4. DISAGREEMENTS

Alpha Draco led the way into the palace where all the servants and every other entities living in the palace trooped in to welcome them. Helena kept staring at everything in the palace with every step she took, the interior and everything she was familiar with had changed.

As expected of Draco, he is a fan of cool and vintage interior designs so everything had been changed to suit his taste but that was not her cup of tea right now. She was not in the palace to admire the change in interior decorations and how they were arranged to display the pride of the egocentric Alpha.

“Welcome My Alpha” Chief maid Kinn greeted with a deep bow and the servants followed suit.

The look on his face was nowhere friendly and they could sense that he was in a trashy mood so no one moved or made a sound that could make his ticking bomb trip off. Even though they were all scared to ask him directly why I was there, Chief Kinn still summoned up the courage to ask because it was her job to make sure everything was orderly at the palace.

“She will be staying here from now on so make sure you do the needful” Alpha Draco responded finally and Chief Kinn nodded that she had understood what he meant.

She signaled to the maids behind her and they scurried forward to help Helena with the baby that was in her hand. Chief Kinn turned to her with a smile and motioned to the right “Should we go now? Ma’am” was her next statement.

They all turned towards the direction Chief Kinn posted and started moving when Alpha Draco’s voice stopped them.

“Where are you headed? That is not her quarters” he roared.

Chief Kinn turned in shock to ask what he meant by that and a scoff escaped his lips. “Do you think I will live in the same roof with the daughter of the traitors who killed my parents? No way! Throw her to the lowest royal quarters that is just a little above the maids’ quarters” he commanded and everyone stared in shock before staring at Helena to see her reaction.

Her face was blank as that of a new book, she was not expressing whatever she felt by his ridiculous command and she could see that Chief Kinn was hesitant over the order so she had to step in.

“Show me the way, Chief Kinn. Anywhere is a home for a queen as long as it is in the palace” she remarked with a slow but obvious smirk.

A queen? Everyone went into another confusion at her revelation. Does that mean she would be the new queen? He will be getting married to her? When he hates her that much? No one knew exactly what was going on between them but since no one could muster up the courage to ask, it turned to a rumor and discussion within the palace.

They arrived at the said quarters that was outskirt the main palace’s buildings and it was really shabby, she was not expecting it to be that bad since it was also a building in the palace.

“Draco, you are really pulling your tricks on me too fast” she muttered to herself as she looked around.

Secretary Han also came in with child in her hands and didn’t hesitate to openly criticize the state of their quarters.

“What in the world is this crappy place? I understand you have a mission but must you go through this ridiculous atmosphere? If you give me the order, I can have the men come pick us within hours” Han protested but Helena only shut her up with a hand signal.

“If I want to achieve my aim then I must make sure Draco believe he has the upper hand and also, I haven’t been here in a while so I should take my time to learn a thing or two. It wouldn’t be bad to have this place as my own den where I will control the whole pack. It’s interesting if you ask me” Helena countered before snickering.

The clank on the outer gate made the signal that they had a company and within minutes, Chief Kinn came in to deliver her message to them.

“I am sorry to deliver this to you but I have no choice since it’s the commands of my master” Chief Kinn apologized before stating her purpose.

“You will not be getting any maids assigned to your quarters. All your foods, laundry and cleaning will be taken care of by you but be rest assured that whatever material things you need for them to get done will be provided by the royal palace” Chief Kinn delivered her message before moving out of the room where she finally released the breathe she was holding hard.

She muttered a low “This is nerve wracking” as she sighed and glanced at the quarters before moving to her next place of assignment.

“You are really trying hard to make me pay for this choice” Helena chuckled on her bed, staring at the high ceiling.

***

The maids at the palace gathered in the maids’ waiting room where they were summoned by Chief Kinn.

“Is the Alpha crazy? Why would he bring her back to the pack? It will be a whole lot of stress between the tribes now, I can see them throwing a fit in the palace soon” Keisha, one of the senior maids complained.

Immediately, Ella added “I know right? Those elders have to be fussiest set of people I have ever seen and if they start troubling the Alpha with this, doesn’t that mean there will be a threat to the throne? You know some of them are grumbling about him already”.

“Did she perhaps threatened him for him to bring her here? Only a crazy person would make such a decision” remarked Keisha and Ella chuckled lightly before chipping in “It might be the case, the daughter of such heinous murderers will surely have that much talent” and they almost died of laughter before a familiar footstep made them coordinate themselves and stood in attention with a straight face.

Her swift march in her shoes consisting of a big sole and round shaped mouth called their attention from their gossips when she stepped into the room.

She mounted the high podium in front to address all of them. “No one needs to inform you that the atmosphere in the palace is so tense now. You can see the unusual thing that happened few hours ago, this is a warning for you all to never say anything that would cost you your heads. The alpha is very sensitive and on the edge so if you pose yourself as a nuisance or threat, even I cannot guarantee your safety. Is that clear?” she yelled on top of her voice and in a uniformed voice, they chorused “Yes, Chief Kinn” heavily.

“No one is permitted near her quarters since you are not serving her. You should all face your assigned posts and ignore every tempting dramas that might unfold in days to come” she added and they all bowed before she disappeared from the hall.

“This is surely more than we think” Keisha mumbled and Ella pitched in an exciting “I can’t wait to see the drama unfold” with a happy giggle as they moved out with other maids.

***

Secretary Han was led to the general kitchen by Chief Kinn who took her to the assigned spot for her and Helena. Everything she would need for the preparation of food were already provided and she was told not to pass her boundaries because everything in the kitchen belongs to the royal so it must be handled with outermost care and security but Secretary Han only rolled her eyes, she was hating all that was going on already and all that was running on her mind was how to blow the head of everyone off for being disrespectful towards Helena, her boss.

Helena was tending to her kid in her quarters when she heard the commotion outside but decided to ignore it even though she already knew what it was about. Those heavy footsteps and murmurings could only be heard when the Elders are storming into the palace to protest. She had witnessed something like that while she was dating Draco and she expected it to be their next move when words reach them that she was back in the palace as the proposed Luna.

About ten minutes after the footsteps were heard, Chief Kinn personally visited her in her room to inform her that her attention was needed.

“Well, I think it’s time to say hello to the old hags” she muttered with a smirk and stood up with her baby whom Chief Kinn rushed to help her carry but she declined her help politely.

They both got to the giant hall where Alpha Draco himself was already sitting on his golden throne with the fuming elders split by the two sides in their protest outfits.

“How can you bring someone like this back into the pack? Are you trying to get all of killed?” the elder of the first tribe shouted immediately she stepped in and they all joined him.

They were still shouting and protesting with their voices clashing when a loud crashing sound was heard, they turned to see what just happened and saw the golden statue standing by the door right’s hand shattered on the floor with Helena beside it.

“You should direct any complaint you have at me instead of behaving like rabid dogs here. You all can choose, if you don’t want me to be the Luna then smash the antidote here and I will take my leave” she gracefully said to them with a calm voice as she waved the bottle in front of them and finally dropped it on the floor.

Silence erupted in the hall for a while before the leader of the fifth tribe stepped forward to crush it only for the door to yap open and someone rushed in with his face in panic.

“My Lord, your youngest son just got bitten” the servant informed him and his raised leg ceased in the air.