Chapter 6

Willow POV

I jump out of my cot shaking my head out to clear my thoughts. I look towards the door where the banging is coming from.

“Be there in a moment,” I call out towards the door.

I quickly go to get dressed even though my underwear and bra are not dry. I head towards the door. As I go grab the handle it is ripped open. I feel as my head jerks to the right. I blink my eyes confused until the stinging begins. I realize that I have just been slapped. I swallow the lump in my throat as my eyes begin to water. I lower my eyes as my body begins to tremble waiting for my punishment.

“You lazy bitch do you think you get the day off. You're supposed to already be upstairs cleaning breakfast is over. They have been looking for you. Hurry up and get up there!” The guard snarls as he steps closer.

I flinch when he is inches from me. I start to feel myself panicking. I know what he is capable of. I keep my eyes glued to the floor.

“Are you deaf or something?!?? Why are you still here?!?! I said hurry up!!” He says as he grips my hair and throws me out the door.

I hit the wall crumbling to the floor. I quickly roll over to get up. I know I am in pain but it does not feel too bad with my adrenaline pumping. I quickly get to my feet and rush towards the stairs.

When I get to the stairs I run up them to hurry to get to the kitchen. I take the stairs two at a time. If I can get there quick enough maybe I will not be punished when I get back by the guards. As I almost make it to the last step I feel a sharp pain shoot up from my foot.

“AAAAHHH!“ I cry out as I fall to my knees. I look down and see that a rusted nail is sticking up through the stairs. It is stuck in my left foot. I outgrew my shoes years ago so I don’t have any shoes. I look at my bare foot and I know what I have to do. I have to hurry to the kitchen so I brace myself and take a deep breath. I quickly rip my foot off the nail. I bit my lip as I hold in my screams. My eyes swell up with tears but I quickly wipe them away before they can fall. I take a few quick breathes as I try to stand. The pain is excruciating as I put weight on my left side. I hobble up the last couple of steps paying careful attention to any nails. As I walk through the doors I try to quickly go towards the kitchen. I know I am making a mess with my blood and I will be in trouble for it but maybe I can get it cleaned up before anyone notices.

When I walk into the kitchen and glance around I see that it is empty except for the head Omega Carol. She is an old lady I believe to be in her mid-50s. She has a scowl on her face when she notices me.

“Why do you have to be so lazy sometimes? Do you realize how late you are? I shouldn’t even give you the leftovers from breakfast today.” She says as she looks at me sternly. She is not normally mean to me. As long as I do my work we don’t really talk ever. It’s only when I have done something wrong that she speaks to me.

I lower my eyes to the ground. “I’m sorry I seem to have lost track of time,” I say softly. Although, I do not have anything with me in my cell to tell me the time my internal clock works well enough. I’m normally not late for anything I am almost always on time.

“Well, maybe you have too much time on your hands. I will have to talk to the Alpha King about that. For now, just hurry and get your duties for the day done.” She says as she gets ready to leave.

I quickly go to the sink to begin the dishes. As I limp over I see Carol staring intently at me.

“What is wrong with you?” She asks as she looks at me curiously.

“What do you mean ma’am?” I say with my attention on the dishes. When she doesn’t respond for a few minutes I glance over at her. I see that she is looking at the bloody footprints I tracked in. “I will be sure to clean it all up quickly.”

I turn to begin cleaning the floor instead but she puts her hand up to halt my movement. I stare at her confused.

“It makes no sense for you to clean this you will just make this dirty again. You need to wrap your foot first.” She waves me over as she turns to leave. I follow her as she walks towards her office in the back of the kitchen.

She unlocks the door and motions towards a chair in front of her desk. I have only been to her office a few times. It is small and does not have much just a desk with an older computer. An old plastic chair that looks like it came from a school cafeteria. Not that I would know since I have never been to school.

I quickly sit down and glance around not sure what I am supposed to be doing. Carol rummages around her desk drawers. She seems to have found what she is looking for as she grabs something and hands it to me. I look at it and realize that it is gauze. I take it from her and mumble a quick thank you. As I wrap my foot I can feel her staring at me.

“So how did you hurt your foot?” She says after a while.

“Coming up the stairs there was a loose nail. I clumsily stepped on it on my way in.” I say as I blush thinking how stupid I sound. She doesn’t say anything. When I finish I hand her back the gauze.

“Keep it. I have no use for it. Most of us have our wolf and we can go to the pack doctor if we need to.” She says with a wave of her hand.

“Thank you. I will go and clean up everything now.” I say as I turn towards the door. She doesn’t say anything so I head out. As I am walking back I notice that I do not see any bloody footprints.

‘That’s odd.’

I walk back to the dungeon stairs and don’t see a drop of blood.

‘Oh someone must have been kind enough to clean it for me.’

As I return to the kitchen I see a plate wrapped up with my name on it. It is placed on the kitchen island. I go over and see it is a big plate of breakfast. I smile as I realize it must have been Carol. She must have told an Omega to clean up everything and make me a plate.

Maybe the old bag has more of a soft spot than I thought. I smile at the thought.

I quickly eat the food. It tasted heavenly. Since I am the last to eat there are some days I do not get to because all the food is gone. That’s normally dinner and lunch though. I always try to savor the meals because I am not sure if I will eat again.

When I finish eating I go over to the sink and finish washing the dishes. As I am cleaning the dishes. I find my mind drifting towards Greyson. I didn’t know him but felt I could trust him. He makes me feel safe.

‘Could he be my mate?’

I have never wanted a mate. The mate bond sucks and it kills. With my father having Alpha blood I know that I most likely will have a high-ranking mate. Since everyone thinks I’m just some rouge I will become a mistress. I could not survive it.

With Greyson as a mate, I think I would enjoy it. He would not have to choose a mate. We could be together as a normal couple. Greyson is really sweet he would make a great mate. I blush at the thought of him being my mate.

I quickly finish the kitchen as I try to keep my mind off of Greyson. After making sure the kitchen was perfectly clean and prepping for lunch I head to the laundry area. We have large industrial washer machines and dryers. With the size of them, I am normally able to finish nine loads in 4-5 hours. I quickly start some loads before heading upstairs to begin cleaning the Beta’s floor.

I leave the laundry area and head to the servant's stairs. I go up the four flights of stairs. By the time I get to the Beta’s floor my foot is throbbing. I try to ignore it so I can hurry up and get everything done. I first go to Beta’s room. I knock to be sure that it is empty. Normally it is but a few occasions they have been in. When I do not get a response I open the door and head to the bathroom. I make sure they are all stocked with toiletries. I then wipe down all surfaces. I quickly clean the floors and scrub the toilet. I look around and make sure everything is shiny. I leave the Beta’s room and head to his children's room.

The Beta has two kids a boy and a girl. The boy's name is Michel and his sister is Jenny. Michel is 18 and is away training and looking for his mate before he takes over the Beta position. His father Henry I hear is one of the best fighters next to the Alpha King. Michel feels he has something to prove which is why he wants to find his mate so he can become as strong as his father.

Since he is away at the moment I start with his room since it will be easy. Before I can make it to Michel’s room I hear the most annoying voice.

“What are you doing up here bitch?”