Princess of AMBER

*Bonus chapter 10*

Two years later.

       I am tired of being here in this hotel. As Cole is gone from city, I am not allowed to walk the streets of Amber on my own. In some way, I still feel like prisoner. I want to be free, but Cole's opinions are different of mine. He still thinks, I might get in trouble, if left alone.

      Again I have been nagging Sharlene to let me see Bryce or E-Ono, how they call him here. I have not seen him ever throughout these years, so I am curious of what kind of robot he is, as everybody fears him so much. Even Sharlene is afraid of him, though, she have known Bryce before. I have to try to talk to him and convince him to let Cole give up on me.

     I still don't know, why he is keeping so close watch over me. I have got a better understanding of these robot emotions, but not from Cole himself. He is just like a blank page. His character is the same, like he used to be before the infection, just these traits are more prominent than they used to be. I understand, that his build is not allowing him to express his feelings outwards, but even then, he could at least tell me how he feels. Maybe we wouldn't be conflicting so much. The lack of his expressions sometimes still makes me scared of him. I haven't erased the memories of his doings to me and my father. That might be a reason, why I am unwilling to accept him in my life.

         I am sitting in an artificial garden located in the same hotel I am living in. It looks real, but it doesn't feel right. I walked pass the forest of Elkwood family and a feeling is different, air coming from it is fresh and experience I guess is beyond comparison. They are finishing constructions on the dome, so soon I will not be able to take glimpses on it's beauty.

     Sometimes I feel like a royalty, by living here, away from harms way, having an exceptional food and treatment from robots around, but it is getting boring and I wish to get my old life back, a freedom that I am lacking. I have seen other common people getting pushed around by robots, treated like slaves, especially at the forest rebuilding. I heard that Bryce is very demanding about that section to be taken care of and any disobeying from the people working on it is severely punished, as I learned from Cole. He have been beating up those people time to time, by a command of Bryce. Bryce have placed the most problematic to do a work and so they get the treatment they earn.

"Hey, Alison! Did you want to talk to me?" Sharlene comes by a coffee table I am relaxing at.

"Yeah! I know you are going to kill me for asking this, but..... Could you let me talk to Bryce? Please! I need to."

"I am not going to kill you, but Bryce might do it. I will let you see him, only it is on your own responsibility. If something happens, don't blame me. I have warned you hundreds of times."

"I understand. When I will be able to see him?"

"He have returned to Amber for a short time, so I think if he accepts you, you might see him today. I will call him and tell you later."

"Thanks, Sharlene!"

I did not expect to see him so soon. Already just a thinking of him makes me nervous. He is worse than Cole or any other robot, I have heard. I hope he will spare my life and tell Cole to leave me alone, I prayed in my mind.

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       He is living in the old government building right next to hotel I am in. They have changed the interior to a new one and it partly looks like a king's palace from the inside. We have to go on the very top to see him. It is where his throne room is located.

     My heart is beating loud in my ears of how stressed I am feeling. This might be a last day of my life, if I don't get some luck on my side. Sharlene is by me and she looks as scared as I am myself.