Chapter Fifteen

Megan could not believe her ears, her best friend Kate was dead! She fell to her knees, It felt like the world was about to end, her chest tightened, her heart raced inside her chest and her whole body shuddered.

"This can't be true." She whispered. "What have I done?" She started remembering all the time she spent with her, her head started hurting, and she regretted ever telling the house mistress the truth.

Jennifer shook her head slowly in shock and dismay, "how did it happen?"

Anita told them everything that happened without leaving any words behind. When she was done telling them, they became more afraid and they started hyperventilating.

"Tell me that all this you said is not true!" Jennifer said in a horrified tone. "Tell me it's just a nightmare."

Anita shook her head slowly, "it should have been better if it was a nightmare."

"Our lives don't matter here," Megan said after realizing it and Anita nodded slowly. "Why is all this happening? What did she do to him?"

"He doesn't care after all he is the prince, he's famous, he's wealthy and he's pure evil." Anita sighed.

"A maid just got killed in the castle and no one is talking about it, what are we to them? Doesn't our lives mean something to them?" Megan sniffed.

"We are just cockroaches to them, they don't care what happens to us, we are peasants," Anita said grinding her teeth and she balled her fists.

"Even though we are not royals, even though we are not prominent people in society we are still humans, aren't we?" Jennifer stated still shocked about the whole thing.

"Kate wasn't the only one." Anita told them.

"What?" Jennifer and Megan shouted in unison. "You mean some other servants in this castle have been unjustly killed?"

"Yes. I am not sure but I am suspecting that not only Kate in this castle has met this ill fate, haven't you both noticed how some servants in the castle mysteriously stop working like Kate?"

"Yes! Ria from some months ago, she didn't return from her vacation they told us that she has stopped working in the castle." Megan said and she started realizing the worst.

"What about Vanessa? She to mysteriously left the castle."

"That's what I am saying!" Anita exclaimed. "Every year a servant must leave the castle mysteriously... they might be dead."

"What is happening?" Megan said with her hands crossed across her head.

"Can't we report it?" Jennifer said stammering.

"Who would believe us? And we don't even have a single proof," Anita said and sighed. "We might even be in danger if they find out we know this."

"We could tell his royal majesty, the king?" Jennifer suggested and Megan and Anita looked at her as if she just said the most stupid thing on earth.

"Are you kidding, Jennifer?" Anita said sarcastically. "How is that even possible? I have worked longer than any of you in this castle, and I have not seen the king in this castle not to talk of approaching him, that is almost impossible!"

"You're right." Jennifer sighed.

"Even if we could approach him I don't think it will be a good idea if we tell him what is happening in this castle, what if he was aware of it?" Megan stated and Jennifer and Anita thought about it, the King could even be the one organising this whole thing.

"You're right." Anita said.

"So what should we do?" Jennifer asked.

"I know someone who might be able to help us." Megan said.

"Who?" Jennifer and Anita asked in unison, both curious.

"Prince Chad."

There was a brief silence, and then Anita said, "I'm sceptical about him, but he is way better than his brother."

"He is a good person, the first time I met him he was so nice to me, I couldn't even believe it." Jennifer commented blushing.

"He was nice to Kate, and he was fond of her, so I think he is our only help," Megan said. "But the problem is how to get to him now, I heard he travelled to Paris."

"He is coming back from Paris tomorrow." Jennifer told them.

"Okay, but how are we going to meet him?" Anita asked Megan.

"He normally comes to the library to read some books, I can meet him there."

"Okay, that's nice."

Megan stood up from the floor and balled her fists. "I won't just let Kate die like that, anyone who is responsible for her murder shall pay, I swear on my life to avenge her!"

....

"Why are we leaving now? Isn't it too early?" Amelia complained as Chad drove to the airport.

"First rule of being a famous person, you don't stick to the time--never-- you do things either earlier or later." Chad told her.

"Why is that so?"

"You would understand soon."

"I want to understand now." She insisted and Chad rolled his eyes.

"You see there might be people who want me dead or want to rob me or try to ruin my plans..."

"Why would they ever want to do that with all this security escort you carry?" She turned back and saw the long convoy of cars following their car behind.

"Even with that I shouldn't be relaxed, I should be cautious anything could happen, I should always think of a way to protect myself and the people around me." He smirked.

"Then it's pointless carrying this many bodyguards."

