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Eva

In spite of the fact that I did not feel at all at ease in that location or with those individuals, and in spite of the fact that I already detested Lucas, I liked his wife. She offered to assist me in talking with the alpha's mother about allowing us to work and stay in the castle, and she was the nicest and most pleasant person that Lucas's wife had ever been to me.

I had high hopes because it was our only chance of staying in such a clean place, and I was willing to do anything to make that happen. When I first saw the tent that Russell and I were going to have to sleep in, I had the distinct impression that I was going to pass out and that I had completely lost my ability to breathe. It was dirty, and I didn't want to sleep or stay in places like that because of the filth. I just couldn't fathom the possibility that she could possibly be able to remain there for even a single night.

After Lucas told me that the alpha's mother recommended that I spend five days a week working a