Assassin's Reign by Ivy Clyde

Author:Ivy Clyde [Clyde, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-07T05:00:00+00:00

11

Daria

“Tell someone to notify Prince Ren,” I said after a while. We’d entered the palace by now. “He must come to see me at the earliest.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“What is your name?”

“Yejita, Your Highness.”

We walked along the palace corridors until we reached the area where the kitchens were located. Men and women in maroon uniforms worked busily at their chores. No one glanced at us.

Yejita stopped a young maid on her way to the stoves. “Where is Jarina?”

“Over there,” she said, extending her arm outward. Following the direction of her gaze, I saw an older woman in a neat maroon dress. Her head was covered by a white scarf and she looked like she was in charge of the place. In a moment, I recognized her. Jarina used to stuff sweets into both my and Ren’s hands when we were children.

Jarina walked towards us. A frown deepened the wrinkles on her face. “What are you doing here, soldier?” she asked. “The kitchen is not a place to be playing in.”

“I am not playing,” said Yejita in a low voice. He glanced at me and then back at Jarina. “We have a new princess now. She needs the best place to stay in. You’re the only one I could think of who could help with that.”

“New princess?” Her gaze fell on me. I must’ve looked terrible at that moment. My clothes were dirty with caked up blood and sweat. I could understand if the head of the maids and servants didn’t look impressed with me. Instead, Jarina moved nearer and looked closely at me. Her mouth trembled as she continued to stare at me. “You look just like the dead queen,” she whispered.

“You recognize me?” I asked.

“Yes. Even as a child you resembled the queen but how are you here? This must be a trick of some kind.” Her gaze shifted from me to Yejita.

Before she could start berating him, I said, “This is not a trick. I am Princess Daria, the lost daughter to King Helmut and Queen Eibhlin.”

Jarina’s hand rose to cover her mouth as her eyes widened. “No one has uttered that name in a decade now.”

“My old quarters have been taken up by the fake princess,” I said in an annoyed tone. “Of course, it’s not her fault. The fake emperor handed it to her.” Taking a deep breath, I fixed a grim stare at Jarina. “I will deal with Helena another time but for now, I need a hot bath and a private chamber to rest in. You can manage that, can’t you?”

“I don’t know.” A worried look came over her. “The emperor would want to know about it first.”

“The emperor is dead,” I said in a cold, detached voice. “So are his sons, Mekhi and Zane. You don’t need to follow anyone’s commands but mine from now on.”

All activity in the kitchen suddenly stopped. People stared at me openly now. Only the crackling of wood and bubbling of a stew sounded in the otherwise quiet kitchen space.

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