Meeting the Luna

   I clutched at Amber's arm and blinked slowly when we got to the place we were to be addressed by the head housekeeper. Everyone was already there, and they began to talk in hush whispers when I appeared alongside Amber. And I did not need to be told that I was the topic of discussion.

    Before my execution and death, I was the daughter of a Beta and was training to join the royal army in my pack. I was nothing but a mere slave now all thanks to Paul and Anna for ruining my life.

    I looked up at the sun, it was shining brightly above me. The sun I thought I would never see again after my head was cut from my throat, after I sank into the bottomless pit of darkness called death.

   My attention was drawn back when everywhere suddenly went silent, and I knew for sure that the head housekeeper was here.

    My eyes widened slightly at the giant of a woman. She was at least six feet tall with a voluptuous body and brawny arms which I could see peeking out of her uniform gown. She was an older woman, around the age of fifty. Her face was scrunched up in a frown and her lips were set in a tight line.

   "Is everyone here?” She asked.

 Her voice was deep and loud enough to make one's eardrums hurt. After some answered her question, she went quickly to listing out rules and regulations.

 Angel's pack, now my pack, was under Alpha king Lothar after he killed the Alpha and his family. The housekeeper was from Alpha Lothar's pack, all the omega maids were now under her, so she had to give out duty to us all.

   "The eight of you” she pointed at eight girls and Piper was among them “your duties have been changed, you will now work in the kitchen”

 I watched as the eight girls grumbled under their breath, but when they saw that the housekeeper's eyes were still trained on them, they quickly kept quiet. I could not see them in Angela's memory, so I was certain that they were from some other pack that Alpha Lothar must have taken over.

 "Now to the part of house cleaning” the housekeeper continued when she saw that the girls were no longer grumbling. She turned her eyes to me and Amber's direction and I found myself ducking my head to the ground under her glaring eyes “you two over there”

 "She is talking to us” Amber murmured and I quickly raised my head up

 "You will join in the house cleaning with these other girls" she points at the remaining girl's before returning her eyes to me “you are not well, so you will take today off, but you will start working at the break of dawn tomorrow”

  " Thank God she was good enough to recognize that you are weak” Amber murmured and I nodded

  " Now everyone disperse and get to work" the housekeeper turned to leave but paused in her steps and looked back at us" if I see that anyone is not doing their duty well, I will make sure to punish that person” her voice held promise

   As soon as she disappeared, the whole place became noisy as some girls began to complain about the duty they were assigned to. Though I have never cleaned a house before as I was a Betas daughter and had Omega maids to do them for me, I knew that I had to learn as my entire life has changed.

 Thank God Angela's memory was still intact and Amber was assigned to the same duty with me.

 "Come on, we need to get you inside. I need to look for herbs for you” Amber told me as she began to lead me back to our room.

 We were almost at the door when Piper and another girl stood in our way.

 "What do you want?” Amber asked her.

 Piper snorted as she rounded her black eyes on me “I was supposed to be among the girl's cleaning the rooms, but now I was asked to be in the kitchen. You are the reason" she accused.

 Amber let go of my hand to stand in front to shield me from Piper. " What do you mean by that? No one asked you to have bad luck" 

  " What do you mean by bad luck? That girl behind you is the bad luck. If she had not woken up, I would still be among the people cleaning rooms” Piper yelled as her face turned red with anger.

 "You should take this matter up with the head housekeeper not Angela” Amber rebuked her

 I stood silently behind Amber, but I wanted so much to lay down, so I reached out to touch Amber, and she immediately turned to me 

 "Are you okay?” She asked.

 "Yes, can we just leave? I need to lay down” I told her, and she quickly came to hold my hand and led me to walk around Piper who was still seething with rage, and thankfully she did not say another word or try to block our path.

 Amber helped me to lay down on the bed I woke up in. I groaned at how hard it was, but I closed my eyes to sleep nonetheless.

 "I will go and look for herbs for you Angela, I will be right back” Amber told me as she covered me with a blanket

 “Okay” I murmured sleepily before succumbing to the throes of sleep

   

 The next morning, I was tapped awake by Amber's hands on my shoulders, but I groaned and shook her hands off me before going back to sleep. I was never a morning person.

 Amber tapped me again, “you need to get up now Angela. We have to go before the housekeeper comes for her inspection”.

 As much as I would rather not get up, at the mention of the housekeeper I forced my weak body to sit up on my bed. I did not want to get punished when my body was already weak. I did not want to die again without getting my revenge.

  "You need to take your bath and get dressed" she pointed at a white gown and I noticed that it was the same one she and all the girls wore yesterday. It was also on her body now.

   After my bath, Amber helped me to put on my gown and style my hair. It was something she enjoyed doing for Angela in the past as Angela had thick and long white hair that reached her waist.

    I walked through the long passage of rooms, my thin arms carrying more bedspread than it should. The royal palace was big and so far me, Amber and six other girls have been able to clean almost every room except for the Alpha King's room. 

 "We need to clean the Luna's room,” Amber said, bringing my attention to another room we were yet to clean.

 "What Luna?” I could not remember ever hearing about Alpha Lothar having a mate.

 "The Luna" Amber repeated, and I kept quiet, too tired to ask any more questions.

   We walked into the room that belonged to the Luna, and quickly we arranged everywhere, not that it needed more arrangements as the room was already clean. We only had to change the sheets.

 "Who are you?”

 Me and Amber turned around at the sound of the voice and saw a woman standing in front of the interlocking door which I knew must lead to the bathroom. She had a white cloth wrapped around her body and her blonde hair was dripping with water. She just came out of her bath, she must be the Luna. Her eyes were on me as she waited for a response.