Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 299: The whorehouse

Chapter 299: The whorehouse

The whole city was bustling at night, all the guards of Boxton mansion having searched every corner of the mansion without finding Eadlin, were dispersed into the city, night fell and the celebration had began making the streets chocked up where they could barely see beyond the crowds of people, but they still continued the search not giving up as lord Henry was with them.

Henry’s handsome face looked exhausted from all the searching, it had been more than twenty three hours now, but Eadlin’s whereabouts were still unknown.

"My lord, we’ve searched the entire town, but the princess is nowhere In sight. And we’ve asked all around, nobody has seen her. It almost seems as if... She fled the ciyy." Henry’s right hand man, Froylan reported to him.

Henry’s frown deepened, "If she flees the city, where could she possibly go to? It’s not possible for her to leave Findara’s city without a permit..." He trailed off, could she have gone back to the palace? She had nowhere to go to in the city, except the palace, but it was very unlikely that she’d go back to the palace now. She had refused to go even when he suggested to take her there, so why would she go now?

"Lead the men to search the eastern parts of the night markets, she must be somewhere around the city. Ask every single salesmen and vendors in the market untill you find her, nobody should return if you don’t find the princess. You must bring her back unharmed."

"Understood, my lord...but what about you? Are you going back to the mansion?" Froylan asked wryly, He could see the exhaustion on Henry’s face, and Henry hadn’t even gotten the time to rest after returning from the battlefield, before hearing the news of the princess’s escape. He couldn’t help but worry about his Lord’s health, if he continued like this, he might fall sick.

Henry’s stren expression loosened up a bit, he then sighed deeply, "How can I return to the mansion when I haven’t found her yet? I won’t be at peace if I return home." He remarked with his deep voice sounding hoarse, he then said again, " I will search the other side of the market. If it’s true that she’s somewhere around the city, then we have to hurry, before she gets into the wrong hands. With the princess’s nature, she would foolishly trust anybody."

Froylan nodded his head in understanding, "Yes, my lord. I will lead the men to the market."

Froylan couldn’t help his wonderment as he walked away from Henry. Their lord rarely worried this much about any other female apart from his sisters. He wondered why he seemed so worried about the princess to the extent he wasn’t willing to go back home and rest, when the soldiers could handle the search without his help.

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Inside the building where Eadlin was taken to. She followed Darla who was leading her to the said work she was supposed to do overnight. Although, she didn’t know what type of work would require a change of dress, but then she didn’t ask any more questions, as lady Gold had said that she was to do a clean job to avoid being reported to the council.

Darla led her towards the section with the red curtains, as they got closer to the curtains, the music and laughter drifting around the hall got louder. Eadlin felt dreadful as they approached the place, she tightened her clenched hand on her dress.

Behind the curtains, was a festive looking space, women dancing to some vulgar sounding tunes. On one side of the room, men drowned themselves in alcohol taking entertainment in the vulgarly dressed women dancing.

Eadlin was soon brought before lady Gold, who stared at her with her jaw slacked in wonderment. Her eyes trailed Eadlin from head to toe. She was astonished by the young woman’s looks, she had never thought Eadlin was such a beauty with how dirty she looked when she was brought her in.

"..my lady, can you please assign me to the work so I can finish on time to leave?" Eadlin spoke politely when she noticed Lady Gold’s eyes were still unblinkingly staring at her. She was starting to feel uneasy due to the eyes of the man sitting next to lady Gold.

The man stroked his thick beard as his eyes trailed her body, before a sly grin crossed his mouth, he then leaned to whisper something into lady Gold’s ear, which Eadlin didn’t hear.

Lady Gold’s eyes brightened up, she then turned to Darla to say, "Take the girl to room 8 where she will be working for tonight."

Darla’s expression turned ugly hearing that, "But lady Gold, that is supposed to be where I’ll be working for tonight, why should I take the girl there?"

Lady Gold beckoned for Darla to come closer. Darla moved her ears closer to Lady Gold, who whispered softly, "Don’t argue with me, Darla. Lord Darius said he liked the girl, let him have her. You know how rich he is, if we refuse him now...he will bring down the red house, we can’t afford that type of loss, besides the girl will only serve here for tonight."

