The intense staccato her heart began beating roared in her ear as she watched the queen start towards them. Savannah's lungs suddenly closed up and she struggled to breath in the next air. The Queen had seen them. IT was over. She was almost combusting, knowing that there was no way to explain away what had happened since the smell of sex reeked in the air. her clothes were ruffled and her hair dishevelled. Not to talk of Ryker who was still butt naked.Savannah gulped, her lips parting as she tried to prepare her heart for the worst as the queen drew nearer, but as if on cue, the double doors to the library parted slowly, revealing the queen's handmaid who had her gaze planted to the floor. If not for the heat that crawled up the side of her neck, Savannah would have been fooled that the woman didn't see anything. but she did. The sight of Ryker's limp penis was etched into her memory."Your ladyness, the King requests for your presence." The hand maid reported and briskly walked out
A month later, Princess Celia was still feeling right at home at Valeria. Savannah was at a loss on how to react concerning how her sister always found a way to attend the training sessions with her. Every time she showed up, at times mid-training, Savannah would see the irritation clear on Lexington’s face and some part of her almost felt sorry for Celia. She was clearly throwing herself at the guy who talked to her out of mere courtesy. It was pitiful honestly but who saw Savannah to judge? She was still trying to make the Prince who hates the fact that she breathed in oxygen, love her. Trying to convince him not to send her back home. Only goddess knew exactly what home meant for it clearly wasn’t Hybern.On the side, Ryker was losing his mind. No matter how much he tried to approach Savannah, she ignored him and the last time he finally got them alone, she warned him sternly to stay from her. When he ignored that and tried to kiss her, he was slapped in the face and was told to ac
Bernice twisted her hands together in anxiety as she watched the color drain from Savannah’s face until she was even paler than a sheet of paper. “Are you alright? Are you going to faint? Here, place your head between your thighs.” Her voice was shaky with concern as she wove her fingers into her dark hair, holding her head down so the blood could flow back to her brain.“Leave,” Savannah drew in a shuddering breath, conscious of the painful thud of the organ in her chest as it jerked erratically against her ribcage. Her head was still spinning as she lifted her eyes to Bernice. The intense shock made her skin feel sticky and strangled her vocal cords so badly that her voice came out as a shaky whisper. “This can’t be.”A beat passed between them and when Savannah refused to say anything else, Bernice, raised a hand to slightly shake her shoulder but Savannah jerked up, almost falling off her seat in a bid to stop her.Furrowing her brows, she leaned away. “What is wrong?”“Just leave
Her fingers slowly closed into a fist, tightening beside her before she pushed out a breath and slowly turned to face the queen. She felt her heart jump and then plummet to her feet. Was this about what the queen had seen a month ago? Savannah was painfully aware that she’d never discussed it with her and it hung over her head like a knife, its pointed tip shooting for her head at the slightest provocationShe plastered a meek smile on her face but the queen was not having it. She yelled. “Dinner should have started minutes ago but we all had to wait for you! You have become such an insolent idiot!”Scalding fury coursed through Ryker’s veins as he listened to his mother babble on about how Savannah had been disrespectful towards her since she entered the palace. His lips thinned into a straight line as he forced himself to keep from saying anything. Jumping into Savannah’s defense wouldn’t bode well for either of them especially with what the queen had seen. He was already on a tight
Nobody broke the silence that permeated the room for a long time and it was only when the King peeled a chair back and settled on it, did he clear his throat. “Go ahead,” he arched a brow at his youngest son, waving his hand in a notion for him to go on with whatever he wanted to say.An evil light glimmered in Ryker’s eyes and he thanked his father. “Yes, since Savannah had been brought into our pack, she’d been maltreated by everyone in this castle, Reginald and Mother inclusive. Even Amelia had done despicable things to her. The time Savannah attended the ball with injured knees and was abandoned by Amelia, it was all fucking intentional. Hell, the injury on her knees that they all told you was caused by an attack from rogues is a fucking lie! It was mother who asked her to crawl on her knees to punish her for just waking up late. This happened on the second day here. You’d be surprised to learn that Reginald beats—”Savannah had gone as white as a sheet and thankful to the goddess
A strangled gasp of surprise clawed its way up from the depths of Savannah's chest, only to be stifled by Ryker's palm as he forcefully covered her mouth. She pushed his hand aside, her eyes wide with panic, and whispered in a hushed, urgent tone, "Why are you here? Did anyone see you follow me?"He shook his head softly, his eyes scanning their surroundings cautiously. "You left in such a rush," he whispered. "I needed to make sure you were okay. I don't think anyone suspects I followed you; they've all retreated to their own rooms since dinner abruptly ended. You spent quite a while in there, and I was on the verge of breaking in, worried."Savannah's tone didn't even soften as she hissed back, "Humor is the last thing on my mind right now. Look at me. Do I look fine to you?"He tilted his head to the side, allowing his eyes to sweep her form from head to toe before he shrugged casually. “You tell me. You seem to be really comfy with my brother.”Savannah's voice crackled with pent-
