03 I guess I would be a bad girl now

Willow,

Christopher held his chest, and I touched mine but remained on my feet. His eyes asked me why but I did not care. He was going to do it to please his Luna anyway, so this was the first step to ending it.

"Why?" Christopher linked me, and I knew it was because he did not want his luna to hear. It would have been great to tell him it was because I knew that was what he was going to do, but that would be stupid, so I said the only plausible thing I could think of.

"I was late, you are already with someone, and it is clear you love each other. I would not want to come between the two of you or cause any problems between you and her highness," I said, and he was stunned, and I saw he was conflicted.

"I accept," he said with difficulty, but the bond did not break completely. We were somehow still tied together, and I wondered why.

"We have to do this publicly for everyone to see," Aida said, and Christopher shook his head.

"There is no need," he said with difficulty, "she isn't even interested in the bond, Aida; there is no need to show my rejection to the public," he said and looked at me, "leave."

I thanked him and Aida respectfully and left his office. I could not believe that things had just happened differently. I could not believe I would not be publicly humiliated like in my previous life.

"He knows we are still connected. The look on his face was priceless; You see," Raya said in my head.

"We can beat this and succeed," she added, and I rolled my eyes and went to my room.

Entering my room, I began to laugh with relief. The pain of the rejection was there, and the half-bond was there, but it was a win nonetheless. In the past, I returned to the room and wept, but here I was, laughing. It felt so good. I was glad to have gotten through the mess.

Ingrid came to get me the next morning to serve breakfast. I followed her quietly. She wasn't pretty; her eyes were too close together, and she had thin nonexistent lips. I knew she envied me for my beauty. I couldn't be mad. I had plans for all of them. I was going to make them regret everything they did to me.

I walked behind Ingrid, submissive and attentive.

"You will be part of the servers. You are not allowed to sit anywhere, and you will only eat after the alpha, luna, beta, gamma, delta, and warriors have eaten," She said, and I bowed my head. I had plans for her.

We walked into the massive dining hall, and I saw Christopher and his Beta, Gamma, Delta and Luna, sitting at a high table. I did not let my gaze linger so it would not seem like I wanted him. I only looked to be sure he was there so that what I would do next would catch his eyes. I served the meals diligently and did not look at the high table once. I felt Christopher's eyes on me, but I never looked at him. I moved quickly, and when it was time to serve the tables before the high table, I deliberately stumbled on the hem of the big sack they gave me to wear and burnt my arm with the tea, spilling the food on the floor. I immediately knelt and began to clean the rubbish, pleading with anyone who could listen to forgive me. I knew the alpha could see me, but I never looked up. Ingrid walked to where I was as I had hoped she would and whipped me with the horsewhip she always had with her during service. She never used it in the presence of Alpha Christopher, but I knew she would get carried away and feel it was okay to use it on me because I was an outsider. She said that a lot in the past.

In the past, she had hit me in secret severally and warned me not to tell the alpha; that was how I knew he wasn't supposed to know about it. I always avoided being clumsy, so I don't get whipped. I planned on getting beaten to get what I wanted this time, which was a wardrobe change, and I knew my action would make her forget herself and use her whip on me. If I wanted my time there easier, I needed to incapacitate her and have some liberty; this was me doing just that. She whipped me, and I pleaded with her loudly, explaining that the dress was too big and it made me stumble and fall. Soon I heard a loud growl from the high table. I felt his rage through our half-connection, but I never looked in his direction.

"Is this how you treat the workers, Ingrid?" he yelled at her. "If you had given her proper clothes, she would not trip and fall. Let this be the last time you use a whip on any worker. They are workers, not slaves," he said, and Ingrid kowtowed and pleaded; I did not look at him. I ignored the alpha entirely and did not look at him. I knew it bothered him.

"Follow me," Ingrid said as gently as she could, and I stood up.

"After she has eaten," I heard Alpha Christopher say. I followed Ingrid to the food table, and she served my plate with lots of good food. I thanked her and held it in my hands to eat.

"You can sit to eat," She said, and I shook my head.

"Servants can't sit when their masters are seated. I will stand. Thank you for the kindness, Ingrid," I said, and I could see the anger in her eyes, but she dared not say or do anything rude.

"If you do not sit, Alpha will think I stopped you, and it will get me in trouble," She said, and I decided to sit on a chair close to the food table.

"You should sit at a better table, Willow," I heard Christopher's voice in my head.

"I am grateful for your kindness, alpha, but I cannot sit at a better table here. I am a servant. It will be wrong and send the wrong message, and I do not want anyone to think I am getting preferential treatment. I am an ordinary servant. Please, alpha, allow me to sit where I am and eat," I pleaded with him, and I heard his growl in my head, but he didn't say anything else again.

I wolfed the food and left the table. I thanked Ingrid, and she led me to where they would change my clothes.

Like the other servants, I was given fitted clothes that showed my curves. I had a beautiful figure, and I knew it.

Luna Aida would not worry about me because I had rejected the alpha in her presence. I knew my strategy worked because he paid me attention throughout the dining hall incident. I planned on getting close to Christopher and exposing Aida and Mark. It was for his good.

I packed my dark hair in a ponytail, making my pretty face more pronounced. I had dark raven hair, beautiful doe eyes, plump lips, and a small nose. I was beautiful, and I knew it. It was also one of the reasons why Luna Aida had issues with me. But now that I showed no interest in her husband, she would let me be, and it would afford me time to do what I needed.

"Are you sure this is okay?" I asked Ingrid, and she nodded.

"It is the same thing all the servants wear," She responded, so it did not feel special, but I could see the envy in her eyes.

It was an A-line long skirt with a short-sleeved fitted blouse that showed cleavage. The skirt's waistband showed my tiny waist, and we were given gladiator sandals to wear about the place. It was better than the sack gown given to me.

Looking at the time on the wall clock, I knew there would be harvesters in the garden, and I also knew Christopher and his high-ranking officers would be training there. I waited for Ingrid to give me the work options.

"What am I supposed to do now?" I asked, and I knew she would give me two options, clean the alpha's office or work in the garden; in the past, I opted to clean the alpha's office with the hope he would be there and catch him alone. I was stupid. He wasn't there because he was training in the field by the garden.

"I do not want to go to the alpha's office; I will be intruding. I just came. Send me to the garden to work with the harvesters, please," I said to Ingrid, and she was surprised but nodded and asked another server going to the garden to take me there.

The name of the servant was Leeana, and she could be trusted. She was my friend, and she lost her life for it. I had to hold my emotions when I saw her.

We walked through the field, and I felt the eyes of the high-ranking officers on me. I knew Christopher was there, but I did not look at him.

"Focus!" I heard him command his officers, and I would have laughed under a different circumstance, but I couldn't now.

We got to where the lettuce was, and Leeana and I began to harvest them.

"Willow, you are gorgeous," She confessed. "The officers stopped their training with alpha to admire you," she said, and I shook my head, pretending to be innocent.

"I did not notice, but I believe they were looking at you, Leeana," I said, and she giggled, blushing. I bent to show more cleavage, and I felt a growl in my head. I knew who it was, so I looked up to see alpha Christopher shoot daggers at me with his eyes.

I bowed my head to greet him and moved to another field to continue my work. I was getting all the reactions that I wanted. Being good never paid off in the past; I guess I would be a bad girl now.