Chapter Seventeen
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Following having Eunbed the freakfast he demanded that I partake in, sering he was finishe if the tray was erminedicthe kerdien. By the time I returned to his chambers in finish up my choirs, Alpha Kalden was where tiebe seen. Endondreilly he’d headed downstairs to see the the
responubilities of his park, as well authe others in the kitchen Iwan deeply grateful for thur Edidiot want to take the chance of fans dredging op the:
carlier.convenation, bringing up thoughts Felihat want in have.
Whether they wer
Tating aude my own thoughts, Instead focused my attention the of theres led given to a (completing everything as the man wanted me toc Maring the lumper qutude the done of the monni to be taken downstairs, Tuam moljirriery inch
of the mom Thend saw in sweeping the enormning chambers, bring vare not a strap of flost or diet could be found anywhere Tipeor the hours thing the chemicals from the supplies closet to serili the four, dean the windows. Leven saw to polishing the dinner malingmy monet Jurniture, until the things shunnit like new.
It was somewhere around ten in the
when Til gratten the entire and leaned as it probably never had for Confule bed have no need In find displeasure at its appritate, Irarriril the lumper downstair, Hording my way into the lamelry, Esaw te dropping their into the ennennus wash basin. Wirham borbering to alert the staffoftener lanceudalothes, I see no scrubbing them myself. Then sore each item was cleaned it was Trl in the rollers to wong them out, and then huro; upon the Inne Hather old fashioned considering the ameibes of the cuture world, hear we prefented it thus way. Wir diduce find favour with the advancements of the human world which raised ust love track of what was importanti
Aware ‘il be several hours before the clothes were dried, I tried in find something in bengry my time. Had Jour mit homes before dinner would be ready to be taken to him and I’d already done everything he wanted. I kurw at this point Had fere migo ne doister in my bedronen or read a book, but neither idea appealed in my sensibilities. El never been much of an indoor person. Even as a cluded, Idioften escaped the suffocation of home, preferring to be outdones in the fresh air Dilalways loved the woods
Electing it wouldn’t hurt to poort around for a larde whule, I slipped our the lark entrance of the manor. Though my eyes dared towards the trees in the distance, I knew bettertoeventhank alenta. He’d warind me the entier tentenary machring patrolled. I could sense the presence of the menda the woods, as if anxiously waiting for me to leave. Dragging my poor away from the trees Estarted off down the cobblestner path, away fean the woods. Emight want to be away from this place and the man made, but Eknew better to attempt it. It was still too sonnched be sin guard fura.
Appearing oblivious in the gates that were baiming mtomy back, proof I was being watched by his warriors. No surprne there, lado evenallow myself the chamer to be irritated, knowing I’d lure dour the same in his shors Afterall I was a newcomer, a stranger as far as they knew, none of them knew what to expect. It wasnt their fault than Til changed so much in the last two years, they couldnt even ringnize me
One day, I proinned myself Char day soon all of them would come to the startling realization of preonely when I was The girl Edoure been. The frightened child that all of them had left forgotten and abandoned, hezten down for something that was never my fault. And when the day came for all of them to be faced with this realization, they’d suffer the consequences of their actions. Revenge isn’t what brought me to this place, but the best revenge was the look on their faces when they realized the truthi
My steps came to an alerups halt when reached the edge of the cobblestone pathway, that led into the rose garden. Or what was defenfit As a child, I remembered spending hours outside with Layla and her mother, in Lima tended in the ganden It’d been her gift in her people, showing all of us that beauty could be found in the harshest of climates. Only the once beautiful rose garden had almost wilted away, overgrown by weed denying them life. Limmediately knew I’d been quite some time since anyone had seen the need for these flowers.
Heartbroken at the thought of what’d become of the rose garden, kong Lana Sarah Beth would be ashamed. Never even questioning the thought of what I was doing, I dropped to my knees in the soft earth. Having come to a decision on what needed to be done, immediately saw to pulling away the weeds. Tume and against pulled at the overgrowth determined to take over the garden, offering the roses the air they needed to
thrive.
