CHAPTER 13:
The Fall
I hated stairs.
By midday, I had climbed those stairs so many times that my legs were aching badly.
Up.
Down.
Up again.
The servants in the alpha wing never seemed to run out of work
Neither did Mira.
I had this feeling that she created extra tasks just to watch me suffer and struggle
"You need to take those linen upstairs, that's where they belong” she said
I looked at the pile of clothes beside me .
Then at her.
Then back at the pile.
"All of them?"
Her lips curved up in that gentle way, the kind that made the corners of her eyes crinkle just a little. For a second, her whole face softened, like something warm had lit up inside her.
Those devilish smiles !
The kind that made me want to leave whatever I was doing, get up and hit her in the face
