The Alpha King's Hated Slave
The Alpha King’s Hated Slave Chapter 71

Danika turned to her, seeing the helpless look on her eyes.

“I don’t want to stay away from you. I don’t want to. They will force me too….” She continued.

Danika placed a hand on her shoulder, “All slaves, maids and servants are under Madam Baski and she already knows that you’re here. If the king finds out…” she bit her lips, “….we’ll cross that bridge later.”

Sally nodded her head. “Alright, my princess.” hef lips stretched in a smile, “We live in the moment. No point thinking about tomorrow, right!?”

Danika nodded with a smile. “Exactly. How was your day at the market?”

Sally flushed a little and ducked her head.

Danika’s brows rose in question. “Sally?”

“Sire Chad saw me on the way and he escorted me. He walked me to the market, and even as I picked out my cottons, he just stood there patiently and waited for me.” She told her princess shyly, her face glowing.

Danika’s eyes widened. She tried to reconcile the image of the stoic, cool personal guard of the king that doesn’t care about looking at people’s faces, spending sometime with Sally and walking her to the market.

It’s a little too hard to believe, but she wasn’t surprised. She’d seen the way the two of them stand together and talk.

Danika watched the glowing face of Sally and decided that her best friend does like Chad a lot. She just wishes Sally to be happy…anything at all that will make Sally happy will make her happy.

“Oh, I heard that the wicked mistress went into the King’s Chambers. Did she see you there?” Sally suddenly asked, her eyes wide.

The question reminded Danika of her burning scalp. Impulsively, her hand went up to her hair. It also reminded her of the things she’d said to the mistress and her cheeks turned red.

She can’t believe that she’d been able to speak to her in that way.

“Oh, Sally…” She exhaled in defeat. The mistress will just tell the king about it and she’ll be punished for it.

“What happened?” Sally asked worriedly.

“The mistress almost scalped me, so I yanked her hand away from my hair and also said some things to her. Not mean things,” she added, “…just things a slave should never say to a mistress.”

Sally thought about that, her brow knitted in worry. She doesn’t want anything to happen to her Princess at all, but then again, that Wicked Witch of the West is just too….wicked.

“Don’t worry about it, Sally. We’ll cross that bridge later.” She went right ahead to reassuring Sally when she saw the worry.

Sally nodded. She even smiled. “Don’t mind that mistress. I don’t know why she hates you so so much, she almost whipped you to death. Even the king never did that!”

“I wonder too.”

Sally smiled. “Let’s go wash clothes, my princess before they come to call us.”

“Remeta will be awake by the time we’re done. Then, we are will go to the library. You, Sally, I need to continue your education.” Danika said with a smile.

Sally pouted, “Reading and writing is wasted on me, my princess. You’ve been trying to teach me for ages but I’ve been unable to learn.”

“One thing about life is that we don’t ever give up, Sally. I want you to be able to know how to do all these… You’re just not any slave to me, Sally. You’ve never been.”

Sally’s cheeks flushed red, she threw her arms around her princess’s middle. “I love you so much, my princess.”

Danika patted her head lovingly, “You know I love you too.”

“Oh, my princess. I really wish the time will come when you’ll stop suffering like a slave. This life doesn’t deserve my princess. My princess don’t deserve this filthy life at all. A life where everybody can just beat her around…order her around….drag her hair the way they want.”

Her voice cracked and tears filled her eyes as she continued, “Once upon at time, none of them would have been able to look her in the eyes. To walk on the same ground she walked on…talk more of putting their filthy hands on her. It hurts me, my princess! It hurts me so much!”

Danika kept patting her head as Sally’s tears soaked her clothing covering her left breast.

“Please, stop crying, Sally. That’s all in the past now… Let’s not look behind…. Let’s keep looking forward. Who knows?” she smiled in reassurance, “My future might get bright like the king and his people’s future suddenly got bright five years ago.”

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Sally pulled away from her and wiped her tears, “You’re right, My Princess. You’re right.”

Danika helped her wipe her tears. She kept smiling at Sally, until Sally was able to return her smile by giving her a watery smile.

“That’s more like it.” Danika encouraged, still smiling, “Let’s look on the bright side. We live in the Royal Quarters now. Away from noises and troubles. We have a bigger bed and a bigger room.”

“We have a beautiful rug and exquisite cottons on the window. With a little touch on this bedroom, we might be able to get it to look like my former bedroom in Mombana.”

Sally brightened instantly. “Oh, yes! I like that thought, my princess! Just leave that one to me! I’ll make this room look like that.” she grinned and whirled around excitedly, “Aaaah…the day is suddenly looking so bright, my princess!”

Danika’s smile turned to full blown grin. “The only person brightening up the day is you, Sally.”

As she walked to the bathroom, she was still happy. She’s happy about a lot of things.

The king talking to her. Embracing her. Sleeping in her arms. She’s happy about having a girl like Sally. And now, Remeta has joined her family, and she’s happy too.

It doesn’t matter what the future holds. What matters is that she has a small family that loves her. She will do everything within her power to make Remeta get better.

She just wished that there’s a way she can be able to help the king too.