Millicent's POV
I had just taken out the dirty laundry and proceeded to separate them into the different washing basins when I heard my name.'Millicent', the voice was really close and I swung round to see who the caller was, I hadn't known that someone else was behind the courtyard, with me. The courtyard was where I liked washing.It was a voice that commanded respect and brooked no disobedience. Before I even saw his face, I already knew it was Alpha Sylvester.'Yes?' I answered.'Is that any way to speak to your Alpha?' he asked, his voice thunderous. 'Add Alpha to your utterance whenever you address me!''Yes, Alpha!' I said, not really showing much remorse.I will not call you Alpha if I can get away with it, despite your maltreatment of me because I know you do not deserve that title. You have not earned it as far as I am concerned, I thought to myself.You are the cause of my predicament - you orchastred my loss - and hence do not deserve any respect or reverence from me. I was secretly rebellious. I, had at first shown my rebellion, not being afraid of what he might do to me. I wanted him to end my torture so that I could be with my family wherever they were in the afterlife but as time went on, I grew wiser, feeling that my parents' deaths could not go unavenged. I therefore, adopted a servile attitude and it made the Alpha happy but sometimes, I forget myself and would not call him by his title.'Immediately after doing the laundry, report in throne room for an important instruction', he said and without waiting for my response, he left.'Immediately after doing the laundry, report in the throne room for instructions!' I mimicked him, eyeing him with the deep loathing I feel for him.It gave me great satisfaction to defy him in some way, even if it was only in secret. I took my time with the laundry but I could not postpone going to him for the instructions forever.I went in to see the Alpha as instructed but met him in a hot embrace with Cathania. They were kissing brazenly and Sylvester's hand was inside her dress. I stood there waiting. Disgusted with the scene before me. I stared fixedly at the wall, wondering if he had called me here for the express reason to make me watch how he made out with his girlfriend. I could not endure the repulsive scene before me any longer and produced a little cough to alert them of my presence when they seemed to be so absorbed in each other that they couldn't sense or smell my presence.'Jeez', Cathania swore as she jerked away from her lover, straightening her dress. Sylvester had had his hands deep inside her, and her moans had prevented them from hearing me approach. 'Can you not knock?''I did but you were obviously too busy to hear', I retorted, my disgust evident in my voice and face.'You will mind how you speak to me', she shouted at me.Ignoring her, 'You asked me to see you', I said facing Alpha Sylvester.' You asked me to see you, Alpha. Add Alpha', Cathania corrected furiously, looking from the indifferent expression on my face to Sylvester, and wondering why he put up with my insolence.I kept looking at the Alpha as his eyes darkened in anger. I cared less. I was tired and not ready to care if my attitude annoyed anyone or not, definitely not the spoilt daughter of a warrior.'Millicent, I will not remind you to address me properly in future', he said in a deadly voice. 'If I do, then, that will be the last time you use your ears, because I shall cut them off!'Be careful, Millicent! I advised myself.'I'm sorry, Alpha Sylvester, I did not mean to antagonize you', I said meekly. 'You sent for me. You intimated that it was very urgent'.'I am throwing a party to announce my engagement to Cathania in a week', he said. 'I have told your Omega Lilian about it. She will intimate you on what your tasks will be'. He waved her off dismissively.I nodded and bowing, left his presence, but not before seeing the smug look Cathania gave me. Did she think I was jealous of her engagement to Sylvester? Or was she trying to make me realise that my fate would worsen once she became Luna?Omega Lilian was the head Omega. She took her position too seriously and though she was fair to me, the other Omegas were not. They took advantage of my fragile look and bullied me. I had accepted that before now because I had nobody in the world and did not feel like continuing in this world but my attitude changed over time but by then they were already used to my docile acceptance of their bullying.I walked from the throne room to the Omega's quarters, and located Lilian speaking to a group of Omegas and waited at a respectable distance, waiting for her to finish addressing them, so I could approach her for instructions concerning the damn engagement party.'What are you doing listening in on us?', Shannon, one of the bully omegas asked eyeing me. 'Were you not taught by your parents that eavesdropping on your elders is bad manners?'I could feel my anger growing. How dare the pig, mention my parents. I had just come from the throne room where Cathania had irked me and here was this fool adding salt to my injury.I looked at Shannon angrily, but kept quiet.'Why are you starring at me like that?' she demanded. 