Chapter 7

Mira's POV 

The guard eyed me with suspicion,  his gaze intense and filled with doubt as if daring me to lie, I wriggled my hands behind me with my gaze boring holes into the ground. 

"The  man I saw you speaking with earlier, who is he ?" He questioned, his eyes filled with doubts as if he was dating me to laugh, my eyes squinted in fear of being caught, not knowing what to do. I couldn't give my father's identity away, which would lead to disaster. I decided to play the innocent I'm dumb act. 

I  stretched my hands from my back to my front and  signaled "I don't know" Before I could walk away, he grabbed my right arm making me grunt in pain," What do you mean you don't know?" He growls "Immediately you saw me, the man leaped into the forest I ain't no fool, either you tell me the truth or I'll have Beta Ethan torture you to talk". He threatened me by tightening his grip on my arm.

The instant he said that panic surged through me, and I realized I was in deep trouble my mate must not know I had met up with my father, and there was no way Alpha Navier wouldn't hear of this incident, I frantically gestured to my mouth, pleading with my eyes to make him understand that I can't speak.

Finally, He immediately unhanded me "You're the mute, aren't you?" He asked, with confusion in his eyes.

I nodded "yes" to answer his question, " you are the one I have been looking for ", he said almost to himself " I am the inspection officer, I was told to assign you to your duties," he said, his voice softer and relaxed unlike before when he was questioning me. 

" Which work would you prefer, cleaning, kitchen, farming " he asked mentioning different works, that I struggled to keep up with and I tapped him to get him to slow down " Oh I forgot you're mute, Nevermind I will take you to the head Omega, she will know which work to assign you to"  he said, already walking towards what I assume is the kitchen, we didn't walk for long till we got to the packs backyard.

"Alpha Navier hates lazy and idle people just so you know," he said, opening the door to the kitchen.

A woman in her late fifties or early forties walked up to us,  greeting the guard beside me " Cole how delightful of you to Grace me with your presence" she snarled, pulling him by his ears and giving him a knock on his head. I grunt in laughter, I can't make a sound, what amazes me is the fact that an Omega has the effrontery to hit a warrior, it is forbidden to hit a warrior as they are held in high regard in my previous pack The Moons Pack

" I sincerely apologize ma'am, I promise to fix your pipes tomorrow " he promised, rubbing his ears," but that hurt though, you have a strong grip in those small hands " Pushing him aside she stepped in front of me Her gaze swept over me from head to toe, as if she was evaluating my worth," Cole who's this," she asked him still looking at me.

" She's Beth, the mute" he whispers to her, dragging her to the other side of the room" Alpha Ethan's mute, his second chance mate, the one he found at the mating ceremony" he continues to whisper.

" If she is the Alpha's mate like you just said she is, why is she then assigned to do the dirty work in the pack house? Huh !" she questions glancing to where I stood, and she continues "I don't understand, you younger generations, shouldn't she be announced as the Luna already".

"Shush! It's complicated, the word is The Alpha rejected her" he said holding a finger to his lips to keep her from shouting, they both continued to talk forgetting the fact that I was just across the room from them and I could hear them without even straining my wolf ears. 

Ever since I was a child I could practically hear what people were saying miles away, this skill is both a curse and a blessing, the curse is that I could hear people talking about me, the gossip, the haters spewing from their lips from miles, and the blessings are listening to nature, which I learned to control over time.

After a while she walked up to me "Oh, come here dear, let's get you assigned " she said motioning for me to follow her, and I did  " I hope you're okay with working in the kitchen?' she questioned me, to which I nodded "yes" which was the only reply I had to questions ever since I was born. 

" It's no pressure, if you're are not okay with working in the kitchen, I'm sure I can find something else" She looked at me pitifully, I just shrugged in answer, I hate being pitied, it's not as if they can change my fate which I already have resigned to, I reason within me while walking beside her till we got to the kitchen.

Immediately we entered the kitchen smell of the rich aroma of cooked meat and freshly baked bread hit me, and my stomach grumbled I was hungry, and then I remembered that I hadn't eaten anything since the night of the mating ceremony where I had eaten pastries made specially for the unmated females, I guess I lost track of the time.

We met the chef who came to greet the head Omega, who sneered as soon as she laid eyes on me "Who are you and what are you doing here" she shouted, pointing the iron spoon in her hand at me…

"she's with me, I'm assigning her to kitchen duties from henceforth, you'll be In charge of her", the Head Omega replied, " I dare not question your orders Ellen but she doesn't even look fit for housework and will bring nothing but chaos to my kitchen" she sneers still looking at me." And she can't even speak, what use is she of to me if she can't speak".