Chapter 29JasonWas I mistaken, though? No. I shook my head even at the thought. I have never felt this way before, never! There were so many things I wanted to know, though. Why did it suppress itself till that day was one and why couldn’t she feel it. The second one killed me more because what I’m feeling was enough to make me hold her in my arms and never let go.Although Amber now looked like a goddess in my eyes, she had always been beautiful. I saw it the day she was brought into my pack. That day I had thought to myself that she did not look like a maid. Was it also the mate bond that had pressed me until I stopped them from whipping her? Of course then it wasn’t so strong but I somehow knew that I wanted her close to me hence why I made her serve me closely as my personal maid.Maybe it was good that she couldn’t feel the bond because goddess knows I wouldn’t be able to fulfil any of my Alpha duties. I was a person who never held back. It was one of the reasons I earned my vi
Chapter 30AmberErica’s promise to me had me confused. After pacing to and fro in my tiny cubicle room for a full thirty minutes as I pondered on what she said to me, I finally came out and went to the kitchen. I felt like my mind was so full and was suffocating me. Maybe some time around other people would help relieve me was my thought as I walked to the kitchen. Lunch had gone by and Stella was already working on dinner. In feeding a large household like the palace, you had to start lunch immediately after breakfast and dinner after lunch…at least that was h ow Stella did it. She gave me a smile when she saw me, “How are you, child?” I shrugged and that was really the best answer I could give her at that point. I have had too many go on in my life in the past few days since came here not to talk of the grievances I already had AKA my parents death and missing my sister. Now the Alpha of the pack I was a slave to was telling me that I was his mate.Ha! I don’t care what you wan
Chapter 31The next morning, I resumed my duties as instructed. The first thing I had to do being to carry the Alpha’s breakfast to him. I remembered just a day ago when he had made me eat with him. Would he do that today too? Although I knew I could really use the good food, I rather not. Awkwardness would be an understatement for how I would feel if I have to go through that. Sitting face to face with him and eating after what happened yesterday? I would melt!I looked down at the covered plates that I was carrying. Although they were covered, I already knew their contents. Goddess, Stella was good! How do you make breakfast, the simplest meal of the day anything but OK? With her, breakfast was yummy. Stella really was the best at this kitchen thing-after my mom, of course-and I was going to snag all her recipes before I escape from this place.I greeted the guards who were so used to seeing me here that their stony faces cracked into small smiles when they saw me. They let me in wi
Chapter 32Alpha Jason had actually cleared the hallways for me and although I was impressed I was still a bit unsettled. How could I be sure that no one could see me right now, dressed in this beautiful outfit instead of my ugly maid garb and following the Alpha out of the palace. Somewhere, deep down I had a feeling that immediately I come back it would be war between me and the rest of the palace and my worries probably showed on my face because as soon as we were seated in the car, Alpha Jason turned to me,“Is anything wrong? Do you not want to go? You don’t seem very happy.” He noted and I shook my head.“No, it’s just that… I was wondering… Isn’t Erica more suited to follow you for this trip? As your mistress, I mean…”Alpha Jason leaned back into his sit and I fear that I may have succeeded in annoying him. I really had I confirmed when I noticed his fingers clench and unclench. I swallowed.“The fact that you omitted ‘her highness’ from her name this time shows that you alre
Chapter 33As though unable to bring herself to drop the baby, Amber still held her, a peaceful smile spread across her face as she kept rocking the baby even after she had fallen asleep, humming what had to be a lullaby to her. Needing to talk to my friend alone though, I asked Amber to wait for me I the car. It was going to be dark soon and it was a talk that needed to happen. If we wanted to get back to the palace in time to greet my parents, it had to happen now.Reluctantly, Amber dropped the baby back into the cot, even gentler than when she had lifted her earlier before leaving. I hoped she’d remember the way which we had come through and not get lost. We sat in the nursery, Marcus and I, baby Evie sleeping in her cot just a few feet from us while her father sat folded himself forward in his chair, his face resting in his palms.“Did you name her?” I asked. With the way he shied away from the baby, I had actually expected her to not be named yet.“We both did, Emily and I. Evie
Chapter 34It had been surprising when I came to pick up the Alpha's dinner yesterday and Stella asked no questions whatsoever about why she had not seen me for the entire day and where I had been but I should've known not to relax. I should've known to prepare myself to be bombarded today because knowing, Stella, she wouldn't let me rest until she unearths every single information that she needed from me...as long as it had to do with my work at the palace at least.As for my personal information, I know there we're things she was dying to know but she tried her best to let me have my privacy and I appreciated that. "You're just going to stare at me and not say anything?"I tried a smile but she didn't return it, "Why does it matter, huh?""Why does...?" Stella scoffed, "Can you believe this girl?" She said, briefly raising her hands up in the air like she was talking to it. "You have a duty I'm this palace and I'm basically your supervisor. Besides, you're always here when you're n
apter 35Maybe this was some kind of punishment. Tsk! Even 100 whips sounded better than having men holding the two highest positions in a pack lie to you because they think you’re a gullible maid. I feel so insulted! I wouldn’t have mind if Lucas turned out to be my mate. He was nice and caring. Well until I realized that the whole thing might really just be a game. I mean, the beta of a pack in which I worked as a servant was interested in me? I scoffed out loud, how stupid I’ve been. It would be easy to understand if he had known my past but I was certain that he didn’t.Then the Alpha comes to my room in the middle of the night and claims that I am his mate? I sighed. These boys have way too much time on their hand. Like I would believe someone like him was my mate. Apart from the jarring fact that I could feel no connection whatsoever from the mate bond that should exist if he was really my mate, why would I even want a mate with the kind of mood swings he gets?Why was I sent a
Chapter 36I had never been so happy to have woken up really early as today because I came out of my room to see a humongous bouquet of flowers just chilling right in front of my door. I spent a couple of seconds staring at it like it was a bomb ready to explode before I heard another door start to open so I quickly carried it inside with me and shut the door. Wasn’t trying to feed that gossip mill.Finding the tag attached to it, I turned on the light so I could read what was written on it.Morning, beautiful.Don’t mind me, jut doing what I can to ease your thinking.I chuckled disbelievingly. What? Alpha Jason appears to have tired of his facade. Or didn’t Lucas get the memo? I shook my head. How stupid and naive they must think I am. I stared at the flowers. They should be romantic, they were even some of my favorites but now it just looked like an insult to me. Deciding to just leave it on the floor-since the bed was the only furniture in my room-and let nature decide what happe