Skye’S POV.
Miserable, is how I’ve been feeling for the past five days.
I feel miserable because I have been replaced by some servant girl who got lucky to be Alpha Jayce’s mate. Sometimes, I wonder if the Moon goddess understands how she does her pairing.
How could she pair a mere servant girl with the Supreme Alpha? She has no place in his life. She has no background, no education, and no status in society. Goodness she doesn’t even have a family! She’s a poor orphan who doesn’t deserve to be Luna!
Five years!
Five years I’ve been the one in Alpha Jayce’s life.
Yes, we weren’t dating. He didn’t have romantic feelings for me, but we were together. We used to have pretty good times in the bedroom, he used to treat me special and I used to think he might have developed feelings for me, but I was wrong. He threw me straight out of the window the moment he found his mate.
Before we started our sexual encounters, he had sat me down one time and told me his intentions. He also went ahead to tell me everything within us would end whenever he found his mate and we would never talk about what we had. I had accepted and at first, I was cool with it. I was just overjoyed that he had chosen me to be the one to please him in bed. One year past, two, three years, everyone thought he wouldn’t find his mate. I thought the same and I was happy. I started opening my heart to him, hoping that if he did not have a mate, he would choose me since we had gotten so close.
Goodness! I rejected my mate to be with Alpha Jayce. He doesn’t know about that though.
When my mate and I found each other, I rejected him because I was already in love with Alpha Jayce. He tried to chase me, but gave up after a few months and I recently found out that he was blessed with a second chance mate. Good for him.
Now, back to Alpha Jayce. I love him.
It’s not about his power, it’s not about his wealth. I love the person he is. I want to be with him. I will be with him. I don’t care if he has found his mate. It’s either he creates space for me, or he loses her and has me alone. I will make sure one of those things happens. That, I swear!
A knock on the door jabs me out of my thoughts. I slide down from my bed and head to the door. When I click it open, a wide smile forms on my face when I see who’s there.
“Tania!” I call and she breaks into an enthusiastic smile.
“I succeeded!” She slaps her hands in excitement and I’m a bit confused for a while.
“With what exactly?” I ask, perplexed. The smile on her face fades, her shoulders drop in dismay and she gives me the most disappointed look in the world. “What? I don’t know what you are talking about? Or maybe I forgot. Remind me.” I cry as I step aside from the door and she gets into the bedroom. I turn on my heels and head back to my queen-sized bed.
Another thing which irks me about that Alora girl is the fact that she gets to stay in Alpha Jayce’s bedroom.
I have never been there. Alpha Jayce never let me into his bedroom not to talk or have sex with me in it. We always had sex in a particular guest room in his chambers and everytime I asked him why we didn’t do the deed in his bedroom, he’d tell me because he didn’t want to defy it.
That always hurt me, so I stopped asking.
Preserving it my ass!
“Are you even listening to me?” Tania’ voice suddenly comes through and I quickly spin around to look at her.
“Hmmm?” I mumble. Her shoulders sag in disappointment. She gives me a critical look and the scorn on her face disappears. She’s giving me the “what’s going on” look and I don’t like it.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing!” I lie as I sit on the bed. She joins me.
“You know I can see right through you, right?”
“Right.”
“And that I can tell when you are lying, right?” I let out an exasperated sigh.
Sometimes I hate the fact that she knows me so much. I can’t hide anything from her and it’s frustrating.
“I’m just really stressed about what’s going on with Alpha Jayce. Last night, I went to see him again and he sent me away. Tania I can’t believe he’s throwing five years away just like that. Like it means nothing to him!” I cry. Tania gives me the pity look I don’t want to get right now, but there’s no other way for her to react to this situation.
It’s really tragic and pitiful on my end. I got used and discarded like toilet tissue.
“I understand what you are going through, but will you at least ask why I’m here and why I was smiling so widely a while ago?” I roll my eyes.
“I’m guessing you found your mate?” I try to guess and she huffs and shakes her head.
“It’d be better if I just cut to the chase. I succeeded in getting Alora to choose me as her personal maid.” Her words jar in my ears like a whistle. I look at her in bewilderment.
When Alpha Jayce had chosen me to be his sexual partner and had me relocate to the castle, Tania, my best friend, applied to be a servant in the castle so we wouldn’t be far away from each other. She has done so much for me and this shows she won’t stop anytime soon.
“No, you did not!” I say in total disbelief.
“Yes, I did.” She dances on her spot. “All I had to do was put up an act of humility. First, I helped her, then I made sure to use all the enticing words, kneel before her, bow down to her… act like I worship her and that’s all. She felt like the cheap naive idiot she is. Just a while ago, she called me into her bedroom to announce that she had chosen me to be her personal maid and I was thrilled.”
“Wait… that means you went into Alpha Kai’s bedroom?” I ask aghast and she nods happily.
A wave of jealousy hits my heart , washing away every joy and excitement, but I manage to smile.
I can’t believe Tania has been in his bedroom and I haven’t.
“I… I’m so happy you were able to do that.” I force myself to say. This is not the time to let my jealousy take the better of me. Tania is my only shot at jeopardising Alpha Jayce’s and Alora’s relationship.
“I know, right? With me as her personal maid, I will be close to her. I will know everything she’s up to and from there, it’ll be easy for us to scheme as much as we want and bring them down. You deserve to be with Alpha Jayce, not that lowlife. She’s nothing but an imposter and we have to send her out.” Her words are firm and full of conviction. It makes me smile.
Genuinely.
“Thank you very much, Tania.”
“Anything for you, bestie. And also, are you going to tell her about you and Alpha Jayce?” She asks out of nowhere.
The truth is, I don’t even know what Alora looks like. I have never seen her before. I don’t know if I shouldn’t be worried too much because she’s not pretty or if I should be extremely worried because she’s beautiful and sexy, but I’m definitely sure it’s the first option.
She was a mere slave. There’s no way she’s pretty.
“I don’t even know what she looks like.”
“Oh trust me she’s a pretty one!” I freeze. Tania notices the look on my face and chuckles.
“Not as pretty as you are, of course. She’s… look-able… admirable.”
“And this is supposed to make me feel better?” I ask sternly.
“She doesn’t seem to know about you and Alpha Jayce. I suggest you tell her, add some lies to spice it up in order to build distrust in her for Alpha Jayce.” She quickly changes the topic and I relax.
“I’m going to tell her about Alpha Jayce, but not now.”
“Why not?”
“Because I want her to fall in love with him.”
“Trust me she’s already in love with him.”
“But she’s not sure. I want to tell her when she’s deeply, irrevocably in love with him so it’ll hurt her that her precious mate kept such a big secret from her. From there, she’ll wonder what other things he could have kept from her and I’ll do my best to feed her with lies. That’s where their relationship will start crumbling.” I expatiate and Tania nods her head in understanding.
It’s a brilliant plan, I know and I cannot wait to execute it.
“Sounds like a great plan.” She rises to her feet. “I have to go now, I only came to tell you the good news. I have some work to round off with. See you later.”
“Have a nice day.”
“Thanks.” She leaves my bedroom and when the door closes behind her, I fall on my bed and spread my arms wide.
I can’t wait to crush Alora.