“When she was still living in the palace, Alpha Devon allowed her to plant flowers because it was a favorite of the former Luna Solidad, your mother. But now that your mother can no longer live here, I continued to take care of it,” Anna said.
I turned to her and smiled. “Thank you so much for taking care of it, Anna,” I said with full sincerity. Anna smiled widely. “I owe a lot to your mother, Luna. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be in this palace. If it wasn’t for her…I might have been sold to another pack and maybe something terrible happened to me,” she said as her eyes glowed in delight.
“How did Mom help you? Can you tell me about it?” I asked. I’ve known for a long time that Mommy has a big heart. So, it’s no wonder that my mommy once became a Luna in this kingdom.
Anna told me how she used to struggle. She was a peasant. Homeless and orphaned. But one day an old man became interested in her and wanted to buy her and bring her to his pack to make her a sex slave. But mommy came. On that day, Alpha Devon and Luna Solidad returned to the city of the kingdom and helped Anna. And as a thank you, Anna volunteered to serve at the palace free of charge. She promised Mom to take care of everything.
“I also promised your mother that until from her daughter, I will serve her with all my heart,” Anna said sweetly. I can’t help feeling sorry for what happened to her. It turns out that Anna didn’t go through an easy road before she got to this palace.
“But…I am not Alpha Devon’s daughter. I am the daughter of my Mommy’s other man…” I said sadly.
“As long as you’re her daughter I will serve you no matter what,” she assured me. I felt more comfortable with what she said and looked at the flowers planted there.
My mother was also once a Luna of this kingdom. I wonder what she was like when she was a Luna? What could she have done to help Damon’s brother? Do they both get along? Or…did they love each other?
Soon Anna and I were ready to go back inside the palace, but I was surprised when I saw Damon’s angry face as soon as I entered the grand hall of the palace. I also noticed the scattered guards around. There were also some in their wolf form as if an emergency had occurred.
“Where the fuck were you, Athena?” I can feel his seething anger through his words. I didn’t understand what happened, so I answered. “In the garden-“
“Stone, bring Anna to her cell,” Damon’s words widened my eyes. I froze when I saw how the guards arrested Anna! Anna was just silent. She didn’t even flinch or break free from the grip of Damon’s men.
“What the hell are you doing?!” I almost shouted that in Damon’s face. I don’t know why he is suddenly like this! As far as I know, I should be the one who is angry here!
“I have only one rule to Anna, Athena…” he came to me and held my arm tightly. “…it was to never let you go outside without my permission. And she broke it. She knows what she’ll gonna face inside her cell.”
Damon almost dragged me into our room as I struggled. I feel so guilty for Anna. I didn’t know that Damon said something like that to her and yet she broke it for me! And I can’t let Damon do anything bad to her!
“Let her go Damon and let me go!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, but he acts like he was deft. He’s so cruel and cold. And I can’t believe that he forbids me to even go out of the palace for a little while. What bullshit is that?
I’m not an animal that comes out whenever it has to! He treats me like a prisoner! I can’t believe it!
“Didn’t I tell you that every rule you break there’s a consequence?” he said darkly. I felt a mixture of anger and hatred for him, but I couldn’t understand the pain I felt inside my chest.
“And what consequence? You’ll punish Anna?!” I said angrily. He locked the door of his room and almost threw me on the bed. I looked at him with disgust.
“Anna is innocent! I ask her to take me out!” I said trying to change his mind. But he was so cold. He’s staring at me like a block of ice.
“From now on, you’ll never leave this room-“
“Then, just lock me up in your chains! That’ll be better than Anna getting punishment! Do what you want to do with me! Starve me to death I don’t care just let her out!” I am so frustrated. I want to hurt him but I’m sure I’ll be the only one who gets hurt. I can’t take it all anymore. It makes me…want to run away again.
“You should’ve thought of that before asking her to take you out, Athena,” he said coldly while loosening the tie he was wearing. I shook my head. Couldn’t believe what he was saying. How can he be so cruel and mean?
Is he really like this? Or is he still angry because of me interfering with the death anniversary of his brother and his first love? Is it really like that? Are my feelings really worthless to him? The night when something happened to us, I thought everything would change but I was wrong. I almost forgot he has someone he loves.
“How can you do this to me?” I couldn’t stop sobbing in front of him. I think this is the first time in my entire life that I will cry in front of someone. This was the first time I showed my weakness. My weakness is my tears. Once I cry…it means…I am hurting…deeply.
I saw him staring at me. I know it was embarrassing because it’s never my thing. I never used to cry in front of someone. But I am hurting right now. I can’t stop it from falling.
“W-What am I? A pet you want to keep inside your cage? You’ll decide whenever you want me to go out? If you forgot Damon…I am a human…I am also hurting…” I wiped the tears on my cheeks, but my tears won’t stop me from falling. I avoided looking at him because it only hurts me more every time, I see his eyes that don’t care about me.
“If you don’t want me to stick my nose into your business then I will. If you don’t want me to go out, then I fucking will! Just…let Anna go!” I almost pleaded. I couldn’t stop another sob that escaped my lips.
I never thought we would get to this point. I never thought that a day would come when I would beg for a man. I feel so hopeless, tired, and hurt. But why is that? I still can’t be mad at him.
I think I’m going crazy to feel all these emotions. I feel like I’m going crazy. I feel like I can enter a mental hospital in this case.
“I-I…just wanna go out because…I want to breathe and think properly because these past few days…I feel like I cannot breathe properly anymore…” I added while crying hard in front of him. Damn these tears! Why can’t they stop?
But what I didn’t expect was his big steps toward me and his quick pull to me for a warm hug. I was stunned by what he did. I felt all my tears fall away from what he did.
I can feel the warmth of his chest on my face. My leg trembled and I felt very weak. What is he…doing to me?
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