PAIN

CHAPTER 7

Delia prepared a hot spring bathe for the princess and went to inform her but on getting there, Amberline was already in her small fraction linen clothe.

"Your highness the water is ready" she said wondering why she removed the cloth. Amberline went to the bathroom and sat down in the tub waiting for Delia.

"Your highness did you Lydia help you remove your clothes"
She asked confused.

"No, why?" Amberline replied in an indifferently cold manner.

"Your highness is anything the problem?" Delia asked again feeling the tension around them.

"No Delia. Could you please give me a bathe and quit asking me a question"  Amber said rudely not wanting to answer anymore questions from anyone.

"Y....yes your highness" she said while trying to read her expression, now she knew that something was really wrong with her princess.
She had never talked to her in that manner except something was wrong and doesn't want to be bothered.

Amberline sat down thinking how her life would go, she really hope that her suitor would be her savior, at least he was caring.
He was kind enough to save her from falling.

"Your highness, please come out of the tub" Delia called out to her the third time, but there was no response.

Delia called out to her again and this time she replied.

"I'm sorry Delia, I .... I didn't mean to keep you waiting" she replied apologetically.

"You don't have to apologise your highness, I think you should have some rest now, you look pale and tired"  Delia said while drying her hair.

Delia got her dressed in her night wears and it's matching jacket, applied some scent oils on her hair, massaged it and then combed it to the back, then Delia led the Princess to her main room where Lydia poured out a glass cup of hot, steaming ginger tea.

"Thanks Lydia" she said and collected the cup from Lydia and took a sip, while her two maids went to their rooms.

Amberline stood at the window staring at the whole of daceria with fascination "when Will I get out of here into the real world" she thought and sighed and then heard a little noise outside her room she got her robe and walked out.

"What's going on here and why this many gaurd's" she asked as her jaw dropped.

"We're sorry for disturbing you your highness, but the king asked us to gaurd you tonight" Jake replied out of them all.

"But why? , It's not as if I'm going to escape" she frowned lightly.
"No, it's not like that your highness, the king has his specific reasons to keep us all here" he tried explaining the situation.

"Well I'll be going to the library to get some books" she said as she walked pass Jake.

Both of them went to the library with an uncomfortable eerie silence until they got to the library.

"Your highness, may I know the book you would like to get so I could pick it up" Jake volunteered for the very first time.

"I'm sorry Jake but I am not getting a specific book, I'll just get a book that catches my attention" she walked around with her eyes on every book shelf.

After a while, she found a  golden hard book cover with a vamilion  accent designed on it . She smiled lightly "I think I will take these two" Jake rushed to help "and I'll help you carry them" amberline only smiled at him which gave him the go-ahead to.

Jake took the books and strode after his princess to her room but was not welcomed in.

"I am really sorry Jake, I can't let you in now , I don't want my father's wrath to befall on you and I also don't want to attract some punishments on you" she said explaining with her   eyes that suddenly turned gloomy .

"There's no problem your highness, if you need me I'll be out here gaurding you" he smiled.

"Thank you Jake" she said with sincerity.
"I really didn't do anything your highness, but never the less,you are welcome your highness".

Amberline only smiled and closed the door.
She took the books to her reading table and the golden book which was titled 'DEMONS DESIRE'

"What do we have here" she thought, she never knew why she felt drawn to the book, it outer appearance was captivating.

She opened the book and brushed off the dust on the book and moved to the first page

  PROLOGUE...
She was a prisoner in her own home, she was restricted, despised, abandoned, hated and was forced to get married to a prince she had never met before, she hadn't even heard of before.

"This is exactly what is happening to me" she stopped to think, but continued.

Her name was amberline also, everything that happened to amberline was written down on this book,but was not completed and then she moved back to a man's part who seemed to be a prince.

"Reagan, what a nice name" she thought as she focus to read a pair of moonlike eyes interrupted her.

It was already registered in her brain, she couldn't get it out for some reason.
She took the other book called
' The forgotten princess ' as much as she tried to concentrate she couldn't read it was difficult.

She closed the book and sighed in defeat.
She laid on her bed and drifted off to sleep.