Blood Stains

Chapter 3

Blood stains!

Charles pov

“Ouch!” The excruciating pain I felt when I opened my eyes was worse than having a thousand bugs gnawing at one's flesh, it was horrible!

I felt like I was going to vomit but looking around, I realized the room was already cleaned…Anne woke up earlier than expected today.

“Fuck Hansel!” I remember going to the club with Hansel last night to celebrate the good news I got from my father but I ended up getting drunk. Well, what would anyone expect? I was finally going to become an Alpha…it's been my dream since I matured and I'm finally getting it now! So getting drunk is just a little thing but I can't remember everything that happened last night…things like how I got home and how I got my clothes off.

I heard a knock on my door, followed by my mother's sudden invasion. She loves invading my privacy, and it's really annoying!

“Good morning son!” She yelled excitedly

“Mom, what are you doing here?” She rolled her eyes

“Came to check on my son…is that wrong?”

“Mom, you're lying; why are you really here?” I'm sure she's here to nag, nothing else

“Fine… I came to see if that maid of yours cleaned your room already, the rate at which you let her slack off is alarming…” She hated Anne right from day one but I love her because she didn't dare stand against our friendship

“She has, are you ok now?”

“Better… See you during breakfast, My little Alpha.” She turned to leave. That was when I noticed her handmaid throw me a flirty smile…girls!

“Get me, Anne, when you're out,” I said, completely ignoring her attempt to flirt; she nodded as her brows furrowed.

***

(After Anne's arrival)

I sat in the bathtub allowing the warm water to caress my body. This is exactly why I prefer Anne handling my stuff herself; she knows how to do things exactly to my taste, just like she mixed this water to be soothing and relaxing.

As I closed my eyes, I suddenly felt a bolt in my head which instantly caused severe pain…

“Ouch!” I suddenly saw something flash before my eyes. It was Anne's face; she lay on a bed and seemed to be in pain as she called out, but her voice was muffled, so I couldn't hear a thing.

“What was that?” I wondered if I'd ever seen Anne like that before; where'd that memory come from?

Nevertheless, I decided to ignore it and just carry on. I came out of my bathtub, tied my towel, and made for my dressing room, but when my eyes caught the bed, I was shocked; why'd she change the sheets? She did that the day before yesterday…

“Oh Anne…” I made for my dressing room to ask why but the sight I saw wasn't pleasant. Anne totally ransacked the whole room…why?!

“Anne…” She turned to look at me, but she suddenly zoned out; her eyes traveled down my body, and that was when I realized I was still dripping. I managed to bottle my smile; she's always lost at some points, so I'm used to this.

“You're drooling again…”

“I wasn't…” she looked away and I walked to my wardrobe to get my clothes. I asked her concerning the sheets she changed and she was smooth enough to find an excuse.

As I checked my closet, I saw something glittering and my curious self wouldn't want to let it be, I pulled it out

“Anne, what is this?” I looked at the strange fabric in my hands before looking at Anne, the look on her face was that of horror…

“W…w…what's that?” I shuddered raising the fabric to her full view, she sighed

“You scared the shit out of me!” She glared

“Scared? How?” She didn't reply and just left

Why's she being dramatic? Is it her time of the month yet? I kept the fabric aside, but something else caught my attention again: the sheets she changed…why's this here?

I picked up the sheet only to see red stains on it; my brow couldn't help but furrow in confusion. Are these blood stains? As if to answer my questions, everything came rushing down on me…starting from how Hansel dropped me outside the palace and I had to walk down, the first person who answered to me was Anne. She took me to my room and tried to help me get out of my shoes but my dick decided to do the rest of the thinking…

“Fuck! I'm done for!” I remembered the strange scent that hit my nose that morning so it was Anne's. I couldn't help but panic. I know Anne has always had a crush on me, but I don't want to take her relationship any further than we are now; what do I do?

“I hope she's ok…I need to go find out first” I kept the sheet in my living room as I hurried to the maid’s chambers. I sighted Anne when I arrived, but she suddenly ducked into the storage room… Things would definitely get awkward from here on, and I'm fucking not ready for that!

“Anne, I know you're in there, I need you in my room now…I'll give you just 20 minutes to get there,” I said to her before leaving. Not long, she walked into my room looking scared and was obviously fidgeting. She saw the sheet on my bed and was taken aback

“Why didn't you tell me what I did?” She couldn't look up

“I…I…I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to take advantage of your situation” she cried

“Come on…it's all my fault” I walked up to her and slowly pulled her into a comforting hug

“I shouldn't have gotten drunk in the first place…I'm so sorry Anne”

“It's nothing…I should have pulled away” She tried to take all the blame and that, I wouldn't accept

“I'm truly sorry, and I take the blame. Stop blaming yourself, ok? You're free to do whatever you want today, take the day off or something, whichever” She looked at me in gratitude

“Thank you so much” Her eyes seemed to light up

“Fine…” We did our friendship handshake and she was about to leave

when I remembered something

“Please can we forget…”

“Ehn?” her hands became shaky.