That night, Helena woke up as planned and tapped Secretary Han, who was fast asleep gently. With a whisper, she notified her “It’s time” and Secretary Han dropped off the bed without hesitation. They tiptoed down the hallway to the extreme end of the second block where the library was situated. Streams of guards were there waiting at their positions without moving, their weapons in their hands, as if they were ready to devour anyone who trespasses. “Why are they guarding the library heavily? Is there something we shouldn’t see in there?” Helena muttered in disappointment. “What are you here for though? You can just get a pass if you want to check anything in the library” Secretary Han remarked from behind, rubbing the sleep off her droopy eyes before trying to move forward, but she only kicked a trash can lying by the side, sending it flying with a crashing sound afterwards. Immediately, a bright light flashed towards them. One of the guards there had pointed a bright torch light
HELENA’S POV I couldn’t fathom the sudden change in Madam Jean’s body all of a sudden after the intake of the medicinal tea that was brought in to her a few minutes ago. My scream of her name was so loud that it caught the attention of everyone in the brothel. Everyone rushed into the room to see what was happening and met the lifeless body of Madam Jean on my lap, her mouth smeared with the blood she coughed out of her mouth. “What is going on? Why is she like this?” one of the maids questioned, running to my side. Before I could answer the question, the head maid rushed in, sweating frantically as she ran to my side. “I think she has been attacked! The maid in charge of her medicine has been murdered in the changing room” announced the head maid, to everyone’s surprise. It was at that moment I realized what was going on, her death was not ordinary. “She has been poisoned” I remarked, quickly reaching out for her teacup. The faint smell that greeted my nose was familiar, it was
The marriage talk did affected me more than I thought it would. I never knew I would be that jealous of Draco getting married to another lady. The instruction he gave Beta Gray made my heart raced hard, I wanted to counter why he would be getting married to another person even when he has a queen in the pack but I didn’t want to make myself a laughing stock. “Son of a bitch!” tears almost choked me as I walked down the corridor of his quarters aggressively. Even till the next day, I wasn’t feeling too good. Most of the time they were talking at the meeting about when to fix, I was lost. “Are you even listening to me? My queen” called out Elora, the elder of the fourth tribe when she noticed that I wasn’t listening them anymore. Nodding my head continuously, “Of course I am listening” dropped from my mouth even though it was obvious that my attention was not there. The meeting was done and the day for the ritual was fixed before everyone dispersed leaving only me in my office. The
I was dropped off in my quarters alongside Han and my baby by Draco’s guard and as soon as I stepped down, I saw Amy walking into the palace. Since I was never interested in her, I just walked into my quarters without giving her any second glance, but I didn’t fail to see the guardians positioned at the door. “He’s really going far. How can you not be treated before he sends you to your room?” Han protested, but I only kept quiet since my head was so blank. The pain of my wound was not even getting to me, thanks to the boiling anger in me. Draco made sure to mock me in front of his people and all I was thinking of was how to return the gesture to him in multiple folds. “Should we just give all of this up and leave for the house? I feel this is not worth the stress”, Han suggested, but she was only met with silence. She knew it was a suggestion I wouldn’t even think about. “Let’s get you treated at the bare minimum first” she called out to me after handing over Jerry who was slee
The following day, the wedding did happen, but I was not concerned about anything that was happening at the ceremony. I had left the palace for the clinic as early as possible and almost worked myself to death that day. I was treating every single patient by myself and refused the help from the other nurses and doctors, made rounds by myself and even forgot that I hadn’t taken anything all day. Han stood back at the palace to cook my meal and brought it for me but it was left on the table untouched for hours until she came around again, nagging me to eat this time. My back bone cranked as I tried sitting down, making me wince in pain. I never took a break nor sat down all day as was expected. As I gulped down my food, I could feel her eyes linger on me, but I tried my best to ignore her. I knew what she wanted to say but I was not ready to hear it, so I just pretended to and I turned my attention to the food. “Your cooking skills are just extraordinary. How can your meals always ta
As soon as Amy dressed up and went to her chambers, Chief Kinn didn’t waste time in informing her about the said training Helena mentioned earlier. “Do I have to do it? I don’t want to”, Amy protested, but Chief Kinn wouldn’t even listen to her whining. “I do not have the authority to stop it because it is the queen’s command. Also, it is a necessary requirement for every concubine that will be serving the Alpha, so you must undergo the training as instructed by the Luna”, Chief Kinn argued calmly. She snorted! “Mmph!” “You must be kidding me. Did Luna herself undergo any training? She just came and sat down on the throne, but you want me to train? That is impossible” she countered, her eyes glistening with jealousy coupled with stubbornness. Chief Kinn, who had many things to do and oversee, didn’t want to spend all the whole day exchanging words or trying to persuade her about something that she didn’t have any choice but to do. A tired sigh emerged from the head of the servants
At the announcement of the result, Amy charged forward at me to protest but I pushed her away with the same force she was coming with, making her stagger. “You witch! I will make sure to skin you alive” she growled at me, yelling at the top of her voice. The servants in the hall rushed to hold her down before she attacked me further, even though I didn’t really need their help. If she had tried to attack me again, I would have made sure she regretted it. With a loud voice, I raised up an envelope I had earlier picked from the table. “If you are not going to comply, then you can gladly sign this document. It won’t take long because my seal is already on it. I don’t have to explain what it is, it shows that you will no longer be able to live in the palace. You do know that I have that much authority to deal with matters like this, right?” I stated firmly. Everyone was taken aback, they didn’t know that I had thought hard and long to that extent. I had already thought about every acti
The last day of the training came by and we were busy with the tasks Amy was to do for her final test. Beta Gray, who had been away from the palace since the wedding, finally came to witness the test that had been going on. At the sight of how strict and thorough Helena was with Amy and how she kept judging critically, he already sensed that the situation was not only for proper training but also to get back at Amy for thinking she could do anything or anyhow she wanted in the palace just because Alpha Draco doesn’t favor the Luna. One thing he loved about Helena was her smartness. She wouldn't fight a war she would not win and that was why he was silently rooting for her to find the truth about the death of her parents in the palace. “You are here”. He heard Alpha Draco remark and turned to the direction where the voice was coming from to see the Alpha moving towards him with his guards following closely. With a bow, he greeted the Alpha, “How have you been, My Alpha?” but the Alp