CHAPTER NINETEEN
ASTRID’S POV
I wake up the next morning and I’m greeted with the sight of a very beautiful and large bedroom compared to the basement I lived in for fifteen years.
Memories of last night flood my mind and I don’t know if I should be embarrassed, shy or happy that Alpha Asher took pity on me and brought me here.
I sit upright form the bed that’s giving me supreme comfort at this moment and stretch my arms and entire body as I yawn lazily.
It has been ages since I slept so peacefully.
Back at the Black Wood Pack, it’s either I cry myself to sleep or I have nightmares and that never makes me wake up on a good side.
I always had swollen and painful eyes in the morning, but today, I feel perfect.
I jump down from the bed and chuckle when I notice the oversized Pyjamas that I have on. It looks so new and smells nice.
The Pyjamas I had at the Back Wood pack was totally faded and didn’t look even a quarter as nice as this.
The urge to pee catches and I hastily make my way into the bathroom. When I get there, I am utterly stunned by how large and beautiful it is. The bath room looks just like it had been brought out of a magazine and it smells so nice.
Damn this pack and their money.
I cautiously walk in, making sure not destroy or soil anything and do let business.
When I’m done, I decide that I’m going to take a bath.
I’m not accustomed to all this luxurious lifestyle, but then, I’m a girl and warm bath is always welcomes.
I run the bath and put in the necessary bathing lotions and strip off the pyjamas I have on.
I then step into the bathtub and when my body is fully immersed in it, I close my eyes and take a trip down memory lane.
Just a few days ago, when Alpha Asher had not taken Freya yet, I used to wash her hair every morning while she took her bath in the bath tub like this.
I remember one time, when we were about fifteen years old. She saw in my eyes how much I wanted to get into the bath tub and take shower like she always did. So she asked me if I wanted to try it. I thought she was being kind, but the moment I ran my own bath and tried to step in, she grabbed me by the hair and almost had me drowned in the bathtub.
Her father’s intervention was what saved my life.
Freya has done a lot horrible things to me that I’d rather not say.
When I’m done with my warn comfortable bathe, I hastily dress up with some clothes I find in the wardrobe which are a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt and they all are oversized, but cute.
It’s been a while since I had new clothes on.
I sit on my bed and wait for whoever it is that will come to check up on me.
Freya is such a lucky girl to have a man as kind as Alpha Asher as her husband. I am so jealous of her and for as long as I live in this pack, I’m going to make sure I avoid her as much as I can.
Soon, the room door creaks open and when I look up, I almost choke on my saliva when I see Asher walk in with all his glory and aura of dominance around him. I hastily rise up from the bed and bow my head down as I play with my fingers.
“Good morning Alpha Asher”
“Good morning to you too Astrid, how was your night?”
“It was… peaceful. Thank you”
“You can lift up your head” He instructs and I gently lift up my head, but making sure my eyes do not meet with his.
“I received news from your Alpha, Alpha Adolph”
I look up at him abruptly with my heart pounding violently in my chest.
“What?… I mean… when…?” I stutter nervously.
“This morning. He said to send you back home immediately if I find you anywhere in my pack” He explains and a soft whimper escaped my lips as tears start spilling don’t my cheeks.
“And, you are going to sends me back there, won’t you?” I ask admits sobs and he just stares at me blankly and sighs.
“I will send a maid to serve you breakfast in here. I don’t want Freya seeing you just yet, the last thing I want this morning is her drama, so just stay in here for the rest of the day. There’s a TV over there, you can entertain yourself.” He explains as he makes his way to the door.
“Alpha Asher” I call and follow him. “You still haven’t answered my question”
“Make sure to eat everything served to you” He says and walks out of the room, completely ignoring my question.
I quietly walk over to the bed with more tears running down my checks and feeling hopeless as always.
I know he is going to send me back there, because he wouldn’t want Alpha Adolph to wage a war on his pack.
Oh Sweet Moon goddess, you are the only one who can save me from this predicament.
About an hour later, a woman walks in with a tray of food in her hand and an eternal frown plastered on her face. She has on a pink gown which seems to be a maidservant uniform and the few wrinkles on her face makes me understand that she is quite elderly.
“Good morning ma’am” I greet as politely as I can when she approaches me, hoping that she will smile and answer but she doesn’t.
“Hmmm” Is all she says as she places the tray of food by the nightstand and stands tall before me.
“Is there anything else you need?”
“Uh… no thanks, I’m good”
“Good, make sure to enjoy the meal, because I’m sure this is last you will have before they shoot you back into whatever hell hole you came from” She speaks bitterly and exits the bedroom, leaving me utterly and completely dumbfounded.
I don’t even know what I did wrong.
I tried my best to greet her as politely as I can but she chose to be rude to me.
And what was that statement about me being thrown back into the hell hole I came from.
Does Alpha Asher intend to send me back to that tyrant?
If that’s the case then, I think I have to run away. I cannot come this far only to be taken back there.
If I could escape from the Black Wood pack, then I can escape from here as well!
I won’t let anyone take me back there!