A New Position for Euthalia

Euthalia’s Pov

My knees buckled at his confession. I couldn’t stop the burst of laughter that made its way up my throat. 

“You brought me out of my happy place just to reject me? You rejected me the moment you brought me out of the palace.”

“You wouldn’t be out of here if you didn’t kill my father, Euthalia,” he said, looking behind my shoulder with disgust. 

The tears pricked my eyes just like back in the day. “I didn’t kill him.”

He let out a sad laugh. “And yet you can’t prove yourself till now.”

I shook my head slowly, “How do I prove myself if you keep hunting me down with your men? I can't prove myself if you keep an eye on me all the time and give limitations on things I can do. No matter what I do.”

Before he could reply, every single pack member had assembled in the huge palace. Those who came late stood outside, straining their necks to hear everything that was going on outside. 

The news that I was around had spread, they were just here to see. 

“Euthalia is back to the palace,” Andrei started, his loud voice booming around the whole place. 

Silence followed. 

“It is finally time to answer all the questions that have been on people’s lips. Yes, she was still my Luna. But not anymore.”

Gasps erupted among the pack members. I bent my head in shame knowing I wasn’t supposed to be there. But this was what he wanted- to disgrace me.

“I, Andrei Volkov, Alpha of Blue Seals pack, reject you, Euthalia Marvin to be my mate, and Luna of Blue Seals pack.”

Even if I had been preparing myself for this day, it sounded alien finally getting to hear it from him.

All eyes turned to me, eager to hear my response. I sighed sadly and let out in a low voice, “I, Euthalia Marvin, Luna of Blue Seals pack, accept your rejection and seize to be the Luna of the pack.”

A small smile of satisfaction appeared on his mother’s lips. I noticed that she had been sitting on that chair all along. 

There was another person with an equally satisfied look. She walked up to Andrei immediately and kissed him deeply in front of everybody. 

Anastacia howled in pain. 

I shrieked quietly in pain when I noticed the slight tingling in my neck. My hands flew there immediately, it was the place where he had marked me. 

The place where he had kissed gently whenever we mated. It was starting to clear. So quick?

“So what will her position be?” one of the Deltas from the crowd asked. 

“An Omega?” Andrei scoffed in sarcasm and threw a glance at me, I promised myself not to give him any reaction. “A slave. And she will be living in the servant quarters. 

I jerked my head upward. A what?  

“I don’t want to be a member of your pack anymore,” I yelled at him.

“You aren’t granted the permission. I have every right to keep you here.”

With the wave of his index fingers, a few other Omegas came behind me and dragged me to the servant quarters. 

“Here is your bed,” one of the wicked-looking ones said. 

On her way out, I heard her snicker, ‘‘Perfect position for her.’’

“Did you do it?” another one asked me, resting her head on the wall. She looked at me with a sort of pity. 

“No,” I answered firmly. 

“Then you should prove yourself.” 

I looked away, thinking she was one of the people that just wanted to hear the talk from my mouth. 

“I’m Alice by the way.”

“Euthalia,” I found myself telling her. 

“Everybody knows you,” she said, smiling at me now, seeing my answering her as a form of allowance to sit beside me. 

“I’m your roommate.’’ She said and I had to catch myself quickly from rolling my eyes at the word. 

‘‘I can see that they brought you here without any clothes. I’m willing to share mine until you can get a few.”

“Thank you,” I said, watching her as she fetched a glass of water for me to drink. 

Anastacia was already getting comfortable around her. But nobody knew more than me, not to trust anybody. 

She showed me around the rooms, before handing me a white and black gown and an apron. 

“What is this?” I asked her immediately. 

She cocked an eyebrow. “Your slave uniform. Or have you forgotten what the Alpha said?” 

I swallowed hard and took the dress from her. 

Now that I was in their place, I saw what they went through. The fact that nobody looked at them. I wondered if Alice had ever served me drinks. 

I excused myself and went to have my bath, making sure to wash away every single wicked thing that Andrei had ever spat at me. 

By the time I returned, I saw another mean-looking girl standing by the bed.

“Where have you been?” she asked harshly. 

“Having my bath?” I asked, gesturing at the towel tied around my body.

“The Alpha has ordered you to wash all the toilets,” she said, looking at her nails. With that, she walked out of the room.

“Who is she?” I asked Alice, who was frowning. 

“She’s Eileen. The person in charge of all the slaves in the palace.”

“Since when did Andrei… I mean the Alpha started assigning duties to the slaves?”

“Since you. And even if he didn’t, trust me, they would do worse to you. They already hate you so much.”

“But I didn’t even do anything to them.”

“They came to terms with the fact that you snatched the Alpha with them. They are even more angry that you let him slip from your fingers.” 

Without a word more, I wore the uniform that ran mid-thigh. 

I didn’t know if it was acceptable for slaves, but Alice had her mouth open and I took it as a compliment. 

I packed my hair in a ponytail, borrowing a hair tie from her. 

I made my way through all the other slaves that were all huddled in the hallway. I took another deep breath before walking into the palace.

“You should start with mine,” a deep voice called out.