The Secret Queen

ople walking around the palace. The sweet young woman of twenty, is with her cleaning cart, with a pile of clean towel

ugh the rooms of the palace, the lords, dukes, princes and even the king, must not know of the

before her shift ends. Some guests left earlier in the evening, but it is on

st who stayed in that room was not a person who made a lot of messes. With the agility she already had in this type of service, Lydia began to collect all the use

ot the rhythm and all the tricks, was not difficult to do. The night shift was Lydia's favorite, the palace was in a deep calm, like a lake in the

nty-five-year-old king was seated in a velvet armchair surrounded by beautiful, slender women ready to fulfill the king's every

diamonds. The young king was amused by the flattery of the women around him, some kissing his neck, oth

ery woman that came to his private chamber in the hall, which was a beautiful mezzanine where the king

n that place, even though the hall had a lot of space and windows that went up to the ceiling open

ng steps to the other side of the castle, wanting the peace

to the quiet, dark corridor of the palace, but Ethan couldn't re

er I want," the king said to himsel

and noticed a light coming from one of the rooms. His footsteps dragged to t

arranging the new sheets on the bed. As she looked back, her heart st

to say, quickly lowering her eyes to the floo

ere," Ethan replied wit

clean up vomit on the carpet right away if she stayed in that room. She lead

" Lydia asks in a

gets what he wants. The king's feet pull the end of the door until it is closed again, he pushes th

and take a few steps back. This causes

ess," Ethan says in a slurred voice. 'We

I'm not a princess,"

hand on Lydia's lips. "Tonight, you

bbed the girl by the waist, the smell of lavender and the soft skin of the maid had mad

e was drunk. His attempts to get rid of her made Ethan even more excited and eager to have the y

her body and let that masked man simply do whatever he wanted with her. Her body gave

st the young king does not understand or recognize the place he is in, that is

e king before. He had been drunk several times, but to the point of losing his mem

rs to himself as he sees the situatio

inks only of a temporary solution, which is often used b

chest of drawers and writes a design

e part of royalty from now on, until in your heart, it is possible to find forgiveness for what I have done. Give th

able next to Lydia and leaves the room. As much as remorse consumed t

he night before and Lydia feels helpless and angry at the man who raped her, she looks at her fists and notices they

ers the room, "Mom is furious that you didn't come home to take care of

ce the situation in the room. Jennifer is Lydia's older sist

what h

lapses in tears when she not

dness, to understand what happened. Upon discovering the entire account, at lea

ce. "Go to the bathroom, get ready while I fix it here, neither of us can affor

truth and with that, she agrees to do as she's told. While she is in the ba

who lay down the night before, this for Jennifer was perfect so that she could impersonate her sister Lydia, the two had a similar appeara

of the bathroom, her younger sister's face is still r

'll finish the job for you here. Go and rest, try to put this hideous night be

ays exist in her mind, in her body and in her soul. Only Lydia feels too dirty, to

as much as she can. As much as they both work at the palace, Jennifer hate

ning work in the room, a well-dres

. - You're the girl who's been here.... - the man doe

itate her sister Lydia. - 'The King asked me to meet the Secretary of State, but

to you about yesterday. From today onwards, you

r felt her heart fill with j

d not find the strength to go back to work in that palace again after that. She knew that her mother Beatriz, would curse her for quitting such a well-paid job that leaves h

er body, wanting to erase any trace of the man touching her skin, filling her inside, marking her body with his lips. Flashes o

a cried with sadness, not knowing that that night wou