Chapter 24: Chapter 24

"Jenny!" He ordered through the phone with a now different and harsh tone and I recognised the name. It was the cook, why was he calling for her?

He dropped the phone back on the table as he wore his cufflinks while staring at me with a cocky type of eye.

"What are you up to?" I asked when I realized his stare was getting intense and was definitely not pure. There was definitely something going on in his mind.

"Nothing" he responded and reached for his drawer as he pulled out a handcuff that made my eyes widen in awe. Was he actually going to use that on me?

"Is that meant for me?" I asked with my eyes still wide open while I pointed at the shiny silver handcuff in his hands.

"Perhaps it is' ' he cockily answered and I found myself about to run away from the room but there was no fucking way I could escape him as he immediately caught up with me and lifted me above my legs.

I was now carried in his shoulder like i was some kind of sack as he threw me on the bed, i wanted to kick him in the groin but he was too fast as he held my legs with his hand while the other hand was surprisingly holding both my hands still and before I could realize anything my hands were swiftly cuffed to the bed.

I tried to yank them away and maybe break the cuffs with my strength but I felt an immediate painful sting that made a hiss release from my mouth as I stared at him with burning eyes.

I really didn't want to be cuffed down to this bed as I literally don't know what other punishment he had in store for me that included me being cuffed to the bed but I do hope it won't be severe because I was really drained already and the cuffs weren't doing any justice to my current situation as the wolfsbane burnt my skin really bad and made my wolf wince in pain.

"I have to leave for urgent work that needs to be done, but not to worry, I'll be back to give you your punishment soon. In the meantime, you will be watched by Jenny because I refuse to let you stay alone" he said with a smug smile and in no time Jenny walked into the room with a smile on her face even though her head was bowed.

"Make sure she doesn't escape, else you know what awaits you love" he said to her as she returned his threat with a smile.

"I promise to watch over her, your highness" she bowed before him and he walked out of the room with just his phone. I guess his personal assistant would have already arranged the rest of what he would need.

Immediately he left, I used my wolf's hearing to confirm if his car had driven off before I would say anything to Jenny, even though the sound was really faint I tried as hard as I could to not lose the sound and surprisingly it worked as I suddenly heard their car zooming off.

"Please help me!" I pleaded to Jenny immediately as their car zoomed off and she seemed surprised at my desperate outburst as she burst into laughter.

"Come on Jenny, the wolfsbane hurts like shit" I begged and she debated for some while before finally walking towards me.

"You're seriously going to put me in trouble , Lenora" she growled but in a playful way.

"I'm sorry, it just hurts really bad" I protested as she rolled her eyeballs.

"Fine, but as long as you promise to not leave the room" she said, bringing out her pinky finger for me to make a promise.

"I promise," I answered and intertwined our fingers. She definitely didn't have a key with her and the wolfsbane would hurt her if she tried to rip them off.

"What was I thinking?" I slapped my head as I raised my head to look at her face feeling hopeless.

"What do you mean?" She asked as she stared at me in confusion.

"I mean, you don't have the key and we clearly can't just rip it off since the wolfsbane would hurt you" I said but stopped immediately when she started to laugh.

"What's funny?" I asked, clearly not understanding why she would be laughing since I wasn't cracking a joke.

"Okay first, I don't need a lock to free you when I have a hair pain" she removed the pin from her hair and wiggled it In my face.

"And secondly, wolfsbane doesn't hurt me because I'm not a regular werewolf" she squinted her eyes as she said it with pride.

"Then what are you?" I asked, confused.

"Done!" She responded and I realized she had unlocked one of the cuffs on my hand, I didn't even know when she started to unlock them.

"Okay, the second hand" I said and wiggled the arm for her to see that it was still cuffed in case she was missing it.

"One at a time, you might go wild and escape" she pointed out as she walked back to the seat opposite the bed but not quite far from the bed.

I didn't bother to counter her decision because deep down I knew I might end up running away once I'm finally free, I don't want to know what Alaric's punishment of me would be like.

"You didn't answer my question" I brought back the important question we almost skipped.

"Oh,you really don't know what I am?" She asked and I shook my head at her .

I knew she looked different and smelled weird from the rest of us, almost a little bit similar to that of Alaric and her fucking aura, it was so strong the moment I entered the kitchen, I noticed something different.

