By the time I got to my room, a sigh left my mouth. The image of Alpha Damon glancing at Claire in enthusiasm and trust earlier wouldn’t get out of my head.
How could he trust her when she was just putting on an act? But then again, Claire looked so innocent, that anyone would think that she couldn’t hurt a fly.
I would have thought so too if I hadn’t met her just yet. I hopped on my bed and covered myself with the cloak while jiggling my head to get rid of the thoughts in it.
Maybe, just maybe, things will get better after I sleep and wake up….
Next morning…
I woke up to the sound of movements in my room to see Zania tidying up the room.
“Good morning mistress” she greeted. Sitting up on the bed, I sleepily stretched myself and nodded my head at her.
“Is this part of what you are to do too? If I can’t clean my room by myself, what should I be doing?” I gawked at her in a displeasing manner.
“Alpha Damon instructed me to, you don’t have to do anything, mistress. All you need to do is to sit pretty, attend to just the Alpha, and be attended to” she enunciated.
As much as I love it, it doesn’t feel too good for me to become lazy while I am here. “Anything but this, please. I can clean my room by myself” I opposed, standing up to get the cleaning gear from her.
My room is not even dirty, it just needs one or two cleaning and that will be it. I will be able to do that much. “I am afraid I can’t, do you want me to face the wrath of Alpha Damon? He will not be delighted if he finds out that you are doing the work meant for me”
“He won’t find out, I promise. I at least need something to be doing to keep me away from lethargy, I don’t have anyone to talk to” I said in a low voice.
Zania hesitated and stared at me for a while uttering a word. “Fine, I can let you do the cleaning but not today, I want to be the one to finish this at least” she bargained.
“Thank you Zania” I appreciated excitedly, earning a chuckle from her. “How can this excite you?” she mumbled under her breath but I heard her.
It’d be better than doing nothing around here, at least I won’t have someone doing something I can easily do for myself without even having to stress about it.
“Can’t you stay with me after you are done?” I solicited. “I would love to but I have some work I need to get done” She declined just like she did yesterday.
“How about showing me around the tower, I barely know anywhere” Zania was quiet for a while as if she was trying to figure out if she could do that or not.
“We can leave that till later, right?” she asked and I nodded my head ecstatically. “Of course, I should take my bath and get ready” I clapped my hands and rushed into the bathroom without bothering to take off my clothes or waiting for her to say something.
I could hear her crack at my behavior. I can’t deny the fact that little things excite me because I never got many yesses to my requests while growing up.
By the time I came back into the room, Zania was long gone. There was a tray of food on top of the table in the corner of my room.
How do I find her later when I don’t know where she works or the place she stays in the tower? Or will she come back for me by the time she’s done with the work she has?
Aside from Claire, she’s the only one I have conversed with and compared to the two of them, I’d choose Zania countless times over her.
At the thought of Claire, I pondered on whether she was still with the Alpha or not. Did she really sleep there? Of all the news I have heard Karen talked with her friends about Alpha Damon, I never heard that he likes women. He has always stayed away from women. Was that a lie?
“What are you thinking about?” I stumbled in fright as a familiar voice whispered in my ear. Thankfully, I didn’t end up falling my butt down.
“Were you by any chance thinking about me?” Alpha Damon spoke while raising his brow at me. I coughed and held onto my towel, afraid it would embarrass me by falling out of the blue.
“Good morning” I greeted. When did he come in? If I had known he was going to come unannounced, I would have run to look for what to wear immediately after I got out of the bathroom.
“I see you haven’t had your breakfast” he spoke after seeing the tray of food on the table still covered, indicating that it is untouched.
“It was brought in while I was taking my bath” I responded, biting my lower lips in the process, purely out of nervousness.
Detecting that his attention was now on my body, I wrapped my hand around my body and took a few steps back. The water was almost dried from my body by itself.
“I uhh, need to get dressed” I ran into my small closet and closed the door, I could hear his loud chuckles. Exhaling sharply, I picked a random gown, put it on, and came out to see him seated comfortably on my bed.
What is he doing here so early? Is he not supposed to still be in bed with Claire? “And why should I? She already left” Alpha Damon replied.
I forgot he was close to me again. I reverberated my eyes after processing what he said. “Are you not going to eat?” he queried.
I unhurriedly walked over to the table and dragged it to the bed. It’d be rude to sit on the chair when he is not. Just right after I settled down, ready to eat, his voice echoed in the room.
“Claire is my childhood friend and she’s a beta” My head splintered towards him the moment he said that. I had a gut feeling that she doesn’t look like just a maid and I was right.
If she is such a high-ranked werewolf, why is she here? What is she doing here as a maid when she can live a princess-like life in her home?
“She has been with me after the death of Tiana, she helped me heal and has been of great help and comfort to me. She even chose to be a maid when she could just live with me as a beta and my friend” I felt his hand moving back and forth on my thigh as he spoke.
“Some things I can’t tell you about happened and she got pregnant with Amy, at that point, she needed me as her friend and her supporter. She’s the nicest female I have ever come across and we’ve been there for each other”
I tried so hard to stop myself from scoffing but I couldn’t help it. There for each other in the context of sexual intimacy? What kind of friends include sex in their friendship if they are not smitten with each other?
I shifted from him, his hand on my thigh fell on the bed and I slightly cleared my throat while avoiding his gaze that was following my every move.
He wouldn’t believe me if I told him about the way Claire spoke to me yesterday.
How do I tell him to change my assistant when he already said all this about her?