Chapter 3 The Mark

LORAINE POV

I was sent inside the Alpha King’s base under the order of the Second Beta, who had used his connection to help me work as the Alpha King’s servant.

“This is your room.” The maid who was on the task of introducing me to my work, said with a cold tone as she pointed to the small dirty room that was meant for us servants.

I looked at her and smiled politely. “Thank you.”

She rolled her eyes at me. “I don’t know what you have done. A fallen enemy from another pack managed to live and, not only that, got the chance to work under the Alpha King. Truly lucky.”

I just gave her a smile and didn’t lightly bow at her as I turned my back and went inside to my supposed-to-be room.

As soon as I opened the room, I couldn’t help but cough when the dust had spread all over my body.

I looked inside and saw that it wasn’t as dirty as I imagined it to be, but rather it was just dusty. I took out a broom, a dust fan, cleaned clothes and a basin with water and started to clean my room so that I could take a rest while processing the deal I made with the Second Beta, Kavier.

After I cleaned up my room, I set aside the cleaning tools and directly lay on the bed.

Just when I was about to close my eyes and fall asleep, someone knocked at my window, making me frown, but I was too lazy to deal with it.

I ignored it and started closing my eyes, preparing to sleep, but then the knock on my window kept on bugging me and making it hard for me to sleep with such noise. I forcibly opened my eyes and looked at the window.

My eyes widened upon seeing a black crow.

I walked towards the window and happened to see the notes that were wrapped around the crow’s legs.

I reached it and took out the notes and watched as the crow flew away. I couldn’t be bothered by it and rather I was more curious about what was inside the note for it to send to me in the middle of the night.

‘Mission: Get close with the Alpha King. Failure: Death of yourself and your adoptive parents.’

After reading the notes, I could already tell who it came from. If he thinks that threatening me with the death of my parents would get me on his knees… well…

I know they betrayed me and if it wasn’t for Kavier, who killed those thugs, for sure I wouldn’t be alive right now.

Though I really hate it when he threatens me with this, I can’t complain about it.

I gritted my teeth and was about to throw the note when suddenly it was set on fire and become ashes.

“Don’t you dare to betray me, Loraine.”

I flinched when I heard Kavier’s voice. Suddenly, I felt a chain wrapped tightly around my chest, making it so hard for me to breathe, as there was a heavy feeling around my whole body as if it was being smashed with sharp nails, which made me fall onto the ground and winced from the pain.

“Agh…”

Sweat started to come from my body as I clenched my fist in the pain. I felt a liquid slowly dripping down from my nose onto the floor, staining it red as I lay on the ground panting heavily, groaning from the pain and desperately fighting the urge to scream from the pain.

It wasn’t until the pain suddenly stopped which made me relax a bit.

I heard Kavier’s voice again. I just realize that he was communicating with me through a mind link.

“That was only level one stage of the pain. If you dare to mess up, you should know the consequences.” He coldly added, “also, don’t think that I don’t know about your suicidal tendencies. I told you; I would keep you alive, use you, and torture you bit by bit until you finally learn to be obedient.”

I bit my lower lip and panted heavily as I closed my eyes tiredly. “Why are you doing this to me?”

“I told you; you are Princess Loraine Foxx. If you remember what has happened before, for sure, it would be you who would command us to kill the Alpha King. It will be you to use us as your sword and kill the Alpha King.”

I shook my head and endured the throbbing sensation in my head. “I told you; I don’t know what you’re talking about. I am not a princess. I am just a normal civilian who comes from a lowly bloodline.”

“Think what you would like to think. Remember the mission.” Kavier coldly said.

I let out a mocking laugh. “You think that the Alpha King is dumb to not realize your movements?”

Kavier chuckled and ignored my mocks. “I have planned this for a decade now. Do you think that I am too dumb to let him realize my plans?”

I gritted my teeth and dragged my body onto the wooden bed. “I hope your plan will fail.”

“If it fails, you too will also die and everyone that you associate with knows if the Alpha King heard about us, so you had better be careful.” After he said that, the mind link had been forcibly broken, making my brows furrow from the uncomfortable feeling.

I couldn’t help but grit my teeth and endure this. No matter what path I choose, it will only lead me to a dead end anyway.

Get close to the Alpha King? He thought highly of me. A mere commoner like me who comes from the Alpha King’s enemy would only end up either ignored or killed by him.

I shook my head and closed my eyes, ignoring the burning sensation on my back. Maybe it was because of tiredness that I became too numb to feel the burning sensation on my back and felt like there was a needle carving something into me, and directly drifted from consciousness.

When I woke up, I was startled when I saw that the servants were quite busy- or more like they were in a hurry and terrified of something.

“What happened?” I couldn’t help but ask the maid who was trembling right next to me.

The maid who was named Anna trembled even more. I thought that she wouldn’t say anything to me, but she told me about the incident and why it was quite chaotic early this morning.

“W-Well, the A-Alpha King had a mark on his chest.”

My brows furrowed. “And? What about it?”

Anna looked at me as if she was looking at a dumb person. “Didn’t your school teach you that once you had a mark on your body, it meant that the Moon Goddess had already found a mate for you?”

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

Anna trembled even more and covered her mouth with her palm. “The Alpha King doesn’t believe in such things as mates and being bound by the so-called ‘bond’ and ‘mark’! He is now trying to find his ‘mate’! Besides, his fiancée was also enraged and sent her servants to find that pitiful woman!”

My brows furrowed. “So, the Alpha King was enraged at the fact that his fiancée wasn’t his mate?”

Anna glared at me. “Why are you asking such nonsense questions? Of course, he was furious! Even if they were arranged to be married, they have a good relationship with each other!”

And how am I supposed to get close to the Alpha King if he already has a fiancée? Before I could even reach the Alpha King, I would already be beaten up by his fiancée!

I snapped back to reality as Anna tugged my hands. “Stop daydreaming and let’s help in finding that woman!”

I looked at her in confusion. “How are we going to do that?”

Anna squinted her eyes at me. She’s probably dissing me in her head already.

“Of course, what else? Examine all the women in this pack and see if they have the same mark as the Alpha King!” She rolled her eyes and dragged me to help with the inspection.

Looking at the scene, I couldn’t help but feel pity for that unlucky girl who happened to be the Alpha King’s mate.