"You have a lot to learn, Amelia." He said smiling.

They arrived at the airport and Chad's fans were all over the airport, they were so many people in the airport that it was hard for them to reach his private on the runway.

If not for his bodyguards they should not have been able to walk through this crowd. Russell was by the side of the side as always, and he was carrying a briefcase containing an assault rifle in case there was any emergency.

His fans were shocked to see Chad travelling back to KU with Amelia. This was not the first time they have appeared together, the fashion show was the first time his fans saw them together and now they have seen them together quite often. Though they did not know that her name was Amelia the news had spread throughout the globe, and it was almost the most talked about topic on the net.

'Prince Chad and the mysterious black girl.'

How fascinating it might seem, but the more fascinating it was the scarier it would become.

Chad and Amelia arrived at the runaway. Chad turned back and waved to his fans and shouted. "Auireovoir." Which means goodbye in French that was the only word he knew in French.

"After you my lady," Chad prostrated himself and Amelia entered into his jet, his jet no doubt was beautiful, she had not seen anything like it before. She noticed how Chad was smiling throughout and she started suspecting that he was up to something. "Why are you smiling like this? Are you up to something?" She glared at him as he sat beside her.

"You always think I am up to something no good. He chuckled. " I am not evil."

She rolled her eyes and whispered, "Yes you are not, you are pure evil."

"You know I can hear what you just said now?" Chad stared at her and she tried to avoid his gaze but it was to no avail.

"I was just praising you, your highness." She said smiling wickedly and Chad glared at her.

The pilot announced that they were about to take off and they fastened their seat belts.

Amelia slid her hand into Chad's own and she shut her eyes as the jet took off from the airport. Chad stared at her as she was slightly afraid as the jet experienced some turbulence in the air and he grinned knowing that his plan would work perfectly.

When the jet was steady in the air, Amelia opened her eyes slowly and heaved a sigh. She quickly removed her hand from Chad's own as she noticed that she was holding it.

He chuckled and she rolled her eyes at him. "What?" She hissed.

"I think you're cute." He muttered and started typing something on his phone.

She turned away and her cheeks flushed.

A hostess in a well-pressed black and white uniform came to her and asked her if she wanted to take something, Amelia was not that hungry so she decided not to ask for something for now.

She pouted her lips as she saw that Chad was not talking to her but using his phone, she wanted to talk with him but do not know what to talk with him about.

The jet started shaking, first, it was shaking moderately then it started shaking violently. This made Amelia scared, and she became more frightened when the red lights started flashing throughout the jet.

"Announcement, announcement," the pilot said. "We are having some technical issues with the first engine, we will now be switching to the second engine, we hope you remain calm."

Amelia started sweating profusely, she looked at Chad and she saw how horrified he was. An alarm started sounding, it was loud and frightening, Amelia was now shaking more than the jet.

"What is happening?" He squeaked.

A man came out of the cabin running, he was one of the crew members. "Your Highness, we are sorry to inform you but both engines are down."

Chad started hyperventilating, "Where are we? Are we close to any airport so that we will have an emergency landing?" Chad's voice was choked and but he was still calm as possible.

"We are above the ocean sir, the closest airport is over a thousand kilometres away from us."

Amelia turned to Chad, "What does this mean?"

Chad looked at her with his face paled. "We are going to die."

"No this can't be true."

"We are going to burn and while we are burning we will drown." Chad's sentence made her more frightened.

The jet started shaking more violently and Amelia felt the jet heading down. She looked out of the window and what she saw was just water, everywhere was just covered with water.

'So this is how I am going to die?' She said to herself.

She looked at the hostesses and they looked more frightened than her, one of them was even praying profusely.

She looked at Chad and his eyes were filled with pain.

'This has to be a nightmare! This can't be real!' She said to herself.

"We are losing altitude! We are losing altitude!" The pilots shouted as the jet inched closer to the ocean. "Everyone remain calm."

"What are your last words, Amelia?" Chad asked her.

"I don't know!" She shouted. "I am scared."

"I am too." Chad said with a horrified voice. "Why are you always horrible to me? Do you hate me?"

Amelia looked out of the window and the jet was getting closer to the ocean.

"I don't know...I don't hate you." She stammered. "Maybe it's cause I like you...I like you, Chad!"

Amelia shut her eyes as the jet was close to the ocean, she could not believe that this was the end, only if she had joined a commercial flight...