THE PRINCE AND I

RJUN

id the same. "Take the clothes to the washing machine." I said to the maids that were with me and Akira rose up her head in fear. "My Prince. I was given the order to wash these clothes without the machine. If I don't obey, I will face the consequences my Prince." She said fearfully. "I am the Prince of Medan, and I order you to pack these clothes to the washing machine now!" I said and she ladies packed the clothes and left. I looked at Akira and I saw how restless she was. "Excuse us Aaron." I said without looking at him. He gave another bow and he walked away. "Look here Akira. No one has the right to order you around except your master, which I suppose is my sister Hana." "You take orders from only the king and queen, and I don't think they would give you orders when they have their maids." "The only maids open to things like these are the ones I called, because they have no master, they are the palace maids." "So know where you stand. And stop letting them afflict unnecessary pain on you because you are special and they are jealous." I said to her and she stared right into my eyes. "Akira even in this palace, though you can't speak up for yourself, let me know. Tell me anything you think is not right. I will stand for you, for anyone maltreated here." I said and I saw her beautiful smile once again. "That's so kind of you Prince Arjun." She said smiling and I nodded smiling too. "If Princess Katika come to you after I meet her now, tell her I ordered the maids and you couldn't stop them because I threatened them. Okay?" I stated

AKI

r around. "Prince Arjun dismissed me. He asked some palace maids to pack them and use the machine." "I couldn't stop them because he threatened them. So they did it and he asked me to leave." I stated with my head bowed. "Why would he do that without telling me?? And did I dismiss you before you left?" She asked angrily. "Because I have the right to, and because I asked her to." Prince Arjun answered from behind us and I looked back to see him approach us. "Prince Arjun, I needed her to do that work alone." She said and he walked right in front of her. "She isn't your maid, you could have asked one of the Palace maids. She needed to help my sister too. And as her master, she needed to answer to her." "So next time,use the palace maids. They can be used by anyone. And for the use of hands to wash clothes, that isn't necessary. There are washing machines everywhere around the palace." He muttered and she nodded speechlessly. "Fi