CHAPTER FOUR

I watched Xena walked into the dungeon.

"You have to take a bath"she told me.

"Can you let me be?" I growled, with my hair in a shock. I had been crying and scattering my hair.

"Please you have to bathe"

"go away"

I thought she was going to get angry on strangle me if she had powers, but she walked off the dungeon.

I was wondering if she would go to tell the demon about my stubbornness, then he would come and hang or kill me with his powers, maybe.

Soon, the door opened and Xena walked in with a tray. What must she be with? Another meal?

"I think you are hungry. So you can have this."

Who told her that I was hungry? The prince?

That was supposed to be a folly because I never got hungry.

I caught her eyes surveyed the dungeon, andshe suddenly jerked, when she saw my untouched breakfast.

"You didn't eat anything? Why can't You take a sip and a bite?"

"Why am I here?" I said without planning to say that.

Xena looked at me and sighed.

"I don't know. Just take your grub and eat."she muttered.

"I know you must have known why I was here, and I won't eat until you have to tell me the truth from your silly tongue!"I sputtered, standing to my feet.

"I don't know. I swear."Xena whispered, with a sort of innocence written all the her face.

"Okay"I said, taking the tray of stacks of pancakes and a saucer of Bourbon and kept it beside the untouched one."I'll eat them later."I told her.

She nodded,then said"can you go to have a bathe?"

I nodded, wondering if a prisoner needs to bathe at all.

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Dressed in a white tunic and fine tutu, I looked at my reflection thru the full-lenght mirror, in the bathroom. I saw my neatly trimmed, long, black hair and,my fair, White face which I crushed on often, and my beautiful outfit.

Xena had helped me to look beautiful and I could see her reflection beside mine.Well, she was smiling.

"You like the dress,hunh?"she asked me.

"Yeah"I replied reluctantly, without smiling. I wasn't really interested in smiling at her.

"What is your name?"she said eagerly,as if waiting a long time

ago to ask.

"Rashelle"I replied, slowly turning at her gloomy face.

"Great name"

"Thanks"

"Do I need to bathe even if a Prisoner?"I asked, with a stranded look.

Xena said nothing but rather smiled at me. Actually, I hated that smile because I'll it could tie up my heart in great fear, which l mayn't try to crawl out of.

"Maybe"she replied with some kind of hoarseness in her voice,as if I forced her to say what was forbidden to say to a stranger or prisoner like me.

"Let's leave"she said, already walking out of the bathroom.

I sighed and dogged Xena.

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