Take her to the Dungeons

NOVA'S POV

The guards threw me to the Alpha’s feet the minute they brought me into his presence.

"I thought you escaped the pack with my heir,” Alpha Ethan said with a bitter scoff.

I looked up at him, noticing Aubrey, his new bride, the one who had now taken my place, sitting right next to him.

But instead of bitterness to stir in my heart, I felt joy.

Joy that it wouldn’t be long before I left this goddess-forsaken pack and formed a new alliance for myself with people who might come to care for me. Or not.

Either way, any place was better than being here.

“Congratulations on your union, your grace,” I said, lowering my head to humor him.

He let out a hollow snort. “You should be glad that my mate was lenient enough to let you stay back at the pack house till you deliver my heir.”

He leaned into me, his nose close to my face.

“After all of this is over, I will make sure you pay dearly for all of your sins. Take her away from me,” he commanded one of the guards, his tone dripping with condescension.

“Oh, my love. I can’t believe you were about to get married to a lowlife like her. She is so worthless,” I heard Aubrey say with condescension as I was led out of the throne room.

I was led back to my tiny room in the pack house. As I sat on my bed, replaying everything that had happened to me that day, my eyes fell on the ring that Alpha Draco had given to me earlier.

A faint smile spread across my lips as I twirled it on my finger. It won’t be long now till I am finally reunited with him. All I have to figure out is how to leave this pack with my child when I deliver.

“Why are you smiling?” I heard someone say, the voice jolting me out of my brief reprieve.

I looked up to find Aubrey hovering above me, a sinister grin on her face.

“What is the source of your excitement? I am certain that there is room for me to join in your joy.”

My lips pressed into a tight line. “It’s nothing. You should learn to mind your business.” I was surprised at the tone of my voice, but I didn’t take my words back.

She scoffed bitterly, a scowl appearing on her face. “You should be grateful that I let you stay in the pack house even though I know that you are nothing but a whore who seduced my mate just so that he can get you pregnant.”

No one would ever know the truth of what happened the night I slept with Alpha Ethan, and I was determined to keep it that way, as I didn’t want to ruin his reputation.

“What are you doing here?” I asked her, sticking my chin out to maintain a firm stance. “Someone like you shouldn’t come to this side of the pack house.”

Her face scrunched in disgust. “You should mind the way you speak to me. I am now the Luna of this pack, and I won’t hesitate to punish you for your indiscretions.”

I lowered my head. “Forgive me, your grace.”

A scoff escaped her, and then a chuckle. “I came to deliver the news to you,” she said, her voice rising with suspicious excitement.

I lifted my head, my face wrinkling with confusion. “What news?”

“The news that beginning from today, you would serve as my maid in this pack,” she said, a wicked smile adorning her thin lips.

I couldn’t believe what she was saying. Her maid?

“I am almost due to deliver. I doubt that you want someone like me to tend to you,” I told her, hoping to remind her of how ridiculous this sounded.

She sauntered to the other side of the room, scrunching her nose as though she had just encountered a bad stench at that corner.

“Unless you want to defy the orders of your alpha and, in turn, face the consequences of doing so, I advise you to report to my chambers first thing in the morning. I will have a list of duties waiting for you by that time.”

I forced a tight smile at her, eager to get her to leave my room. I needed the peace her absence would provide me.

“Your wish is my command, your grace,” I said, dipping my neck in reverence.

She chuckled dryly, her body turning for the door, but she never moved.

“What is that on your finger?” she asked, taking a step back and yanking my hand up to look at it. “Where did you get this from?” she asked, scanning the ring Alpha Draco gave me closely. “You thief, you stole this jewelry from me.”

I choked back my laugh. “I haven’t even reported to your chambers yet. How is it possible that I stole this from you?” I asked her, finding her accusations very funny.

“I will make you pay for this,” she said, a hideous expression on her face. She turned to the door. “Guards.”

“I didn’t steal this from you,” I said, yanking my hand away from her. My hand mistakenly flew to her face, knocking her over.

The guards entered just as she fell to the floor. One of them rushed to help her up while the other one rushed to me, pinning me to the wall.

“I want her locked up,” Aubrey screamed, her eyes shooting daggers at me. “Take her to the dungeons.”