Aurelia felt someone pour her dirty water and her eyes snapped open.
"It's four am. and you useless thing are still sleeping. Will you go downstairs and clean up the party venue. Mop the whole house, iron Scarlett's uniform and make breakfast. By the way do the laundry while you are at it. Scarlett is menstruating right now make sure you sterilize her pants. Useless" Sabina hissed and turned around.
"What a waste of money and time, throwing you a lavish party when you can't even shift. Useless thing. The ten million spent on elixirs and immortal fruits are all a waste of money. That idiot Francis never listened to advice" Sabina said and banged the door shut.
Aurelia sighed in relief.
Thank goodness Sabina didn't see the wad of cash her father gave to her. She would have seized it.Aurelia doesn't have much savings because most of her allowance is often seized, and she rarely finds a perfect place to hide it.
Sabina once discovered she hides money in her mattress, she gave her the beating of her life for the deception and went on to seize it.She only manages to hide a few dollars each time.
Sabina doesn't care about buying her essential things like clothes or food. She is starved when Sabina is in a bad mood. Her clothes and undies are all bought by her dad, sometimes even her toiletries. Scarlett once tried seizing her clothes but after Francis dealt with them, they desisted from it. They had told him Aurelia gave it to her, but he didn't buy their story.He had gone on a shopping spree with Aurelia when he discovered her wardrobe was almost empty housing only torn clothes.
All the money he gave to Sabina to take care of Aurelia's wardrobe were either withheld or spent on buying designers for Scarlett and herself. When he had bought the clothes, they tried to seize them. So, Francis had developed a habit of going through Aurelia's wardrobe or ordering her to wear a particular cloth to ensure they can't seize her jewelries or other belongings.He gave her money to ensure she doesn't starve while he was away, but little did, he know that they seize it every single time.
Aurelia resorted to sneaking in a few spoons while cooking or eating when they were away.Aurelia quickly changed her clothes to a comfortable gown and hid the money in her tight underwear. She quickly went down and began to clean the party hall.
Their mansion was really big, so most parties are held right there in the house. Her father was one of the richest men in the pack with lots of investments even in the human world and Lycan neutral territory. He was an Alpha's son, but he left his pack with his inheritance and moved to his mother's pack to become his best friend's Beta. Aurelia groaned. There were tons of unfinished meals in the plates. Half-eaten chicken drumsticks were in some places. There was lots of food in the party, her father has always been generous, but they abused it by wasting the food.Even half-filled bottles of Azul wine. Her eyes widened.
How dare they open a bottle of Azul and leave it unfinished. Her heart broke, she knew the price.No one dared this in Scarlett's party, they must have done it to spite her. She continued cleaning up as quickly as she can.
She noticed that one of the warmers was still filled with fried rice and some chicken. She quickly began to eat. It was still fresh. Who knows if they will order her to starve today. Sabina seems to be in a bad mood again.
She quickly gulped down the whole food and spit out the chicken bones. She might be weak, but she can eat for the whole pack!
She formed her gluttony habit after Sabina began to starve her. Who knew when her next meal will be? She always reasoned and developed a habit of stuffing her face whenever she can.She went back to her work, but it was no easy task. She had heard her father instruct Sabina to call the cleaning company and gave her some money.
But she chose to keep it and send her to clean this monstrosity alone.She soon finished mopping the huge hall and fell down beside the bucket gasping in exhaustion. Her huge meal has long since digested due to the excessive exercise.
She looked at the wall clock. Five thirty? No way. She has not done the laundry, cleaned the house nor made breakfast yet.
She quickly ran to the main house and switched on the laundry machine. She quickly began to vacuum. Soon she was done, and Scarlett's uniform was ironed perfectly. She sterilized Scarlett's undies and sealed them in a nylon bag before rushing to the kitchen.
Soon breakfast was ready, and she set the table. It was already seven. Scarlett came down the stairs in her uniform.
Sabina smiled at her. "Come over here angel. She might be useless, but she sure knows how to iron clothes properly. Taste these it's delicious" Sabina said dishing some chicken soup for Scarlett. She served the meat balls, and they ate together while Sabina cleaned Scarlett's lips at intervals.Aurelia soon ran in with a tray of desserts and milk for Scarlett while she poured fruit juice for Sabina.
"Aurelia, you missed one of my pants. Since you are useless, you should at least do the chores properly, little slave!" Scarlett said pulling out a bloodied pant from the bucket she came down with.
She threw it at Aurelia's face and the pants stained with Scarlett's flows caught in her hair. She quickly removed it. "I understand. I will start up the laundry machine.""Don't you dare! Use your hands and wash it well. Do you want to ruin my silk undies? Allow the poor machine to rest. At least it's not as useless as you are" Scarlett concluded and went back to her meal.
Aurelia sighed and took the disgusting pants upstairs to wash. She quickly bathed and ran to school.
Sabina drove Scarlett to school in Francis's Bugatti Chiron, but she always insisted that Aurelia trek despite the fact that she's always tired after the morning chores. Sabina would have stopped Aurelia from going to school, but Francis's spies will inform him.Aurelia was happy at school, today was the last paper. She's finally done with high school. Aurelia has always been intelligent, always at the top of her class. She could have been perfect, but her weak physique made her useless. She's looking forward to her results, once it's out her father will send her to college and find a suitable high paying government job for her.
She could even work as the pack PRO or secretary. She wants to work at the pack office and Francis has promised to make it happen.She went to the cafeteria to buy some lunch. As she turned around with her plate of curry and someone tripped her making her fall face first with her chicken curry all over the place staining her uniform. "Are you blind? Can't you watch where you are going?" The girl who tripped her said smirking. She was Scarlett's best friend. "Perhaps she's blind, after all she's a useless human who couldn't even shift" another said cackling.
