"They eloped"
These two words made her world shuddered,
A woman stood with a black hood covering her head,her green gown was stained.
Hearing the word from the messenger whose head was down.
The woman didn't remove her hood and stood with the servant in front,in the hidden alley.
"Raise your head Matthew"she ordered,
The servant was shaken and obliged immediately and looked at the woman as she removed her hood.
She had long blonde hair and green emerald eyes,
Tears streamed from the servant eyes as he trembled before bleeding to death.
His eyes turned black as blood streamed in all part of his body,he fell dead before disappearing in thin air.
The woman frowned not because of the servant's death but of the news she had heard.
She turned away and left leaving no trace.
**^
Year 1814
"Eloise!"
The young girl walked on the road lost in thoughts not seeing the carriage that almost hit her.
She moved to the side and fell with a jump in her heart.
The girl who had called her name ran to her,
"Why are you always lost?"the girl glared helping her up.
Eloise looked up at the sky then her dress,she smiled.
"It such a beautiful afternoon with the sun out"she giggled not caring about her dirty dress.
"Such a beautiful afternoon Eloise?"the other girl glared more.
"Let's go home Heather before mr Eddie separate our head from our body"Eloise stated.
She walked in front of heather who knew her sister was going mad.
"Wait up!"she ran after the girl.
"So you mean the king is getting married again?"Eloise frowned,
"What do you mean again?he has two wives and concubines"heather rolled her eyes.
"The king is too old to be getting married"Eloise rolled her eyes also.
She touched her black hair and felt a sense of peace,her black eyes scanned the road.
"Be careful of your words Elo"her sister warned.
Heather was the older sister to Eloise,both girls lived with their aunt.
"But it's true that the king marries these women to keep his throne,they are his allies"Eloise stated.
Both girls gossiped more on their way home with Heather being more careful than Eloise.
"Is someone here mr Eddie?"Eloise whispered to the butler.
The man turned to the girls and looked at them sternly,
"Where have you girls been?"he glared at them,
Eloise and Heather turned to each other before smiling at the butler.
"To the tailor,madam lilou"Eloise replied,
"Go to the kitchen immediately before your aunt sees you,there is an important visitor"he ordered.
Eloise and Heather quickly left the corridors and ran to the kitchen.
Eloise and Heather were brought to the mansion when they were just little girls,they lost their parents due to a plague.
Their aunt who they thought would treat them well turned them into maids in her mansion,they waited on their cousins and people in the mansion.
"I just want my Prince Charming to take me away from this miserable life"Heather whispered to her sister with a sigh.
"Stop your dreams Heather,focus".
"Here,take this to the visitor"a girl spoke handing a tea tray to Heather.
She looked at Heather with discern,
"Give me,I will take them"Eloise came forward not liking her older sister bullied.
"Sure,you can take it,at least you know your place better than your sister who dreams too high"the girl mocked with a laughter same with the other girls.
They were the other maids in the mansion and didn't seem to like Heather nor Eloise.
"I will take it elo"tears streamed from heather's eyes feeling embarrassed.
"No"Eloise smiled,
"What is her place?she has dreams unlike you"Eloise glared.
The girl was about to snap when they heard the butler's voice.
"What's going on here?"
They were frightened and didn't say a word,
"Going to serve the visitors mr Eddie"Eloise replied.
The butler turned to her and nodded.
"The rest of you,get back to work"he ordered.
"Don't listen to them"Eloise whispered to her sister reassuring her before leaving.
Heather was older but Eloise always protected her,Heather was gullible and softhearted that she was usually bullied by her peers.
Eloise sighed staring at the huge doors before knocking.
She entered afterwards and heard the voices of the guest.
"Your tea is here lord Asher"
She heard aunt Raquel call one of the visitors,
Eloise raised her head a little and her eyes met his black dull eyes.
She knew immediately that he was bored with her aunt's conversations.
"Serve them"she ordered
Eloise didn't say a word,she was fascinated with this man's beauty.
He had that well sculpted face,his features were too good to be true. He had a cold aura she noticed as he didn't smile and his eyes were dull and emotionless.
His black inked hair made him look like a dark knight.
Who was this man?!
"Are you deft Eloise?"aunt Raquel raised her voice a little.
"I'm sorry aunt-lady"she quickly served the tea in three tea cups.
They were two visitors,two men and they looked like powerful elites.
"I'm sorry for her incompetence lord Asher,seems I am not strict with my maids anymore"she laughed at her joke.
Eloise felt a slight pain hearing her aunt words but she didn't show it.
"You have to be disciplined to discipline others Raquel"the man stated not sugarcoating his words with no respect for her aunt.
Aunt Raquel's face changed before a smile stayed on her face.
Eloise handed the tea to the man who stared at her before turning to her aunt.
She turned to the other man and gave him his cup who smiled a little compared to the other man.
She handed the last to aunt Raquel who took it and shooed her away.
"You will be paid in full after the wedding,don't want you making a mistake at the king's wedding after getting paid"he smiled at her.
Aunt Raquel felt nervous,
"That is pleasant for me"she smiled.
"Your pleasantry is of your concern,I will be leaving now"he got up ready to leave.