Chapter 13
Sabrina’s POV
Your duties resume immediately.” Lady Nifra said the moment she walked into the room the next morning.
No shit.
“But I’m not yet recovered fully.” I said.
She gave me a cold look. “It’s not in my power. It has already been decided.”
My expression turned sour. Oh, turns out last night wasn’t a dream after all. I raised a hand to my neck where the alpha of alphas had curled his fingers around last night. I had hoped, prayed to the goddess above that it was a terrible bad dream. and I would wake up and all would be fine.
It wasn’t a bad dream. He was really here. And he really increased my slavery by ten times.
“Get ready now.” She snapped. “You start with the dining hall. And after that you have to trim the gardens and scour the kitchens from top to bottom.”
“But the dining hall takes half the day?”
“Take your complaints to his Majesty.”
I resisted the urge to glare at her. “You know I can’t do that!”
The corners of her thin lips curled up in a smirk. “You poor thing. Your life is so unlucky.”
I rolled my eyes at her. “Like I don’t know.” I grumbled under my breath.
“Get moving! The earlier you start, the faster you finish.”
My heart fell into my stomach with a loud splash. I felt that cold hatred in my chest again directed at the alpha of alphas. Nifra turned and walked out of the room. I followed behind her. I guess because I nearly died, I got two days of break where I ate real food and slept in a comfortable cloud bed.
I had a sinking feeling in my stomach that everything was about to get very very bad.
The dining ball erupted into shouts and rounds of applause. Heat grew from my chest up to my neck and face as I stared at the crowd of girls applauding me.
“Welcome back Luna!” Blair stepped forward and three a handful of colorful paper bits in the air. All the girls followed her lead and did as she did. I watched the paper bits cascade to the ground and thought how much of a pain it would be to get
them off
Blair walked up to me, a huge smile on her face as she clapped.
“What is all this about? I asked, feeling uncomfortable with the numerous eyes focused on me.
“We’re giving you a wonderful welcome back party Blair said. She gestured to the girls behind her. “Don’t you appreciate it? After all, we spent so long on our knees, hands clasped togethers we prayed for your speedy recovery. I guess the moon gothlew answered us after all,
I scoffed. “You’ve got to be joking right now.” I sput:
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She narrowed her eye. Am I?” She turned to the girls. “Aren’t we grateful our one and only luna is back?”
“We are!” The girls chorused. Rehearsed. On beat.
I rolled my eyes. “Get put of my face, Blair. You can’t fool me with your antics anymore.”
“Fool you?” She grabbed my hand and pulled me back. “You think I didn’t want you back, who will be our slave if you’re gone?”
Same thing Nifra had said.
I pulled my arm away from her. Take your minions and get out of here.”
“I see you still have a nasty little attitude. She said with a sigh. “Perhaps next time I’ll start the fire sooner.”
Anger flared inside my chest. Before I knew it, my hand shot out in a slap. She dodged my hand and burst out laughing.
“Oh come on honey, I won’t fall for that trick twice and you know it.” She said with a wink. “Come on girls! Let’s give the luna space to do her royal duties!”
The girls slowly walked out of the dinning hal, following behind Blair. I stared at the expanse of the great hall I was about to clean. Everything was messy. They had tracked dirt inside on purpose and it was caked to the marble floors. It was going to be a real pain to scrub every inch of this place clean.
I grabbed my broom and started to brush the bits of paper off the floor.
Except, the paper bits won’t budge.
I swept with all my might, they refused to come off. I bent down and scraped some of them with the edge of my broom. “That little… I gasped.
The paper bits were glued to the floor and stuck fast Along with the dirt and everything else.
I pulled at my hair, a scream of frustration bubbling in my throat
Oh my goodness! I hope she burns too!
After I had spent a good hours out of my day scrubbing the dining hall, I headed down to my room. Burn marks were etched deep into the wooden floors, and smoke was on the walls. I walked over to my bed, and as I had suspected, the sheets were still bloody and caked with soot.
What did I expect? That anyone would clean the place for me? I was the slave, and not them.
But still, a tiny part of me had hoped that they would have at least fixed the burned floors and walls.
I took off the sheets. It crossed my mind that I had hid the iridescent scale under my pillow. I pulled the pillow off and dove
down for it.
It wasn’t there.
I pulled the mattress, checking to see if it had fallen in the space between it and the headboard. It hadn’t. I shook the sheets in my hands, hoping that the sharp scale would fall off.
I didn’t
Are you looking for something? A voice said from the door.
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I turned to see Blair standing there, holding a necklace up in her hands. Hanging from the silver chain was my scale.
“That’s mine! I said and rushed forward.
She stepped to the side and held it higher. “It’s mine now. I found it, so I get to keep it.
“You can’t do that!”
“Why not?” She clasped it around her neck. “What, does it hold some sort sentimental value to you? Lemme mother gave it to you before she died? Or maybe your father?”
My parents weren’t the best parents ever. But hearing Blair insult them made me see red.
“I said it’s fucking mine!” I lunged at her.
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I had barely gotten close enough to snatch the necklace off her neck before I was kicked back, all air knocked out of my lungs. I slammed into the wall, and my entire back exploded in pain.
you ever think
“Don’t
you can lay your filthy hands on me. Ever Blair hissed in anger. Without waiting for a response, she turned and left the room.
That scale is mine. It was given to me. And I will not let her wear it any longer.
I got up from the floor, wincing in pain and picked up my soiled sheets. I calmly walked out of the room, a plan formulating in my head.
I still had the garden and the kitchen to do, and the sun was alrearly going down.
A pair of very heavy shears in my hands, I snipped the ixora bushes. I had a giant memory of sucking the sweet nectar out of these red blooms. But I wasn’t in the mood for that now.
I felt a cold object brush against my leg. I ignored it, thinking it was a leaf or a branch. It brushed my leg again. I kicked at it. When it happened the third time, I looked down.
I screamed and jumped to the side. The shears fell out of my hands. I heard scornful laughter erupt all around me.
“Did you see that? None other than Blair said,
A black snake was curled at the foot of the bush I was trimming. My heart raced and I swear my life flashed before my eyes.
I walked a safe distance away from the snake turned to Blair, fuming.
She walked
up to me and smiled smugly. “What? You want to fi
fight me?”
“How could..”
She slapped me across my face. My head whipped to the side and my cheek burned
“That’s enough. A new voice said.
I recognized that voice. And sure enough, Caldan walked up to me. He grabbed my chin and turned my face to look at him. His eyes were narrowed in concern
Are you okay?” He asked.
Lord Caldant Blair gasped.
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He turned to Blair. “What makes you think you can speak to me? He said, his voice cold.
Blairs eyes were wide with shock as she looked between I and Caldan.
“Ah!” She screamed out and grabbed her neck. She tore the necklace off her neck and threw it on the ground, a frown on her. face. With a bow, she turned and walked away hurriedly, her minions tracking behind her.
“Sir Caldan,” Lady Nifra snapped. She walked up to us, her face stern as she stared at Caldan.
“I know.” Caldan said darkly. He turned to me. “Rina, are you okay?”
I looked at him. He’s worried about me?
“Yes.” I said with a nod. “I’m fine.” Nifra was glaring at me. I couldn’t say it bothered me.
“We must leave now.” She said to Caldan.
He looked at me, hesitation in his eyes. Tll see you later, okay?” He said.
I opened my mount to reply but he had turned to leave.
I bent down and picked up the necklace. My hand froze on the ground. Right in front of me was the snake. It stared at me. poised as if read to strike, hood flared out. My fingers curled against the scale and my heart skipped.
It was the same snake I saw in my bed.
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