I sat down outside in front of the royal house lost in thoughts, still trying to wrap my head around the fact that my father abandoned me without blinking an eye. Even as he left and I laid sprawled on the ground hoping he'd look back and see how miserable I was because he was leaving but he didn't even glance back for once. It actually made me feel like he truly wanted to get rid of me.
"Maybe he did," Arla stated and I huffed still not wanting to come in terms with that even when the truth was staring right back at me in the face."You know I'd appreciate it if you don't scream the truth out in my face. I'm miserable as it is already and the last thing I need at the moment is more painful truths.""Well the more you come in terms with the painful truth the more easier it would be for you to edge forward."I rolled my eyes, scoffing. "You're one to give advice. Why didn't you apply this when Damien rejected us?""You don't have to bring up the assholes name again!""I was having fun being the matured and wise one with you being the weak and pathetic one," she spat out, mocking me."What!" I screamed out loud, attracting stares from people. I literally forgot that I was outside."You…..""What? Does the truth hurt that badly?" she interrupted me and I gritted my teeth angrily."I guess it does." I felt like strangling her and I might really do of she doesn't stop talking."Look here Imelda, Alpha Raiden has left us and he is not coming back for us. The best thing you can do for us both is to get your ass up and take your place in our new home. Let's show him that we can survive and strive on our own without him. We are no weaklings and we are not going to become one because we were rejected or abandoned. You are IMELDA STONES, The first daughter of ALPHA RAIDEN STONES. Act like the boss that you are and not the weakling sitting out here, mopping and getting pitiful stares from the maids."I looked up and truly as she said the maids walking past me kept giving me pitiful stares while some just pretended not to notice me as they walked past me.Reflecting on what Arla said, she was right. I was IMELDA STONES, and the Imelda stones that I know of is no weakling and I was definitely not going to become one because Dad suddenly decided that he didn't need me anymore. I was going to prove to him that I didn't need him anymore either.I stood up, my pitiful face clearing as I turned to look at my new home, a mischievous glint in my eyes. "Time to make this place interesting to live in.""Now that's the Imelda I know," Arla cheered gleefully, happy that she got me out of my pitiful state. As much as I didn't want to admit it, Arla was the one person I'd never be able to do without."It doesn't mean I have forgiven you for calling me a pathetic person." She rolled her eyes, unmoved."Well I did what I had to do to get the real Imelda back plus you were being really pathetic."I clenched my fist, biting down on my lips to stop myself from spilling some words I would rather not say. If I continued battering with her, things would only get worse and having my stubborn attitude, she wouldn't back down."Fine you win," I stated reluctantly, backing down."I thought you would never say that," she sassed, all smiles and I ignored her. I would let her gloat in her victory for the time being."Urgh, I'm so hungry I can eat this entire building." My stomach grumbled in agreement."You're a soon to be princess and as much as I hate to tell you this you'll have to reduce your food in-take and tone down a little on your weight."I grasped, horrified at what see was trying to say. "I'm not fat!" I yelled, stomping my feet on the ground, upset."I didn't say you were." Arla giggled and I groaned. Arla was clearly out to frustrate me and I was making it pretty easy for her.I stomped into the royal house, frowning with my stomach still growling at intervals.Different maids kept walking past me and bowing their heads at me in greeting. I mustered a thank you to all of them with a forced smile on my face. I wish they would just ignore me and go about their duties or better still give me something to eat rather than offering me greetings. It was getting pretty exhausting.I kept moving, without any particular destination in mind. I just kept following my instinct.The palace ground was quite vast and huge, one could get lost in it if not careful. All the doors looked similar and it made me wonder how they were able to differentiate them. Not only was the palace huge, it also smelt like flowers and every floor seemed to have its own special fragrance.The entrance of the royal house had a lavender fragrance missed with lilacs. It was welcoming and settling. Walking in here with my dad I hadn't noticed it at first but walking around now I could feel all that fragrance