What? Bernice was so stunned by Savannah’s request that for about thirty seconds, she didn’t move a muscle and could only stare, open-mouthed. Then as if under a spell, she began pacing the bathroom, so fast that it was a surprise the soles of her shoes didn’t burn a hole through the tiles.“NOW!” Savannah’s impatient voice kick started her into motion and she dashed out of the bathroom to get them.Left alone in the restroom, Savannah was still on the floor and after flushing the toilet, she closed its lid and rested her head against it, too worn out to move away, no matter how gross it might seem. Her eyes fluttered close and she sent another thank you prayer to the goddess that Reginald was not present and she silently prayer that he would be out for long.Bernice later returned with two strips and Savannah roughly grabbed them from her, shooing her out of the bathroom to do the needful. A pee and thirty seconds later, Savannah and Bernice were both outside the bathroom door, star
Rinsing out the remnants of the salty, musty taste in her mouth, Savannah dries her face with the hem of her dress before returning to the room. Reginald had left after finishing in her mouth so she was alone in the room. At least only her mouth would be used for the next two weeks. Savannah thought, depressed and sad as she laid back on the couch, crawling beneath the covers. She hid under there all morning, staring bleakly at the ceiling, refusing all offers of food that had been brought by other maids on Bernice’s instructions. As if fate was on her side, Reginald didn’t return to the room.For the rest of the day, she kept to the couch, fortunately, undisturbed by the queen or anybody else. She did not leave that warm cocoon until the early hours of the following morning when the desperation of her situation and the loneliness of her spirit, combined with the terrible fears of her future, drove her to seek the consolation of Valerian’s library. Other than the one in the castle, th
Stella slaps off the mosquitoes from her body, and groaned in irritation. "You have been here for weeks, you should be used to these insects by now." A male voice muttered. It was Reginald. She met him by a twist of fate, a few weeks ago, after she was chased out of the Pack. "I can never get used to them." She replied. "Well, you have no choice." Reginald said. He walked out with two cups of tea, and gave one to her. "Thanks." She said. Reginald sat beside her. "I never knew someone else would go through the same embarrassment Zhao put me through." He said. "Well, here I am." Stella said and they both laughed. "I never knew all Zhao did to me was because of Savannah. If I never met you, I wouldn't have found out about it." Reginald said. "We can't just let them go, right? We need to revenge." Stella suggested. Reginald took a sip of his tea and nodded. "True. We really need to revenge. We should give them a taste of their own medicine." He said. "Do you also know that S
Savannah slowly opened her eyes and everywhere was blurry.It's been a few days since everything happened. As soon as her sight became clear, she noticed someone staring at her.It was her son!"My baby." She muttered and pulled him into a hug, tears slowly trickling down her face."I am so happy to see you, baby. Are you happy too?" She asked, cupping her son's face with her hands."Yes, mum." He replied and she hugged him again."Why are you crying mum?" Her son asks as soon as they break the hug."I'm not crying." She responded and her son helped her wipe her tears."Has anyone been wicked to you?" She asked him."No, mum." He replied.For some reason, Savannah was shocked."No one hurt you or did bad things to you?" She asked again."No, mum." Her son said again.Savannah pulled her son to her and she thought silently."What is going on? Zhao lets Stella do whatever she wants..how come no one hurt my son or is he lying to me? He can't be lying to me." She thought, she wanted to a
Zhao stared at Stephanie weakly."But why? Why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep this away from me?" He asked.Stephanie sniffed and looked away."Zhao, please....""Why?" Zhao asked again."Because I didn't want to lose you. I love you, Zhao! I do, and I can't afford to lose you." Stephanie said with teary eyes.Zhao sank into the chair and bent his head, trying to hold back tears. He felt broken.Stephanie turned away and let the tears out, she never wanted him to find out this way.Just then, the door was pushed open and the doctor walked in.Stephanie and Zhao turned to him with looks of expectancy."Doctor?" Zhao said, impatiently."Um, well, ma'am, your condition is quite serious.." The doctor announced."Okay? But she is not in a danger zone, right?" Zhao asked."Relax, Zhao," Stephanie said."I'm afraid you might not survive it." The doctor added."Why? I mean isn't there something you can do about it? You are a doctor, there must be something you can do about it, right?" Z
