Miranda shook from the chilling cold in her prison cell, this was literally the worst night of her life, with the only company she had to keep here being the rats and cockroaches that inhabited this dark and cold cell, she wasn’t even given a blanket. How cruel could these silver wolves be? She wondered.
Don’t worry, it’s just three days, it will be all over after then, she tried convincing herself, but it was not working. She didn’t know which was worse; letting alpha Damian kill her or going back to marry alpha Walden after everything that had happened. Even though she didn’t like the latter, it sounded much better than dyeing a gruesome death and leaving her people behind to suffer.
After hours of tossing and turning on the ground, she finally managed to close her eyes for a bit before she heard some squeaky noises and a sharp pain on her finger. She opened her eyes to see a small rat chewing on her finger like it was a piece of bread. She growled, quickly grabbing the rat in her claws and squeezing the life out of the poor creature. The cell echoed with the squeaks of the poor rat as Miranda choked it to death, before throwing the dead rat to another corner of the cell before wiping the blood off with her dress, shedding more tears. This place was turning her into a monster!!!! She didn’t like to be here at all!!!!! She hated this place so much! She thought as she wept.
Suddenly, the cell door opened and a middle-aged woman walked into the cell, she held a comforting expression and Miranda didn’t know why but, in a way, she felt at ease in the presence of this woman.
She got up from the ground, carefully nursing her injured finger before walking up to the woman.
“Hello dear,” the woman beamed a smile at her, before she noticed Miranda’s bleeding finger and the handprints of blood on her dress. “Oh, you poor thing, you must have been through a lot here with these hungry prison rats.”
“Um… Who are you?” Miranda asked politely.
“You can call me madame Jane, I’m the silver pack’s keeper.”
Her answer didn’t seem to wipe the puzzled look off Miranda’s face, of course she hadn’t told her why she was here. “The alpha sent me here to take you to another room. It’s freezing cold down here.”
She couldn’t help herself, “but… why? Why would he do that?”
“I’ll give you a good piece of advice that no one else might give you dear, and you’d better follow it for the short time you’ll be here; never question the alpha’s decisions, no matter how stupid they seem, just go with it. Alpha Damian is a wise man; he always knows what he’s doing.”
Miranda nodded her head vigorously, of course, she’d be a fool to keep asking questions when she knew that this cell was the last place she wanted to be.
“Ok dear, I’ve prepared your room. Come with me…”
Following madame Jane, she was led out the prison quarters and to the upper wing of the silver packhouse, the pack was truly triumphant, as the silver packhouse resembled nothing short of a mighty castle, with many quarters and verandahs, standing tall in the middle of the city. No wonder they deemed themselves so high and mighty, they had every right to be, unlike how gloomy it was back where she came from.
She was taken to a room, well furnished with colorful drapes, a leather couch, and a big bed in the middle, she was also given a bathroom, the place looked exquisite, nothing like her former room back at home.
“All of this? For me????”
Madame Jane didn’t need to speak, only threw her a glance that reminded her of the advice she gave earlier.
“Oh… um… sorry.”
The smile returned to madame Jane’s face, “ok then, let me quickly run and get you some bandages for your finger, then I’ll run a nice bath for you so you can sleep well, a princess deserves comfort, after all.
Miranda huffed, sitting on the couch, “hmmm… princess, no one seems to believe that around here.”
“I do believe it, I’ve never seen someone as bold as you today, Miranda, so different from any trespasser that has been brought into the court. The way you spoke depicted nothing short of royalty.”
“I don’t know what to say… um… thank you.”
“Don’t be thanking me yet dear, I might believe you but my belief isn’t enough. Just pray that the alpha keeps showing you kindness by giving enough time for your supposed husband to come, and at the end of the day, if he doesn’t…. well, let’s not think about that now, I don’t want to frighten you more than you’ve already been today.”
Sighs.
Madame Jane then decided to change the topic.
“Have you eaten?”
Her stomach growled following madame Jane’s question, reminding Miranda that’s it been dreadfully long since she last had a meal, the keeper didn’t need any worded response from her to know that she was famished.
“I’ll bring something for you to eat too, dear.”
“Thank you, madame Jane.”
The sound of the door closing was heard as Miranda went to sit on the bed, still finding hard to believe all that had happened today, still wondering why she was taken to this place instead of being left in the prison. Alpha Damian was truly someone she didn’t understand at all…. Or… Was he beginning to trust her?
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It was a beautiful night, and Miranda had slept pretty well after the bath and the food the keeper prepared for her, she felt much better now, with the only thing disturbing her was the thought that she might die in a few days.
She was awoken by the sound of a knock on her door, it was madame Jane, entering with her breakfast.
“Good morning,” she greeted.
“Good morning princess, did you sleep well?”
“Yes, I did sleep pretty well, thank you.”
“Good, because you’re going to need your strength after you finish eating, the alpha demands to see you right away.”