LOGINWILLOW'S POVA horrible thought crosses my mind, but I quickly shake my head and dismiss it. There’s no way that could have happened. She was fast asleep when I left the bedroom.“Hello.” I call out with my voice trembling with fear. “Is anyone there?” I ask, but several seconds fly by and no response comes.I calmly step out of the bathroom stall and notice that I’m here all alone, but my towel and bathing robe. Whoever came in and took it has got to be a ghost because with all my werewolf senses, how come I didn’t hear anything? I’m not only worried about the fact that someone can walk in anytime and see me naked, but also the fact that I could drop dead from the cold any second from now. It’s so cold and shaking so hard that my teeth are clattering in my mouth and my body is covered with goosebumps.I can’t stay here like this, else I’ll catch a cold or worse, develop pneumonia.I tiptoe past the rest of the stalls to the main bathroom door where I gently creak it open and spy the
WILLOW’S POVThe room door is locked by the time I go over to retire for the night. Maddy is nowhere to be found and I proceed to wait there for nearly three hours. It’s almost midnight and I’m freezing from the brutal night cold by the time she returns from wherever it is she went.“You locked the door?” I ask in a very angry tone the moment I lay my eyes on her.“What was I supposed to do? Leave it ajar?”“I had no idea the door had to be locked. You could have left the key somewhere for me to find when I return.” She groans and rolls her eyes as though I just said the most unreasonable thing she has ever heard.“Will you stop nagging me already? I’m here now, aren’t I? The little wait didn’t kill you.” She says in a very casual and dismissive tone and proceeds to open the door. Hot, white rage flows through my blood and makes my stomach twist as her insensitive words reply in my mind. Did she just say a little wait?“I’ve been standing out here for close to three hours in this brut
WILLOW’S POVI’m on power saving mode as I head to Alpha Killian’s bedroom to prepare for his arrival so that I can serve him for the night. When I went to get dinner a while ago, everyone kept pushing me far behind the line, even people whom I had arrived before, got their meals before me and when it was finally my turn, there was not a grain food or a drop of soup in any of the chafing dishes at the food counter. When I tried to report it to the lady in charge of the cafeteria, she scolded me for disturbing her and asked me to come earlier tomorrow if I was serious about eating. I haven’t eaten all day and now my stomach feels like a furnace lined with knives.When I arrive at the door, I push it open without knocking and to my greatest horror, I’m met with Alpha Killian the moment I step into the room. He’s still fully dressed, meaning he just came in. I quickly bow down my head and curse myself for rashly assuming that he hadn’t yet returned from work. Now I’ve gotten myself into
WILLOW’S POVAs I approach the bedroom, I make a quick prayer in my heart for the door to not be locked. I still have about an hour before Alpha Killian arrives and I want to have some rest before going to serve him for the night.Luckily for me, the door is open but my joy is very short-lived when I walk in and see who’s sitting on my bed.“Willow, finally! I was starting to think I was going to leave without seeing you.” The pretentious smile on her face makes my stomach churn. I cannot have a moment of peace in this castle. Not even when I’m far away from her.“Eleanor, what are you doing here?” I am very annoyed and the fact that she keeps smiling at makes me want to stitch her lips into a permanent scowl. Her presence irks me to the core. She rises from my bed to my relief and takes a step towards me.“When the news reached me that you had been transferred to the servants’ quarters, I didn’t want to believe it until I saw it with my own eyes.” She says, smiling heartily. Her joy
WILLOW’S POVThey are all staring at me like I’m an alien that just fell from the sky and is walking in the midst of human beings, but no one is saying a word. Some have shocked gazes on their faces while others seem utterly disgusted by my presence here and I can guess why. It’s because of Eleanor’s rumor. Ignoring them, I head over to the food counter to serve myself.“Yo Maddy! Isn’t that your new roommate?” Someone finally breaks the awkward silence and a slap sound resonates throughout the eating hall. Maddy just swatted the occiput of the person who asked that question. “Ouch, Maddy, the hell was that for?” The guy laments and the hall erupt into laughter.“I’m warning you Lionel, do not ever associate me with that whore.” Maddy warns and a few people laugh harder.“I still can’t believe she’s sleeping with the Beta. Girl has got some nerve.”“No, not nerve, but balls. She’s got some balls.” Another servant adds, a girl this time.“And not any kind of balls, but balls of steel.”
CHAPTER FORTY-THREEWILLOW’S POVMy brain is still reeling from the shock of what just happened as I stare at the closed door in front of me. When Katherine told me my roommate was well mannered, I didn’t expect that she would like me immediately, but I anticipated having a cordial roommate relationship with her, but I don’t think there’s any chance in hell that’s ever going to happen. She despises me, just like every other servant in this castle.I head and head over to my bed with a heavy heart and notice a folded A four sheet of paper lying on it. This must be the list of rules she spoke about. Sighing lightly, I pick up the paper from the bed and start to read through it. It’s titled “List of Dos and Don’ts for Willow” and the rules are numbered from one to ten. “Do not touch my stuff!”It’s written in caps and double underlined. “Your curfew begins at eight pm. Come after that and you’ll be spending the night outside on the cold floor and you’d have no one else but yourself
CHAPTER TENWILLOW’S POVIt’s the D-day.There are even more servants at my service. I’ve been served even better food and taken to places I had only imagined to exist in my dreams and wildest fantasies. The pity in the eyes of the servants as they attend to me is unmistakable.After today, I will
CHAPTER TENI swear if I’m asked that question one more time tonight, I’ll crash out.“Eleanor said…”“Aren’t you cold?” He quickly cuts me off.“I’m freezing, actually.”“The closet is over there.’ He says pointing to a door on my left. “Go in, take that off and put on whatever will keep you warm
CHAPTER NINEWILLOW’S POVI am a priced lamb being prepped for sacrifice.Well, part of that statement is untrue. Alpha Killian didn’t pay a price for me. I was offered to him free of charge. Therefore, I’m just a lamb being prepped for sacrifice. An unpriced lamb.That’s the only thought running t
KILLIAN’S POV“You ignored her! You sent your guards to stop her from following us. How could you do that?” My wolf, Knox, screams in my mind like he’s been doing ever since that very awkward encounter with Willow in the living room. I shut him out, down the whiskey in my hold and slam the glass on







