Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Rhea
I barely get a wink of sleep after returning to my home, my mind replaying everything that has happened, and the interaction 1 had with the Alpha of another pack.
When the sun rises, I force myself off the bed and straight into the shower. As the hot water beats down on my body, I close my eyes, trying to clear my mind of all the thoughts that are troubling me.
But I can’t.
Mates are special, and not something that can be denied. It’s a bond that is meant to be cherished and celebrated, and yet, that is the last thing I want to do. Never through my whole life did I ever imagined being someone’s mate. As a runt, I didn’t think it was possible..
The universe is punishing me for my existence and has found a way to give me the most dangerous wolf in the entire world
But why?
I never wanted one.
A tear lands on my cheek as I slip on my clothes and prepare for the day. There’s a swelling in my heart, a deep ache that I can’t explain. But for some reason, I try to convince myself that I can ignore it.
The night is over, the party is over and the people that were there are gone, including my mate. He’s an Alpha of a pack, he has to return to it, and he has more pressing matters than to be with me.
I’m sure he’ll forget about me in time. Especially since he doesn’t even knows my name.
If I ignore it, I know it will go away. And then, everything will go back to the way it was before. I’ll still be a runt, and no one will care about me. I won’t have a mate, and I won’t have to worry about anything ever again.
It’s a nice thought, and for a moment, I allow myself to indulge in it.
Until Luke knocks me down from the stairs as I’m about to head into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for my family. My arm hits the floor, and I let out a yelp of pain.
“Watch where you’re going, idiot,” he says, his voice filled with contempt. “Do you even know how to use your eyes?”
I glance up at him, and my heart sinks when I see the look on his face. Anger, disgust, and disappointment. There’s no sympathy or concern, no hint of compassion or empathy. He just sees me as an inconvenience, a burden that he wishes he didn’t have to deal with.
He rolls his eyes before walking away from me. He’s two years younger than me, but he already towers over me.
My mom walks out of her room and sees me. I quickly get up on
on my feet before she sees me on the floor. I don’t need any more embarrassment and a scolding from her.
“I don’t even want to know. My mother sighs.
in the kitchen and start preparing the food. There are only four of us in the house. Sometimes, Aunt Lydia comes to stay with us but she’s in another country right now so there’s slightly less food to prepare.
After I finish, I take my breakfast up stairs and stay in my room until it’s time for me to go to work, which is usually around
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As I get out of my house, the bright sunlight stings my eyes, and I blink a few times, trying to adjust to the glare. I’m still sleepy and tired, and I want nothing more than to crawl back into bed and hide under the covers but taking a day off from work is like asking for trouble.
Alpha Elas doesn’t tolerate absenteeism. If you’re not at your post when you’re supposed to, you can get fired. And if you get fired, you’re out on the streets. Especially me.
Ethel can be lenient sometimes, she’ll let me take longer breaks if I’m sick or if there’s something wrong, but the Alpha is not. His demands are clear and unforgiving.
Twenty minutes later and I’m walking in through the gates of the packhouse. The land surrounding the house is huge and green. The main house is a massive, white mansion that sits atop a hill. It’s surrounded by acres of sprawling lawns and gardens where the warriors do their trainings.
When I reach inside the house, I go straight to the kitchen’s in the back where I find Ethel.
She appears exhausted.
“Something I can help you with?” I ask her, ready to do whatever she needs.
There’s a lot of work here today, Rhea. The party lasted longer than it should’ve. I’ve put the other girls on the clean up duty of the ballroom. But breakfast is getting late.
I look around the kitchen where the cooks are preparing the meals. It seems like they are almost done with it.
“Should I call everyone for their meals?” I ask her.
“No. I’ve already send Tony to take care of that, she shakes her head. “But I need someone to deliver that to the Alpha’s office. I would go but my legs are tired from climbing up those stairs all night and morning.”
‘T’ll take it.”
I glance at the neatly placed tray in the corner of the kitchen. It’s an arrangement of fruit, bread and coffee. It’s an extra plate, just like Ethel always sends to the Alpha. It’s a regular routine of him not eating breakfast until his morning coffee is served one by the housekeeper, and Ethel fulfils that role perfectly.
“Okay. Come back down right away. There are some things I need to go through with you today.”
“All right.”
I pick up the tray and make my way towards the Alpha’s office. It’s located on the third floor of the pack house. The first floor is reserved for the guests, and the rooms in the back are for the staff. Some high ranking pack wolves reside at the second floor. And the third floor is reserved exclusively for the Alpha and his close family members.
The stairs leading to the third floor are guarded by two big burly men, both warriors. When I arrive there, they simply nod at me and let me pass. They’ve seen me going up and down these stairs a thousand times before.
I take a deep breath before reaching the office where the door is shut
There aren’t many encounters that I have with the Alpha. Most of the time, I see him from a distance, and Ethel barely chooses to send me to him. But, whenever I’m summoned, I make sure that I’m not the least bit out of line and I always do what I’m told
It is under his orders that I’m alive today, and I’ll always be grateful for that.
I knock twice on the door.
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open the door and walk in, my eyes cast downwards until I catch a whiff of his scent the only then that I raise my gate and
The supposed to be gone, long ago. The night’s over, the party’s over. All the guests that arrived are meant to be gone and so is he
He’s here:
What is he doing here? What is he doing sitting in the chair across the desk? Why is he here!
