” I’m not hiding anything from you alpha. I came to this pack base on your request. I’m just an ordinary slave ready to serve you” I bowed.
” You may leave, ” He said and I need not be told twice, I got up and made my way to the door.
” Wait!”
I sucked in a breath then turned around ” Yes alpha”
” I hope you know about the coming fight ”
I was confused ” a fight?”
” Yes, a fight. Each visiting pack member must produce at least four fighters each. Two males and two females each. The winners will be opportune to fight with my best fighters. Rosie the female best fighter and Joshua the male best fighter”
I don’t think I’ll be participating at all ” Oh”
” So inform your pack members about it because I heard you are the only one left to bring out their best fighters”
Why did he find the need to tell me this? I couldn’t help but wonder.
” Will do that Alpha ” then something clicked ” Erm earlier you talked about finding the real thief”
He rubbed his face tiredly ” Yes” he seems guilty.
” Ok” I had expected him to apologize but he did nothing so I went out.
I reek of blood from all the hours I spent at the dungeon. I need a cold bath to cool me down. I wonder if Ashley and Lena are worried about me right now. Are they looking for me? I couldn’t help but think to myself.
I need a change of uniform, the ones on me right now are dirty and already have a tear on them. Nobody was around when I got to my room. I went straight to the bathroom
to have a nice bath. I sighed in satisfaction as the cold water hits my body.
I was out a few minutes lady and finally went to look for Ashley and Lena in the dining room. They must be worried right now.
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All eyes were on me when I stepped foot into the room. I wish I’d be swallowed up by that ground. It’s so annoying having all attention on you, it makes me want to hide.
But Melissa sucked it up, I held my head up high trying to not allow it affects me. I scan the room for my friends and luckily they were already waving me over and I couldn’t be happier.
I stride to their seat. I sat beside Lena and that made me opposite Ashley. They both look at me in pity and that made me wanna cry.
” Guys stop looking at me like that,” I told them
” How can we when we weren’t there for you when you needed us the most. Please forgive us ” Lena apologize.
I rolled my eyes ” Stop feeling bad guy. Moreover, the truth is in the open right now, the real thief had been caught so why feel guilty?”
” Still, they hurt you first before they got hold of him, and it’s not fair at all. They should compensate you for hurting you” Ashley said angrily while Lena nodded in agreement.
I laughed a little at how affected they were ” Please forget it and by the way, I have news”
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They were alarmed ” What news?”
I told them exactly what the king told me earlier and they couldn’t be more surprised about it.
” But why organize such an event?” Lena asked thoughtfully.
I shrugged ” I don’t know ”
” Well, this is your chance to show your fighting skill” Ashley wiggles her brow at me.
I squeezed up my face ” Never. I’m not going to engage myself in any fight right now, at least not here in this pack”
” Please Melissa, you are the one we want. You know we lack female fighters at our pack since we weren’t allowed to participate in any fight. Alpha Ronald with his rules”
Yes, she was right, Alpha Ronald never supports women fighting. He believes women are meant to LSD and not to fight which is so annoying.
” I don’t know what to say about this guy If you leave it to me I don’t want to participate. The attention on me now is already getting too much and adding more on my plate won’t help matters at all..”
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Well, today I woke up being so happy for reasons I don’t know. All I know is that something good was going to happen today and can’t wait to find out what that will be. I brushed my teeth while staring at the mirror before me. I shined my teeth at the mirror happy at how white it was.
My charcoal eyes stared back at me making me sigh. I want to go home. The saddest part of it all is, I don’t even remember how my parents look like. I still remember a few features but it’s clearing from my memory.
I rinsed my mouth with water ending my thought right there. I just want to feel happy today and that is my plan. Yesterday has being a nightmare for me thinking about it now. I was punished wrongly and I had no say in that.
I put on the shower tap and signed when the cold water hits my back. I don’t know why I was a fan of cold water, I guess it’s because it always calms me down. A few minutes later I was out of the shower only to see the room empty.
Ashley had left already. Why didn’t she inform me before going? i wondered
My eyes scanned the room only to find a paper that has something scribbled down. My first instinct was to pick it up which I did.
‘ My master request to see us so I needed to leave in haste if not I’ll be punished’ The sentence says.
I squeezed up the paper after I was done reading it. I went forward to dispose of it in the dustbin. I shrugged not disturbed anymore. I also need to be fast before I get punisheddried my body with the towel around me and marched to my box which was on the floor. Luckily for me, Ashley escorted me to get some clothes from the orphanage zone she once told me about. I was able to get some lovely clothes. They all look nice.
Since my uniform was torn from the punishment yesterday, I decided to put on one of my clothes to work with a hole of explaining to the harsh lady. I just pray she understands. That woman is a piece of work, swears.
I put on pair of a pair of skis and some tank top which ready fits me. So help me God if I don’t get punished for dressing this way.
I tied my hair into a bun and then finally put on my sandals. I checked myself out of the mirror and was glad at how good I looked. I smiled hoping the king should see me dressed like this. I wonder what his reaction would be.
I giggled at the thought.
‘ Stop behaving like a lovesick puppy ‘ My wolf Lisa scolded and I rolled my eyes at her.
‘ it’s none of your business I was still mad at her after the stunt she pulled on me yesterday. She disappeared on me when I needed her the most.
‘ Are you still angry about yesterday?’ She asked
Of I sighed ‘ Ofcourse Lisa, you shouldn’t have done that to me. I needed you and you were supposed to be my backbone but you let me suffer on my own.’
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She slumped her shoulders looking guilty ” I’m sorry”
I rolled my eyes ‘ Why did you do that in the first place? Why did you disappear from me? Why didn’t you even help me heal?”
‘ I was so hurt by what our mate did. I felt as if we were not needed and loved by him ”
‘ But you know he doesn’t know us yet? I’m sure he feels some kind of bond towards us but can’t point out what it means Lisa’
‘ I’m sorry. I promise I won’t repeat the same mistake ever again. I’m a changed person now, I’ll stick with you through thick and thin’ She said feeling sad about what she had done.
I blew out a deep breath ‘ Please don’t disappear on me again. The pain was too much yesterday”
‘ I promise’
‘ Now we are good’
She smiled widely and I couldn’t help but smile back. I left for work after that.
***