All Chapters of The Pack's Maid: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

"Stop fidgeting, princess Ivy, or you'll smudge the ink."I wanted to tell the woman to shove her ink brush somewhere the sun doesn't shine, but I kept my mouth shut. That's what good girls do, right? Stay silent. Stay still. Stay pretty.Gosh, I hated my life. Hated this pack. Hated every single person in this suffocating village who thought a woman's worth could be measured in dowry coins and childbearing hips."Look at how her body has developed." The eldest painter stepped back, admiring her work like I was livestock at auction. "Your husband will be very pleased. And this waist pf yours is perfect for bearing many strong sons."My jaw clenched. Sons. Of course. Because to them, that's all I was good for."She's been blessed by the Moon Goddess herself," another woman chimed in, her wrinkled hands tracing symbols across my ribcage. The white ceremonial paint was cold against my skin. "Betrothed at six years old to such a worthy mate. What an honor."I nearly laughed. Honor my as

The Alpha's son was my mate.My. Mate.No. That couldn't be right. This had to be some cosmic joke—fate's way of laughing at the girl who ran from one arranged bond straight into another.Ezra looked just as shocked as I felt, his emerald eyes wide, his chest rising and falling too quickly. But then he blinked, and the shock vanished like it had never been there at all.He gave me a soft and shy smile which was almost sweet as his hands moved gracefully through the air.My name is Ezra. It's nice to meet you.How was he so calm and composed…how was he just casually introducing himself as if nothing just happened? My chest was heaving, and I realized I was shaking badly as I stared at his sweet smile, then i swallowed hard forcing my own hands to coopearet.I’m Sera. It’s nice to meet you too.His smile widened, just slightly, and my traitorous heart did a stupid little flip.Stop it, you fool. Focus."The chef will show you to your quarters," the Alpha said from behind me, and I'd ne