Exposed Secret
1018 Words
Lyra's POV
"Yes, shame," he responded. Looking devoid of emotion as usual.
"I don't understand what you mean, my alpha," I remarked. He got up in a rage and threw the table aside.
"Do you take me for a fool?! You think I'm stupid? Don't play dumb with me," the rage in his voice increased.
"I don't understand what you mean." Tears started falling down my face as I picked up the shards of the broken mug.
"Who is your lover? I want to know who the bastard is.
What was he talking about? Did Athena say something about me again? Just when I was about to ask, a guard barged into the room suddenly.
"My alpha, the elders are here. It's urgent, sir; they await you in the conference room," the guard reported, bowing his head to the ground. The alpha looked more infuriated by this information.
"What do they want?!" he yelled at the guard. The veins on his forehead and neck were all visible due to the rage he was giving off.
"It concerns the troops you sent out to destroy towns in the neighboring pack to acquire territory," the guard responded.
"Where is Jasper?!" Alexander asked another question while throwing on a shirt and buttoning it.
"Beta Jasper is stalling the elders for time; he sent me to come and get you." The guard answered, raising his head a little to observe if the alpha was going out to the conference room.
"Lyra, you're coming with me," he said, grabbing me by the hand and pulling me along as we left the room. His hands were broad and strong, and I was unable to pull my hand out of his grip.
"Tell me, why are you taking me to the conference room?" I questioned, and confusion washed all over me.
"You will be serving at the meeting full of elders as your first punishment." He replied, not taking a look at me.
The last thing I wanted was to be in the same room as all those disgusting elders who have always judged me and made me feel like ending it all several times in the past.
He slammed open the door of the conference room. I rushed towards Jasper, who was already serving tea, and relieved him of the duty.
The meeting was underway as I served the tea. The environment was tense.
I could feel their gaze like it was piercing through my skin as they made war strategies. After serving the tea, most of the elders pushed down the mugs and broke them.
Of course, it all made sense; they didn't want to drink something served by my filthy hands.
"Alexander, are you trying to insult us? What is the meaning of this?!" The oldest elder finally voiced his opinion, and the others agreed accordingly.
"What do you mean?" Alexander asked.
Clearly, he was trying to play dumb; I understood what they meant; Jasper understood what they meant; and I'm sure he understood what the elder meant as well.
"Of all the maids in this palace, why did you decide to bring us your rejected omega? A woman who is surrounded by controversies." Another elder elaborated.
"She's just a maid. There's nothing deep about it. No need to overemphasize it," the alpha responded. Unlike him, Alexander wasn't upset; he hardly even responded to the remarks.
"This meeting is ruined. We won't sit here and be insulted by whatever you have going on with your mistress," the older elder concluded as they stood up and pulled out the chairs to leave the room.
Jasper stopped them. "I'm sure the alpha didn't mean any disrespect. Please, this is an important matter. Could you ignore the fact that she's here? I could ask her to leave if that would fix things.
I stood by the side of the room crying, wondering why these people were talking about me like some sort of abomination; the cruel treatment was something I couldn't handle.
In the midst of all the commotion, I had disappeared from the room. I was sure the alpha would punish me later on, but I was prepared for it.
I laid in my room after the entire day's work and drama. Staring at my little ceiling and wondering where my life went so wrong, I wondered if I was perhaps cursed.
I heard a knock on my door, followed by a voice. "Lyra, the alpha wants to see you. Immediately," Beta Jasper called out.
Twice in one day? And he was acting very strange the last time he called me to Alpha Alexander's room. This time, I was asked to meet him in the throne room.
Upon getting to the throne room, the alpha came into my vision first, after which Athena came into my vision. For some reason, she was holding back laughter.
There was another person present in the room. The physician who ran tests on me and took my urine samples earlier.
"You requested to see me, my alpha?" I inquired in an attempt to get over whatever this was fast. I hated this room in particular because it always reminded me of that night.
"I ask again, who is your lover? I won't ask you for the third time," Alpha Alexander questioned.
"I have no lover; I've never had one in my life. I waited to be matched with my mate but ended up getting rejected," I said, trying to hold back the pain that saying those words brought me.
"Which of the guards or low lives in this palace were you sleeping with then? Revealing the person to make this easier for you." Athena was the one who asked the question this time.
"No one! I'm not sleeping with anyone." I responded. Of course, it was Athena's doing. She must have spread another rumor about me.
I had no doubts about her involvement in whatever this was, but why was the physician present? I wondered that.
After a deep breath, Alexander spoke. "Lyra, who got you pregnant?" he asked.
In that moment, my heart caved into my chest.
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