Chapter 5

Zeph Pov

I couldn't help staring at Alpha Hunter's face who was now also staring at me. He is indeed very handsome and only someone like Hillary who is the daughter of a beta would suit him. Because Hillary is beautiful, smart, and the daughter of the alpha which is the second highest rank in a pack. But her behavior is ugly, so she doesn't deserve to be Alpha Hunter's mate. She is undoubtedly beautiful but her attitude is also undoubtedly ugly. My mouth twisted a little bit at the last thoughts I had about Hillary. If only she could read my mind I'm sure she would have made me bald by now. But I am thankful that no one can read what's inside my mind. Although I can't be a mind reader which is one of the common abilities of werewolves with strong powers they can't read what I'm thinking either. I'm thankful that no one can read my mind, especially Hillary and Sir Keiver. Because if those two happen to read my thoughts, I'm sure they will always beat me every time they read bad things that I thought about them inside my mind. Because I often murder both of them in my mind, especially Hillary. That's the only thing I'm capable of.

"Why are you staring at Alpha Hunter like that, Zeph? Do you have a lust for him?"  Hillary's angry voice brought my mind back to my current situation.

"Huh?" I answered her like a fool. From her angry face, my eyes flew to the face of Alpha Hunter who was still looking at me. But in less than two seconds I avert my eyes from him and turn to Hillary with an indescribable expression. I'm afraid that if I look at Alpha Hunter much longer, Hillary will dig out my eyes and feeds them to her pet which is a huge cobra. A male cobra who seems can understand what Hillary telling him.

"I said why are you staring at Alpha Hunter? Do you like him?" Hillary asked me again with wide eyes.

"Did I stare at him?" I asked but only for myself. My mind was a bit distracted so I didn't realize that I had been staring at Alpha Hunter for a long time. "You're staring at him too, Hillary. Does that mean you like him too?" I asked her innocently.

"How dare you talk back to me, Zeph!" she snorted angrily at me as if she felt embarrassed in front of Alpha Hunter because of what I asked. What would she be ashamed of when almost everyone knew that she had a huge crush on our alpha?

"Interesting," said Alpha Hunter. I don't know if he was talking to me or Hillary. But he was looking at me when he said that word so maybe he was talking to me. But what's interesting about me when I'm just a weak and lowly omega servant?

"I'm sorry, Alpha Hunter. I didn't know this handkerchief was yours," I apologized to him. Alpha Hunter didn't reply and just look at me.

"You've returned Alpha Hunter's handkerchief so stand up and leave, Zeph. And next time don't pick up a handkerchief that's not yours," Sir Keiver's voice ordered me firmly.

"If I had only known that our alpha had lent me a handkerchief earlier, I would not have accepted it," I said to myself in a low voice, and only I could hear it. But when I looked at Alpha Hunter's face again, I saw that he was frowning as if he didn't like something. I was nervous that he might have heard what I said so I quickly took my eyes off him and then suddenly stood up to leave. I forgot that Sir Keiver's lashes that I tasted and when I stood up, I suddenly felt a great pain in my back, so I unintentionally lost my balance. I thought I was going to fall but it didn't happen because Alpha Hunter quickly caught up with me.  He quickly wrapped one arm around my waist and my other arm automatically wrapped around his neck so I didn't fall. I looked up at his face because I was worried that he might be angry with what I did. When I saw him looking at me with a frown, I suddenly let go of him. But this time I made sure I didn't fall over standing up.

"Sorry again, Alpha Hunter. It was only instinct that made me cling to you," I quickly explained to him.

"Interesting," said Alpha Hunter. I don't know who he is referring to as interesting.  But why is he looking at me? And if it is me, why he keeps on telling me that? What does he mean by that?

"Go into your room, Zeph," Sir Keiver's voice commanded me. I calmly walked away from them after giving Alpha Hunter one last look.

I walked slowly to my room. I couldn't help but moan a little as I sat on the bedside of my bed. Alpha Hunter's arrival was unexpected but I'm still thankful that he came because Sir Keiver didn't continue whipping me. If he doesn't come, I might be crawling back into my room now because I can't stand up. After all, my body hurts so much.

"How dare you embarrass me, Zeph!" Hillary said angrily as she suddenly followed me and enter my room. Before I could speak, she approached me and gave me a hard slap.  "Try to embarrass me in front of Alpha Hunter next time and I assure you that's not the only thing you'll taste from me," she threatened me before leaving my small and cramped room.

I just held my cheek that Hillary slapped. Suddenly it became thick and painful.  When I looked at my palm there was a little bit stain of blood so I quickly went to the front of the old wardrobe with a mirror. My face hurts because of Hillary's strong slap, but apart from it a small scratch on my face also feels hurt. A small scratch that I'm sure was from the ring she was wearing. One of Hillary's fingers has a ring, so that's what cut my cheek when she slapped me. Sadly, I just stared at my reflection in the mirror. When can I get out of being a slave in this house?  When will I survive this situation? Am I just like this forever? A weak and downtrodden werewolf?