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SOPHIA POV.

The next morning, I woke up to Roman not in the room anymore but my handmaid standing there. "Good morning, Sophia," she greeted.

"Oh you called me by my name," I mumbled. "Oh no, don't feel bad, I'm actually surprised," I said.

"You seem so happy," I noted. "Well, I used to be an ordinary maid and then I became the queen handmaid and I became the head maid and now am the beta maid, do you know how big of a deal it is," she excitedly says..

"I'm so happy for you," I tell her. "You seem happy, is it because it was the first day," she asked.

"No, it's something else, besides I have been a beta before," I said. "What do you know about a mating ritual?" I asked her, out of curiosity.

"I heard it's painful for first timers but the pain becomes desirable," she replied. "Painful," I muttered. "Well it the first time everything as he is going to mark you with his symbol, so there is the pain of his teeth digging into you," she replied.

"The mark helps a lot, it deepens the bond,