Rosalie whipped her head back and saw River standing with two very beautiful dresses. One was a light sapphire blue and the other a carnation pink. Both were silk and had delicate embroidery on them.
Rosalie’s face looked like she had eaten lemon.
“Yes please,” River said, giving the dresses to the girl.
“Sure!” The brunette replied cheerfully. “Lovely choice,” she grinned. “They had just come yesterday.
You picked up the trendiest ones.”
“Thank you,” River said softly.
She knew that Rosalie was picking up every dress that she liked, so she placed her hands on the most outrageous ones. Rosalie grabbed away all those dresses from her. River had already seen these two dresses in one of the aisles and thought of getting them in the last. Her strategy worked. Now she had one for herself and one for Mia.
Rosalie was growling and with a very bad temper when she came out of the boutique. If looks could
****, she was sending daggers to River.
As for River, she sat in the car meekly with the card that was returned to her. Mina and Gina decided to travel with Rosalie. As Faria sat down, she said, “When did you choose those dresses?”
“Long back,” River gave a short reply.
“They are elegant,” she murmured.
“Thanks.”
They all ***to the castle back in absolute silence. Rosalie, along with the twins left in a huff. “I have so much to do, unlike breeders who only have to bake babies in their ovens.”
River’s mood dipped at pure ****. Rosalie was just like Brianna She didn’t leave a stone unturned to humiliate her. All River hoped was that she wasn’t beaten up by Alpha Hunter when Rosalie complained.
At the castle, Faria escorted River back to her room and said, “I will be taking you for the ball in the evening. For that I will come to prepare you.”
River gave her the pink dress and said, “Please give it to Mia.”
Faria looked at her with wonder. She became quiet and a moment later said, “You should give it to her.
She will like it.”
“Oh, okay. But when will she return from school?”
“She will be back by 3PM.”
It was only 1PM.
Faria didn’t stay long. She hung the dresses in her small closet and went away.
What happened next was something River wasn’t ever prepared for.
Since she had the whole day with her, River thought of taking the tour of the castle. Although Faria had said that she would take her, River was growing impatient in her room. Additionally, she had to find routes of her escape. And this she couldn’t do with Faria. As if Faria would tell her.
She intended to go to the library as well where she hoped she would find the map of the whole castle and the surroundings. The castle was a large place. Without a map, she would be lost.
So, at first, River sneaked to the library after asking directions from the servants. As she entered the library, she realized that it was mostly vacant, apart from a man who was busy cleaning the shelves. She walked in, smelling of leather and paper and candle wax. With tall shelves that were filled with numerous books, River couldn’t help admiring it. She found her way to the history section where she searched for a book about the castle.
As she read through it, she gleaned that the court was in the form of a semicircle with numerous flower beds around it. It was a medieval castle standing tall and proud. There were about 150 rooms and that fact was overwhelming. She found the map at the back of the book. She studied it properly. Feeling a tad guilty, biting her lip, she tore the page and stashed it in her pocket. Satisfied, she placed the book back on the shelf and walked out triumphantly.
The Castle of Dark Moon was atop a hill. It was like the crowning glory of the Dark Moon pack. Winding roads down the hill led to the town.
She wandered through the palace, admiring its glory. It became evident that the castle was renovated.
She reached the roof of the tallest tower. She gasped at the view of the surroundings. It was… stunning.
Alpha Hunter was a king. She wondered if any of the werewolf pack Alphas came near him.
Suddenly, Lena’s words came to her mind. There were dungeons so deep in the castle where the breeders were thrown. She had already seen the map, memorized it, but there was no mention of dungeons in it.
Taking a deep sigh, River started to come down, exhausted and tired. She was sure Faria would be throwing a fit about her absence. So she hurried back to her room. However, she stopped in her tracks, looking around utterly confused, hearing a soft cry
“Where did that come from?” She rubbed her neck and whipped her head around. She took another step down and there it was again. A soft, muffled cry. Her eyes flew wide open as chill ran down her spine. The place was deserted when she had come.
She touched the damp wall of the staircase and more muffled cries came. Cold sweat broke on her face as her heart started to beat wildly when she realized there was someone there behind those walls. River rushed to the other side with a heavy lump in her throat. Were these the infamous dungeons where the breeders were held?
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