The dreadful silence that followed next was nothing but oppressive.
Samantha and Lucy had both frozen in their position, heads lowered, but Samantha's heart raced a thousand more since the princess had requested for the guards to seize her. Was she being punished because of last night's incident?? No matter how hard Samantha tried to stay composed, the fear in her heart already gave her trembling emotions away.
"Do you know what it means for a servant to escape from the Palace walls?" Claire questioned the servant, eyeing her with pure hostility. "To think an extremely low servant as yourself would discard the privileges of the Palace, I have every right to punish you, just in case, to make sure you don't repeat this treacherous act in the future. Why are you two idiots standing there looking like fools?! Take her to the punishment room and ensure she receives fifty strokes of the whip!"
