42 Dangerous water

Amelie prepared my dress and styled my hair. She rubbed a rose- scented oil all over my body and massaged my feet.

Amelie: My lady, I know you are already under a lot of stress.. but I have very important thing to tell you."

Me: Alright, what is it?

Amelie: When was the last time you saw your guards?

Me: Good question. I don't see them often. I often find myself alone. They were supposed to watch me and my brother all the time.

Amelie: One of the guards told Alexei's nurse that you are the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Of course she refused to believe it at first because he was drunk when he said that.. But he heard your brother when he was having a bad dream last night.. She said that he was calling out the name of his sisters.. Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia..

Me: What do you think? Do you think it is possible that I am an Imperial Grandduchess?

Amelie: The Tsar and his family was rumoured to be dead.. Nobody has heard or seen them for a long time.. And the rest of the Romanovs who didn't managed to escape Russia were all murdered.

Me: You didn't answer my question..

Amelie: There were stories about a very beautiful daughter of the Tsar. The servants in the palaces used to hear the gentlemen at court talking about a goddess- like Grandduchess whom they all wished to marry because of her ethereal beauty.. The Grandduchess Maria.

Amelie cried and fell on her knees.. She begged me not to kill her.. She swore her loyalty to me over and over again.. I calmed her down and sat on the floor with her..

" I would never kill nor harm you.. You are the closest thing I had for a sister.." I said.

Tears ran in my eyes as I remembered my beautiful sisters.. I loved all of them but Anastasia and I were inseparable.. We were like twins.. We liked the same colors, foods, jewels, flowers, dresses..

I realised that the ship is becoming dangerous for me and my secrets.. I needed an accomplice.. And I found one.