CONQUEROR| MAGNIFICENT CENTURY|

CHAPTER 02

"So he just let you go?" Daphne asked hanging off my arm as we stood in the harem with the rest of the girls after we finished our lesson.

"Yes. I don't know why either" I answered prying her hands off of me as a harem agha walked in with Darvis.

"Stand in a line come on" he clapped his hands making all of the girls join Daphne and my side.

"We will be choosing some of you for a party for his majesty," he said. Some of the girls squealed happily while jumping up and down while I only rolled my eyes and looked at Daphne who had a disgusted look on.

"Since you two are so against the idea I'm choosing you two first" Daphne gasped in disgust as Darvis pointed at us.

"Absolutely not," I said shrugging off an aghas hand off of me.

"I will not be a tool of pleasure," I said pushing their hands off me again as they tried to force me forward again.

"We'll see about that," he said ordering the aghas to drag me behind him. I walked with a little struggle but finally gave up as we reached a room. The doors opened and he walked in first being followed by me and the aghas.

"Valide sultan this maid has been giving me a hard time saying she doesn't want to be an entertainer to his majesty," he said. I snapped my head up and saw the same woman who came over yesterday to look at us. So she was the sultan's mother.

"What nonsense" she chuckled looking down at me.

"The minute you walked into this castle you become an entertainer to his majesty sultan Mahmoud khan," she said glaring at me before I was pulled out of her room and into another where Daphne and two other girls were getting ready.

"Help her to get ready," he said pushing me in. I huffed banging my hands on my thighs as Daphne pulled me in to help me dress too.

"You can have this dress," she said handing me a dress that I absolutely hated.

"I can't believe you're making me wear this," I said taking off my dress and pulling on the other one on.

We walked down a corridor and then another and another, it was unending and I wanted it to so I don't have to face the disgusting sultan.

When we reached the doors of the sultan I could feel my knees shaking under me. I was scared of what will happen after this. Will he kill us if he didn't like our dancing? Will he throw us out of the palace? I wish so, so I can run away one way or another.

We were taken to the teras as they call it, which was basically just a huge balcony, where the sultan was sitting on his throne. My eyes widened when I saw who it was, it was the man who saw me trying to find a way out of the castle.

I hesitate to start dancing when the music started and debated if I should just run and jump over the railing and end this stupidity. But I changed my mind as my eyes met his, he looked like a true king sitting on his throne taking a sip from his drink as his eyes roamed over is but stopped at me when he remembered who I was. I immediately looked away and watched where I was walking to not trip as I danced.

When we were done we all sat on the floor kneeling under his feet. I felt disgusted with myself letting myself kneel in front of someone.

Suddenly a purple cloth was thrown in front of me. I didn't understand what it was but I took it anyway and left with the other girls.

"What does this mean?" I asked Davis agha. He only gasped and he placed on his mouth like he couldn't believe I didn't know.

"If you get this then you'll be joining his majesty tomorrow night" he explained.

"Do I have to dance to him tomorrow too?" I asked as we walked back to the harem.

"No, you'll be spending the night there" my steps halted as I finally got what he meant. I have to throw away everything I was raised against. I will be losing a piece of myself to the man I just threw my dignity away to dance to.

"You will be of higher status than the other girls especially if you give him a son" he explained when he saw how hesitant I was.

What should I do? I could live my life in the streets after getting thrown out to the streets or become of height status than the others here. The answer was an obvious one. Besides the blue eyes have been hunting me for the past day and I couldn't wait to see them again.

I wanted to be touched by his hands that I wasn't sure if they were rough or soft but I had an inclining that they were soft.

I walked back into the harem where all of the girls suddenly jumped up from their laying forms and swarmed around us that were in the sultan's room.

"So it's you he chose," a brunette girl said walking over pushing the girls out of the way. She looked disgusted at me and the other girls.

"I'm his majesty's chief favorite and lover," she said twirling her hair between her fingers.

"Is that why he decided to choose another?" A blonde girl asked. The brunette turned red with anger.

"He will call me back, he will never tire of me," she said pushing the girls away and walked away and up the stairs to the favorite's rooms where she probably lives being one.

"Get some sleep you'll need it for tomorrow," Darvis said pushing me forward. I walked over to my mattress and pulled it open before changing my clothes before going to bed holding the cloth thinking about what should I do. It's never too much to think about things like this more than once.