The next day was Riley’s first day as Lucas’s maid and before she left Dolph’s house, she thanked the maids for their services to her. When she turned around, Dolph was standing by the wall, his arms folded while one leg crossed over the other, his face was impassive as he stared at her. She bowed to him stiffly.“You didn’t have to say anything to them, they were acting on my orders after all.” He said.“I just felt like I had to.” She replied, although he had acted harshly towards her the previous day, Riley thought that he wasn’t such a bad person. “Didn’t you see the way they looked at you? Their faces read, is this bitch crazy?” He remarked. “Lucas is waiting for you, you have a very busy day ahead. Get your stuff.” He squinted at her and then saw that she was carrying nothing. “Oh, you don’t have any stuff, let’s go then.”Lucas was in the living room, luckily Brenda wasn’t around so Riley didn’t have to meet her immediately. He was sure Dolph had already given her the warnings
“Are they similar?” He asked, watching her expression keenly.She nodded silently, her mind was racing and bracing itself for the question she knew he was about to ask. “Most of those scars you have can only be made by a beast of some kind, especially a werewolf.” He said, staring intently at her. “So I want you to tell me something, Riley. Apart from the night, I saved you, have you ever been attacked by a werewolf?”She had certainly been raped, beaten, and bullied by one, Riley thought. She hoped that Lucas hadn’t bothered to ask around or carry out any sort of research. But could he? He couldn’t, the only place he could have gotten information from was the pack he just destroyed. Nonetheless, he was onto her and she knew she couldn’t lie this time. “Yes, I’ve encountered one or two.” She replied, again that stare of his made her very uneasy.He squinted at her, “So how are you not dead? Werewolves aren’t that merciful to weaker beings.” He said. This was getting trickier with e
They drove for a very short time, it couldn’t have been longer than ten minutes and the car was parked in front of a huge building that seemed to be made of glass only. While Riley got out of the car, Lucas offered her his hand. She was surprised and didn’t take it initially, Lucas just seemed to be making her break the first rule Dolph gave to her over and over again. “What? Take my hand.” He said after their eyes met for a while and she left him hanging.“I’m alright, King Lucas, I can handle myself.” She replied politely.“I see.” He shrugged and thrust his hands into his pocket. “Let us go then.”Regretfully, she stepped down from the beautiful car with his briefcase and trailed after him at a safe distance. Immediately Lucas stepped into the building, and the boisterous air about the lobby suddenly turned calm. Everyone fell silent and turned to look at the revolving doors as Lucas and Riley walked in. Riley was surprised by how much attention he could draw, she felt shy immedia
Lucas’s large, beautiful office was connected to Dolph’s by a single glass door and Dolph stood up from his desk when he saw him walk in. With a smile, he walked through the glass door connecting their offices and Riley gasped at the sight of him. “Sorry, forest girl, didn’t mean to startle you.” He said to her and she nodded. “Lucas, you finally showed up, thought you would take another hour or so.”“Will you keep calling her that when you know her name?” Lucas asked as he sat down on his comfortable seat behind his desk.“Of course, it’s about my preference and I’m sure she likes it too,” He turned to look at Riley with a smile. “Right?”She nodded, could she do otherwise? She had a feeling that even if she told the truth and said the name made her uncomfortable, he wouldn’t give a fuck.“Riley, drop the briefcase on the desk and take a seat on one of those chairs there,” Lucas instructed.She walked over and carefully placed the briefcase on his desk, she did it gently but still,
Dolph was surely not one of the nicest people Riley had ever and would ever meet, even on their way to the elevator, he kept on taunting her. “It’s a damn elevator, everyone knows how to use an elevator. And you’re a fucking human.” He said. She remained silent, wondering how she would tell him that she never had the luxury he had her entire life. He was smiling as he mocked her so it gave her the insight that he didn’t mean all what he was saying, she didn’t take any of what he said to heart. They got into the elevator and he left her after setting her down for the ground floor. “It’s advisable if you do not speak to anyone else on the way, just for your safety.” He said and she smiled and nodded. “Thank you, beta Dolph.” She said, Why was she smiling even after I had mocked her? He wondered and squinted at her as the doors closed. “Well, she’s strange as hell.” He concluded and walked back into the office. The rest of Riley’s day ran pretty smoothly, Lucas didn’t bother her mu
Reluctantly, Lucas and Dolph left the two women alone and went to his study, Brenda’s cold, unfeeling eyes never left Riley. Riley felt beads of perspiration forming on her forehead and sweat running in a beeline down her thin back, something was menacing about Lucas’s fiancé’s presence. “Come closer,” Brenda said sharply and Riley moved towards her obediently. Brenda sat down on a couch and left Riley standing, “Lucas tells me he found you in a forest and now you’re his maid, I guess life has given you a huge promotion. From a mere lowlife to the Lycan King’s maid.” She said slowly. Riley was determined to ignore whatever hurtful things she had to say, her day had been perfect up to this point and she wasn’t going to let a few words ruin it. But Brenda had more than just a few soft words, her words were sharp and venomous and could pierce easily through any feeble-hearted person. “I guess so,” Riley replied. “I never said you could speak,” Brenda snapped and Riley looked at he
When Dolph walked out of the office, he stormed into Brenda and she had a wicked frown on her face. Dolph stared at her for a while, then forced a smile, “How’d your meeting go?” “Perfect.” She replied curtly then jerked a thumb towards the door of the study. “He’s in there, right?”He nodded and she walked past him. Dolph wondered how in the blue hell did Lucas have so much love towards a lady as cruel as Brenda. He shrugged, “Love is blind, blind is stupid.” He said and walked out of the house.“Now where could she have gone?” He asked, referring to no one in particular as he walked out of the front door. He met the two hefty guards there and they bowed to him, “Have you seen the girl? The new maid here.”They grunted, “She was here for a while, then she went around the back. Lost sight of her.” One replied.“Tell the chauffeur to have the limo around the front in five minutes,” Dolph said and walked away.Went around the back? Dolph thought as he rushed towards the back of the bea
“Can I smoke with you?” Brenda asked as she sat down on a chair. Through a heavy cloud of smoke, Lucas stared at her impassively and pushed his cigarette pack and lighter to her. “Help yourself.” He said flatly. She frowned, “You usually light it for me, Lucas.” She said and pouted like a little spoiled brat. That was what Brenda had been raised as, a little spoiled brat who was used to getting everything she wanted and she had grown up with that mentality. She believed that as long as she asked for it and as long as what she asked for existed, she could always get it. “Light it yourself this time, Brenda.” He said, his tone flustering her. “You need to learn to be independent sometimes.” She scoffed, “Independent? Why suddenly decide to be independent when I have countless maids under me I could always order to do whatever I want? Stop talking like a commoner, Lucas, or have you suddenly become an ordinary werewolf overnight?” She asked, her eyes squinting at him and watchin