I woke up to a soft shaking as though some one is trying to wake me up I groaned and opened my eyes. The person that woke me up was a demon woman you can tell by her light green eyes and her long nails she was very pretty.

"My lady my lord said to get you ready for the day and show you around the castle."

At first I was confused than I remembered I told myself not to cry anymore I wasn't ready for anything like this I don't like being called lady it was just weird I looked at the girl and smiled warmly which seemed to make her tense was she scared?

" please call me Julie lady just doesn't sound right to me may I ask your name it would be nice to have one friend here" The girl eyes went wide shocked.

"You wish to be friends with me? Someone as low in rank as me? I am just your handmaiden my lady."

I got annoyed with her not cause of what she said but to let her self think she was a no body. I looked at her and sighed " look just because you're low in rank or what ever I don't care human or demon you still have feelings and though lady I may be I didn't want it nor did I ask for it I don't care about me being higher than you I know what it's like to work for some one like sesshomaru I wished to be friends and you didn't give me your name."

The woman looked at her lady feeling so much happiness she never had a friend and one being a royal and all she knew she and her would be great friends.

" My name is Mai my-Julie and am happy to be your friend and if I may say lord sesshomaru isn't that bad of a lord to serve he keeps his lands well even the human villages. " Mai smiled at me. I smiled back feeling a bit more at ease I stood up from the bed and stretched. I told Mai to wait for me outside to get dressed I told her I didn't need anyone to help dress. Mai didn't say anything but stopped at the door and looked over her shoulder " my lord wants you to wear the kimono he laid out on the futon there" Mai nodded her head toward a small bench with pillows on it. Annoyed once more I said through clenched teeth " he is telling me what to wear now. ?!" Mai took this as her cue to leave she hope she will wear that kimono or her lord wasn't going to be very happy. She frowned knowing what her new found friend was going to do.

I looked at the kimono though as nice as it looked it looked like his! It was white and had the red Sakura flowers on the shoulder. I glared at it and left it on the futon. I went to my shoulder bag. Happy he didn't take it I used my magic to get the clothes I wanted I will not let some man tell what to wear. I got my black sweater since it was cold outside last I remember along with my skinny jeans and my black shoes. I walked out and saw Mai with her eyes wide I smiled at her and she just shook her head and we walked down the long hallway . Everything was nicely decorated to the nice creamy walls to the paintings and carpet. One room however caught my attention I stopped walkin and Mai stepped besides me " Mai what is this room?"

Mai looked where her lady pointed. Mai smiled she was pointin at the huge library one of which her lord has place just for her

"That is the new library miss Julie seems our Lord placed it there for you. "

I looked at Mai with unbelieving eyes sesshomaru put a library here for me? No this can't be the sesshomaru we're talking about. ...maybe he does have a nice bone in his body

" who are you and what are you doing near my mates bed chambers? " a female demon with a dark red kimono and black hair and grey eyes all but growled and looked at me with a look of disgust. I looked at Mai and judging by her face she didn't like this woman I glared at her

" Mai who is this woman?" Mai looked at the woman before turning to me. "My lady this was lord sesshomaru intended. The lady Aika heir to the southern throne "

I was shocked that I didn't correct Mai on her calling me lady and looked at this woman once more why do I feel like I've been punched in the gut?