Punished.

Leila's POV.

The head slave glared at me, my heart thumped, I didn't know what she wanted, but I hoped I didn't do anything wrong.

"The alpha met me." She started, I clutched my clothes tightly,  trying to stop my shaking hands. 

"He said you'll be his personal slave and it looks like you don't understand the meaning of that word." She stalked closer to me.

Her face was red from anger and her dark eyes glittered with malice. I flinched but kept silent. "You are not worthy of being a wolf. You've been brought here by mistake or some foul means of trickery on Alpha's part, but you are making him complain to me, I've worked with slaves under me without complaints."

"I'll show you the consequence of disobedience." She added.

She reached out to grab one of my wrists, pulling me towards her so fast I tripped over myself as I stumbled backwards in shock."What do you mean?"  I blurted before she could grab me again. My heart beat harder in fear.

"He reported that you didn't clean his room yesterday and didn't clean his office." She added.

I sighed, I didn't want to go to Alpha's room because I was still upset about what happened, I purposely avoided that place.

I couldn't stand the sight of seeing him and remembering how mean he is to me.

"I'm sorry, I'll report from today." I pleaded.

I heard the head slave was very strict and I didn't want any issue, I wanted to just do my job as a slave.

"I know you are ,but you have to be punished for it." She smirked.

She dragged me by the arm towards a cell in the slave quarters.

I struggled but eventually gave up. She grabbed my wrist and tied something around my wrist that kept the cuffs together. 

I landed in an uncomfortable heap, my head hit the wall behind me painfully. The metal clanked on my shoulder.  I looked up, the ceiling had bars across it.

My shoulders tensed, this wasn't good. Not good at all.

"You'll be in confinement till you learn your lesson." She added.

"But -"

"No excuses!" She shouted and walked away closing the door with a loud clunk.

The cell was dark except for the dim light above the door that showed the outline of my body.

Tears formed in my eyes, I felt horrible.  I didn't deserve punishment. I don't know why he hated me.

I tried to stand up, groaning in pain from my throbbing shoulder.

Why did the alpha think he could treat me like this? 

What did I ever do to make him hate me so much?  

I tried to think of what I did wrong, but nothing came to mind.

I sat back down on the floor and held my head between my hands, rubbing my temples.

I squeezed my eyes closed and took deep breaths to try to calm myself down.

If the head slave didn't come back for me soon, I would pass out from hunger.

After what seemed like forever, there was a noise outside the cell door.

"Get ready." The head slave ordered outside.

There were shuffling sounds as footsteps approached my cage then the doors opened slowly.

"Come out." She said unchaining me.

I stood up almost stumbling, my muscles screamed in protest. I rubbed my sore shoulder with my other hand.

The head slave pulled me to my feet and led me down the hallway and into another large hallway.

"You'll work here today." She opened a door, and I gaped at the amount of work I saw there.

There were tables of different sizes filled with tools that looked way too dangerous. 

There were stacks of wood and nails in different shapes and sizes, piles of dirt, dust, and debris, and many more items I couldn't even identify. 

It looked like there was never a second day since the construction started. I felt overwhelmed by everything I saw.

"Arrange everything." She ordered.

"I want you doing every single thing on here until I tell you otherwise." She told me.

"When you're done, you'll eat." She added walking out.

I worked fast, hoping to finish everything, I worked as hard as I could.

Sweat poured off of me and I collapsed on the floor, exhaustion washing over me.  It had only been two hours but it felt like a whole month.

I felt hot and sticky, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and hair.

I laid down next to my pile of work, breathing heavily.

My mouth tasted awful and I needed water desperately.

I sighed in relief when I finished working, I rushed out immediately.

I reached the kitchen, and the cook handed my food to me, I thanked her and quickly ate the food.

I sighed in satisfaction, I finished my meal and headed towards the baths.

I stripped out of my clothes and washed myself.

Once I was done, I dried myself and put the clothes back on. I wrapped my hair in a towel and went outside to walk around for a little while. When I turned around I saw the Alpha.

I gasped in shock, my heart beating fast,my chest pounding from fear and excitement.  

I don't know why I got excited, with all he did to me, I don't understand why I would smile.

He walked out quickly, not sparing me a glance, I didn't blame him. 

My heart tugged painfully, and tears pricked my eyes as I watched his retreating figure, I felt alone and helpless.

I hated him so much already,, but as my mate my heart beats for him.

I sighed in frustration as the tears I couldn't help fell, my vision blurred and a lump formed in my throat.

I couldn't control myself anymore, it was as if my body moved on its own.

My knees buckled and I fell down on the dusty ground, my heart beating loudly as the tears continued. A sob escaped my lips as my entire body shook with emotion.