Chapter 60. Gone Missing

*** PLANET Z***

“Your majesty,” said Alicia’s maiden as she took a deep bow before the Alien king. “The princess isn’t in her room.”

The king noticed he had not set eyes on his daughter for the past two days. He has asked the troopers Alicia’s whereabouts but none of them was able to give the king the answer he seeks. He quickly summoned Alicia’s maiden and questioned her. She, too, has no answer for him. The maiden never saw Alicia leave the palace, nor has she seen her.

‘Go check her room; perhaps she must have sneaked in,’ the king told the maiden a while ago. Now she’s back with the news.

On hearing the maiden say: “The princess isn’t in her room,” the king rose in anger. He walked down the stairs that lead to his throat and approached the maiden. Fixing a steady scowling gaze on her, he spoke with an angry tone, “She must have told you where she is. Tell me now and you will be spared!”

Out of reverence and fear, the maiden’s head has been lowered s