Chapter 3: Where are you going?

ELISA

“P-prepare your bath?”

His brows knitted, looking at me as if I were a pest crawling under his skin.

“Are you deaf? I just said it didn’t I? Now unless you’d rather stay in the slaves’ quarter and get tortured, you better stand up and do the task I gave you. I don’t want to repeat myself.”

Baffled and extremely nervous, I stood up and almost lost my balance due to my wobbly knees.

I looked around the big room to see which door was heading to the bathroom.

“On your left. Quick,” he instructed when he noticed my confusion.

Sensing the impatience in his tone and his expression, I scurried away from him to go to the bathroom. My knees still hurt after Lucian’s subordinate who brought me to his room shoved me down the floor like a guinea pig.

It was only last night when they attacked the pack’s base and killed many of my father’s people. I was confined with the other women in our pack and they left us starving for a whole day. When the night came, one of Lucian’s men dragged me out and brought me to his room, which is why I’m here right now. I already expected the worst, but I didn’t expect the alpha would make me his slave. It was better than being raped and tortured so I still felt a little lucky.

Lucian didn’t choose the room of my father and instead chose another room that was unused for a few years. As my father forbid me to go entering rooms in our house without his permission, I didn’t get to explore the house so I’ve never been in this room despite leaving in this house since I was five.

Scared that Lucian might get angry with me again if I move too slowly, I immediately filled the tub with water. I put a bubble bath and essential oil that I saw in the corner.

When I was done, I stepped out of the bathroom.

“Your bath is prepared, M-Master Lucian…” I croaked.

He didn’t spare me a glance and walked straight to the bathroom. I was about to step away from the bathroom door and sit at the far corner of the room since I’m not allowed to go out when I heard Lucian’s shout.

“What the fucking hell is this, Elisa?!” His thunderous voice made me jolt in both shock and fear.

What did I do?

“Come here right now!” he yelled angrily and as much as I wanted to storm out of the room and run as far as I could, I don’t think that will do me better.

So I just rushed inside the bathroom mindlessly.

Lucian’s upper body exposed before my eyes made me want to step back. Even though I only stayed in my room on usual days in the past, I always peeked through the windows and seeing a bare upper body of a man is a normal thing in packs especially when there is training for the males, but for some reason seeing Lucian this way brought a different kind of anxiety on my chest.

“Instead of putting warm water, you literally filled the tub with freezing water! Are you out of your mind? Or are you just trying to annoy me?” His menacing midnight black eyes pierced through me.

But he didn’t say to fill the tub with warm water, did he?

“I-I’m sorry, Master! Please forgive me… I wasn’t paying attention!” I keep on bowing my head as I say those words to show my sincerity. I know he didn’t instruct that I should fill the tub with warm water but I should have checked the water’s temperature first. I was too nervous the whole time to even think about it.

“I was really nervous, Master… I will do well next time I promise,” I croaked as I swallowed the lump in my throat.

I heard him mutter curses under his breath and drained half of the tub’s content before filling it with warm water. I looked away and was about to step out of the bathroom thinking that I was no more needed, but his question left my foot in the air.

“Where are you going?”

I turned back to him but my eyes stayed on the floor.

“I thought you might need some privacy.”

“No. You stay here and wait for me to finish. You will hand me my robe.”

My eyes widened. I need to wait until he is done with his bath?

“B-but…”

“You’re a slave now, Elisa. You are no longer the Alpha’s daughter. You can’t say no to me. No buts and questions. Now stand there silently like a good slave and wait for your master to be done.”

I bit on my lower lip and just slowly walked to the corner. I remained looking down and just stared at my shoes while he is having a good bath. I’ve never watched a man take a bath before so it made me feel so uncomfortable.

“I’m done. The robe.”

When I heard his voice after long minutes of standing at the corner until my legs felt weak, I flinched and rushed to get the robe.

I brought it to him right away but I was shocked when he suddenly stood with his naked body coming into my view. I dropped the robe before he could reach for it, and if not for his fast reflexes, the robe would have been soaked in the tub.

“Why can’t you do your job right?” he said with an irritated tone but I didn’t catch the angry look on his face because I turned away after dropping the robe.

How can I stay facing him when his nakedness is in front of my innocent eyes? For goddess’ sake, I’ve never seen a naked man before!

“I don’t remember telling you to turn back on me, Elisa. What? Never seen a man’s naked body before?” There was disdain in every word he said but I sensed the tease.