The air in my lungs was filled with the scene of pine fruits and suddenly I got a bit taken away by the scent that hit me once the door opened that I failed to notice who had stepped into the room.
My head suddenly felt muddled and I couldn't think straight. But a voice broke me out of my reverie.
"So the she wolf awakes" the voice spoke with a mocking tone. I raised my head to see the alpha and some other man who looked just like him.
With a guard and a maid with them. I just stared back and said nothing, while wondering why the smell I was perceiving felt a bit intoxicating. "So how do we start your punishment?" He asked
"Punishment?" I asked as I tilted my head to look up at him. "Yes punishment... Surely you didn't think you wouldn't think we would keep you here with servants at your neck and call did you?"
He asked rhetorically while making circling hand gesture like a spirit with a magic wand. Well I didn't ask to be kept here. And soon I voiced my thoughts. "I didn't ask you to keep me here"
"Of course you didn't" he replied while giving me hardened look as if reminding with his eyes of my place.
"Now you have been stripped of every title you hold and will remain here in the pack house as an ordinary omega and a maid."
He ended with a note of finality as if trying to silently but strongly. The air around me suddenly felt stuffy and I wondered how slices of bread felt while being toasted. Because this was how I currently felt. TOASTED!
I suddenly felt powerless and I just stared at the floor. Suddenly a voice broke through and it was the guard with a maid by his side. "Chop chop ... Snap out of it 'omega' and prepare to earn your keep. I hadn't realized when the alpha and his son had stepped out.
The guard fished out a key from his pocket and unlocked my chains, before dragging the chain out carrying it along with him as he stepped out.The maid who had been beside him chuckled and soon burst out laughing. "Why are you laughing, what's funny?" I asked feeling annoyed.
"You are nothing now omega" she responded slightly raising her voice.
"You hold no title now so you better come down from your high horse and blend in" she advised sarcastically. She placed both hands on her hip before sizing me up and down as I got up from the bed without responding to her antics. I was still dressed in my outfit from yesterday and I still smelled like the hospital.
"Take a bath and a maid would get your clothes down here" she instructed and then added
"also a little word of advice no one likes you and you are an easy target as you have no wolf so, keep your head down and stay out of trouble" with that being said she stepped out of the room closing door behind her with a soft click. 'Well that was confusing ' I thought out loud. I mean one minute she was mocking me the next she was giving advice? How interesting!
Well even though she seemed bipolar, one thing was clear her advice was a warning. And it meant one thing my life was no longer simple as it was before.
Before I only had one goal grow up and attend the academy. But now all I had in mind was to survive through the days. Like every person in my situation would. I walked to the window and looked outside.
Birds flapped their wings across the sky , some soaring high than the others. The sky finally gave way for the Sun to stand tall and proud.
If circumstances were different , I would have said it was a good day. From where I stood I could see outside the walls of the pack house. The mansion of the pack house was quite beautiful with different carved sculptureers and I remembered the fountain I saw at the entrance when we drove in the previous day.
But no matter how beautiful the mansion was it was still a prison to me.
Soon I heard a knock on the door. "The door is opened" the door creaked open and a slender figure walked in. Her waist was thin and her figure lean but her face was contoured in a frown.
Even though I would say she was beautiful, her grown said other wise. "Your clothes" she said coldly. I ignored her rude tone and quickly walked to where she stood and collected the clothes calmly before saying "thank you" she sized me up and down then scoffed loudly while muttering something under her breath.
Without another word she turned on her heel and exited the room like she was chased out. One thing I had gathered in a short time was... The servants didn't like me.
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After taking a bath in the servants washroom outside the room I was assigned. I came back to the room and changed into the servants dress that was handed to me earlier. After fixing my hair into a messy bun, I exited the room to go join the other maids in the kitchen.
As I walked into the kitchen I noticed a lot was going on. A few young girls my age were kneading the dough. Tow women were by the oven checking on what was being baked. The smell of roasted foods filled my nostrils. The faint scent of vanilla and milk wafted in at the same time. Sounds of pots and pans being closed and opened all at the same time. It was a walking disaster to the normal eye but to a kitchen and food lover , it was a glorious sight. The scent of various meals hit my senses made my mouth water and stomach grumble in loud protest. "Stop gawking and get to work!" and elderly woman yelled from the corner. She was in front of a big gas cooker stirring a large pot. I saw a few oranges and as squeezer and began to prepare orange juice. I hadn't tried it before but I guess I would learn. While trying to cut through the oranges I cut myself and winced loudly. All attention turned to me and after a few seconds they all turned their eyes back to their chores like I hadn't existed. Slowly I picked up the knife again but a sharp voice cut through and stopped me "drop the knife , we won't want you chopping your fingers off or mixing your dirty blood into the meal meant for the elites" her voice sounded anything but kind. I dropped the knife reluctantly, looking around for something else to do. "Who knows what her blood could do, it could seduce the alpha hair after all the blood of the whore runs in her" another girl tched while clicking her tongue in disgust. "Ophelia? That's not a good thing to say" another chimed feigning concern. "What !...." She snapped before adding but it's the truth"
"But still..." She said before bursting into laughter n laughing hard as though her insides would burst.
The other older servants actually never joined in the banter and whispers going on. Soon the kitchen doors burst open.