Mia’s POV
With terrified eyes, I stood before the mirror, staring at the reflection that stared back at me. I couldn’t believe what I saw. My once-blonde hair was now black, unkempt, and falling in tangled locks around my face. My once-piercing sea-blue eyes had transformed into a deep brown that stared back at me with a new intensity. With shaking hands, I raised my hands to touch my face, feeling the now unfamiliar contours of my cheekbones, jawline, and nose.
As I studied my reflection, I noticed my skin, once fair and white, had transformed into a dark olive tone. “What is going on?” I asked in fear, feeling a sense of disorientation as I looked at a stranger’s face instead of my own. “How is this possible?” I stammered and took a step back.
As I took a step back, I got a better view of the person I had become. As I looked closer, I noticed other changes in my appearance: my lips were fuller, my eyebrows thicker, and my nose was sharper. This wasn’t me. This was someone else. But why did she look so familiar?
With panic, I closed my eyes and tried to communicate with my wolf, but I felt nothing. There were no signs of my wolf in me. With my heart pounding in fear, I scanned around the room, looking for an object, until my eyes fell on a knife kept on an empty tray. I stumbled to it, picked it up, and without a second thought, I shoved it down my right arm and saw blood gushing out of it. I relaxed myself, closed my eyes, and tried to heal myself, but I felt nothing. I was ordinary and empty. “What is happening?” I asked, moving my gaze around, trying to remember something, when suddenly memories flickered in my head. I was being chased by Lord Dickson’s men and got hit by a car. That was all I could remember. Then how did I end up in this body?
While I was still thinking, the door opened, and a maid I could clearly recognize walked in and closed the door. She walked up to me with a frown, and before I could speak, a slap landed on my cheek. “How dare you try to commit suicide?” She yelled while I remained numb. “You could have been dead if not for the help of a healer,” she yelled, fuming with anger, while I stared at her, shocked and dumbfounded.
The maid standing before me was a kitchen assistant. I knew her too well because she was the one who served meals to us. Whenever she saw me, she always had this big smile, but I never thought she had this fierce side of her. “Listen very carefully. Even if you die, I will sell different parts of your body to get back my money. Don’t you dare think you can escape from paying me by dying,” she yelled and turned to leave.
Confused and startled, I watched her leave, wondering what was happening. Why would I end up in a maid’s body, and what life was she living before I got trapped in her body? And if I’m in her body, then where is my body?
With fear, I ran to the door, but the door opened, and I bumped into “Aunt Cara.” I called out excitedly. “It seems you are happy to see me,” she spoke in an emotionless tone. “I heard you try to kill yourself by jumping from the third floor, and it’s a miracle that you are alive.” She paused and stared at me from head to toe.
”May I ask why you want to stain this mansion with your blood?” she asked, anger raging in her voice. “If you are tired of your miserable life, then you can go somewhere else and commit suicide, but not in this mansion!” she yelled while my words got stuck in my lips. “I would have relieved you of your duty, but Annabel said you tripped and fell, which I know is a lie.” She paused and took a step closer. “I’m letting you stay because you are undeniably the best and most hardworking maid, but that doesn’t mean I won’t sack you if such a thing ever occurs.” She warned while I stared at her with stunned eyes. Aunt Cara, who was like a mother to me, was standing before me, but she couldn’t recognize it was me. “I have given you a new line of duty,” she said. “From today, you will be the personal maid to Alpha Ricardo.”
“What!” I blurted out.
“Oh yes, I believe you are shocked and excited about it. So many maids have fought for this position, but I’m giving it to you because I know you are being bullied because you are a human.” She said, her words hitting me with realization. The person’s body I’m trapped in is a human’s.
“So I’ll advise you to take this job seriously and not annoy the alpha. He is in a horrible mood, and you don’t want him to unleash his anger on you.” With those words, she walked away while I stood numb and dumbfounded by the recent findings.
Not only was I a maid, but I was also a human who my colleagues were bullying.
The door opened, and a familiar maid walked in with a friendly smile. Her name was Annabel. She was my personal maid. “I heard you are back from the land of the dead.” She spoke warmly and hugged me tightly before letting go. “I’m glad that you are alive.” She smiled widely while I remained quiet.
“Take your bath and dress up; we all have to go downstairs. I heard the new lady of the mansion have an announcement to make.” She grumbled while I became confused. “The new lady of the mansion?” I asked.