"But_" Darla wanted to say something, but was cut off by Lady Gold, "Say no more, do as I say. Take the girl to room 8, make sure you don’t let her know why she is there, let her believe she’s there to work and not sell her body to pay her debt."

"But, lady Gold. What if she reports us to the council? She isn’t trained like the rest of the maidens, she might report us after we let her go tomorrow, she doesn’t look like an ordinary person." Darla voiced her concern, she had first believed Eadlin to be a beggar, but after her transformation, anybody could tell she looked like an elite. And their whorehouse would be brought down if Eadlin reported them to the council, they would be immediately taken into custody if the council found out that Eadlin was brought here and taken to bed without her agreement.

However, lady Gold simply grinned, "She wouldn’t dare report us, besides, she seems scared of the council. Trust me and do as I said. If this deal works well, and she satisfies lord Darius, we will earn a lot from it. Hurry up and get her ready, I will send lord Darius to the room in some minutes...and don’t forget to give her the drink."

Darla nodded her head in understanding, before she turned to say to Eadlin, "Follow me, I will take you to the place you will be working tonight."

Eadlin sighed in relief to know that she would start her work soon, and would also get to leave this room that reeked of alcohol and perverted men, who kept drooling over the dancing women. And some who were occasionally giving her perverted glances, making her feel like hiding underground. She wondered just what sort of a place does this lady Gold lives in?

However, it was none of her business since she was just here to work to pay off her debt, she would finish and leave to continue her search for the nun house. Eadlin mused as she followed behind Darla to the place she would be working for the night.

They walked along the long corridors with rooms. And when they reached a particular room, with number eight on the door, Darla unlocked it and entered motioning for Eadlin to follow her inside.

As Eadlin entered the room, which contained a bed and a wooden divider, she couldn’t help the frown that drew her brows together, she looked around then turned to Darla, "Um, what I’m I suppose to do in this room? It’s seems clean already, so I assume am not here to clean, right?" She asked with a puzzled look.

Darla scoffed,"Clean? No, you are here for another reason, your work will be assigned to you very soon. Just sit there and look pretty, and make sure to cooperate with your work when it gets here. You better do a clean job if you want to leave this place alive and unharmed." She warned sternly and turned to leave the room.

"What sort of work is this?" Eadlin questioned before Darla could leave the room. Darla turned her head sideways, "You are not in the position to ask questions, young lady. Just do as you’re told and you’ll be free to leave. I’ll send some tea and snacks for you to have, you must be starving by now." After saying that, Darla left the room while also locking it on her way out leaving Eadlin puzzled.

Dread filled Eadlin, she was starting to fell uneasy with every second that passed by. What kind of work was she brought here to do? And why would they make her change clothes and also offer to give her snacks and tea? Not to mention locking her up in a room?!

Eadlin began to pace around the room as she thought of the possibility of why she was locked in the room. But soon the door opened again, and a young girl walked in with a tray of tea and snacks, without a word she placed it on the center table and turned to Eadlin, "Miss, please have this, it will give you some strength to work better."

"Can you tell me what sort of work_" Eadlin was going to ask questions again, but the young girl hurriedly left the room while also locking the door behind her.

Eadlin shook her head in disbelief, "What is this lady Gold up to? Why isn’t anybody telling me what work I’m here to do?" She mumbled as she resumed to pace around the room. But her eyes soon fell on the mouthwatering snacks and tea on the table.

Eadlin’s stomach made another rumbling noise, "... I’m really starving." She hadn’t eaten for the whole day.

She hurriedly walked towards the table and picked up the snacks, but halted as a thought came to her mind, "What if it’s poisoned?" She couldn’t afford to eat something when she had no idea why she was locked in the room. She didn’t trust that lady Gold one bit.

Eadlin quickly dropped the snacks back on its plate, she would rather starve than eat this. She continued to pace around the room again, and a few minutes later, the door made a clicking sound. She quickly turned towards the door to see a chubby man struggling to lock the door as he seemed to be drunk.

Eadlin’s fine brows drew together, "My lord, I think you’re in the wrong room..." She said to the man, who had finally locked the door behind him. He seemed to be a noble judging from his attire, but what was he doing in this room?