Chapter 4: The man in the hood

Iris's POV

That was Hilary's voice what had she come here for? I said mentally, she moved closer to me, glared at me then turned to Helga. 

"Didn't your father tell you, it's bad to be involved in matters that don't affect you?"

"Hilary..."

"Don't use my name, I am your Luna." Hilary interrupts Helga. 

"Sorry, Hilary..."

"Don't use my name, you should refer to me as your Luna." Hilary yelled at her. 

"Maybe, you have forgotten something, in a fortnight, I too will also become a Luna because I was claimed by an alpha and I will join him tomorrow, so don't Lord it over me."

"Then you should mind your business, you should focus on joining your Alpha and stop mingling with the business of this pack."

"Hilary..."

"Helga leave." Hilary yelled at Helga, she turned and looked at me but she said no words before leaving, Hilary glared at me. 

"Now listen good, if you don't want me to feed your weak wolf to those rogues then you should listen good, don't ever make the mistake of thinking of escaping this place, if not, I and my Damien will look for you, hunt for you, even if you ended up in the hole we will dragged you out and punished you and you know the punish, death will await you."

"Hilary!!!"

"Don't you dare call me by my name?" She slapped her hand across my face. "You are my slave, and that is all you will be, and slave doesn't address their master by their name."

"Slave!!!" I mouthed but it was audible for her to hear, she looked at me then the guards, I don't know what she communicated with them with her eyes but the basement opened and they dragged me out. "Let me go."

"Maybe, because you stay in this basement, sleep, eat, sleep, and eat, that is the reason you kept asking me if you are a slave even with the mark on your back. Now, you will have to work as the slave that you are. Now take her to the Omegas quarter, and get her work to do, she should scrub, do the dishes, do laundry, and let her work."

"Hilary, what has come over you? You let me go, have you forgotten that, I am alpha Bill's daughter, I am your princess"

"Shut up before I make them whip you for using my name, and you have to bow before me when talking don't stare." With that the guard pushed me to my feet, forcing me to bow before her. For the first time, my tears dropped in front of her, wetting her feet, she used her hands to raise my chin, causing my eyes to go to her. 

"Did you ever think this day will come? Where I will be your Luna and you will be a slave? Did the daughter of the almighty alpha Bill, ever think that this pack doesn't revolve around her? You were thinking too highly of yourself and I hate it when they refer to you as the wolf goddess, I hate every time that we three visit any pack and all the alphas wish to marry you off to their son or themselves, I hate it when everyone calls you first before me, I hate it when that stupid Helga call you, queen of queens. I hate your beauty." With that, she dragged the dagger from the guard's hand and left a tear on the side of my face. 

"Ouch!" I scream holding my cheeks that are bleeding already, Hilary grinned. 

"This is just the beginning." She turned, as the guards grabbed me. 

"What have I ever to done you? Hilary, I treated you like a sister, I love you the same way I will love my sister, I don't understand why you hate me this much, what have I ever done wrong to you?" I asked, she turned and glared at me. 

"Your face did everything to me and the bearer should carry the consequences." After that she turned and left, I tried to rake my head, I try to figure out what I did to her but I couldn't find any, she was my friend, we ate from the same plate, attended the same school, we practically have our shifting together, we shifted almost same time. What a friend! A betrayal. Maybe, her insecurities are the cause of it, not my face, I didn't create myself that way, I have no idea that she was jealous of my beauty, she shouldn't get mad at me, she should be mad at the moon goddess for creating me this way not mad at me, I didn't create myself.

When I finally joined the other omegas, I was thinking that I was going to be assigned to one of those elders in council houses but I was assigned to the house of the new alpha and Luna, which is Damien and Hilary. 

This demon! I said mentally, someone was coming out of the courtroom in the palace, his shoulders were broad, and he was taller than any man, I had seen before, he walked with authority and everyone seem to be moving from his way, the sound of his shoes was all we could hear, he walked like royalty yet his face, I didn't get to see, he was wearing a hood, and his body covered as he passes me, I could smell dangerous aura, I wonder who he is, he hit my shoulder, trying to force me off his way. 

"Hey, aren't you going to apologize?" I yelled at him when he didn't stop to apologize. 

"I hold no one, an apology for my actions, the next time, you stop me, I will crush you." He said, I could feel he was staring at me while talking, his voice was strong yet I loved the sound, his scent was different but pleasant, hot chocolate with a mixture of coffee smell. I want to turn and look at him but the head maid of the house appears, distracting me from looking at him. 

She introduces herself to me, as Esther. And other members of the house oh, the butler, name is Max. 

I was wondering when did Damien replaced his staff when he turned eighteen, The beta had gifted him, this place, I have visited this place a thousand times but none of these staff I have seen here, I bet, that evil Hilary would have asked him to replace the Steward so no one will feel sorry for me. 

"Good evening ma, my name is..."

"Iris, we already know that you will be working here, so come with me." That was all she said, I walked behind her but I noticed that my room was far from the castle, I was practically sleeping in the stable with the horse. 

It means Hilary didn't even want me to mix up with other people, I will be living with animals and I have no idea what this will mean for me. Since I arrived late in the evening, the workers were already having their dinner, my food was smaller than theirs, and they were all eating together while I was eating alone. 

I try not to be all sad, I need to be strong, I need to think of ways to get back the throne, I know it's not going to be easy for me but I will fight for it. 

The night was so long and cold, I couldn't even get a comfortable place to sleep, I was lying on the floor of the stable together with the horses, I was scared but what could I do, I thought the basement was uncomfortable but this, is hell. 

I try to force myself to sleep but then too much trouble in my life kept me up almost all through the night, I have tossed from one end of the little space on the floor that I have been lying on to the other end, life indeed is unpredictable, a week back I was a princess and now, I am nothing when tears drop off my eyes, I pushed it off, I need to be strong, my thoughts wander to the man in the hood, his scent invade my nose again, I sighed as his thoughts came flooding my memory when I finally fall asleep, I couldn't even sleep for straight two hours, I was waking up now and then, if it's not the sound of the horses then it's the pain in my head and heart, the thought of losing my family and the betrayal of a friend and a mate tore me apart. How could the moon goddess give me such a fate? For my parents to die in the hands of my fated mate. But who am I to question the moon goddess, who is but a slave even to my friend? 

Before I could barely wander into the Dreamland, flashes of water, landed on my face on the floor, I wanted to protest yet my eyes met the shock of my life.