Savannah lay on the floor bleeding badly. She had tried to explain that she did not slap Stella and that Stella was the one hit herself just to frame her but no one had believed her. Of course no one was going to believe her. She would not have believed it either. She should have known that it would not be easy to deal with someone like Stella. The most painful part for her was that Zhao add ordered for her to be beaten up by the guards just to get back at her. The admade shot to hit a badly and she was now bleeding all over her body and her entire body hurt. Savannah wanted to cry but she did not even have tears to shed. She could not help but think about her life with Reginald. When she was with him she had suffered beatings like this almost everyday. When she finally was able to get away from his control she thought that she would never have to deal with anyone treating her like a piece of garbage and beating her whenever they felt like it. But it seemed like she was wrong
Stella had a wicked smile on her face as she looked at Savannah. It was clear that she was looking down on Savannah decided to ignore her looks because she wasn't in the mood for any drama. From the way Stella was looking at her she was sure that she knew about what had happened between her and Zhao. She just wanted to be left alone and to be able to see her son whenever she wanted. Those were the only things that she asked for. "It must be nice for you to go back to being a maid after everything right. You must have felt as if you were on top of the world when Zhao took an interest in you. But unfortunately you were too stupid to keep him to yourself. You really had the guts to walk away from him and to live him missing you for so many years. What were you thinking when you decided to leave him? I really want to know what was going on in your head at that time!" Stella said. Savanna rolled her eyes. She did not want to engage Savannah so she just continued doing what she was doin
Savannah was cleaning up the hallway as she thought about what Zhao had told her. He had shown off Stella to her and he had brought about how Stella was going to be a better mother to her Although she knew that she was going to be hurt she didn't really mind that he was going to get married to someone else and make someone else his Luna. Savanna was the one who left Zhao in the first place and she knew that she could not demand for him to keep waiting for her. It was only right that he would move on with his life. But all that she wanted was to be able to see her son from time to time. She did not even mind if she had to work as a maid in the palace forever as long as she got to see her son. But no matter how many times she begged Zhao and told him that she was sorry for how things went down between them, he just refused to let her see her son! She had no idea what Stella really was like and she did not know if Stella was going to treat her son well if she became her stepmother.
Zhao was speechless when he heard this. He had no idea that she thought this way. In fact, he really felt that she had left just because she wanted to hurt him. Hearing her say this changed a lot of way he felt about her inside. He almost forgave her. But then, he was reminded of the plan that he went through because of her. He shook his head immediately. He could not forgive her just because she said something nice. It did not take away all of the pain that she put him through. And he still wanted her revenge. He wanted to get revenge and she was going to make sure of that by all means possible. "Don't think that I will just let you go after what you did Savannah. I am not done with you yet and I am going to make sure that I punish you! Do you know what you put me through all these years? You were alive and well and you never even thought to let me know about it. And as if it was not enough, you took my son away from me and hide him for many years!" Zhao accused her. Savannah wen
"Oh come on Zhao. Just tell me what happened between you both. Why do you seem to hate her so much? I mean.....it's just odd. I don't think that I have ever seen you hate anyone the way that you hate her!" Stella said. She just thought that there was something weird in the way that he treated Savannah. He definitely did hate her, that was for sure. But there was something else that she could not understand. The way he looked at her....it was as if he did hate her, but they were a lot of other feelings in there that he was trying to hide. Zhao did not want to talk about Savannah. She always seemed to be able to mess with his head no matter what. He thought that he was over her for sure and that she would not have any more effects on him but it just turned out that he was wrong. She still had a lot of effects on him and it just felt like she was a drug that he could not quit. He knew that it was bad for him, but he kept going back again and again. He felt pathetic. "I don't want to
The palace corridors echoed with the hurried footsteps of Gareth and Stephanie, their expressions a mixture of concern and bewilderment. The flickering torches cast dancing shadows on the walls as they approached the quarters of the palace maids. The two had come seeking information about an unsettling rumor circulating within the palace walls.Gareth,, pushed open the door to the maids' shared living space. The room was filled with the soft murmur of gossip and laughter, momentarily silenced by the unexpected presence of their King's brother and his wife.."Good evening, ladies," Gareth greeted, attempting to maintain a calm demeanor. "We were wondering if any of you had heard anything unusual lately. Something about Zhao and a woman he brought into the palace."A hushed tension gripped the room as the maids exchanged furtive glances. Finally, a middle-aged maid with a kind face stepped forward, her eyes darting between Gareth and Stephanie. "Oh, you must be talking about Zhao's secr