The Tyrant obsession

Mariana

It was dusk already and all of the servants were preparing to go to bed, so was Mariana, she stretched a little as she felt her back bones crack. She was so tired and exhausted, with a loud sigh she walked over to her room. Not really her room but it was a room where the servants slept, everyone had their own bed and a little space. Thankfully it was not an air tight room meant to suffocate them. There were two big windows and a big bathroom at the very end of the room.

She thought her life had moved from worse to worst but fortunately enough, it was not what she had expected, although she wasn’t treated like a princess and she wasn’t treated like an animal too that really pleased her. The food was fairly enough for a human servant, she was glad that everything was manageable for her but she was more grateful for the fact that she had left that horrible place. She couldn’t sleep every night for the fear that he was going to find her and she knew exactly what was going to happen if he had found her.

This palace was owned by a very powerful king so she heard from her fellow servants. Which was another thing that pleased her, she knew he won’t even dare come to start trouble here so for now she could freely say she was safe. A small smile creeped on her lips. Lifting her legs from the ground she placed them on the bed, and rested her head on the hard pillow, slowly and silently sleep began to overtake her.

“Mariana! Mariana!!”. She jumped off the bed as she heard her name been called so loudly, her eyes were still heavy with sleep but she had to rub it off with her hands. “Yes yes, what is it?” She turned to look at the person who was screaming her name this early in the morning.

“Come see, hurry before it’s too late” The feminine voice said. Mariana turned to look at the girl, it was a ginger haired girl who she knew was Rose. The first person that spoke to her since she arrived at the castle. Rose was a year older than Mariana, but they were both of the same height, skinny and pale looking white, Rose had a green long gown on, the cloth was so old that the weave had started to pull out, but Rose didn’t seem to mind as she wore it with pride not like she had a better choice though.

“I’m coming” Mariana lazily followed Rose who was surprisingly walking so fast making it almost difficult for Mariana to catch up.

“Faster, we no longer have time” Rose shouted as she quickly turned her head to look the girl behind her.

They walked for a while until they got to the balcony of the top floor, Rose pulled Mariana’s hand down and now they were both squatting as they peeped through the bars.

“What are we...?” Rose interrupted her by placing her finger on Mariana’s lips. “That is the king Mari, we rarely see him around, he is always in his castle or on journeys” Rose said in a whisper.

Mariana bent forward, to get a closer look at the so called king but he had his back facing them, both of his hands crossed elegantly behind him. He had the expensive royal robe on which was red in color, his black hair was styled which Mariana couldn’t see well, he was a very tall man, taller than all the men that he was standing with. The robe clutched to his body perfectly as his broad shoulders moved as he moved his hands.

If only she could see his face, Mariana sighed lost in her own thoughts that she didn’t even hear Rose go on and on about how handsome the king was. Then the realization hit her, so this girl woke her up from her beauty sleep just to see the king, who she didn’t get to see as he had climbed into his carriage.

“Rose, is this why you were shouting my name so loudly in the morning?” Mariana said as she turned to Rose who was now standing straight

“Of course Mari, everyone is always excited to see the king. Because we hardly see him” Rose explained.

With a loud sigh, she placed both hands on Rose’s arms. “Rose, I don’t really care about the king, so stop stalking his every move, he is royalty he would never give people like us a second look” Mariana explained as she watched Rose’s smile slowly fall.

“I know that, but you just happened to ruin all the fun. Next time I wouldn’t call you to accompany me” Rose said as she crossed her arms.

“Please do not, I will very much prefer my sleep” Mariana said

“Whatever, I will forgive you for today just because I need a friend to talk to, let’s go prepare for the days work”. Rose said wrapping her hands around Mariana’s shoulders

“Whatever you say Rose, I shall not argue with you” Mariana allowed herself to be pulled by the girl as she walked away heading back to their room. Mariana went back to her thoughts as she walked. She knew what it meant to be noticed by royals and she so much prayed that she would not be noticed by any royal family for she has had so much of troubles and pains to last her a lifetime and she certainly did not need more added to the once she was still trying to overcome. All that mattered to her was her survival, and nothing more. She would do anything so she could survive because she knew from every angle she looked at it she would always be the prey and predators will always be waiting at every corner for an unfortunate prey. She had learnt her lesson and now she was wiser than ever. Only a living person could seek revenge.