Chapter 14

Sybil’s POV

“Yes..yes, I did, not you, I did it.” The fear of her talking was making it impossible for me to think of anything other than to calm her.

I could think of something, I just had to make sure that she was handled from my end, that she wouldn’t get scared and rat me out.

Oh goddess, why didn’t I just mind my business! Why did I have to act before thinking, why? Why!

When I looked back at her, she was focused on the dead soldier even as the camp awakened, soldiers, running around trying to catch whichever unfortunate soul made it in here.

It was only a matter of time before we would get caught, correction I would be caught.

I took her by the shoulder, spun her to face me. “I did it, I killed the soldier.” I spoke slowly and made sure our eyes melted into one another. From her black eyes, I could see my own reflection, the fear clear as day in her eyes.

“But you know what, I saved you from getting raped.”

“It’s not the first time, I didn’t need your saving,” she cut in lowly. I almost punched the wall beside her, the anger and fear in me flaring.

But I took a deep breath, this would take me nowhere. The footfalls of soldiers running around made me skittish.

“Yes, but it’s just us two here. No one will know what happened to him if you don’t talk. We didn’t see anything.” I didn’t realize I was so close to her till I felt the shivering icy breath from her.

“B-but the alpha will find out,” she darted her eyes but I grabbed her head and made her look me in the eyes.

“He will not find out, he does not have supernatural powers.”

I hope I was right.

“He cannot know what he didn’t see. You didn’t see anything, I didn’t. We were walking when the werewolves broke in. The werewolves killed him. Not us,” his eyes shone with terror and I immediately corrected, “not me, me not me.”

Please just agree, please just nod yes. I watched her face as she contemplated. Her fear switched up real fast.

“Besides you don’t know me, you never saw me. You weren’t here and if you weren’t here then you didn’t see what I did, right?” I spoke slowly like I was speaking to a physically impaired child.

“Yes.”

“Right so nothing happened—“

“Up, they ran up!” A soldier barked from inside and I pushed us down to not be seen.

“Stop them, they are headed to the Alpha’s wing.”

They wanted to die, I thought of them going to Death’s wing.

“Go through the back!”

Footsteps, yelling, and the clash of swords rang all around us.

“Yes, I didn’t see anything,” she suddenly said and I almost hugged her from relief when I heard,

“What are you doing here?” The alpha’s daughter. My spine straightened like a ramrod and chills from the cold night lanced down my muscles making my legs go numb.

“The camp is under attack, what are you doing out here?” I didn’t miss the suspicious tone in her.

The girl I’d only managed to keep at bay and make her agree to my plan was once again trembling under me.

Fuck!

“That’s none of your business!” I snapped, holding tight to the servant girl. “We were cleaning, you’ll know what we were doing if you were a measly servant like the rest of us.”

Then I shot to my feet, never letting the girl’s hand go. I would never leave her to this viper and have her spew out my secret and then get me killed

“And we were just leaving.” Picking up the buckets I dragged the servant girl with me.

“Are you going to leave without completing your task?” She stared suggestively down at the water on the floor.

“It’s like you said, the camp is under attack and we have to get to our dormitory.” I didn’t wait for her to pry any further before I dragged the girl away.

Heart in my throat as I prayed that she didn’t look down the balcony. I walked past the mirror and stopped. The servant girl ran away, while I stood and watched Death’s mistress.

‘Please don’t look down, please don’t look down!” I chanted in my head. She looked around, hand on the balustrade before she spun around and walked out.

“Thank goodness!” I ran down to the servant's quarters, making sure to stay out of the soldier's path when a pair of hands dragged.

A door bang shut and Aria was staring at me, “where have you been? What are you doing outside?”

“I had some things to do,” I lied, the noise came again and I regarded her, “what’s going on outside? The noise.”

“You should be grateful they didn’t come to kill. Some spies broke in, they wanted to free an alpha in the dungeon.”

“What?

My mind flew to my father, this commotion could help the prisoners escape.

“Most have been caught, some fled. We have to stay low. How did they even make it in?”

I thought the same thing as well. It meant they had been hiding around the camp, taking note of our activities.

What if they were here to break out my father? Aria didn’t exactly know who they were here for, so what if? Just what if. He had been known for his selfishness.

“I’ll be right back!” I wrung the door open and dashed out into the aisle milling with soldiers. Death’s second in command Eris was with them.

“Search the camp, they couldn’t have gone far. Bring them all alive, if they resist, you know what to do.”

My back was to the wall, flat, with my breath in my throat. I watched as they ran out and I used this opportunity to slip in with the soldiers when I caught sight of the girl from earlier that had slipped from me.

Looking back at the soldiers going to the dungeon, I gave up my father with a sigh, “screw my life.”

I started towards the servant girl. I just had to make sure that she wouldn’t talk. Not even if The alpha’s daughter interrogated her, which I knew she would.

Hurrying down, bodies bumped into me, sending me back when I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen. I gasped as my cold cracking fear whipped me.

“For the general, bitch!” A voice whispered in my ear before slipping away.

I didn’t get to see his face as I dropped to the cold ground.

I’ve been stabbed.