'You have started growing wings. You are just the maid of the Alpha but recently, you have started behaving as though you are his mate. He will never bring himself so low as to make you his bedmate, if that is what you are trying for'.I wondered why she would think that. But I did not dwell too much on that as I could no longer control the anger I had been repressing, and leapt from where I was standing, onto her, pushing her to the ground. I gave her a punch on the face and kept hitting her anywhere my hand connected with.The others were shocked, I heard their gasp, they had never seen me behave in such a violent and aggressive manner. They had always taken me for granted, bullying me into doing their chores and I had not complained and they had thought it was out of my fear of them. They could see now, hopefully, that was obviously, not the case. That submission and compliance did not necessarily depict weakness.It was Lilian who recovered first. 'Millicent! Stop it, this instant!' she bellowed but I was past caring and continued hitting and clawing Shannon till hands pulled me away from the coward bully who was whimpering on the ground.Slap! On my cheek, it was from Lilian.'You know it is against the pack laws to fight without cause in this quarters. Why did you break the rule?'I rubbed her cheek with my hand, it stung but I didn't mind the pain because I was still seething. I looked around to see that a little crowd that gathered to watch the entertainment. Some of the men had were smiling at me with a kind of grudging admiration as we're some of the women, while others were looking daggers at me like they wanted to beat me to death. The men walked away as soon as the fight ended but the Omegas continued whispering among themselves.'She asked for it', I replied. 'She's had it coming for a long time now'.'Stop that and tell me why you fought her, or I will not only punish you severely, but Alpha Sylvester will hear of it and I need not tell you how angry he would be'.'He sent me to you for instructions concerning his forthcoming engagement', I explained. 'You were addressing them when I got here, I stood here waiting for you to be through so I could be told what my duties were to be on that day, when she started picking on me. As if that wasn't enough, she had to mention my parents as well. You teach us respect here in the quarters. Are my parents not worthy of being shown some respect by her?' I heaved, still visibly vexed by the slight I perceived had been thrown on my late parents.Lilian knew I was right. 'But that was no way to show your displeasure', she scolded me. 'Shannon, you did wrong, disrespecting her parents', she told her. 'I do not want a repeat of this occurrence. Is that clear?' she asked, looking at the both of us.'Yes ma'am, we both said simultaneously.'Else, the both of you will be severally punished', Lilian continued as though we had not spoken.. 'Even now, I shall give you some task as a form of punishment to serve as a deterrent to others!'Shannon eyed me as she stood from the ground and was dusting herself. 'You will regret raising your hand to me!' she threatened, and I merely wrinkled my nose at her, already walking away with Lilian as I received instructions on what my duties were before and on the engagement day. Shannon was already out of my mind- she was the least of my problems.Every Omega, in fact every wolf always wondered how it would be like on their eighteenth birthday. That was the age when they officially came into their wolf.My eighteenth birthday was fast approaching and I was no different. I prayed to the moon goddess.'Oh goddess, you have not been fair to me, you blessed me with everything and then took everything away from me', I said as I recalled my mother falling with her her unborn son, throat bitten off, and my father lying in the pool of his own blood as the life drained out of him.I sniffed and looked up, to stop the tears falling. 'You allowed me to be orphaned and all I hold dear taken from me. I am asking for a very strong wolf on my eighteenth birthday, to enable me work out my revenge on my enemy'.The day of my eighteen birthday dawned and I longed for a work - free day to help me celebrate in private this special day. But did I say a work - free day? Was it going to be possible since my birthday coincided with the engagement party
My mood was spoilt and this was as a result of that frustrating discussion I had with Alpha Sylvester. It nearly caused me, my usual dip in the stream but I refused to be sorrowful. So I discarded my clothes and into the stream I walked, splashing, determined not to permit myself any depressing thought. My wolf was laughing as we had fun splashing around in the water.'Hope you have started your chores?' The voice permeated my consciousness, making me stop my thrashing in the water and look around but seeing no one, I realised that Alpha Sylvester had spoken to me through mind - link. The fun went out of my bath and I stepped out of the stream, down cast.'Cheer up. It is not all bad', wolf Milly said.I ignored her. Afterall, she was happy to have that God forsaken Alpha as her mate but I was not going to accept that except there was something in it for me - some way I could use it to my own advantage and work my vengeance on him. But how could my wolf and I have contrary feelings co