hitting me like the wind from different directions and it made me smile in contentment.Staying here wasn't going to be as hard as I thought it would.I kept moving forward, getting myself familiarized with the royal house. After all this was going to be my new home. It was only right that I knew every nook and cranny of the building because I was going to get real busy very soon.After what seemed like hours of walking around, I eventually got to the kitchen and saw maids trooping in and out, their hands busy. They bowed and greeted me like the others and I waved them off. The only thing on my mind now that I had found the kitchen was food.I stepped into the kitchen and my mouth dropped open in awe.Stepping into the Royal House kitchen was like stepping into a realm of culinary enchantment. It felt as though I was in paradise. I thought our kitchen back at my pack was exquisite but looking at the paradise in front of me, it was nothing close to this.The kitchen transcended the ordinary, a sanctuary where flavors and aromas converged into a symphony of delight. As I pushed open the heavy, ornate door fully and crossed the threshold, I felt a sense of awe wash over me once again, as if I had entered a world of culinary magic.How could a kitchen be this magnificent?The first thing that struck me was the sheer size of the kitchen. It was vast, with high ceilings adorned with intricate, hand-painted frescoes that depicted bountiful feasts and lavish banquets. There were flowers everywhere that adding to the already tantalizing aroma filling my nostrils. The walls were lined with shelves holding an impressive array of spices, exotic ingredients, and gleaming copper cookware. The hushed hum of activity filled the air as the kitchen maids kept doing their magic.I stood there for a moment, taking it all in. The central island, an expanse of white marble, served as the epicenter of creativity. It was strewn with a profusion of colorful vegetables, glistening seafood, and succulent cuts of meat, waiting to be transformed into culinary masterpieces. The kitchen maids who felt like angels right now to my stomach moved about with precision, chopping, sautéing, and simmering, their movements almost like a choreographed dance.How were they able to work with so much harmony? I thought watching them as they did their magic. Everyone knew what to do without asking plus it all felt as though they were communicating telepathically because I still didn't understand how they were able to work this well together without uttering a word."You should close your mouth. It's been opened for quite a while now," I heard a voice giggle in my head, throwing me off balance.I looked around trying to see who it was in my head but couldn't tell who it was."Who are you? And why are you in my head?" I demanded."What do you think?" She asked and I could feel her smirking."Get the fuck out of my head!" I shrieked, screaming out loud and everyone grasped, pausing whatever it is they were doing; their eyes all fixed on me, horrified."Oops, I'm out." And like that the voice disappeared and I was left alone with the million eyes fixed on me."Ok, what's going on?" Arla asked, baffled."No idea.""What's going on here?" An elderly woman, wearing a face mask asked walking into the kitchen.She looked funny and comical with the mask on her face. It made me wonder if she checked herself out in the mirror before going out because I don't understand how she could walk in here with that on her face."There's a possibility she has a bad breath and is very considerate about those around her," Arla pointed out and I chuckled, breaking the silence.The fat lady turned in my direction and I could feel her glaring at me. I wonder what I did wrong."You're not part of the kitchen staff, so what are you doing here?" she inquired, her voice sounding muffled because of the mask.I made to reply but she raised her hands, stopping me. "You don't talk in the kitchen, you'll contaminate the food with your saliva.""Ok, what?" I squinted my eyebrows at her. Was she insulting me or was that a rule?"I'm sure you heard me clearly, do not make me repeat myself. It is against the rule to talk when cooking is going on.""Then why are you talking?" I gawked at her, and the kitchen maids gasped gasped again in horror as I talked back at her. She glared at me, looking at me as though I was dumb."The mask," Arla grasped in realization."Ooh, the mask is the criteria for…..""Stop talking and get out!" the fat lady growled in annoyance, interrupting me. I frowned, displeased with her attitude but didn't say anything more as I walked out.Weirdos"Get rid of all the food and start making new dishes," I had the fat lady order as I walked away and I paused in my tracks, my stomach growling again."Just walk