“Yes, you’ve forgotten her?” She asked while I nodded my head.
“I understand. You’ve been unconscious for two weeks, so it’s normal.” She said, while I furrowed my brows, confused. “Lady Golden, the soon-to-be wife of Alpha Ricardo, do you remember her?” She asked, and I nodded, but was also scared. “What about Mia?” I asked.
“Stop it, don’t say her name like that, address her as Lady Mia.” She cautioned while I remained silent.
With a sigh, she shook her head before speaking. “She was brought back to the mansion just yesterday, but she is still unconscious.” She murmured with a sad look on her face. “Since she left, everything has not been the same. Lady Golden is a witch. She treats us like rags, and we don’t know what she will do when she eventually marries Alpha Ricardo.”
“But he is already married… to Lady Mia,” I asked, wanting to get more information from her.
“Yes, but their marriage was a secret. While you were away, we heard he wanted to cut off the marriage, but Lady Mia got into an accident,” She explained, while I remained numb. “We also heard that Lady Mia is actually not Alpha Ricardo’s half-sister, but she is his mate,” She whispered, not wanting her voice to go out.
With a sigh, I sat on the bed and went into deep thought. I was curious on why I would end up in this body when clearly I was still alive. Why didn’t my soul stay in my body as my wolf did?
”Are you okay?” Anabelle asked, and I responded by nodding my head. I looked up at her and wanted to reveal myself to her, but something stopped me, and I couldn’t speak out. ”You have to take your bath. We have just a few minutes left.” She smiled warmly at me before leaving. As she left, I stood to my feet and wandered around the room, wondering what was happening, but I realized I had to go downstairs to find out what was happening, or perhaps all this was just a dream. My gaze fell on a door in the room, which I knew was the door to the restroom. I opened the door, got in, and saw four sponges hung on the wall, and I didn’t know which one was hers. With a heavy sigh, I picked up a sponge and bathed while memories buzzed in my head. I remembered everything very well. Lord Dickson told me Alpha Ricardo sold me, and when I tried running away from him, I got hit by a car. ”Bastard!” I cursed with hate and roughly sponged my body. I also recalled how Alpha Ricardo demanded I give my room to Lady Golden, forcing me to leave the mansion and resulting in all this.
Because of him, I went through severe pain, and now he is the reason I’m lying on a bed, unconscious and half dead. Alpha Ricardo has inflicted so much pain on me, and now it’s only right he feels a bit of it. I finished bathing and left the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my chest. I walked over to the wardrobe, opened it, and scanned inside. Different colors of uniform dresses hung in the closet, but I didn’t know which to pick. Still in thought, I remembered Anabelle was dressed in a navy-blue uniform, which meant I had to wear a navy-blue uniform. I picked a navy blue dress uniform, and merely looking at it, I knew it wasn’t hers. I dropped it and picked another one. I stared at it and realized it was hers. I dropped it on the bed and looked for a hairdryer, but I couldn’t find any. With a sigh, I dried my hair with a towel, but it was still wet, and I had no other option but to pack it in a bun. After much struggle, I packed my hair, took an underwear from a bag I believed was hers, and wore it. I dressed in the uniform, took out a sandal I assumed was hers, and put it on. With a deep sigh, I stood before the mirror, staring at the strange face before me. As I stared into her eyes, I could feel pain and worries from her eyes, making me curious on why I should be in this body.
‘ I need to know what’s happening,” I whispered to my reflection in the mirror and walked out of the room. As I got out of the room; I realized I was on the third floor, which was the floor that belonged to the female workers. Curious, I walked through the empty hallway and took the stairs. Just when I arrived at the second floor, a hand grabbed me and pulled me into the hallway. He slammed my back against the wall and held my gaze with his dark eyes. ”You are finally awake, huh?” He asked with an irritating grin. With furrowed eyebrows, I recognized him as one of Simone’s men. He is one of the top security personnel in the Mansion. ”I missed you….” He said and began licking my neck while I struggled to release from his grip, but he was too strong for me. Slowly, he lifted my gown and tried to make his way underneath it, but the footsteps approaching us stopped him. With a groan, he let go of me and held my gaze with lustful desires. ”Tell this to anyone, and I’ll make sure you are dead.” He threatened and walked away. With panting breaths, I watched him leave while realization buzzed in my head. The maid whose body my soul is trapped in is not just a victim of bullying, but she was also sexually harassed.