MY RIVAL ALPHA MATE

“How dare you?!”

The skin on the left side of my face felt the burning sting. It made my eyes water and my temples throbbed more painfully.

“I’m s-sorry. It was not intentional.”

I apologized in a broken, low voice that was trying not to produce a crying sound. My hand clutched the side of my face that had just received a painful hit.

“You slave, kneel!”

The Luna commanded and I did without hesitation. What had happened was an accident, it was not done intentionally but the Luna was glad to have seen an opportunity to punish me again. The tea I’d been asked to bring to the Beta’s daughter, Zaryn was now spilled on the young woman’s body, some had spilled to the floor. Even though I had apologized, Zaryn still raised a hand to my face. I was not usually this clumsy and the Luna knew it, but I’d been ill for the past two days and I was expected to do my duties even with the sickness.

“Look at my beautiful clothes, Luna. The clumsy maid has ruined it”

Zaryn whined angrily.

“I’m so sorry my darling.”

“What do I do?”

“Maybe you should go home and change it, then when you return, we’ll go ahead with our discussion.”

“Okay. Thankfully it’s not far, I’ll be back in a minute.”

“Alright, my dear.”

Zaryn stood and uses her heels against the back of my bare feet as I knelt, I winced in pain but neither paid attention. I knew she had done that on purpose and the Luna had seen it. I blinked my eyes furiously to stop the tears from coming. I had been swamped with work for days, worked tirelessly from dawn to dusk and now I did one mistake. Mistake caused by an exhausted, sick body and I was been treated like some horrible servant. I should be used to this suffering by now. This life of strife and hardship, I should be used to it.

Every other maid in the manor looked okay despite being a maid. But I looked like some destitute being on the brink of death. I was underfed and overworked, courtesy of the Luna and her son, the Alpha could care less. There were days when I missed my mother who had also received the same fate as I was receiving and had ended up dead. Sometimes, I fear that would someday become my fate too.

“Look at me, you useless girl”

I raised my forlorn expression to meet the Luna’s angry one.

“Y-Yes L-luna?”

My pale, unhealthy body was on edge with nerves and fear.

“See what you did?”

Her blue eyes bore into mine and the look in the made me shiver lightly.

“It was not intentional Luna. I’m sorry.”

My temples throbbed harder, my stomach churned slightly. My eyes were hot and I felt feverish but I dared not shiver before her. It would only make my situation worse.

She stretched her hand and slapped me again. I almost hit the floor from the force of it.

“You are going to pay for this.”

My heart skipped a million times hearing that. What punishment did she have for me? I pray I did not die from the exertion of it. I might be living a terrible life but that did not mean I wanted to die a terrible death and not so soon. I did not want to end up the way my mother had ended up.

“I-I’m sorry, Luna. It was a mistake please I beg you.”