Oblivion

Chapter 6

Val's POV

The next morning I woke up with sunlight hitting my face. I wasn't able to open my eyes due to its glare. I turned to the other side and slept again, I can't help it I love my sleep and when you are sleeping on such a comfortable bed with silk blankets, you wouldn't want to get up.

After some time I heard the door being opened and an unfamiliar voice told me to wake up. I panicked and sat right up on the bed while breathing heavily. I calmed down a bit after seeing that it was actually a women and not that king. Which reminds me that I have to find out his name and also how he knows my name, since I never told him my name. "Miss!" again that unfamiliar voice pulled me out of my thought.

I looked up to see the women. She looked like she was in her late thirties. She was dressed elegantly, making me aware that I looked like a beggar in front of her. My dress was in a very pathetic condition due to my drowning in the lake and the events that followed. The lady smiled at me loving not an ounce of disgust was visible on her face. I thought that she would be like all the other rich people, who treats poor people like they are the dearth under their shoes, guess I was wrong.

"Miss. I have prepared your bath. I thought that you would like to change your clothes since they have gotten dirty." she spoke in a motherly tone. I smiled at her politely and asked "I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" ........ "Oh dear! I forget to introduce myself. Well I am Raven, master Ryan would have told you." She replied. "Uh-um! Who's Ryan?" I asked. Her eyes widened and she quickly covered my lips with her palm "Don't say that ever again. We are not allowed to call him by his first name. We use master or king or your Highness before saying his name. Understood." I nodded my head and she uncovered my mouth. Till now I got the idea that this Ryan guy is none other than our very own  vampire king.

"So are you ready for the bath miss?" Raven asked. "Yeah! But I have no other clothes to wear." I replied. "Oh don't worry miss, master Ryan has prepared a whole closet for you. You can choose one dress from it." She said and my jaw dropped. "Why has he prepared a closet for me?" I asked the lady. "Since you are going to stay here, Master Ryan figured that you would be needing some new clothes miss." ...... "Oh please, call me Valerie or Val, whatever you like. Miss makes me feel old." I said with a slight chuckle. "Okay Val dear now you should bath and get dressed, I would bring your lunch then." She finished and I did as I was told.

I finished bathing and Raven showed me the huge closet in the room, it was bigger than my cottage back in Oklahoma. "You can choose whatever dress you like Val, all are yours." Raven told me with an encouraging smile. I looked around nervously and said "I can't, these dresses does not belong to me Raven. Look at these, they look so expensive."        "Valerie dear you have to, master Ryan especially choose these for you. He would be really angry if you would disobey him." she said, worry was evident in her tone. So I have no choice now, I have to wear one of these dresses. I looked around and choose the light blue one since it was the most decent and simple.

While I changed, Raven went outside to do some work which she forgot to do. I was trying to zip up the dress from the back but it wouldn't bulge. I heard the creak from the room's door, oh Raven is back on time. "Raven can you please help me in zipping this dress up. This zipper won't bulge." My back was towards the closet's door, the door opened and Raven pulled my hair on one the right side of my shoulder and zipped up the dress. While turning I thanked Raven............ and my breath caught up in my throat when I realized that it was not Raven but Ryan who has zipped my dress.

And he was standing a few inches away from me, with his infamous smirk, like it wasn't a big deal.

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