Throughout the day, I did not set my eyes on Sage, and that made me worried. Is there anything wrong with her? Is she sick or something? She is supposed to be the one serving me.
“Why is Sage not here?” I asked the maid who was brushing my hair.
“She is no longer your handmaid, my queen. The king made her a kitchen maid because she challenged Queen Zinnia,” the maid said, leaving me shocked.
How could he do such a thing? Sage cannot challenge Zinnia. She does not have that kind of character, so what is this maid saying?
Sage is the only maid who knows what I want and treats me well, and now the king has taken her away from me.
“So, who is my handmaid?” I asked, hoping it was not her because I did not like her.
“My queen, you do not have a handmaid for now,” she replied as I bit my li
