Chapter 9 Strip

Selene

“Are you okay?” Mira asked as I came to stand beside her in the kitchen. She noticed the way I was limping and I slowly shook my head. I was not okay and I was not healing. I could have easily healed, but I was supposed to be a human. I sucked in a sharp breath and then looked at Mira as I said.

“I'm not.”

“You should not have challenged Ravenna. She already hates you so much.” Mira told me and my eyes travelled to Ravenna who was busy ordering the cooks as she liked. Like she owned the place. She was so rude and those poor cooks looked so scared as they moved around in a hurry.

“She should not have poured water on me. I was sleeping!!” I drew out, not bothering to hide the anger in my voice. I was so fucking angry. In fact, since the night I got bitten. There had been this anger in me. I had a very hard time controlling my anger. It had to do with werewolves having a feral nature. They all behaved like animals without control and their Lycan king was worse.

“You are a slave. Remember that. Your old life no longer matters here and you are to obey their words. Endure. You are better off quiet.” Mira said and just then, Ravenna’s eyes landed on us. She scowled on seeing me and did not hide the hatred she has for me. I hated her just as much, so I glared back and she slowly shook her head as a sinister smile curled at the corner of her lips.

From the way she shook her head, showed that she was planning something for me. Something very bad. “Get the plates and start serving the table.” I moved, following behind Mira, but Ravenna suddenly spoke, stopping me.

“You will not go with those slaves. Alpha Dain wants to have his breakfast alone in his room today. So go and serve him there.” She told me and I only nodded my head.  As I moved. I could feel the burning pain in my back. Humans did not really have it easy because what the hell was that pain?

While Werewolves healed fast, Lycans healed faster and witches did not have any fast healing abilities, but some herbs withheld the pain and made healing quicker than usual.

Another maid arranged the food in a wooden cart that I was meant to push. “Take it there,” Ravenna told me and I only nodded my head before I began to push the cart. I had a very hard time transporting the food as I had to go up the stairs. It was a hassle for me before I was supposed to deliver the fucking food in perfect condition. The injuries I had did not make things easier.

As I drove the cart to Dain’s chambers the thought of just poisoning his meal crossed my mind. I could just poison him and winnow out of his stupid palace but I needed answers and I wanted his head.

I got to his room and slowly knocked on the door. I was nervous when I thought that I was supposed to be his breeder and Dain could change his mind at any time and make me do that. The thought made me shudder and I felt chills.

“Come in.” I took in a deep and steady breath and opened the door of his room, then I dragged the trolley in. His chambers were very huge and everything screamed the luxury of royalty.

“My lord, I brought your breakfast.” Dain was standing right there. He was standing by the window. His shoulders were broad. He was so tall and it was such an ill fate that he had the perfect face.

Dain slowly turned and the look on his eyes said that he had been examining me. “Put the cart away,” he ordered and I nodded before doing that. My thoughts were that he was going to have his breakfast later, so once I was done, I turned to leave but Dain’s loud voice rang in my ear.

“Who said you could leave?” I stiffened and then quickly turned to face him.

“M..y… m…y lord…” I stammered.

“Strip.” Came his single cold order that was enough to sound all the warning bells in my head. My eyes widened out of fear and shock and I suddenly remained rooted to the ground. I was not able to move and was hoping that I had heard wrong.

“I…i…”

“Do not make me repeat myself. Do not waste my time.” There was no sympathy in his voice. No warmth. If anything, it was impatient. He was impatient.

“I…i..” I began to sweat so much and I immediately became restless.

“Selene.” He called in a warning tone and I knew that I had to make a decision. I had come to get my revenge on Dain and I was going to do anything to see that he paid for massacring my village and killing my mother. I was going to do anything to achieve that. Even if it meant enduring sex with it.

Tears filled my eyes as I pulled on the ropes of my dress. I sniffled, doing all I could to hold the tears back as I slowly dragged the sleeves of my dress. It fell, pooling around my feet and I was left in only underwear. I felt the cold air biting my skin, goosebumps suddenly covered my whole body and Dain was just staring intently at me.

Biting down on my lower lip, I dragged down my underwear, going naked before Dain. Before my enemy. Fuck. I wanted to die.

Dain’s eyes were on my body for a while and then he spoke, “Turn around.” I turned around, wrapping my hands together as I moved so slowly.

“Who did that to you?” He asked and that was when I realised that I still had fresh marks on my back. Marks that I got from the beating earlier.