361 Confrontation


    Marce abruptly retreated her grip on Ti’s neck and took a few steps away from Ti when she saw the Queen ring at her with eyes full of fury.


    Ti, on the other hand, instantly heaved a deep breath and copsed to the ground. She immediately held her neck and began coughing to the point where she teared up. Though Marce wasn’t grabbing her neck anymore, the immense pain was still there.


    “What were you doing to her?” Anastasia growled in rage once she slowed down after reaching in front of Marce and Ti.


    Marce didn’t utter a word. Since she was at fault here, and since she was already caught, Marce could only lower her head in shame.


    “Don’t you dare run away from here! I will deal with you in a while.” Anastasia clenched her teeth while giving a death re to Marce, and then pushed her legs to take a few more steps towards Ti. Her heart ached upon seeing the pitiable state of her dear friend.


    ‘Was she always bullied like this by the other maids? Was she always hiding the pain from me until now?’ Anastasia wondered to herself as her eyes turned moist all of a sudden.


    She slowly crouched down by Ti’s side and then put her arms around Ti’s shoulder. She then consolingly rubbed her palms against Ti’s arms and asked in a very soft voice, “Ti, you aren’t hurt, right?”


    Ti gulped to soothe her dry throat and spoke with great difficulty, “I am not hurt. Please don’t worry about me.”


    “How can I not worry about you when you are in this state?” Anastasia said in a rather reprimanding tone. And in the next second, she asked, “Do I need to call a doctor for you?”


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    Ti’s eyes were stuck on the hem of Marce’s gown. She recalled how Marce had threatened her saying that she would hurt the ones who were dear to her.


    She then slowly turned her head to look at the surrounding. It was only Anastasia who had somehowe to her rescue. Even though there were now two of them, they both were no match for a vampire.


    Thus, so as not to cause trouble for Anastasia, Ti looked at her worried face and said, “I don’t need a doctor. Nothing has happened to me. Besides, what are you doing out here? Shouldn’t you be in your bed by now?”


    Anastasia furrowed her brows and scolded Ti. “Can’t you see why I am here? I came here for you, silly!”


    Ti couldn’t exin how d she felt upon hearing that. A warm feeling soared across her chest. However, at the same time, she also felt guilty for unintentionally dragging Anastasia into her problems.


    “My Queen, let’s go to your chamber then. I will tuck you in,” Ti said with the intention of taking Anastasia away from potential danger.


    Her heartbeat began to escte again when she inadvertently looked at Marce’s face. She didn’t care if something happened to her. But no matter what, she couldn’t let Marce hurt the Queen.


    Anastasia frowned. “Don’t you think I should deal with some other issue first?” she asked with a serious look on her face. It looked as if she was determined to do something to the maid right now.


    “No, it’s all right. Let’s just leave for now.” Ti gulped and looked towards the empty and moonlit path by their side.


    Anastasia couldn’t believe that Ti was trying to let such a serious case of assault slide just like that. “It’s not alright, Ti!” she eximed. “She almost choked you to death!”


    Goosebumps ran down Anastasia’s body when she recalled how Ti was gagging for air just moments ago. She knew that if she was even a secondte, something terrible would have happened to Ti. Her body suddenly began to heat up and tremble because of the anger and fear.


    She abruptly got up on her feet and red at Marce’s face. That maid still didn’t seem to look that guilty about what she just did.


    “You!” Anastasia eximed to grab that maid’s attention. And when Marce lifted her head to look at her face, she shot a lot of questions at her, “Didn’t you hear what I asked earlier? Why were you choking Ti? What did she do to receive such cruel treatment from you? Have you been doing this to Ti for very long?”


    Anastasia suddenly felt her heart clenching when she recalled how Ti hade to her chambers while dragging her legs. She clenched her fists and voiced out her suspicion. “Don’t tell me it was you who pushed Ti in the morning.”


    Marce didn’t deny the usation. She simply frowned as if she was irritated by the questions and averted her gaze from Anastasia.


    “It was indeed you, wasn’t it?” Anastasia’s blood began to boil even more when she saw the nonchnt demeanor of that maid. She was acting all high and mighty even when she was in the wrong here.


    Ti could sense that Anastasia was about to lose her calm. And she forcefully pushed herself up on her feet and mumbled from behind, “Let’s just leave, Your Majesty. You shouldn’t be wasting any more time with her.”


    Anastasia was, however, not listening to a word that Ti was saying. Rather than leaving like a coward, she swiftly took off her shoe with a wooden heel and then tightly clutched it with her hand.


    Before Marce could even guess why the Queen took her shoe off, she felt a slight stinging sensation on her left cheek.


    Ti widened her eyes and covered her mouth with her palms in shock.


    Marce was also greatly stunned because she had never expected to get hit by the weak-looking Queen.


    “Wh–” she was about to snarl at the human Queen to assert her dominance. However, before she could do so, she got another even stronger smack on her other cheek.


    “Don’t even think for a second that I am a weak Queen who can’t punish you,” Anastasia grumbled in rage when she saw Marce clenching her teeth and rolling her eyes.


    And as if she was fearless, Marce red back at Anastasia and asked in a mocking tone, “You call this a punishment? It won’t even hurt a fly, let alone me.”