Chapter Three

Olivia POV

 

The next morning came earlier than expected; at four o'clock, most of the soldiers were already drowsy. Entering the park was quite easier than we thought. The soldiers that stopped us asked us for our name, smelled us, and let us pass.

 

Immediately we got to the palace. We immediately put on the servants' outfit and distributed ourselves to the other maids. Lia and I joined the servants in the kitchen.

 

We were immediately assigned our duties and began immediately.

 

“Are you new here?” One of the maids asked politely. 

 

“Yes, we came today,” I said, pointing at myself and Lia, who was on the other side watching plates with the rest.

 

“Oh, that's nice. My name is Laura,” she introduced with a broad smile.

 

“Oliva, but people call me liv.” 

 

She nodded as we continued cleaning the plates. The place seemed more busy than usual, as if they were preparing for an event.

 

“Is there an event coming up?” I asked.

 

“Yes. Dean is getting married to Sandra; she is from the Oro pack. I think he wants to get married to her quickly so that they will crown him the Alpha,” she informed as she cleaned the stacks of plates.

 

I knew he was planning on marrying Sandra, but why was he in haste? Is there something he is trying to achieve with this marriage? I turned to her and asked “Why? I mean, why is he in haste to be crowned the Alpha?”

 

“Well, you know Grim is a hybrid and the eldest son, but he is illegitimate. His mother was a servant, and you know, in our park only fully blooded royals can assume the throne. The elders are divided. Some are saying he can assume the throne; if the goddess did not want him to be recognized, she wouldn't have given him the white hair, the symbol of royalty,” she explained.

 

I nodded, so there was a power struggle going on between the two sons. No wonder Dean was in haste to get married to someone else after his mate was killed.

 

If Grim knew that his position was being threatened, why was he hiding in the woods? He could have just openly challenged Dean; after all, he is a hybrid. Something did not sit well with these arrangements.

 

“Grim does not know that his father is dead. They have not sent anyone to tell him, and they locked both his mate and his mother so that they wouldn't be able to call him.”

 

“Does he have a mate?”

 

“Yes, her name is Theresa. She is such a sweet soul, and I am sure she would make a good Luna. She treats us with respect, unlike Sandra. I pray she dies in her sleep,” she said with disdain.

 

I shrugged without replying to her. She was wishing for Sandra’s death when her brother sent five of his men to save her. Unfortunately for Laura, her wish would not be granted; by the next morning, Dean, Theresa, Grim's mother, and whoever is a royalty would be dead and Sandra would be gone.

 

After we were done washing the plates, we arranged them and joined the others in decorating the hall. By the time we were done, everyone was exhausted.

 

We quickly retired to our rooms and waited for a while for the men to join us. Immediately they came, and we closed the door behind us.

 

Conrad rolled out a map and placed it on the table for us to see.

 

“I have managed to go round the palace and know all the routes around, making our job easier. We are going to focus on how to get to the main palace, which is the one at the centre. Then we would quietly kill all the guards outside as the royal members slept on the first floor. Just either use a gun injected with wolfsbane or a knife. Aim for their heart; we won't want to take chances. Immediately we get up, we disperse ourselves. Lia and Olivia would go to the two rooms at the end; Grim's mother and his mate have been locked there with no guard. It would be easier to kill them. We would go to Dean's room and kill him while we were there. You would go and take Sandra out. We all know how stubborn she can be, so we would sedate her if she tried to refuse. We pass through the back door, and we are out before the next morning, “he explained. “Is it clear to us?” He asked.

 

We nodded. It looked so easy with the plan; I pray it works out as we have planned. 

 

“And how would we know if one of us got into trouble?” Lia asked.

 

“We are not going to be separated. We are going in pairs,” Conrad assured us.

Lia nodded, and the rest of us waited for the arrival of midnight. At exactly twelve o'clock. We changed into our outfits and made our way towards the main palace.

 

Slowly and steadily, we killed all the guards guarding the entrance of the palace and made our way to the first floor as instructed by Conrad.

 

“Be careful,” Conrad whispered into my ear before we got separated.

 

Lia and I immediately made our way towards the room at the edge, as Conrad said there were no guards guarding them. We quickly took out our earplugs and opened the door.

 

“You kill the old woman, and I kill his mate,” she whispered to me as we entered. I nodded quickly, grateful that she had asked me to kill his mother instead of his mate. I was sure my heart would weaken if I saw the sweet girl Laura talked about.

 

His mom was sitting on a chair, her hands tied to the back. She was sleeping peacefully. It made my job easier; nothing annoyed me more than people begging me to spare their lives.

 

I waited for some minutes for Lia to come out.She entered the room where I was with pale skin and trembling hands.

 

Something must have gone wrong. "Lia, what happened? Did she stab you? Are you hurt?” I asked, searching around her body for any marks.

 

She took in a shaky breath and curled her hands into a fist to calm herself down. “She was not there when I entered, but there was a coffin, brown with a golden design. After searching around for her, I opened the coffin only to find her dead with her eyes still open and she was tied. When I touched it inside, it immediately itched me. Do you know what they kept inside her coffin?” She asked me in a trembling voice.

 

I shook my head, unsure of how to handle this news. “wolfsbane, liv. It seemed as if they tied her and kept her inside there to die a slow, painful death,” she explained with a trembling voice.

 

Lia was still shaking even though she tried to calm herself down. The sight must have been horrific. I immediately pulled her into a hug to calm her down.

 

“Search round! There are intruders!” A voice said, drawing my attention. 

 

Oh no. I think they have found out about us. I immediately dragged Lia out and ran towards the princess room, but it was locked.

 

“We need to leave; let's go through the back door; they will join us,” Lia said with urgency.

 

Without thinking, we immediately ran towards the back door, only to come face-to-face with some guards. They immediately grabbed us and sedated us before we could stab them.

 

I tried to stay awake for a while even though my eyes felt heavy. I could not stop thinking about Conrad. Was he killed? Did they catch them? Are they going to kill us?

 

“Two of them are dead already. We have sedated the third man just as you asked,” one of the guards said.

 

“Good. Take both of them and burn them before they wake up.”

 

Burn them? I tried to move, but to no avail. I closed my eyes and watched myself fall into the abyss of death.