I laughed with him, and returned the people to their families, giving them a story they would tell everyone until their last breath. I indulged in the...atrics for another five minutes, displaying my fireworks, performing great acrobatic feats in the sky, projecting my thoughts of good will into the world. When I felt I’d done enough, I landed upon the top steps of the palace, where King Albert Dreus was waiting for me. “Your Highness.” I smiled at him, bowing my head. “Your Highness.” He smiled. No one had a clue what happened to her. The ruler checked her sleeping chamber, only to discover she had left behind her jewelry.The other women were extremely worried of course, and seemed to suspect that the ruler himself had been responsible for her disappearance. The Grand Duke said nothing, figuring it would be best to let the concubines speculate about their spokeswoman and wonder what she had done to displease him. The Grand Duke never directly asked anyone what happened to Servant. I’m almost impressed. The blue-black circles are beginning to form, contrasting against her skin. It’s getting darker in the room but I can see clearly see each bruise, each mark left. I run my hand along the light welts forming in a row across her shoulder and then grasp it firmly and guide her flat onto the bed. I push her forward and she lies out evenly on the bed. When I drag my nails down her back I watch for the lines to appear. I use her arm as leverage to turn her over, to face me.. It had two string knots, one around the neck and one at the back. I managed to put both of them but I couldn’t put the knot at my back tightly as I could not reach there. I bent down to see that a lot of bra is jutting out of the choli which did not look good but I did not want to remove it and show my cleavage to the tailor and Ajay. Then I removed my leggings and wore on the lehenga it was not too lengthy as it was meant to be low waist. So I had to push down my panty right down to my hip.