Aurelia got up weakly. Her wrists have been sprained. She turned around to leave feeling sorry for her curry that she spent a lot on, but someone dragged her back by her hair and slapped her. "Idiot. Apologize to me immediately" Aurelia sighed and bowed her head "am sorry" she said and ran out trying not to cry.
In a world where strength is the yard stick, weak people like her is always vulnerable. She always apologizes even when she's the victim. Who asked her to be weak? Her juniors at school bullies her at their own leisure.
"Who is she?" She heard a transfer student ask. "Oh! She's the useless girl that can't even shift. A beta that's worse than the lowliest Omega. Her rare bloodlines wasted on her." Another girl replied hissing.Aurelia immediately froze up, taken aback by Reagan's questions."Excuse me?" She growled in a low voice, turning to Reagan with a death glare.Reagan matched her stare, too pissed off to baby her.Normally, Reagan loves and dotes on Aurelia a lot. He truly trusted her, but seeing her with James totally messed with his head.Aurelia looked steadily at him, noticing the hurt and heartbreak in his eyes."So you really believe I can kill you? Just like the rest, do you believe I can bring myself to hurt you?" Aurelia asked, looking into his eyes."To be honest, right now, I don't know. That's why I need you to answer me," Reagan whispered, stripping off his clothes while still staring steadily at her."Okay, fine. Your suspicions are on point. I poisoned you. I began to add little bits whenever I get the chance to tamper with your food. I don't really know why I did that. I apologize, just send me to the dungeon," Aurelia said calmly, looking straight at him.Reagan's eyes narrowed as he
Cold sweat immediately broke out on James' body, as he faced Reagan's scrutinizing stare.Reagan's eyes immediately went to the spot where James was holding Aurelia's hands, making James quickly let go of her hand."Repeat that thing that you just said," Reagan ordered coldly. James swallowed heavily, wondering why he stayed with Aurelia for so long."Your majesty, when did you return? I didn't hear the sound of your aircraft," Aurelia said, quickly standing."James, repeat what you just said, or else…" he threatened, making James clench his fist in nervousness."Your majesty, I was just telling her that she's so relaxed even though you're sick. And she's not afraid of coming close to you, what if she gets infected by the disease? And I told her that because she's not panicking, the situation is becoming suspicious. That if she knows the name of the ailment or anything related to it, that she should share it with the doctors to save their lives from the penalty of not finding the cur
Aurelia frowned, her brows furrowing in thoughts."Enemy? No, the king is not my enemy. Or is he? Let's just say he's a fre-enemy," Aurelia said, nodding vigorously."Friendly enemies? But shouldn't it be love-nemies?" He asked, feeling amused."Mmmh, whatever you call it. I'm too old to burst my mind thinking about such things," Aurelia said with a careless wave, making James roar with laughter."Okay, so what's making you so happy?" James asked again, not forgetting the reason why he's even talking to someone he obviously looks down on."I'm happy because Reagan's sick. Well, I don't really hate Reagan. And I'm also not worried about the disease infecting me because I know it's not communicable, I'm not that stupid. But I can't help but feel happy at his plight because ever since he became sick, I can finally live a worry free life," Aurelia said, tearing the flowers in the paper bag to shreds absentmindedly.James furrowed his brows, before he quickly tempered his facial expression
Aurelia walked leisurely to the eastern garden attached to Reagan's palace in her white silk gown, looking like a goddess. She stopped before a lavender plant, plucking off its flower to take deep breaths of it.She smiled in satisfaction, and looked up at the rose bush at the edge of the garden."No, I'm not brave enough to go there," she said with an exaggerated smile, moving to a hibiscus flower, taking deep breaths of it.She continued this process for a while, stopping before a different flower each time to take deep breaths of it, before snapping off a stalk and adding it to the little paper bag hanging on her wrist."I can see that someone is in a really good mood today," James whispered close to her ear, making her heart jump in alarm."James! Stop doing that! You frightened me. I nearly pissed on myself," Aurelia said disapprovingly, turning to stare at the James who was still smiling indulgently at her."But you can't deny that you're in a good mood, I wonder why," he whisp
Reagan gasped and coughed, covering his face with a handkerchief.The maids serving his breakfast looked at him with varieties of meaningful gazes, wondering what the hell has been wrong with their usually powerful king for more than a week now.His eyes looked tired and his steps were wobbly, and the worst was the rashes on his skin.Just then Reagan pulled back his sleeves, examining the rashes once more, his brows furrowed in deep thoughts.He sighed and covered it again, carefully buttoning it up. Just then, Noah walked into the dining room, bowing down slightly to Reagan."Noah, how is it? Has the doctor found anything yet?" Reagan asked eagerly, dropping his fork.At that moment, a scowl appeared on Aurelia's face who was initially eating with the king, as she stared at Noah with a death glare.Noah noticed someone staring at him and turned to her, but Aurelia quickly changed her expression to a cute smile, making the maids that have been carefully watching her suspicious."Noah
The guards swallowed heavily, some of them stepping back because they're unable to bear his angry aura, suppressing their wolves."Who was the lazy bag of bones on duty last night?" Reagan snarled again, making them look at the floor."Your majesty, he took a sick leave this morning. He was apparently suffering from dysentery yesterday, making him feel very weak," James slowly said, carefully picking his words.Reagan laughed coldly, giving him a piercing look."How convenient it is. He's very smart, isn't he? Falling sick right after messing up at his duty post. Taking a sick leave to escape punishment won't cut it next time. Noah, tell the administrative office to cut his pay by half. This is a warning to him, because I have not made mention of it previously,""And as for the rest of you listening to my voice right now, you won't have it so easy. Noah, pass my decree to the military!" He roared angrily."I await your orders, your majesty," Noah quickly said, bringing out an official