Chapter 5

"We have to go." She rushed to me

"Why? Where are we going? And where is mommy?" I asked suddenly feeling the urge to see my mom

"Let’s go now!" She ordered grabbing my arm and rushing out of the room

"But we can’t leave without mommy," I said trying to pull out of her grip but she is incredibly stronger than me. "Where are you taking me, I don’t want to go with you, I don’t. Let go of me, let me go." I cried but it went to deaf ears. She didn’t listen to me nor even cared to look at me, she just dragged me with her.

"Let me go, let me go." I whined still trying my best to get off her grip.

As we reached the door, fast footsteps sounded behind us. It sounded like many people were running in our direction. She quickly opens the door and pushes me out.

"I will take care of them, if I don’t come out soon, run just run." She said; her rasping voice echoing into my ear

"Bu-"

"Run, Maya’allin, run."

My eyes went wide as I gulped the lump in my throat. Her voice was scaring me, I had many questions in my mind but because I could ask any, she instantly slammed the door at my face and before I knew it, I started hearing the sounds of growls, swords, and knives.

I kept to where I stood, squeezing my eyes shut, and I sat on the ground, sobbing.

"Mommy, where are you?" I whimpered. I didn’t what was happening at all, there was blood everywhere, and I couldn’t find mommy or daddy. I think that old lady took them away from me.

Hearing a loud growl, I flinched and quickly ran to the woods as I recalled what I was told earlier

Run! Just run!

Just as I got into the woods, the growl sounded near me. I peek to look and I witnessed the most horrific scene in my entire life. The growl came from a wolf and that same wolf was feasting on mommy.

My eyes went wide as I made eye contact with him. He bellowed in my direction and with a blink of an eye, I was dragged away.

"I thought I told you to run." She yelled

"B-but mom-mommy." I shrieked unable to let out the tears that were streaming from my eyeballs.

"Let’s go." She said dragging me away.

"We can’t go without mommy. Let go of my hand, let me go." I cried

I turned around to look at the scene, the wolf was still feasting on my mom.

*****

I grasp as I jolted awake, hyperventilating. My blouse was covered in a cold sweat, my legs were shaking and my heart was swatting while I look around the room. I took a deep breath and took a sip of water.

"It was just a dream, nothing more than a dream," I whisper to myself. Trying to calm down

I thought I was over this dream, but I guess I’m not. It’s been years since I started dreaming of this and I can’t seem to take it off my head.

I exhale, standing up from the bed. I walk over to the mirror and I wasn’t surprised to see my hair all messed up. This is gonna be a long day.

I glance at the clock and notice it’s already ten o’clock and I am just walking up.

Oh my God! What is wrong with me?

I quickly grabbed my towel, toiletries, and underwear, and headed into the bathroom.

As you all know, today is my first day in this land, and just as I planned it.

I will be posing as Jane’s cousin. Jane is mated to Ryle who is a member of Ashton’s pack. Jane stays here with Ryle but aside from that, she is a chef and is training to be part of a pack, not Ashton’s pack obviously. After being mated to Ryle, Jane became the head chef. And if I remembered clearly what Jane told me, if anyone asks me why I am wandering around the house, I should just say that I am a junior chief to her because being her cousin doesn’t give me the right to wander around. I seriously can’t afford to lose this chance, I don’t want to leave this house at least not until I find out the truth. For clarification, the house I’m in right now is a palace, not like the king and queen palace but the Alpha, beta, and omega’s house. In this house, if I remember correctly is the place I last remember I was. I can never forget about that because I know that my mom was killed not by some random werewolf but she was killed by a powerful one. And the powerful ones are the ones living here.

Once I took a shower, I wore a blue blouse with blue jeans. I tied my hair up into a ponytail, wore a pair of golden flats, and then head out of the room to go to the kitchen. I’m so glad Jane showed me around, this house is like a castle, I can get lost around here.

"Good morning," I say to Jane who was talking to someone else.

She turns to face me and with a smile on her face she says "Sleepyhead is finally here." She chuckles

"Sorry, I lost track of time."

"No worries, I will let that slide since you are my cousin." She winks "But seriously, wake up on time."

I nodded and said, "I will."

She slips her hand to my shoulder as she turns to face the others "This is Maya, she will be joining us today…..Or should I say every day."

"Hi!" I smile

"Maya, this is Grace, Nora, Nova, and Willow." She says pointing at them "Nora and Nova are twins."

"Yeah, I figured that out."

All the ladies waved at me, smiling except for Willow who just looked and scoffed. That girl has some serious issues.

"Breakfast has already been served and dusted but you can make something for yourself."

"No, I’m not hungry." I say looking around "Uhm- Jane"

"Yeah, just make it quick and use your save word." She whispers

I nod "Sure." I head out of the kitchen.

Now that I’m here, I have no idea where to start from. I’m confused. Maybe I should just check the store room, I’m sure I will find something. After all, storerooms contain all sorts of things.

I walk around different doors, slightly opening each door and peeking my head in.

Not the storeroom………Not the storeroom…….Not the storeroom…

I continued walking until I met the last door on the left side of the hallway. It was slightly cracked. I pushed on the dark wood door and it slowly swung open. My mouth was slightly taped as I took in my surroundings. The walls were grey that looked beautiful against the dark wood of his flooring. The bed was huge with an almost black comforter and matching pillows. The bed was unmade and a few clothes were scattered in the room. I’m guessing this isn’t the storeroom. I turned around and was about to leave when the bathroom door opened

"Who are you?" I hear a voice behind me

I gulped the lump in my throat as I slowly turn around to face him. My eyes went wide as I saw Ashton standing with a towel around his waist, the water from the shower he had taken was still on his bare chest.

His very toned chest.

If I remember clearly, this isn’t the room I was in yesterday.

"Uhm- I, I am so sorry I-"

"Stop talking." He cut me off.

I nodded "Okay." I turn around and was about to leave when he spoke "Why are you here?"

"I was Uhm- I was looking for the store room and I thought this was-"

"Stop." He cuts me off. He walks over to me and stood in my front. I never realized that he is this tall. He is at least six to seven inches taller than me.

"Who are you?" He asks.

His warm breath brushes across my face, sending sensational thrilling chills down my body.

"My name is Maya," I respond

"That’s not what I asked, who are you?" He ask; his voice sounding challenging yet it came out soft and calm

"I am a junior chef to Jane." I say

"Whose Jane?" He asks

Before I could answer the question he hit me up with another one "Why were you looking for the store room?" He asks

"I wanted to get something from there."

He rakes a hand through his wet hair, splashing drops of water to my face as he turns around.

"The storeroom is on the ground floor, the second room by the left." He says

"Okay. Thank yo-"

"You may leave now." He cuts me off

I quickly left his room, shutting the door behind me.