Chapter Two

Banished

Three months later.

All through the young man's stay in the Autumn's palace, he had eyes only on the maid. He knew why the stupid Alpha wants his Uncle's Pack to join his and that would definitely not happen.

That evening Maggie was assigned to handle the affairs of the young man. Maggie had tried to keep herself away from gossiping eyes and mouths. Her stomach has now grown a little bump that shows her baby was growing inside her. Maggie wanted to disgrace the Alpha in public and now, the right time has come.

In two days time, it would be the five hundredth year of peace in the Autumn Pack after a great war. This anniversary was celebrated every year and many shifters would love to attend it and Maggie had planned on how to expose him.

She got into the man's room and saw parchments and other written script all over the place. She dropped her cleaning materials and started arranging the papers when she heard a voice from the bedroom.

She didn't put her attention into it and was surprised when she heard her name. Maggie then turned to look at the bedroom door when it suddenly opened and two figures emerged from the room with stoic faces, especially the owner of the room.

"Well, look what we have here!" The false guard known as Lane said with a smirk hanging on his lips. 

"Who are you two people and what do you want with me?" Maggie asked as she stepped back carefully.

"Do your job and get out of this place," Lane wasn't happy someone overheard their conversation.

"Don't be too harsh on her Lane. What are you going to do Maggie? Report us to the man who raped you? Ridiculous!" The young man spat out and walked towards the couch.

Maggie froze on the spot at the mention of her rape. She was surprised how they found out because that day, no one was in the corridor.... wait, the people who were murmuring something when she passed.

"You're a special guest of the Alpha, so why are you doing this?" Maggie asked.

"Doing what?" Lane asked angrily.

"Plotting against him." Maggie retorted and Lane gaze back to his master.

"It seemed you heard alot. Well, we are not plotting against your Alpha."

"He is not my Alpha," Maggie said harshly.

"He's the one who wants my people for himself and I won't let that happen. Now focus on what you're doing and don't jump into people's conversation." The young man replied and left the room with Lane. 

Maggie felt she was a piece of trash, her hand came to rest on her stomach bump before she continued doing her work.

***

"When the time is right, you must protect that maid no matter what happens, Is that clear?" The young man barked at his grumbling assistant who didn't want to protect the maid. 

"Yes. But she would have to escape herself, I can't leave you here," Lane uttered and left the garden where the young man has been sitting.

"I believe you like the garden," Cleo's voice said from behind the young man who was sitting on the only bench in the garden.

"Yes, I do." He replied and made space for the girl to sit.

"I'm glad you like it. When I was a child my mother would bring me here to play and I cherished those moments. When I came of age, I became in charge of taking care of the plants and flowers."

"That's wonderful of an Alpha's daughter." The young man praised and stood to leave.

"Are you leaving now?" Cleo was disappointed and quickly stood on her feet to follow him.

"I am. I'm sorry I couldn't spend time with you," he said and bowed before leaving. 

Cleo managed to smile but the disappointment made the smile fall after the young man was off her sight. She stomped her feet angrily into the mansion and ran into Maggie who was holding a bucket of water.

"Ahh!!.. "

Cleo screamed and pushed the reckless maid away from her. Maggie lost her balance and fell flat, her button hitting the solid tiled floor. Her butt hurt and a sudden pain in her abdomen made her wince.

"You filthy bastard! How dare you pour this infected water on me," Cleo shouted and rushed towards Maggie and gave her a stinging slap.

Maggie cried in pain as the strength of Werewolves were fathomable. The gasps and murmurs of people made her realize she was bleeding.

Cleo quickly withdrew her hand in fear and stumbled backwards, "I didn't do anything to her, I didn't touch her hard except her face."

"No you did not, you ran into a pregnant woman Cleo and she fell heavily, you still had the gut to slap her," a girl who was her Cousin berated her with sheer mockery.

Cleo was the most shocked. She quickly ran away from the scene in fear. She would stumble from time to time, she had never seen so much blood all her life. 

Maggie saw nothing and continued hearing whispers and murmurs before she blackout.

When she woke up, she found herself in the maids local clinic. She was unable to stand up from the small bed but she noticed her baby bump was still there. 

"You should rest Mrs," a middle aged woman who came through the door said and handed a bowl of liquid medicine made from roots and rare leaves.

Maggie gulped down all the liquid in one go and coughed a little as she didn't know the last time her throat was hydrated.

"Two men brought you here and paid for everything, one looks royal," the old woman described the people who brought her here.

With the description Maggie knew it was the young man and his assistant, Lane. She wondered how long she had laid on the cold ground before she came to her rescue.

"You're lucky, the baby is safe and healthy. You slept for three days," the woman added.

Maggie smiled, no wonder her throat was dry. "Thank you," she said and closed her eyes to sleep. 

***

Alpha Calhoun paced up and down inside his room with hurried steps, the Alpha of Crescent Silver Moon pack didn't attend the Autumn five hundredth year anniversary and it hurt him so much.

Calhoun wanted to show his power that he could make every other Alpha even the royal family bow to him but that became impossible. He even invited the Alpha personally but he never showed up.

"Don't bother yourself too much, you can still have his pack one way or the other, you just have to wait," Luna Thelsa said and coaxed her husband.

"Okay. I will wait. Do you think that boy living here would cause a turmoil or maybe he's a spy," Alpha Calhoun kept having doubt. If not for what he had done to his friend he wouldn't be facing his cunning son.

"I've sent spies to watch him closely, he has come out clean so I don't believe he is a spy."

"Alright then." Alpha Calhoun said and took a sip from his wine.

"Cleo ran into a pregnant maidservant and hasn't regained herself, she has never seen so much blood before," Thelsa said and sighed in pity for her daughter.

When Alpha Calhoun heard 'pregnant maidservant', he felt jittery. He had probably forgotten about the maid who he had forcefully slept with.

He didn't say anything after that and went on with his pacing but the thought of how to get rid of the maid was one of his main priorities.

*

Alpha Calhoun had just returned from a night walk when he sighted the pregnant maidservant blocking the path to his room. He became furious at one and ordered for her to get away but Maggie didn't move.

"I'm pregnant, you forced yourself on me now I'm pregnant and you have to take responsibility!" Maggie replied to him harshly and Calhoun started panicking that his wife would hear the maidservant.

"Get out of my sight you filthy idiot or I'll strangle you to death! I'll never take responsibility for a bastard child and a slut like you." 

Calhoun knew what she said was right but he couldn't take it. It was a big shame and disgrace for an Alpha to sleep with a maid. He also has a wife, Luna Thelsa and their two children.

"Don't take it to heart my dear, we both enjoyed it, right?" He smirked.

Maggie felt as if she had swallowed bile, all what he was saying were lies.

"Your wife will know about the truth, you bastard and murderer," Maggie said with an outrageous expression. She was about to leave so she could tell his wife about what he had been doing under her nose when a strong guard suddenly covered her mouth and nose with a piece of drugged clothes.

"You're banished from Autumn Pack," with that, Maggie blackouts from the world she once knew.