CHAPTER NINE~☆- SHE'S JUST A ROGUE

The next morning,lyra woke up as early as she could.

Last night,the head maid had warned her not to wake up late or her work would be double.

She folded her small old mat beside the Alpha’s corridor and got up.

The alpha rarely came here,so why did she have to clean it every day?

But she dared not complain,she walked into the kitchen and with no food,the head maid sent her to her duty post.

"The warriors are done with their training,go and scrub the training yard."

She softly nodded, walking out.

She slowly walked into the empty training yard. She gasped, seeing how big the yard was.

Her eyes scanned the room, and she froze seeing someone by the end of the other door.

The young man from yesterday!

He turned to see her, and he softly smiled, watching her frown at him.

"Hi,we meet again," he spoke, coming close.

"Hmm,yeah," her meek voice made him chuckle

"I don't bite,okay? I am Rowan." He simply said.

"Okay,my name is -" she hesitated, and he could clearly see she was scared.

She immediately remembered the rules beta Drake told her;never tell anyone your name.

"It's fine if you don't want to say it -"

"I am here to work," she shunned him, turning to start walking.

"Are you always like this?"

She stood still,not saying a word.

"Do you always push people away, or is this a 'for me' version of you?" He asked as if he did not expect an answer. He turned back, walking away, but stopped in tracks when she spoke.

"I am just here to survive,people never care, so it's better this way." Her voice carried pain as she remembered how they discarded her from her old pack,Cornerstone pack.

He did not say a word,he just glanced at the pained expression on her face and slowly realized something.

She was protecting her peace.

He walked back to his duty post,he was the security guard on the door.

She began scrubbing the blood in the cracks,then the floor that needed mopping. She washed the rackers where their bags were kept.

Few hours later,she was almost done when Rowan walked closer placing a heel of bread by the stairs she had just cleaned,as if ashamed of being decent,he quickly turned around and walked out,his time was up and another young guard entered simply walking to the place Rowan stood before.

She glanced at the bread,then at his back,she struggled to hold back tears..

No one had shown her this much kindness in her former pack.

She took the bread and slowly began to eat it,walking back to the servant quarters.

Alpha Thorne walked across the yard with beta Drake. He did not look at her, and she was busy smiling at the bread to notice them,hurrying to get inside.

His wolf howled inside of him,he clenched his fist annoyed that a mere rogue could get this kind of reaction from him.

From behind,he could see her curves even with the old clothes she was putting on.

His jaw tightened as he saw that she was with no shoes.

He missed a step midstep,a stair he had walked since he was 3 years old. Beta Drake noticed the way a person would see something but decided to question it.

Alpha Thorne slowly turned to his beta and friend,Drake.

"Get the rogue maid new shoes,she can't walk my chamber with dirty legs." He spoke as if he was discussing the weather.

Beta Drake smiled softly. The aloha was not that cruel after all.

He looked away, but the alpha noticed.

"Drake? Why are you smiling?"Nothing,alpha. I will do as you have said, "

"Good. Observe the east patrol,I want the report on my desk,also.."

They continued discussing,walking past the yard.

Later that night,lyra sat unable to sleep,her wolf had been restless today, and she felt it.. She silently prayed to the moon goddess to give her back her wolf.

She burst into tears, wondering how life could be so unfair to her.

Her sister now lives in luxury while she has to work for every meal she ate.

She wiped her tears, hearing footsteps in the hallway. It was the alpha.

But she did not see him,he stopped near the wash corridor,close to her small closed room..

Then, I stood still for some time,then breathed deeply.

He had not planned to come this way,it was his wolf whimpering all evening, and he found himself, walking towards her.

Her strong scent hit him, and he froze. He clenched his fist, turning back and walking out.

Lyra thought it was a guard on duty,probably checking the locks, but she was wrong.

When he got back to his magnificent room,he opened his palm.Claw marks. He had pushed his wolf back,and his excess clenching of fist had bruised him.

"She is just a rogue!" He tells the empty bed, but instead,her face flashes again, making him block his wolf.