The Knight's Mysterious Maid
Chapter 83: Rafael’s maid (2)

Chapter 83: Rafael’s maid (2)

Mavis made a mental note to ask some of the maids about Aria and confirm who it was that approached Rafael. She was the head maid for a reason. Any complaints they had should come to her, and then she would go to Rafael. She was already under fire for not handling Connor and the maids well.

"I will make sure the maids say nothing or approach you, but are you certain you want to take Annalise as your maid? She needs to be protected, but she does not have the knowledge or training to be your maid. It would be a better idea for you to place a knight around her-"

"Is this not my home? Do you think I have not considered all options?" Rafael asked. His decision was final when it came to Annalise. It wasn’t much for a maid following him to do, so there was no need for her to be trained. All Annalise needed to do was stay by his side so he could watch over her until the issue with Delilah was over.

He also knew not to listen to Mavis when it came to Annalise since they did not get along well. Mavis’s judgment was clouded by her personal feelings when it came to Annalise.

"I’m sorry," Mavis apologised though she was just looking out for him. Annalise was a simple farm girl who had no idea how this town worked. There was so much she had to learn when she first started to work here. How could someone like that serve Rafael personally?

"There is nothing for her to learn. She only needs to be by my side and do as I say. If she makes a mistake, I will correct her, and you will be around to help her. It is your job to help her. Switch her duties with someone else starting tomorrow morning," Rafael said as he walked past Mavis now that what he had to say was finished.

Yes, young master," Mavis said, lowering her head as he left the library. She gritted her teeth out of anger when he was gone. She used to like Delilah and warmed up to her since she thought the young woman might one day become Rafael’s wife, but it seemed that was out of the question now, and she had caused Rafael to take Annalise as her maid.

Mavis couldn’t piece together what caused Delilah to go after Annalise. She heard a few of the maids speak about Annalise getting special jobs because there might have been something between her and Rafael, but Mavis knew it to be nonsense. She worked here long enough to have seen the young women Rafael entertained. He would want nothing to do with a farm girl.

"Where is that girl?" Mavis asked herself, leaving the library to find Annalise. Annalise was like a wild animal, hard to control, but Mavis would do what was necessary to bring Annalise into the group of maids she treated well.

Mavis racked her mind for where Annalise needed to be at this time. After a few minutes, she started to head out to the yard, where some of the maids and Annalise should be helping to take up the leaves that fell during the heavy rain late last night.

Mavis touched her temple as she prepared herself for the many questions she would get from the maids who were here longer than Annalise, wanting to know why they were not chosen. This was one time she would have liked Rafael to announce who he was taking as his maid so she would not be questioned.

Mavis spotted Annalise standing around with Cara, and in this group of maids, Aria was present. Unlike the other times, she would see the three of them together, Aria was not with the other two. Something happened that no one was telling her about and she would get to the bottom of it using Aria.

The maids started to move around faster after one of them noticed Mavis coming their way. With how quickly Mavis walked and her being outside in the hot sun, they knew that one of them was in trouble.

"Annalise," Mavis said, going straight to the young woman who had some kind of good luck that needed to be shared.

Annalise closed her eyes, wanting to disappear. She had done nothing wrong for Mavis to come looking for her. Or did she?

Annalise opened her eyes and looked at Mavis, who did not appear angry. Strangely, Mavis gave her a look, as if judging her. "Yes, Miss Wiggins?"

Mavis realised Annalise only addressed her this way when she was looking to get on her good side or out of trouble. "You’re finished with this. Come with me. I need to start training you," she said, folding her arms.

"Training for what exactly?" Annalise asked, confused by what she needed to learn now. Cleaning was pretty easy to understand. You take a rag, broom, or mop, and move it back and forth.

Mavis saw no need to hide what the maids would hear tomorrow morning. "The young master has picked you to be his maid," she revealed, causing a few gasps to be let out by the maids around.

"Come again?" Annalise questioned, certain she misheard Mavis. She was working hard to prove her worth to serve the king, but with Rafael always being there when she was doing something wrong, she didn’t see why he would pick her to be his maid.

Was Rafael still drunk? Was drinking with him all it took to get to be his maid?

"I am not repeating myself. Come with me so that I can start training you. It will be a short time for you to be by his side, but I cannot have you messing up and embarrassing him. There is much for you to learn before tomorrow morning, so pay attention well. As for the rest of you, get back to your work. Come, Annalise," Mavis said, turning around to go back inside.

She was taking Annalise to Rafael’s room to show her what needed to be done in the morning and at night. Regardless of what she thought of Annalise, she would train her to serve Rafael well and not embarrass him when there were guests. It was only for a short time that Annalise would be his maid, so Mavis could live with this.

Still in disbelief, Annalise gave Cara a look and then followed behind Mavis. She was missing a large chunk of why Rafael had picked her as his maid. Annalise couldn’t shake the bad feeling that she got from this. Anyone else would be excited and jump for joy, but she had to worry since Rafael was keeping an eye on her to make the decision whether she would stay or be fired.

’Is he still trying to make up for what happened with Connor?’ Annalise considered. The dresses and him comfortably drinking around her led her to believe that he had not thought he had made up for something he did not do. ’Always the hero.’

Cara’s mouth was still wide open from the shock that Annalise had become Rafael’s maid. How was that possible?

Aria felt like her point was proven, but she couldn’t tell this to anyone or she would be fired. It wouldn’t be long before whatever was happening with Rafael and Annalise would be up in flames.

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