THE Knight's Hidden Princess
Chapter 73: Just A Couple Lashings

Chapter 73: Just A Couple Lashings

"My lady!" Heather yelled out loud when she heard the news, struggling against the maids who held her tightly.

Fifty lashings? Was she serious? I glanced up at Madam Heidi who stared at me with her usual look calm authority as if she had just casually requested for one of my toys to be thrown away rather than a brutal punishment. My hands curled into a fist and when the maids begin to unzip my dress, reality set in and I struggled against them.

"You cannot do this!" I yelled but no one seemed to listen to me, "You cannot do this, unhand me this instant!" I yelled at but no one seemed to be listening.

Glaring up at Madam Heidi who had now turned her back on me and was heading towards Marina, I decided to try another approach. "My father will hear of this!" I yelled out loud, halting Madam in her tracks.

Of course that would be the only thing to stop her! I thought to myself as I stared at Madam Heidi feeling a little bit of triumph when she turned to look at me with a smile on her face.

"Your father?" Madam Heidi asked before she walked towards me. Her blue eyes assessed me before she reached out to remove the tiara on my head, "You must have think your status mattered here and like I said it’s my fault for making you think you were so special!"

Oh the irony of it all! I thought to myself unable to resist rolling my eyes at her. Madam Heidi had never failed to remind me of how worthless I could be and making me think I was special? She has never done such a thing, never even treated me like a princess and had no respect for the crown on my head.

My jaw tightened when she ran her fingers over the tiara as though it belonged to her, as if she was entitled to and then before I knew it, her fingers tightened over my tiara and then she threw it across the room causing me to gasp at that and I wasn’t the only one in the room who did so.

"Meaningless." Madam Heidi said, "You must have fooled yourself into thinking you still have every bit of power, but you do not, at least not in this household. If you wanted to keep your title then you should have married someone with more power, rather than a common knight." She hissed at me and as if remembering that we weren’t alone, she turned to look at Lady Marina whose mouth had now thinned. "No offense of course my lady."

Lady Marian smiled but it didn’t quite reach her eyes as she stared at Madam Heidi, "But of course." She replied before she motioned for one of her ladies in waiting to pour her tea inside her cup.

Madam Heidi turned to look at this, "Well then, I’m sure after this you will have learned your less on by now, especially when it comes to respecting your elder ones!"

Gritting my teeth, I glared at her. "My father will hear of this!"

"Your father is the one who asked us to beat some sense into you!" Madam Heidi hissed at me, "Here you are thinking your father cares about you but he doesn’t! You are not his concern anymore so if I were you I’d learn to stop being a whiny little brat and just try to adapt to this new life of mine!" Madam Heidi hissed and I blanched at that.

My father had requested this? Suddenly it all felt like everything was over, surely there had to be some way out of this, there had to be some way I could get out of here! I thought to myself just as some servants came in and carrying bucket of thin canes dipped in salt water.

My breath caught when I saw the canes and the sight triggered an icy error twist to my stomach. The wooden rods lay immersed in salt water as they resembled burning paper when they hit human flesh.

"No!" Heather screamed, "No, please don’t do this to her highness!"

Marina rolled her eyes from where she was sitting, "You be quiet girl!"

"You can’t do this to my lady!" Heather continued to protest, "You can’t hit her, hit me instead, please!" Heather yelled at her with tears streaming down her face as she continued to thrash against the maids who were busy holding her down.

Damn it, she was going to hurt herself this way! "Heather, stay still!" I ordered her.

But Heather wasn’t listening to me at all, if anything she thrashed harder. "Let her go, hit me instead! I’m the one who is at fault, not her, please!"

Madam Heidi whirled at the sound of Heather’s voice, she cocked her head as her gaze narrowed on Heather who eyed her warily. "Such devotion from a maid." She said a hint of awe in her voice as she strolled to stop in front of Heather who stopped protesting and glance up at Madam Heidi, though her eyes filled with fear but she held the gaze.

"It’s too bad that it won’t be possible, now keep your mouth shut girl and let’s get on with our business!" Madam Heidi said before she snapped her fingers, "Grab the cane!"

"No, please, not her, not my lady, not my_hmph!" Heather’s words fell on a grunt. Madam Heidi had slapped her hard across her the face which made her fall down to the ground and I released a gasp.

"Silence girl!" She hissed at Heather before she whirled around at me, "Your maid was noisy, is that how you teach them? I thought you would have handled them better but what should I expect from someone who also disrespects her own elders? I was willing to be lenient with you but I don’t think you will learn your lesson with just a couple lashes, a hundred more should get your senses back on the right track!"

"HEIDI!" I snarled losing all ounce of respect for her as I glared at her.

Madam Heidi smirked at me, "Very good! That look in your eye, I like it." She said as she walked to the bucket and picked up one cane, "Makes me feel less guilty about doing this, now lay her down!"

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