“A new breed, you say?” Lucian drawled.“Exactly. It was like they were mutated. They had patches of red on their fur. All of them. They were also emaciated. But that didn’t make them weak. In fact, they were strong and fast. Their speed…” Beck trailed off.Lucian clicked his tongue. “How many were you able to kill?”“Two out of five. The remaining got away. Like I said, their speed… it’s incredible.” Beck said.Wait a second. They were talking about a new breed of rogues. I had heard something like this a few months ago but I hadn’t minded it since it wasn’t affecting me directly.Were the mutated rogues spreading? Regular rogues were werewolves who were banished from their packs or werewolves who experienced something known as a Moon Deviation.It was a random, rare phenomenon that occurred when a werewolf who transformed under a full moon and was not strong enough to draw power from the moon, went insane from power overflow. The amount of Moon Deviation victims were less than 10 i
I was extremely exhausted.Being a maid was the worst thing ever. And being a maid bearing the nickname, ‘Ruby of the Blue Sky’ was even worse. Why did people still call me that even after the Blue Sky pack has been destroyed?“You should relax your expression,” Sierra said from beside me, her face riddled with worry.I sighed through my mouth and did as she said. A few moments ago, some warriors had paraded into the kitchen to get water to drink after their vigorous training session. Coincidentally, the warriors were the same people who had injected me with wolfsbane and thrown me into the dungeon when I first arrived here.They were surprised to see me living freely and wanted to throw me back into the dungeon. I had to convince them that Lucian had been the one to let me out; telling them about the whole riddle exchange and how I had tricked Lucian.It wasn’t necessary to let them know of that part. I just wanted to brag about the fact that I managed to outwit their precious Alpha.
“Why are you so weak?” Lucian asked me.He was referring to the bruises on my wrists. They were gotten from all the grabbing and dragging around. “I don’t know if you know this, but I’m an Omega.” I said, deadpan.Lucian tsk-ed at me, then turned away. We were both in his private office. I was sitting down on a leather couch by the wall, while he was rummaging through the drawers behind his wooden desk. After a few seconds, he brought out a box and walked over to me. I narrowed my eyes at him, wary.“What is that?” I asked with a suspicious-filled tone.“Are you blind or something?” he responded, not sparing me a glance. It all happened so fast after that.One second, he was standing over me. Next, Alpha Lucian was on his knees before me. Shocked at the sudden action, I flinched away.And to this, Lucian chuckled.“That’s a new expression,” he remarked with an amused tone.I was still surprised as I said, “What the hell are you doing? Why are you on your knees?”“I thought it was ob
“You’re back!” Sierra exclaimed once she saw me walking into the kitchen.“I’m back,” I responded with an unenthusiastic voice.Sierra ran over to me to check my body. “I ran as fast as I could to get Alpha Lucian. Did he arrive on time?”I knew she had disappeared to get help. “Yeah, he did. But not before that crazy bitch did this to me.”I showed Sierra my wrists and she gasped out loud. “I’m so sorry. This is all my fault,” she said as she led me to sit down and brought out a first aid kit from one of the lower cabinets.Why did everyone own a first aid kit in this place? Werewolves above Omega status hardly got wounded. And even if they did, they’d be up on their feet for about the next five minutes because of their ability to self-heal.This was the case for regular wounds though. Not for wounds caused by silver or wolfsbane. But it was still weird to have a personal first aid kit as a werewolf. And for an Alpha to have one was even plain suspicious.Sierra started to treat the
“Owwww!” I yelled.“Are you alright?” Timothy asked, rushing to check up on me.“Of course I’m not! My butt hurts like hell! Owwie!” I cried dramatically.The ten-year-old kid’s face was riddled with panic. It even made me feel bad for exaggerating my fall. Yes, my butt did hurt, but the sounds of my wails were overstated.“Don’t worry, help is coming.” Timothy tried to comfort me.My brows creased. Help? What did he mean by help? I was doing this so I could get out of working. If someone came to check on me and realised that there was nothing severely wrong with me, the head maid would kill me.I shoved the kid away lightly and said, “I don’t need your help! This is all your fault! If you hadn’t been bothering me while I was cleaning, I wouldn’t have fallen down and broken my tailbone.”Panic was an understatement of the expression on little Tim’s face. It was like he was going to explode from guilt.“I didn’t mean to. I thought you were holding onto the lamp and—”“And what? Can’t y
I’ve become a pariah in the Blood Moon pack.Not that I wasn’t a pariah before. It was now more obvious and glaring to the eyes. I suspected that it was because of my not working. After the entire ordeal with Lucian instructing the head maid not to give me any work, I’ve been noticing changes in everyone’s behaviour towards me. Whenever I would walk into a room with people inside it, they would immediately scamper away, speaking in hushed whispers.If I stepped into the kitchen, everyone would leave. It was so obvious that they were avoiding me. I wanted to talk to Sierra about it, but she’s been extra busy these past few days, especially since all my workload has been passed onto her.The only time she was free was at night but I couldn’t disturb her then, so I waited for the weekend to arrive, when she would be taking a break from work.I didn’t know if she had anything planned for the weekend, so first thing Saturday morning, I was standing in front of her door and knocking.Afte
One second. Two seconds. Three seconds.I didn’t feel the heat of a palm against my face. I slowly pried my eyes open to see that someone had caught Anna’s hand before it made it to my face.My eyes widened in shock. The person who saved me from the slap was someone I had not expected to see today — Gina.Gina threw Anna’s hand away and the latter stumbled in both surprise and the showing of pure strength. “Is this what you go around doing? Bullying weak members of the pack?” Gina questioned Anna and her cronies.Anna’s gaze was set on the ground as she shook her head negatively. “I was not bullying her.”“Are you insinuating that I’m blind?” Gina released a strong aura. Though I couldn’t feel its pressure because it wasn’t extended towards me, I could sense it.Anna’s cronies trembled like they were under the weight of something very heavy. Since Gina and Anna were both Deltas, it became a battle between who had the strongest wolf aura.Anna stood her ground, veins popping by the si
What could I give a man who had it all? I pondered on that question as I trailed after Sierra in the middle of the crowded streets.The night market was bustling and active with tons of people buying and trading exotic stuff. But among all the rare treasures that I was looking at, nothing stood out to me.None of the stuff could be presented to Lucian as something so incredible that he would grant me a wish.I suddenly remembered that Sierra was here for the same purpose as me, so I tugged on her sleeve and asked, “What are you going to get Lucian?”She hesitated before giving me an answer. “I heard that there was a witch who invented a rare artefact. Its ability can create the ghost of a lost loved one who can maintain their consciousness.”I was dumbfounded.If Lucian got that kind of gift, he’d be able to use it for his late brother. Or even his parents. It was extremely astounding.“How did you find out about that?” I questioned.Sierra said, “As a maid, I get to hear things. Anyw