"No you're not!" I blurted out the instant I had an idea she could also be a lycan but why would a lycan be a cook and most of all, we barely even get to see lycans in our pack for years.

"Yes I am" she said with a smile forming on her lips but damn she really does have pretty smiles that made her face bloom.

"You're a lycan?" I asked as I was trying to be sure of what I was saying.

"Yes I am, Lenora!" She chuckled but her chuckle was mixed with a little bit of frustration and I guessed she was tired of me asking if she was lycan.

I definitely don't blame her because I would likely feel the same way if someone was to be asking me thousands of times if I was truly a werewolf or not .

"I'm sorry, I'm just surprised" I apologized with a soft laugh but the expression on her face told me she didn't take it personally.

"Nah, it's cool"

"So you don't mind me asking you about some things because I'm really curious at the moment, Jenny " I awkwardly chuckled.

"I guess we could use it to whine away time before his highness would be back " she answered and I felt a little bit stressed knowing Alaric would be back sooner or later.

"So why are you here, a lycan being a maid. No offense though"

"None taken" she sharply replied before heaving out a deep sigh.

"you see, it is kinda complicated but I'll break it down for you, my father was a loyal servant to the king, his highness' father and he made a promise to the king that his future child, "a son" would continue to serve his first child" she said as she air cloned the "son" part.

"But then my mother gave birth to me and I wasn't a son but a daughter, it made my father furious but there was actually nothing much he could do than to hand me over to the king."

"His majesty, the king, rejected me multiple times and said there was no way I would be able to serve His highness but would end up as an extra burden to him"

"My father still didn't want to break his promise and when his highness, Alaric, saw how furious my father was, he accepted me to be his personal help and here I am, years later being his maid" she said and let out a soft laughter afterwards.

"I'm sorry" I said to her as I couldn't imagine how bad she would have felt to know she was stuck with someone as heartless as Alaric for the rest of her life.

"No, don't say sorry, I love my Job and I love being around his highness,Alaric," she said with a smile tucked at the corner of her lips before she immediately brushed them off.

"So yeah, that's my story. You tell me why you're here being cuffed to the bed while I babysit you " she pouted and I felt like a naughty baby.

"I guess I went against the rules just like always and here I am" I said as I dramatically pointed to myself on the bed.

"I'm still finding it hard to believe his highness is still keeping you alive after everything, perhaps he's starting to be a little bit softer to y'all here since you're still like kids and students " she said and I found my wolf huffing.

For some reason, I felt like that wasn't why Alaric had been helping me out and maybe there was a deeper meaning to it but then I didn't want a deeper meaning to be attached to this.

"What's wrong?" She asked as she looked into my eyes.

"Nothing " I responded as I realized I had been frowning my face so I let out a smile but I was sure it came out fake. I had no idea why I was treating Jenny this way when all she did was to be nice to me and she even told me about her past.

But there was just this part of me that didn't like the fact that she had always been close to Alaric and how she talked about him with her eyes blooming.

"Okay.." she awkwardly responded, and I could sense she noticed something was off with me.

"You already have a mate right?" She questioned and I nodded my head.

"That's really cool and I wish you guys success, to be honest, it's kind of frustrating to be a lycan because we don't get to meet our mates on time like how you guys do" she sighed while I still kept my face glued to hers.

"Why Is that?" I asked so as to not seem like I wasn't interested. I really don't know what came up with me, I was so interested in her some minutes ago but now I'm not.

"I literally have no idea, it's just how the moon goddess wants it. Most male lycans end up picking random lycans as their mates just as how my father chose my mother, he didn't like her that much at first because she bore a female child but with time he grew to love her and they've been inseparable " she said and I could see her eyes pooling up in tears but they immediately disappeared like they were never there.

"I'm sorry" I said to her as I still remained flat on the bed.

"That's why sometimes I secretly hope his highness would look my way and acknowledge me, perhaps mark me so we could live together. It has always been my dream.." she trailed off her sentence when she heard a loud growl and it took some while for me to realise it was coming from my wolf and she didn't like the way Jenny talked of Alaric.

Her eyes were fixed on mine as she stared at me with some confused sets of eyes. Even though I don't know why I did that, I suddenly started to feel really uncomfortable with the thick air in the room.

"Why the fuck is she not cuffed?" Alaric's voice roared.