away Imelda and don't disgrace yourself any further," Arla said, trying to stop me from going back inside because that was what I planned on doing. How the hell could they waste so those food when I'm this hungry?"Too late."I raced back into the kitchen, pushing the fat lady out of the way."Where do you think you're going?" she yelled at me but I paid her no attention.I grabbed a tray of barbeque fish and made a run for it."What are you doing standing there, stop her!" She barked at them and they all raced after me as I ran for my dear life, holding the tray tightly."Take the left turn," I heard the female voice from the kitchen in my head again. With no time to question her, I obeyed her, taking to the left."Take the stairs and enter the third room on your right." I did so immediately, running faster with the kitchen maids still on my tail but they were nowhere close to me. If there was one thing I was good at, it was running. It's quite surprising how they were still able to keep up.I found the third door she was talking about and immediately barged in, closing it quietly so as not to alert them that I had entered a room."Where did she go?" I heard one of the maids ask from outside."I think she went in that direction." Once again, they began running, their thudding fading away till I could no longer hear them."That was close," I crashed on the ground, sighing in relief, my eyes closed."Didn't know prince's betrothed was a thief and troublemaker."I immediately froze in my position. Why didn't I notice that someone else was in the room with me?Tearing my eyes open, I grasped in surprise seeing who was in front of me.What the fuck!"How can you guys be so identical," I gawked at them, my mouth widely opened in awe and they both giggled, looking amused.Sitting right in front of me were two girls that looked totally identical. I kept glancing from one girl to the other trying to see or at least pinpoint one difference between them but it seemed impossible. This was not the first time that I was seeing twins but this was definitely the first time that I was definitely seeing twins this identical and hard to tear apart facially.They were both dressed in royal attires. Their clothes also identical and it made me frown. Their seamstress should be hanged for making their dresses identical as well. Having twins this identical, their dresses ought to be used as a means to tear then apart but no, they just had to sew the same dresses for them and confuse everyone further. Just how dumb could people be?"We are dressed in identical dresses because we love looking the same," one of the girls spoke up as though reading my
"Do not let your hands or legs come down, keep them straight up in the air," the girls barked at the maids whose heads were on the ground and their bodies lifted up in the air.After barging into the Princesses room without knocking, this was what they got they got in return.The girls were cruel and heartless, some of the maids were already crying but none of them dared to drop their legs. I wonder how they were able to hold that position without collapsing.Who the hell came up with this kind of punishment in the first place?I felt like walking out of the hidden door and asking the girls to free the maid but I couldn't risk being seen by the maids. They might rat me out to the head maid.I felt pity for them but there was literally nothing I could do to help them at the moment. I was a fugitive in my new home. The most cruel thing these girls were doing was eating the barbeque fish I had suffered to steal from the kitchen and I could tell that they had no intention of leaving any b
"You have a strange name," Naya pointed out and I laughed. She was definitely not the first to tell me that. Several people mentioned it to me already and I've gotten used to hearing that from people."But the name is cool and it has a badass vibe to it," Maya said, all smiles."Well, looking at it from that angle, you're right," Naya stroked her chin, nodding her head in agreement to what Maya said.We were all sitting on the bed, in a circular pattern and the twins kept pairing at me curiously as though they were both trying to figure me out."Alright if you guys don't stop staring at me, I'm going to pluck your eyes out," I threatened, no longer finding their staring cool and with their eyes on me for long, it made my skin feel funny. There was this tingling sensation as though their eyes were crawling on my body. It felt creepy."You won't do that," Maya gasped, bug eyed, holding her chest dramatically and I smirked."Try me." She gulped loudly, seeing how serious I was with the i
