Chapter 5 Set Up

• I ran as fast as my feet could take me. I have never been so scared of my life and I couldn’t care less that I was getting stares from other servants and I could hear them murmuring on why I am still alive.
• I got to the kitchen and reported that I was done with my work and asked if I could be excused to retire and before I finished my statement she yelled at me and asked me to get ready to serve lunch.
• And here I am thinking that I have escaped death.
• I was clearing out the dishes with another servant and I could feel how she was so terrified of me.
• “I don’t bite you know“ I said to her trying to start a conversation.
• “I know you don’t, I am just minding my business” she replied.
• “I am Celeste and you?”
• “ I am Sammie”
• “Nice to meet you Sammie now can you tell me why you are scared of me”
• “Everyone is. Nobody knows why you are still alive, I mean don’t get me wrong but you were meant to be a meal”
• “Ohh that, it’s a long story but I am no different than you are I was just lucky”
• “If you say so, by the way I thought you were the newest member of the family why are you here”
• “I tried to escape from here and I don’t know who caught me but Darcy said this is my punishment”
• “Hmm, I don’t think you understand what it means to be a servant here this is no punishment this is a death trap and once a servant will always be a servant till death”
• We would have talked more but we were interrupted by a servant who came to inform us that we were asked to join them in the kitchen.
• It was time to serve lunch and of course I was asked to join and serve lunch. This time around it was just Lucian and Amelia and I could already see how the lunch was going to be hard for me.
• “Well if it isn’t the gold digger” I heard Amelia mocking.
• “Watch your mouth Amelia or mother will do so for you”Lucian said but was happy that Celeste was serving him lunch.
• “ she is not here so spare me the drama” Amelia said and then turned to Celeste and asked her to get her a fresh warm blood.
• Celeste was confused and was about to ask from where when Amelia cut her off.
• “If you can’t provide it then I should suck it from you. But, I can’t drink from a poisonous servant like you” she spat.
• I rushed to the kitchen and asked the chef where am to get fresh warm blood and she handed me a glass and turned around immediately.
• “Don’t worry I will give it to you” I heard Sammie said from the kitchen door.
• “Oh thanks very much you are a life saver”
• She slitted her wrist with a knife and filled the glass with blood and asked me to run and serve it fast before it gets cold. I got to the dinner hall and gave it to Amelia then she drank it and spat it out on my face.
• “I thought as much, it tastes as bad as she looks” Amelia said pouring the remaining blood on the floor.
• “Clean this up and get out of sight “
• I cleaned up the mess and went back to the kitchen to join them for lunch. I saw some of the servants who served me meal when I was at my quarters there and their stares would have left an imprint on my body of stares were like that. I asked Sammie about the lady that initially assigned me to serve breakfast and she said her name was Lucy and she used to sleep with Darcy before.
• “No wonder the unnecessary hate “I said and then we both laughed about it.
• “Speak of the devil” Sammie whispered into my ear.
• Lucy walked in and pointed at me to go and serve Darcy his meal. Funny how she just wants me to die today. I took the meal she gave me and took it to Darcy’s room. I knocked for a while and thought nobody was in and then decided to just go in and drop it then leave immediately.
• “Who asked you to come in “I heard a voice saying from wherever he was.
• “I thought you weren’t in here” I said almost as a whisper.
• “Keep it on the table and wait till I am done”
• I did as I was told and stood for hours until I saw him walking out of the darkness to the table. He uncovered the meal and asked why I was serving him his meal instead of Lucy.
• “She assigned me to do it today as she might be busy” I answered as sincere as possible.
• He took a bite and looked at me then he chuckled and kept on eating till it was almost empty.
• “Why are you staring at me. Surprised that your poison has no effect on me huh?” I heard him say and I was shocked.
• “Poison? I didn’t serve you poison”
• “I’m sure you didn’t now come and have a bite “
• Scared that there might actually be poison in his meal I moved back.
• “I am full” I said and then realized how stupid it sounds.
• “ what do you take me for? It seems you didn’t do your research well now I am going to teach you a lesson that you would prefer dying” Darcy said and called on two guards to take me to the dungeon.
• “I swear I don’t know anything about the poison please spare me “ I pleaded but he was no longer there and the guards dragged me to the dirtiest dungeon ever.