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 my head jerk 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. Your 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 stair.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 out grew 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 breathe. 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 that 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 ask 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 wave 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 realizes 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 awhile.“Coming up the stairs there was a loose nail. I clumsy 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 all the way back to the dungeon stairs and don’t see a drop of blood.‘Oh someone much 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 an 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 an 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 servants 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 an response I open the door and head to the bathroom. I make sure they are all stocked on 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 room.The Beta has two kids a boy and a girl. The boys 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 fighter next to the Alpha King. Michel feels he has something to prove which is why he want 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?”Willow POVI tense up when I hear Jessica’s voice. The terror that her voice alone brings has me paralyzed.“I-I..am cl-cleaning the b-bathrooms.” I managed to mumble out with my eyes glued to the floor. I do not dare to look at her. She will take it as a challenge and make my day much worse. I bit my lip as I wait for her to respond.“Well then hurry up and get it done you dumb bitch. You need to stop being so lazy and get your duties done instead of standing around.” She says ask she walks closer.I quickly glance over to see if she going to grab me. I see Jenny standing behind Jessica looking at me with pity. Jessica is glaring at me but stops a few feet away. I know she will not attack me with an audience she wants to keep her perfect image.“Yes ma’am I will quickly get my duties done.” I say as I look back towards the ground.“Good” Jessica says satisfied and turns to Jenny. “Well come on let’s go to your room to try on our dresses for the ball.”Jenny nods and follow Jessica to
Willow POV I smile to myself as I climb the stairs to the Gamma’s floor. Even though I gave Greyson an hard time it felt nice to be around him. It felt nice to have some care for me. It is just hard to get comfortable with someone being so nice to me. Especially because Seth used to be nice to me when we were younger but then when he was 13 he began getting aggressive and trying to touch me. I make it to the Gamma’s floor just as everyone is finishing the floors. I see that they have done a great job. I look to Katie and nod in approval. “Thank you guys for the help. I am very appreciative for the help. I can do the rest it’s only two bathrooms here” I say mostly looking at Katie. “Good I do not want to do more of your work” Becky says with a sneer. “Are you sure we do not mind helping” Katie says. “Yes it is fine it will not take me long” I say still looking at only Katie. The Omegas head to the stairs as I go to the Gamma’s room. The Gamma and his mate do not make me clean the
***** Trigger warning: this chapter will contain rape and incest ****** Willow POV Today is the day of the ball and my last day in this prison. I smile to myself at the thought. I will soon be free. Everyone has been very busy in preparation all day myself included. I haven’t even gotten to really see Katie or Greyson all day. Greyson has been hanging around but with so many people we haven’t had a chance to talk. He was able to tell me that plan was still a go though. He told me last night that all I have to do was meet him at the back of the kitchen near the back door. I am supposed to be there right after dinner when everyone is going to be heading into the ballroom. It will be the best time with the most commotion. Right now everyone is setting up for dinner. I came down to my cell because I am not supposed to serve so I would just be in the way. I sit on my cot as my mind run wild with thoughts of my freedom. In just an hour I will be free of this place. I can’t help but giggl
Willow POV I felt him lift off of me but I couldn’t bare to open my eyes. I feel very ashamed of myself. “I have to head back down to the party, but stay here, I will come back and get you.” He says as he fixes himself. I hear his footsteps going to the door. I do not open my eyes until I hear the door close. I open my eyes and I cry. I let out all my bent up frustrations. I sob until I feel myself become drained. I slowly push myself off the sofa and grab my clothes. I put on my torn tights and try to cover myself as much as I can with my torn shirt. I walk towards the door and listen for anyone on the other side. When I do not hear anyone, I walk out of the door. I go down the backstairs not wanting to see anyone even though they are probably still at the party. As I make it to the ground floor, I head to the kitchen. I know it is late and Greyson probably gave up thinking I wasn’t going to make it. But I still need to leave. I can’t look the Alpha King in the eye ever again after
3 months later Willow POVThese last few months have been wonderful. We stayed at the safe house for three weeks. We then moved into this beautiful apartment in Billings, Montana. It is an gorgeous modern style apartment with an open floor plan. It has a ton of natural lighting and white walls. The living room has large windows that goes from the ceiling to the floor. It has beautiful view of the city. It’s three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom is spacious and the bathroom is something out of a magazine. The other two bedrooms are a jack and jill.Greyson had me move into the master bedroom. I didn’t want to accept initial but he insisted. I was also happy that the apartment came fully furnished. It had all black furniture and appliances. I could never have ever dreamed I would be living like this.I started working at an hotel nearby as a chef. The people there are really nice and have been very welcoming.Only problem I seem to have is that in these last few weeks I h
Willow POV“What did you just say?” Greyson growls out. I look at him and see his eye flashing black.“I said Ms. James is pregnant. According to the blood test I would say about 5 months. She is very small for this stage. Her test also showed that she is a bit dehydrated. So she needs to eat more and get lots of fluids.” The doctor says looking at the clipboard.Greyson takes a deep breathe and looks at me with so much guilt.“Are you the father?” The doctor ask as he turns to Greyson.“No I am her brother.” Greyson says looking at the doctor.“Well is there any parents I could talk to? I just would like to be sure she is getting the best care.” The doctor says glancing between us.“No our parents died years ago. I am her guardian I will take care of her. Is there anything else we need to know?” Greyson says coming to stand next me. He grabs my hand squeezing it.“Well I would like to do an ultrasound to look at the baby. Also the sickness should pass once she begins a healthy diet.”
Vampire Prince POVI enter my study after another uneventful meeting. As I go over to my chair behind my desk I drag my hand over my face.Our sources are telling us the werewolves are planning an attack. They believe we are to blame for the deaths. They do not know the deaths have directly affected us as well. All those werewolves killed were mates of vampires.Vampires mates are what help us stay human. When they die we lose our humanity and become uncontrollable killing machines. We have had to put down many vampires since these kills started. Being forced to kill our own is not a time when I want to take the crown.I glance towards the door when I hear a knock.“Come in” I call out.My sister enters the room. I roll my eyes as I see her saunter in. All of her clothing is too small to leave anything to the imagination. She tosses her blonde curls over her shoulder. She looks down at me with her piercing blue eyes.“What do you want Beth?” I ask already exasperated with her.“Carson
2 months laterWillow POVThese last couple of months we have been getting everything baby proof. Greyson has been obsessed with making sure everything is safe for the little one. I have moved to the jack and Jill rooms. It is just easier to be connected to the nursery this way.I walk into the nursery and look around. We decided the colors grey and yellow look very nice. The crib Greyson just put together sits in the middle of the room. I look at the grey crib with the yellow sheets and blankets and smile. I can’t wait until my little one crawls around this room. I sit in the grey rocking chair near the window. I close my eyes as I imagine how I will be as a mother.You will be a fantastic mother. If you need any help you will have me and Greyson.‘I know it’s just a lot to take in. I will be a mom soon. How will I know I am doing the right thing? How will I not screw this kid up?’ I say to Luna. We have gotten very close these last few weeks. She is my best friend and like a mother a