As I diligently worked at saving the flowers I found myself thinking about Sarah Beth, missing her presence, It hurt something fierce at the knowledge she was gone, taken far too soon from this world. It was so unfair that such a sweri, kind hearted and loving lady like her was stolen too soon in life. It was a cruelty that we were being denied her presence when there was still so much left for her to do in life
Why Iraged Why take her?
was her twise, the voice camr.
Í dudit even attempt to ask who the voice belonged to fully aware of where it had come from. It was one that I’d heard a few times over the years, the first time being the night I was mated to Larken. Following Iraving the manor I’d disappeared into the woods, raging at the stars for the cruel fre thrust on me. It was then that the voue entered my mind for the first time and the kinowledge that came with it. It was the goddess. For whatever reason the goddess had chosen to talk to me back then, as he was doing at the time being.
Realizing I’d been onitsade longer than I’d anticipated, 1 jumped back to my feet and went to the manor. When I stepped into the laundry mom I was surprised to find his clothes were dried, already neatly folded up. Assurances it’d been quite some time since Estepped out the door, surprised no mor had come looking for me. Derading not to remark on exactly how long I’d been gone Irarried the hamper up to his bedroom. Purting all the doilies away in their required place, the hamper was then put back in his private bathroom.
ytime. Though the second thu noticed it was five thirty in
Hlasappeared into my bedroom for a short braiber, there being nothing in nertpy my i the evening I hurriedly climbed out of bed. I went right to where the tray of food waited for me in the kitchen, pleased that it’d been prepared in advana e Latalked into the dining room placing the tray down on the table, setting everything out on the ralle. Though this time following setting
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outthe fordd forham, but in the same chair from last night.
A while Later Alpha Kadilen stalked into the room, heading for havaratal tray, setting it down in front of me. He was makingmecat again. You struntal
1 grumbled my comqdants.
He bobbed his headache reached for the wur. “Very true. But it is une le
cabiner it youuubid what you were toki the first time around.”
int to have to fight you the whole way. Things would be in tuin la
I rolled my eyes. “Obedient and sudonine aren’t wood anyour world ever use pralesetbe me. As fin sure youll host nor in the finer Being what at tek will allond you the same respect antimnutesy Tin britonel”
Finishing off the forst that he’d insited the servants prejured for nie, Ichiribiri upotasiny feet. “Twantedjodlet your kinów ihur outside, I will not leave the branslaties of this property and wont be gour for longer ilam ancleme.”
“Half an hone,” Kadden pliced has owirtinne mot on the plans Fish for the evening, les expression simppeal arguments. “For the nur being anyw
Edidn’t think to argor. Taking the tate constraint he’d giventor, I stalked out of the daing half and headrid in the skoor. A servant girl was waiting. extending a surde jacket toonie. “His. Migesty reqursisilui you wear this while you are outside of the mane in your walk”.
Understanding the man had no intent of allowing me to leave in my present attire, Brook ile ja ket, Shrugging it out to prome I can be considerate În feelings. I stalked out the door Breathing in the fresh air as soon as I stalked mitsale, I usually walkedicross the manicured lawis. It Ichan gosl to be outside, having always felt like my true self when I was tribe outdoors, beneath the be ustatud jumoni
t
Though just as I promised on duty mutes later I was return to the marble diely hun the first night. It was a semblance of peace and freedoms dibought lost to me the momein fil woken up yesterday Holding my lead a the servant Harw. woulikalen lumot my orton, I headed ogistars
s to my room. I coulilat mass the clothes that were plurileuthe fund of my bed adieu Lentered the nouns
Arop it. I found a nightgown created out of an expensive silk, thand tall low on my shoulders, erlapped by shergar Bencabut loansda pair of conduroy pants that would snug against my ass, but would flurot armand the legs. It was completed by a top that while would ever the expurse at my stomach, had two straps. Whsle neuber of them was particularly what I wouldve dansenderwear, at least he wasn’t trying to chuirn
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