His slave

Drake smirked looking at Nyra's shell-shocked face. She glared at him but as soon as her father turned to face her, her eyes became soft.

'Interesting' he thought.

Douglas left soon after that leaving a fuming Nyra behind.

"Now, you are my slave" Drake taunted her happily.

"You.." Nyra controlled her urge to curse him.

"Yes? " Drake is having too much fun at her expense. He did not remember when he enjoyed his time like this.

'Her misery is making me happy? Is there anything wrong with me? With that attitude, it's not a wonder that she spiked my anger' he told himself.

Nyra decided to leave this room to cool down her temper. She is scared that, she might scratch his face off.

Nyra stalked off without a word to him.

Strangely, as soon as she left, Drake felt restless and empty.

'It's just my imagination ' he thought and did not think much about it.

Nyra went down to the kitchen, still fuming with anger. 

Emma looked at Nyra's angry face and was confused. 

'Ha? Nyra is always soft and smiling. Why does she look so angry now?' She wondered.

"What happened to you?" Emma asked Nyra with concern.

Nyra who was lost in thoughts, didn't immediately notice Emma. As soon as she heard her concerned words, she looked up and smiled.

"It's nothing. Mr Hamilton wants me to become his personal Maid. You know how scary he is. I am a little stressed" Nyra revealed the half-truth. 

Emma gasped with fear. Emma is working here since before Nyra came here. She remembers the broken glass bowls and cups which Mr Hamilton threw in anger.

"Oh no," Emma said with pity.

Nyra remembered all the clothes he made her wash and iron and fumed with anger.

"He is not easy to serve," Emma said oblivious to what Nyra is thinking.

"Ya," two different things are running in their minds.

Douglas came into the kitchen when the two girls are talking with each other.

"Nyra" he caught the end of their conversation.

Nyra turned around to face her father.

"I know it's not easy to serve Mr Hamilton. But whatever you did, he liked it. I have been working for him for over 15 years. I never saw him favor anyone before. I am very proud that my daughter managed to impress him and is now appointed as his personal maid" Douglas said, with his eyes misty.

Nyra smiled gently, but she is feeling suffocated inside.

'If only you know how hard it is to serve him, dad. You would be horrified if you know why he let me be his maid of choice" Nyra signed vary.

"Now go and pack your stuff. You have to shift in the room beside Mr Hamilton's" Douglas said and send his daughter away.

Nyra entered inside her father's house and noticed her stepmother and sisters whispering something.

When they notice her standing in the doorway, her Stepmother looks at her as if she is a criminal.

"What have you done to earn his favor?" Cindy sneers at Nyra.

Nyra is taken aback by the way they are talking to her.

"What?" Nyra asked them confused.

What are they talking about?

"Stop pretending to be innocent, we know about people like you" Mindy snaps, her words sharp and biting.

"I don't understand? What did I do?" Nyra doesn't know what these people are talking about.

"This must be the way she seduced Mr Hamilton. Men always fall for these innocent looks" Barbara snorts.

Nyra's eyes widen with realization.

They are accusing her character. They are thinking that she slept with that Man? Nyra is not naive and she know what happens between men and women. Her so-called mate snatched away her virginity and now is after her life. After her mate, Nyra didn't sleep with anyone else. She somehow felt wrong, as if she is cheating on her Mate.

"I am human and a maid. Why will a rich handsome dragon wants to sleep with me?" Nyra tried to reason with them.

But they are so far gone in their belief and hatred of Nyra, they refused to hear a word she is saying.

"Shut up, don't lie. Your father couldn't bear with you, so he sent you away. Who knows with how many men you slept there? Your grandmother is easy to fool and she doesn't care about you either. She just lets you stay with her out of obligation" Barbara is accusing Nyra with so much hatred, Nyra is stunned.

Nyra wants to snap at them, but her father's face flashes before her eyes. She doesn't want to hurt her father. 

"Look how she is still standing there like a shameless hussy. Who knows, she must have slept with all the guards in the mansion" Cindy grabs Nyra's hair, and pulls painfully hard.

"Cindy, let me go" Nyra pushed Cindy away. Cindy lost her balance and fell hard on the ground.

"Ahh.." She shrieked with pain.

Barbara and Mindy rushed to help Cindy.

Barbara became furious and slapped Nyra hard on her cheek.

Nyra staggered and fell to the ground.

Nyra wanted to get up and give them a dose of their own medicine. 

"What's happening here?" Douglas heard the commotion in his house and rushed inside to see what's happening.

He saw his wife slapping Nyra. He knows his wife, who is also his mate, doesn't like Nyra. She feels like he betrayed him by not waiting until he found her and cheated with another woman. She is right in her argument. So he sent Nyra away for her safety. 

When Mr Hamilton announced that, he want Nyra to move to the adjacent room, he became happy. He knows that the attic is not suitable for Nyra. But he can't do anything about it.

"She bullied Cindy" his wife complained and wept in his arms.

Douglas looked at Nyra with a blank face. 

"Go pack your stuff Nyra" he told her calmly.

Nyra felt her heartache. But she concealed her feelings and went to her room and packed her belongings in a couple of minutes.

She left her father's house with a heavy heart and occupied the room meant for her.

Drake is waiting for Nyra to come to her room. As soon as he heard the sounds of movements from the other room he called her.

"Nyra" Drake called her.

Nyra heard Drake calling and went to him like a robot. 

"Go bring my dinner upstairs" he ordered her.

After what happened earlier, Nyra doesn't have much energy to deal with him. So she simply did as he asked and bring him his food in a cart.

Drake looked at her strangely.

'Why is she acting so compliant?' he thought.

'He liked her defiance. This version of Nyra does not feel right' he mused.

To get a reaction out of her, he asked her to feed him.

"What?" She asked with shock.

"Feed me" he repeated.

Nyra looked at him like he is crazy. But her heart is still aching with what happened earlier. So she started feeding him with much resistance.

Drake thought she would make a fuss. But her calm and timid face is ringing warning bells inside his head.

That's when he noticed the red handprint on her cheek. 

"Who slapped you?" he asked with fury.

The thought of someone bullying her is making him furious.

Nyra was startled by his concerned words. She remembered the way he treated her just a while ago.

"It's nothing" she murmured and walked away.

Drake looked at her doing other works away from him.

'You fight with me for treating you badly. But you let someone slap you?' he thought looking at her.

He understood it must be someone related to her father. Or else, she is not the kind to keep quiet.

"Is it your stepmother?" Drake guessed correctly.

Nyra glared at him.

"Does it matter? You bully me and they do too. What's the difference?" Nyra snapped.

Drake immediately became angry.

"Are you comparing me with them?" he asked in a dangerously calm voice.

Shivers ran down her body.

"Can't you understand simple English?" Nyra is angry and frustrated. She is showing her anger on the wrong person.

Nyra is pinned to a wall with his palm squeezing her throat. 

Drake wants to see fear in her eyes, like he sees in everyone else. But Nyra met his eyes and glared at him with disdain.

That alone angered Darius and he squeezed hard enough to cut her air supply.

'I am physically weaker than him, and he is using that to his advantage' she thought in her head.

"Coward," She whispered just before darkness consumed her vision.

Drake immediately let her go and Nyra slumped on him. He caught her out of reflex.

Her word ringing in his head.

'Someone slapped her, knowing she cannot fight back. Now I am bullying her just like they did' he thought shamefully.

He lifted her up bridal style and placed her gently on her bed.

He shifted in to his dragon form and flew in to the sky to clear his head.