Chapter 10

Maya's POV

“That's the reason why you and the alpha couldn't have mates. You were meant to be together. You both are meant for a greater cause.”

The seer's words kept repeating over and over in my head, echoing in my memory.

“Greater cause.” I scoffed. “Greater cause and he brought a woman here.”

The gossip from the maids didn't add to what I already knew.

Whoever the guest was, ‘it’ was a ‘she’. She was not related to the alpha and he was having her stay in his room.

“This is all your fault.” My wolf, Melissa warned me, but I paid her no mind.

For all I knew, I did nothing wrong but test the alpha's commitment to me. 

“I am not about to throw myself into the arms of another man and get rejected again.”

“You pushed him away and bruised his ego, of course he's going to reject you.”

Her words became too loud, they drowned out my confidence and invoked more fear in me.

“I'm sure I have nothing to do with this.” I affirmed my stance, my fist tight as my fingernails dug deep into my palm. A physical show of strength and resistance to my doubts, even though I was shivering inside.

“You better hope you don't mess this up. That will be bad.”

“I won't.”

*

The morning came and went in a blink of an eye and by noon, the alpha's guest had arrived.

The back of my heels lifted in air as I stretched beyond the barricade just to have a better look at her.

Blonde hair. Long legs. Confident stride and a sophisticated aura. 

Those were what I took from her walking towards the house but aside from that, I couldn't make out her face, her name or who she was.

“You can tell she's not related to him from what she's wearing.”

Melissa told me.

My vision closed in on her as I watched to see what she had on.

A barebacked jumped that had cut deep into her waist, exposing her beautiful toned back and giving figure to her curves and that tiny waist. Her skin was shining too, almost like she was glistening and the way her hair danced around as she strode in, she looked like a woman with commanding presence.

One fit for an alpha king like Alpha Williams.

My stomach tightened as my chest dipped into it.

I was toast.

“She could be his mate.”

“No. She can not be.” I sneered at the possibility, forcing myself to push away Melissa's doubts.

She was long gone inside by the time I recovered from my thoughts. I peeked again over the balcony but I could only see the line of maids that followed her.

I returned inside, collapsing in my bed, I pressed my eyes shut, forcing myself to sleep.

But sleep was far gone, the struggles to keep my eyes shut only made sleep evade me the more.

Fed up, I shot up from bed, willing myself to the bathroom as I threw water on my face.

The feel of cold water jiggled my eyes wide, shocking me back to reality and reactivating my brain.

I could think.

“Let's go see her.” Melissa suggested.

My eyes widened in shock as a gasp escaped my lips. “What? Why?! No!”

“Why not?!” Melissa shadowed onto the mirror. I had just learnt, at that instant that my wolf could come out of my body into the mirror and speak to me.

A superpower I never knew I had.

“Aren't you curious about who she is? Don't you want to know.”

“I don't…no wait.” The shock of seeing her in the mirror, face to face with me whilst we were talking about William's guest forced gibberish out of my mouth.

“I mean I do but Williams might be mad.”

“It won't matter much if you cant tell who his guest is, will it? You've already ruined your chance with the alpha, wouldn't you want to know how to remedy it?”

Melissa made sense and at the end, she had me convinced.

With a deep sigh, I forced myself out of the bathroom and into the wardrobe.

Looking into what I'd packed from my pack, I realized I didn't have much. No new dresses or shoes and the ones I had before didn't quite leave an impression when I wore them.

At the end, I walked out of my room looking just the way a maid would look, only without an apron.

As I browsed round the living room, I noticed the maids deep in work. They were many of them, tearing through wrappers, unboxing gifts and taking out clothes, shoes and sets from other bags.

The guest, whoever she was, travelled with a lot. My stomach dropped again, my breath hitched at the thought of her staying for a while.

Maybe I did mess up when I said that to the alpha. It was time to apologize at once and I had to do so quickly.

With my breathing unsteady, I rushed down the staircase and into the hallway that led to the alpha's room.

At the end of the hallway, I smelled my mate, his scent distinct and inviting. He had to be in his room, preparing to receive his guest.

A smile broadened on my lips as I replayed what I was going to do. The dramatic entry I was going to make.

I would kneel to the floor once I was inside, clenching to the Alpha’s knees as I tore into tears, pleading for him to forgive me for what I said. The alpha would agree, he would be reluctant but eventually, alpha Williams would say yes, lift me up and kiss me in his arms.

That was my plan but destiny had a different plan for me when I pushed open the door without a warning and stepped inside.

My jaw dropped at the sight of the figure laying on his bed, relaxed and dressed in lingerie.

I parted my lips to speak but the words rolled back down to my throat, my heart pounding with my eyes widened.

Was that…Wasn't that my sister?

“Sarah?”

Sarah turned her head in my direction.

“Dearest sister…. We meet again.”