Chapter 6

• Astrid sighed as she walked into her room. It was larger than her former room and she didn't have to bring anything since everything she could ever need was there and was exactly the same in her house. Kieran must have used Marissa's help. If it was Astrid right now, she might have asked for Marissa to also come and live in the palace too, but she was Joey and she didn't need anyone's help. She couldn't trust anyone right now, not after Shane's actions.
• The door opened and a very slim girl waked in. Astrid stood, her eyes scanning the girl for a very long time until the girl spoke,
• "Good evening ma'am. I'm Pearl." She introduced and Astrid raised her brows.
• "What are you doing here, Pearl?"
• "Uhh, I'm one of your maids. I've been assigned to serve you."
• "One?"
• "Yes, Lena would soon be here. She went to collect orders from the lord." Pearl said.
• Tow maids? For what? Where they trying to keep an eye on her?
• "Uhmmm, Pearl?" She called as she bit her lips slowly, "I don't really need any maids. I can take care of myself."
• Almost immediately, Pearl fell to her knees, her body trembling.
• "What are you doing?" Astrid rushed towards her.
• "If you reject us as your maids, we are going to be killed." She begged, tears rushing out of her eyes. How could Joey forget, these maids were not doing things on their accord. Their lives simply depended on their boss.
• "Who told you that?" Astrid asked.
• "Lord Kieran." Pearl replied, her voice shaking. She really hoped Astrid would not reject them, that would earn them nothing but their deaths and it wouldn't be a peaceful one.
• "Okay fine. Get up okay. I'll let you stay with me." Astrid said and Pearl thanked her profusely before getting up.
• Okay. This was a problem. Astrid bit her lips. She would be expected to be with her maids twenty four seven which will be a huge problem especially when her plan is about to start. Besides, she needed time to think and she wanted to do that alone.
• "Uhmm. The thing is..." She started and Pearl waited patiently for her first order, "If I need you, I'll come get you myself. Till them, I can stay alone."
• "We'll be outside if you don't want disturbance, your highness."
• "No, just go to your room and have a rest." Astrid shook her head.
• "We can't leave you alone, it'll just mean we aren't doing our job right." Pearl said again and Astrid sighed. This was fucked up.
• "Fine, stay outside the door until I ask for you." She agreed.
• "We'll help you when you need to have your bath."
• "I can have my bath myself, I don't need anyone to do that for me." She frowned. When did having bathes become a publice affair? Was this how princesses lived? Well, she hated it.
• Pearl was about to say something else when the door opened and another girl walked in.
• "Your highness, Lord Kieran had asked for you in his room in the next ten minutes." She said. This was the second maid, Lena.
• "Are you Lena?" Astrid asked.
• "Yes." She agreed.
• "Do you know why 'Lord Kieran' asked for me in his room?" She asked and Pearl and Lena shared a look, contemplating on whether to speak.
• "Maybe for the consummation?" Lena took the initiative and Astrid's mouth widened into an 'o'. So Kieran was just like every other men out there? Sex-starved? She rolled her eyes as she walked into the bathroom to have her bath. It was larger than her room when she was still Joey and for a while, she felt jealous. She would never have gotten this if she had not entered Astrid's body.
• She got into the bath and bathed quickly with the help of Lena and Pearl who had refused to be absent as per as her requests. They kept on saying she had to dress quickly and leave before the tej minute elasped if not she would not like herself.
• Astrid wondered what would happen. Had Kieran been dumb when he gave her just ten minutes to bath and dress up. Lena fished out a sexy lingerie from her walk-in wardrobe and Astrid scrunched her nose.
• "I'm not wearing that out of this room." She said.
• "Don't worry, a robe will be on it." Pearl said as they passed the cloth to her. Astrid sighed putting it on and she wore the long robe on it, covering the whole of her body.
• "Let's go." Pearl said and they walked in front to her, leading the way to Kieran's room.
• *He's just a man, Joey. Please him well and maybe he will finally accept you as his Luna. You won't have enough power if you are not the Luna. You need to become the Luna in just a month. That's the longest you have. First plan, Joey. Become the Luna.* She blamed Astrid. If only she had not tried to kill herself, she might have not missed the opportunity....but ... would she have been able to enter her body right now?
• She breathed out deeply when Pearl and Lena opened Kieran's door and she stepped in, the door shutting heavily behind her. The sound resounded in her ears for a long time. She looked around the room but Kieran was absent. Where had he gone?
• Beside the open window, there was a large piano and a love pendant lay on it. Its shine was enough to draw her towards it. She stretched her hands to pick it,
• "Don't touch." His voice came out and she blinked, turning immediately only to bump into Kieran. The impact made her unstable and just before she could fall on the piano, he held her tightly by the arm and straightened her up.
• "Thanks." She muttered, trying to calm her racing heart. What if she had hit her head and died? Then it was over. Her vengeance was over.
• Kieran gave her a look before he walked towards the only arm chair in the room and sat on it. That was when Astrid saw him. He was shirtless and naked at the upper part, only a trouser hanging dangerously at his V line. She also realized then that he was holding a cigarette in one of his hands, releasing smoke from his lips. It would take a long time for the smoke to circulate round the room so she was free from the probability of choking.
• "What are you doing?" Kieran cocked his head as he stared at her. It was obvious answer, she was doing nothing, except standing and noting his features. Trained abs, muscular arms, his biceps were too attractive and she could imagine being wrapped in them, thin waist, thick thighs. Black lines designed the upper part of his body and she could tell they were all tattoos.
• "Don't waste my time, Astrid." He said coldly and she gulped.
• "What do you want me to do?" She asked.
• "Strip." He said. Okay fine, that was easy, she was going to do that and just get the hell out of here. If he wanted her to dance, she would. She had acted as a stripper many of times in Shadow Brook Tribe for just meagre amounts.
• She let her robe fall over her shoulders and loosened the ropes holding her lingerie, letting it fall over her body too. She was now left in a just a black lacy pant. She fixed her thumb into it and was about to pull it down,
• "Leave that." Kieran stopped her and she pursed her lips, removing her hands.
• "I want to see you crawl towards me, Astrid."
• Okay, this was the height! She wasn't a fvcking whore, "I will not...."
• "Crawl!"