"Sweet Goddess," Naya exclaimed, breathing heavily."I think we are safe here for now," Maya shut the door close while I simply collapsed on the floor. I had no strength to move anymore. I literally drained whatever energy I had left to run into this hideout."Why do you think she was searching for us?" Maya asked, collapsing beside me."I don't know," Naya frowned, looking clueless but few seconds later she her eyes widened in horror as though she remembered something."What is it? Did you figure out yet?" Maya leaned towards her, peering at her curiously, hoping to get something.Naya faced her still looking horrified. "Do you think she found out that we trashed her garden and replaced her beautiful daises with thorns we thought were flowers?"Maya gasped, also looking horrified. "Do you think that's it?""That's why she is looking for us?""That's the only thing I could think of that would make her seek us out," Naya replied, biting her fingers."If she finds out that we trashed he
Stop looking at me!" I yelled, hiding behind a curtain. He just stared at me boredly not bulging or even blinking an eye.My face turned totally red in embarrassment and I just felt like the ground should open up and swallow me. Why the hell did I have to end up in Derek's room of all rooms?Derek relaxed on his chair watching me in amusement as I hid from him. I peeped from the curtain and saw him still staring."I said stop looking," I shrieked, still embarrassed."Why should I stop looking?" He asked and my eyes widened in horror.What?Why didn't anyone tell me the Prince was a pervert?I peeped from the curtain again, meeting his eyes as I hid my naked body with the curtain."Because courtesy demands that since an unmarked and naked woman is in your room unintentionally, you should give her space and look away," I explained, smiling awkwardly.He rolled his eyes, taking a sip from the coffee on the table beside him before returning it back to the table."First of all, you're in my
"How dare you barge into my room without knocking?" Derek yelled, at the intruder, startling me. I buried my face in his neck embarrassed.Could today just get any better?"I'm sorry Derek," the girl who barged in apologized, looking frightened. I wouldn't blame her, I would also be frightened if I were in her shoes."I just got to the palace and decided to see you first since it's been a while we saw each other last. I didn't know you would be busy," I could feel her glaring at me heatedly but I didn't have the nerve to look at her. If only Derek had agreed to give me one of his shirt peacefully, I wouldn't have to be in this situation."That doesn't give you the right not to knock without coming in," he spat out, disgusted."I'm sorry," she apologized again."Get out and knock again. Keeping knocking until I tell you to come in," he ordered and she immediately left the room, shutting the door behind her and began knocking. I felt pity for her but this was what you get when you get ov
"What in Selena's name are you wearing?" The Queen shrieked, horrified by what I did to the fairytale dress she sent to me. She probably thought threatening the maid would make me comply not knowing that I'm a natural rebel.She had no right to punish the maid because I wore the clothe as expected but then I made it comfortable enough for me to be able to walk around with."I just made a few adjustments here and there and it came out this beautiful," I smiled at her as a maid drew out a chair for me and I took my sit."This is total disrespect to the Queen," Mirabelle hissed, glaring at me. I wonder what her problem was and how what I do with my dress concerns her."She is obviously trying to please the Queen and then win the Prince's and King's favor by being an obedient rat," Arla snorted and I couldn't agree less. Now that I look at it, the Queen smiled in appreciation at her, placing her hands on hers to calm her down."It's ok Mirabelle," the Queen smiled at her."I'm glad that t
Heading towards my room, I smiled at the events that unfolded in the dinning room. Who would have thought that the Queen was so scared of cockroaches.I chuckled, remembering the drama she put up.She did more damage to things than Mirabelle and at some point even Mirabelle stood disheveled and began laughing at the Queen. That was just how funny the Queen's reaction turned out to be.Due to the sudden breakouts of cockroaches in the dining room, the King ordered that the dishes be packed and disposed. They were obviously infected already and as for the Queen, she was carried out of the dining room in her hysterical state.I wished I had a video that I could play back on and laugh whenever I watch her dance. She totally amused everyone including the Prince that didn't really talk throughout the entire breakfast."I know that was your handwork," Mirabelle accused, showing up out of the blues.I looked around surprised, I definitely didn't see her coming. "Where the hell did you come ou