Becoming his personal maid.

Anastasia's POV.

After the horrible drama that the Alpha had showcased, I and surely, everyone else in the slave hall found it difficult to get some sleep. The scene was just too gory to shake off, especially for me.

This Alpha surely has some anger issue. What does he even want with me in the first place? If I could remember well, I was too worthless for anyone to be interested in me.

The next morning, we were woken up by the sound of a large gong by a guard. It was so loud and sudden I almost vomited my heart.

I quickly scrambled for my clothes and when I had out it on, I and Chi Chi ran out of the hall. Luckily for us, we had both been assigned to the cleaning duty, so we were still stuck together.

I had grown up as a slave in my pack without any friends, but apparently that was about to change with Chi Chi around now.

"Hey Anna, pass me the scrub." Chi Chi said. I was busy mopping the floor of the latrine room with a wet rag while Chi Chi and another slave were busy scrubbing the pits.

On my knees, I wasn't on a spot but moving from one position to another, furiously mopping the wet rag on the floor. I guess I was too focused on the work that I didn't notice when someone else was walking along the same path as I.

"Ouch!" A female voice screamed and I felt a heavy weight slip over and fall with a thud. I stood on my knees, gaping at the redhead slave that had fallen in front of me.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I promise I didn't see you there." I quickly apologized and made to help her up but she slapped my hand off.

'That was painful' I mused as I rubbed my hand.

The slave stood slowly but she pushed me back aggressively. I wanted to fall but I was lucky to regain composure early.

"I said I'm sorry!" I said in a shrill voice.

"You're sorry? Were you blind or what?" She rambled with a scowl. I stood up.

"Look, I was busy mopping the floor and –" I was interrupted when this slave suddenly grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled at it.

"Wha–" I struggled amidst groans and squeaks to free myself but her grip was annoyingly tough.

"Let go off me!" This went on for several moments until I suddenly felt the firm grip loosen and I looked up immediately to see someone carrying her by her belly from behind.

The person threw her backward and that was when I was able to see who it was – Chi Chi.

A smile ladened my face instantly, witnessing this.

"So you have both decided to conspire against me, uhn?" The redhead slave said, pointing her finger at us with her head as red as red pumpkins.

"It was apparently an accident and I already apologized." I told her from behind Chi Chi.

"You shouldn't have apologized to this rodent, Anna." Said Chi Chi and the redhead fumed the more.

"Enough!" We all jumped as soon as a voice boomed.

Our gazes met that of the fat lady in charge of we slaves. She was standing with her hands on her waists and the frown on her face told us that she wasn't happy. Well, when has she ever been?

"You are all meant to be working and here you are, yelling. You're all worthless!" She bellowed angrily.

"You know what, your punishments shall be –"

"Madame Pomfrey!" Another voice pierced through her words, interrupting her.

The new person walked and it was a guard, he was holding a folded parchment.

"What?" The fat lady asked, turning to the guard who was now where we were.

I only stood there, shocked to the bone about one thing. The fat lady had a name?

"The Alpha has asked to have this slave brought to his chambers immediately." The guard said and handed the folded parchment to Madame Pomfrey who unrolled it. "He said she's been promoted to become his personal maid." He added.

Why would the Alpha want a slave to become his maid?

Madame Pomfrey's eyes instantly widened and then darted at me. She glanced between the parchment in her hands and me. I became confused. I hope it wasn't what I was thinking.

"You?" She squeaked and I almost screamed.

Me?

"Why would the Alpha be interested in this nonentity." Madame Pomfrey asked, referring to the guard who only shrugged.

She looked at me with a suspicious look before asking the guard to take me away.

I followed the guard, confusion clouding my consciousness. I looked at Chi Chi for help but even she was dazed.

I was taken to the Alpha's chambers but when I entered, he wasn't in. I had to wait in the massive room, looking around in amazement at the beauty and magnificence of the room.

I hadn't seen a room as magnificent as this in about nineteen to twenty years now. I couldn't help but move around it.

I approached a door by the end of the room and out of curiosity, opened it. It led me straight to a neatly arranged office. 

"This must be the Alpha's office." I muttered and went straight to the table. I looked at the numerous parchments that were placed on it. How busy was he anyway? As far as I knew, Alphas deal with the official matters but the Betas are the ones who do most of the work, as they were the second in command to the Alphas. While they were busy attending to international matters, the Betas were to deal with matters within the pack.

Now with so much parchments on his table, does it mean there were so many international matters that he was dealing with?

One of the parchments caught my attention because of its length and I read through it. It had names of several strange people. One thing I noticed was that these names weren't for people from the same place. Eastern names were here and so were Northern names.

My gaze went up and I saw something like the title of the list. "CONTESTANTS: FOURTH MOON, EIGHT DAY"

Was there a contest going on that I wasn't aware of? If there was one, it meant there was a match today. But the question is, when and where?

Suddenly, I heard the sound of the door in the room opening. I dropped the parchment clumsily and turned around in confusion.

"Where is she?" I heard a familiar booming voice ask.