Chapter 1
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The carriage I was in, suddenly halted signaling that we had reached our destination already.
My eyes were covered with a blindfold making it impossible to see my surroundings. And my hands were tied with a strong rope.
“Come out!” a gruff voice grabbed onto my shoulders tightly and dragged me out of the carriage.
My blindfolds came off, and I can see everything now.
There was a big castle in front of us. the man next to me had a big mustache and a scary look on his face.
“Hurry up and move your feet!” he yelled at me with a hoarse voice.
Nobody used to raise their voice against me, not even my parents when I was living in the castle. But now, even a servant-like man is yelling at me.
I guess, this is what happens when you become a fallen princess.
The shackles on my chained feet made a clicking sound as my feet moved inside.
I was barefoot wearing a rag-like white cloth that reached up to my knees.
Maids and servants kept glancing at me while I followed the man. And I could tell they were looking at me with pity.
Right now, my country is in the middle of pack wars.
My father is the Alpha of the Red-Moon pack. And we are at war with the neighboring pack the Blue-moon pack.
Even though we had more people, the Blue Moon pack overtook our soldiers and in the end, we lost the war.
They took over our pack and territory and made our people their slaves. While our economy was facing a downfall we were running out of resources.
I couldn’t look at my dad’s face he never looked so pathetic in my entire life. He was defeated and feeling hopeless.
And on top of that, the Alpha of the Blue-moon pack demanded a huge amount of ransom to free our pack.
We had no money left to give to them when we had a lot of people to feed.
And just like a ray of light someone kind offered to pay the money so our pack could be freed.
They were the Alphas of the Crimson Moon pack, who helped our pack in exchange for me.
The man knocked on a door, “Lord, we have arrived.”
“The door is open.”
The man opened the door and walked inside.
“Come in!” he commanded to me.
I head inside to see a big room, which seemed like a study to me.
A guy is sitting in the middle, and the second one is standing near the window reading a book, and the third one has a wine glass in hand.
But, one thing is the same about the three of them, they are quite handsome.
“Lord, she’s here.” The man who came with me addressed, bowing in front of them.
The guy in the middle looked in our direction with a cold expression.
“Where’s she?”.
“Here,” he stepped away letting me have the limelight.
And suddenly, the one who was reading the book a second ago, and the one with a wine glass turn their attention towards me.
The one sitting got up on his feet and all three of them surrounded me in a few seconds from all directions leaving no chance to escape.
I felt nervous and lowered my head.
“You can leave now,” one of them commands to the man who came with me.
“Your reward will be given to you later.”
“Thank you.” he left and closed the door behind him.
“She looks quite pretty in person, don’t you think Elliot?” the man with wine spoke. His eyes narrowed on me.
“A beautiful sight to watch I can say,” the man who was sitting on the chair replied, observing my face closely.
“But, her clothes aren’t suitable for her face,” added the one with a book in hand.
“True, I’d not like to touch her when she’s wearing such filthy clothes.”
“Let’s tell the maids to wash her up and then present her in front of us all.” Suggested the one with wine in hand.
The other two nodded in unison, backing away from me.
“Chloe! Come here for a minute!”.
And in a few minutes, a maid came inside and spoke with the three of them.
I was just standing on my own.
“Go with her, and then come back here in presentable clothes.” Said the one with the wine glass.
“Come,” the maid said, placing an arm around my shoulder as she accompanied me out of the room.
I was taken to the back of the castle. There was a medium-sized spring running through the place. And the water was so clear that you could see the insides.
“Discard your clothes and go wash your body in there. Here’s some soap and shampoo, and a clean towel to dry off.” The maid said, putting them down in a basket.
“Here’s the clothes that you’ll be wearing afterward. I have brought your shoes as well. When you’ll be done come out and call for me. I’m Chloe by the way.”
I nod at her. “Sure.”
She left and closed the door behind her.
There was an open forest in front of me with trees lined up against one another.
I came out of the dirty cloth and stepped into the water. It was deep enough to cover up to my waist.
So I took a dip and lifted my head above the water watching the scenery before me feeling so peaceful.
I wonder what Mom and Dad are doing? Dad was sad about me leaving. I hope Liam is taking care of them properly.
Well, at least I was able to help my pack somehow in exchange for my miserable life.
I went to grab the soap and it slipped out of my hands into the spring.
“Oh no!”.
I went inside the water and found it luckily and heaved a sigh, tucking away the strands of hair that fell over my face.
“Lucky.”
I haven’t washed since yesterday as it took almost a day to arrive here by carriage.
“Do you need help clean-up, beautiful?” asked a voice from behind drawing my attention.
I turned around to see the guy with a wine glass standing near the opposite side of the spring.
And he was staring at me with an amused look on his face.
I became alarmed to see him standing. I covered my chest with my hands and went underwater with only my face above the water.
“W-why are you here?” I stuttered, looking at him feeling disgusted.
He smiled, crossing his arms.
“You ask stupid questions beautiful.”
“To see you of course.” He answered dauntingly as if he didn’t even feel any shame to be standing there with a proud face.
I narrowed my eyes at him. “This isn’t any appropriate time or place to see anyone, I guess.”
“I hope you can excuse yourself out of there and come at a better time.”
He smirked as his lips curled up. “No time is better than this.”
He came here on purpose knowing I was bathing!
Unbelievable.
“If you stand here for any longer, I’ll be forced to call the maids,” I started with a serious expression.
His eyebrows raised in surprise. “Oh? You’ll call the maids? Call them!”.
“I’d also like to see how they can stop me.”
“After all,” he licked his lips, stepping into the water.
“There’s no one in this house who goes against the orders of the Alphas.”
He walked towards me and I was so caught up by his words that I forgot to back away or run out of the water.
He glanced down at me while I was underwater.
His eyes hinted at trouble.
I should run.
He reached out to grab onto my hand and pulled me up forcefully with his one hand.
And his other hand covered my waist pulling me close to his body.
My naked body pressed against his as he stared into my eyes.
His grey eyes reminded me just like the cat that I had once lost when I was little.
His gaze was casting a spell on me, making it hard for me to push him away.
Why do I feel so attracted to this man whom I just met today?
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