I watched every body eating their meal with great appetite but I was only picking and dropping the cavatto with my fork, making unnecessary sounds with the ceramic plates in front of me. I could not even take one into my mouth, I could throw up if I tried it and every body would start to suspect me. "Silene, what's wrong?" Luna Dessa called me and I raised my head up. "Yes Luna?" I answered dropping my fork. "I noticed that you have not been eating anything, is there any problems? Don't you like the meal?" Luna asked me like she cared, but I only nodded with a smile. "Are you still ill Silene?" Lustrow asked me as he gazed at me but I kept my eyes on the food on the table. "Not at all Lustrow. I am perfectly okay, and I like the food." To convince him that I was fine, I picked one shrimp to my mouth but before I could even chew it up, my stomach rumbled violently, my throat lurging forward the food that was in my stomach. I covered my mouth with my palm to
"Enough!!" Leoric shouted and every murmur ceased immediately. I slowly opened my eyes, Leoric was already behind Lustrow, he almost thwacked Lustrow from behind. One could see in his face that he was very angry, but if he tried defending me in front of everyone at that moment people might get suspicious of him and I wasn't ready to reveal that Leoric was the father of my child. Alpha Ailwyn would never consider us, he would get us prosecuted. "Why did you stop me Leoric?" Lustrow asked him. "You shouldn't have slapped her that way, don't you kn-" Leoric was speaking with anger. Shhh! I made a long hush sound to draw his attention. I didn't want him to say any thing that would go against Lustrow's. He should continue to pretend as if he didn't approve of my stay in the pack-house. Only that could save us. He looked up at my side and I signalled him not to say anything that would go against Lustrow's. He pulled back and clenched his fist. "Lustrow... I think
Now we have new Luna in our midst and of course, this girl was only here to cause more commotions and give each and everyone reasons to detest her. It was really tiring coz, this girl would boss one day and night without even telling one to rest. Well, that was what she was used to so I wouldn't blame her for all that. Just a few days Harolden had used in the house, she had made numerous enemies for herself but yet, no one had dared to confront her or complain that he had done too much or said too much. I was even glad she convinced Lustrow to give me a few more weeks to stay in the house to look for where to get a proper apartment for myself and my baby. Almost everyone believed that the father of my baby rejected my pregnancy and that was why I was hiding it from everyone and I was glad that was how it went. I knew her reasons for letting me stay back though, it wasn't that she truly cared about me and my baby, I knew that for its certainty, but I wouldn't let that to weig
"Stand up now and get to work!!" She barked at me. I sluggishly rose up from the floor, I still held my face that was burning and peppery and I could still hear the sound of the slap in my head. My eyes were stinged with tears. My ears were also making a shrill sound deep down inside but I could not stop it. The slap had just destabilized my system. She smirked at me and swivelled her chair back to face the mirror again. "Get me my tea right now." She ordered and I went to her shelf where she usually kept her junks. It was snowing and I knew she would want it hot, so I didn't bother to ask her. I quickly prepared her ginger tea using hot water and went to give it to her. At first she didn't say anything when I told her the tea was ready, I held it with me and stood. "Place it on the table." She finally talked but she didn't look at me, she was focusing on the book she was reading. I did as she said, dropping the tea on her table and stepped back, standing not too
"Lustrow!!!" Her fragile voice echoed around the pack-house as she screamed and within a twinkle of an eye, Lustrow and Holden had appeared in the room. My heart raced as I saw them, Lustrow pushed me aside and ran to Harol. "What's going on here?" He asked me but I couldn't even respond. I was shuddering and my lips were just to heavy to form something. "She threw up on my dress!" She screamed again. "Tell her to get out of my room.. I don't want to see her face ever again, she has ruined me." She cried into Lustrow's arm. "Get out of here!! Get out of my sight!!" Holden yelled at me and I quickly ran out of the room immediately. One side of me was extremely happy and the other side of me was nervous. I was happy because I knew I was totally free from her today, I was free from her orders and I was nervous because I didn't know what would happen to me next. I didn't know what they would do to me this time. "Silene!!" I heard my name and I froze. My leg
I made my way to the room Luna Dessa was when i was done dressing myself up. I put on a causal clothes, the one I was wearing was wet and soggy and even my make up at erased. My planned throughout the day, I wouldn't say it worked out the way I wanted but at least, Harol sent me out of the house and also said that she didn't want to see my face ever again. I was sure she would not want to see me because she would be afraid I would throw up on her again. As I approached the room, I heard some whispery voices, it was sounding like they were plotting devilish plan in there. It was coming from the room I just left but I could not hear what they were saying at all and I did not know who it was that was talking. I stopped in front of the door and leaned my ear against the door to hear what they were saying. I knew I shouldn't be eavesdropping but I was kinda suspicious. Why would one be whispering things like this? Didn't they want anyone to hear what they were saying? What was
Brightness. Brightness penetrated into my eyes and forced me to open them when I really didn't want to wake up, I felt like sleeping more. I had to blink several times and rubbed my eyes with the back of my palm before I could see anything clearly. I didn't want to wake up and I wouldn't have woken up if not of the light that poked my eyes like I was being stung by an insect. I looked around where I was not moving my body. This was a new place, wasn't it? I looked around again, scanning everything that was in the room and what could have possibly brought me here. I didn't recognise where I was. Not a whit! I found myself in a little room, surrounded by dark charred walls. It was as if the room was once burnt. Like, so there was a room like this in the pack-house? How come I didn't know about it and how did I get here? I kept on scanning, to my left, there was a small table and a chair, and just right above a small window from which the sunlight peeked through. In front of me,
I stopped and looked around, where was I again? I couldn't recognize this place. I walked slowly forward away from the store room and that was when I saw that door. This was the place I once heard a maid talking about which was offbound for everybody bit not for Alpha Ailwyn and Luna Dessa. I never even asked about this place and why it was offbound, what could be special about this place that no one is allowed to go there? Even if I asked, would anyone give me an answer? Obviously not! I continued to move forward, I wanted to make sure I unravel the whole thing today and that was when I saw that the door of the room was slightly opened.... My heart jolted up in shock, my eyes popping out of shock... someone was definitely in the room for it to be opened. Without thinking twice, I walked slowly down to check who it could be there. For the door to be opened, it was either some one just left from there or just entered. I didn't know why but I was very scared... Surprisingly,