Chapter 6

For a while, I tarried behind her and she turned back to face me after she took a few steps away.

“You are new here so I will only be saying this once.” She said.

Although she sounded old as expected from a woman as old as her but there was a visible trail of hoarseness as her voice emerged as a dry croak which made my fingers trembled.

She took a minute before she continued with the same tone, “I do not repeat myself to slaves so you had better do whatever I ask of you once, is that clear?”

I had just met her for the first time but I was sure that she was not taking her words lightly and from my precious encounter with their Alpha, I knew what could be the consequence of not listening to the instructions given around here and I do not want to have another experience of what the Alpha did to me.

I nodded slowly to give an affirmative response to what she said and she scoffed with the disgusted look still on her face.

Without any other word, she turned and started to work out of the room. I needed no further instructions on what to do and I quietly stood up to follow her while trying to cover my bare body with my hands.

As we walked down the passage, the servants that went past us all gave reference to the woman and I quickly got to know that she is the head of the servants in the palace and I guessed she have been serving there for a long time.

There were giggles from the servants as we walked past them; I knew that I was the object of their mockery and some even went as far as pointing at me. I was so embarrassed that my legs became too heavy to take steps but there was no stopping and I could only wish that we get wherever the woman was talking me to soon before I die of shame.

It was a long hall but considering the size of the palace, it was just expected to be as long, looking like a non ending one.

We had passed a number of corners that I believed led to rooms and when we got to one corner with an old door, she stopped abruptly and I did too. She unlocked the door and kept the key back in her apron dashing my expectation of her giving the key to me so I can have my privacy in the room.

“This will be your room.” She said with her frightening voice and I fidgeted.

Her resounding footsteps echoed in my ears as she turned and walked away leaving me standing to wonder what next to do but as I could not keep standing there naked and with the servants’ eyes peering at me, I pushed open the door which opened with a creak and what I saw in the room as the door gave way was not what I could ever think of.

The room was an old store that I am sure has not been used for years. Cobwebs and dust covered every inch of the room which made me cough as soon as I set a foot into the room. Rodents were running around in the room and their droppings were here and there. As tired as I was, I began to clean the room since I had no choice and had to make do with what I was given.

It was a very tiring work and it took me hours before I could spruce up the place to a habitable one. I could not get rid of the rodents but I found their holes and made it a point to block them later on. The bed there looks old and I covered it with a bedspread I found in the little cupboard placed in the room.

After I looked around and was satisfied with the work I have done, I sighed and proceeded to lie on the bed with the hope of getting a little sleep, I really needed it after all I had gone through today but no sooner had I laid down that the door opened again and I jumped up at the suddenness. It was a female servant and she had some clothes with a pair of flats in her hands. She looks younger than the old woman who had taken me to my room earlier; just about the same age as Valerie.

“Hey, new girl. Come over here.” She addressed me nonchalantly and walked into the room with little steps as though she was being careful not to stain herself by coming in contact with any item from the room, they all appeared to be filthy to her.

I dragged myself up and went up to her, stood before her with my eyes fixed on the ground. I felt really awkward as I did not know what to do but still did not want to piss her off.

Without a word, she stretched her hands with the clothes and flats towards me but before I could take them, she dropped them to the ground and I quickly bent to pick them up, wiping away the dust on them with my hands. I could hear her scoff.

“You have thirty minutes to dress up and come before the Alpha, he requests your presence.” She instructed and slammed the door hard behind her as she went back out of the room.

From what I had seen since the moment I arrived in Klein’s palace, it was obvious that my days here will be filled with troubles and I have to be very careful not to step out of line with anyone as they all appeared to be hostile, just like their Alpha.

The shower in the small bathroom still works and I was a little bit relieved when I stepped under the cold water running down my body but there was not time to enjoy the shower, I only had less than thirty minutes to get ready and appear before Klein; the thought of seeing him again made me shiver but there was nothing I could do about it.

I quickly put on the dress that I was given and it was a perfect size. It was the same as those of the other servants and I could not feel bad about it; after all, I was sold to him so as to serve as a servant in his palace.

His beta and the old woman were with him when I got to his presence. His eyes looked like they were piercing right through the dress I was putting on and I clutched tight to the side of the dress. He looked at me with such wickedness in his eyes that made me just want to disappear into thing air.

He stood up and walked towards me with slow steps which made my heart beat faster against my chest as my mind ran across different things on what he could be up to next and it really made me scared for myself.