Alpha Sylvester's POVHer reaction was totally unexpected and disturbing. What is wrong with Millicent? I thought, as I watched her walk away with her head held high. It almost felt like she was happy to be exiled. Why should she when she had no where to go? She had not gone out of the Pack since I brought her here.'And why not?' Ezra my wolf challenged. 'You have not given her a reason to want to remain here with us'.'And I do not want to', I said irritably. 'She has to suffer for what her father did to me!''Listen to yourself! You sound like a broken record. Repeating yourself all over again. Why must she suffer for the crimes of her father? She is not her father afterall and may not be aware she is paying for her father's sins!' Ezra was really furious. I knew it was because he hadn't wanted Millicent out of our territory, because he still considered her our mate and harboured the hope that I might change my mind and claim her.'I understand how you feel Ezra, but you must reali
Millicent's POV I went about my duties as though nothing out of place had happened. My wolf was wounded by Sylvester's rejection. I know that wolf Milly had looked forward to being with the Alpha but thank goodness, it had not worked out that way but I still feel for my wolf and this was another case against Sylvester. He had hurt my wolf by breaking the wolf bond between us.I was asked to serve at the party. I had wanted to come to the party with any cloth I could lay my hands on. I was not particular about clothes in any case, but, Samantha would hear none of it.'I am supposed to work the party', I insisted.'So?' she asked her friend.'So, there's no need over dressing for the occasion ', I said reasonably. 'I will end up getting stained in any case and the cloth will be ruined. I am a maid, let me dress like a maid!' I insisted.'Okay. Then be a well dressed maid at this particular party. Aren't you supposed to be the personal maid to the Alpha? Then make the guest realise that
Third Person POVBefore going to dress up for the party, Millicent had made sure that the hall was set in a manner befitting a great Alpha. She had not done it to please him but just as a duty. She hadn't done it alone though. Decorators had been invited but she had been present to assist and her ideas had really helped to make the outcome more breathtaking.Now that the party was in full swing, she found that she was growing impatient. She wanted to be gone from this place and see what she could make of her life to enable her fulfill her life's purpose.Millicent moved about, serving drinks and food. There were alot of invited guests. Most of whom were Alphas from other packs. Some came with their Lunas, while others came alone with the intension to mate with any of the women in the pack that they took a fancy to before returning home to their Lunas.Alpha Sylvester was happy at how everything was going. He had become engaged to Cathania, his first love and the daughter of his father
Alpha Sylvester tried to control himself and his wolf who was getting really anxious watching Beta Dan dance with Millicent and taunted Sylvester.'Look how happy she looks. She is really enjoying his company. I could have made her happier if you had not rejected her!' his wolf said.'Everyone present here, including my father have all seen the engaged man ogling his own maid when his fiancee was seated right next to him!' Cathania sulked.'Shut up! Sylvester bellowed both to his wolf and Cathania, but the sound of the music prevented anyone from hearing him apart from those he had been speaking to, though he couldn't have cared less. It was his pack and he could do as he pleased in it. He owed no one any apologies nor explanations, especially not his future in - laws. He didn't need them, he was already very strong to take on any adversary. All the neighbouring packs feared him, His in - laws were the people who needed his influence.He looked at the scene for a while and fortunately
Millicent's POV'What if I claim you now before you go on exile, what would you do?' Alpha Sylvester's words rang in my ears like loud sounding gongs. My eyes widened in fear. I do not want that - I do not want that at all. Dear moon goddess, do not allow him do this, I prayed silently, my mind in disarray, my thoughts jumbled with dread.Alpha Sylvester pushed himself closer to me and plastered me more firmly to the wall. I could feel his arousal pressing against my v- region.'Since you are on heat, and you are mine anyways, I could oblige you, as a send off souvenir from me to you', he said. 'And a birthday gift, all in one. It is your birthday afterall. What better gift to give you but a pleasurable one?'My heart started thumping, not from desire but from increased fear. I was hyperventilating. I was screaming, 'No!' in my head. I felt nauseated and wanted to push him away but I knew that my push would do nothing against his superior strength and it might just antagonize him fur
Sylvester's POV 'You have always been so full of yourself', I said to her, looking at her with mischief. 'What if I were to claim you, what would you do then?'I saw her eyes widened in fear. But she immediately looked down shuttering her eyes from me so I could not read her reaction. By the time she looked at me again, the fear was gone and her head was held high. Proud vixen! I thought. I shall shatter your pride now!I drew her close, plastered her to the wall and was going to claim her lips so I could start my ministrations, knowing that no matter how she struggled, I could easily overpower her. She did not struggle, which surprised me or did she want it as much as I did? I thought in amusement.But her next words disabused me of such thoughts.'If you claim me, you might have to make me your Luna', she said, calmly like she knew what she was saying and couldn't care less.I have learnt how to control my wolf but it seemed to be defiling me and overreacting. The lust I felt was ov