The Descendant and Her Mates

CHAPTER SEVEN

ALICIA

I was stunned and taken by surprise completely when Blaire suddenly pushed me because I hadn’t been expecting that at all. She was going too far with her bullying but there was nothing I could do about it still. I had to keep my cool. Remaining calm like before was my only option here, as I couldn’t afford to lose my temper because things would only get worse then.

So with that thought firmly in my mind, I stood up gently and started to pat the dust and flour off my body, not minding Blaire as well as her minions who were still glaring at me. I took my eyes off them as I continued with what I was doing.

Blaire turned to face me once again and as I raised my head up to look at her, I could see the fire of her hatred for me burning in her eyes. I didn’t know why she hated me this way. I didn’t know why she was hell bent on bullying me and trying to make my life miserable. I wasn’t even sure that I had ever done anything bad to her since I had known her, but she still wanted to humiliate me.

“Why aren’t you saying anything still?” Blaire yelled at me and her high pitched voice attracted the attention of the other set of maids who were already planning to go into the pack house before, so they moved closer to watch the drama unfold.

At this point, Blaire turned to them to speak. I knew she was seeking validation from them. She wanted to impress them so that they would support her for bullying me.

“Can you imagine the nerve of this girl?” she asked them. “I have been speaking to her since I came outside and she hasn’t deemed it fit to reply me for once. Who does she think she is?”

The other maids didn’t respond to what Blaire was saying. They just kept mumbling among themselves until Blaire decided to continue with her rambling.

“She thinks that because she is the Alpha King’s mate, she can no longer talk to us. She is now feeling pompous because she is the mate of a man who hasn’t even acknowledged her beyond that first time. She doesn’t know that she is nobody,” Blaire continued.

At this point, the leader of the other group of maids stepped out from the crowd to speak. It seemed like she wanted to support Blaire’s actions. Her name was Jenny, and she was just as mean as Blaire, if not worse.

“Well, she shouldn’t feel pompous at all because she is actually nothing. She is not even fit to work with us because we are not in the same class. She is just a dirty little girl,” Jenny seconded, agreeing with all the mean things Blaire had said about me.

“I just have to educate you on something so that you can be informed. Alpha King Ivan is not your mate because he has not accepted you. I’m sure that he is definitely planning to reject you very soon because as you know, he has not seen or spoken to you for days now. So get that straight into your thick skull.”

Blaire had decided to become more mean than ever to me and the other girls saw nothing wrong with it as they cheered her on.

Jenny spoke up again. “Why isn’t she saying anything, though? Is she deaf or something?” she questioned.

“That’s what I thought too, but she is definitely not,” Blaire responded before she growled at me. “I will make your life hell!”

She kept staring at me with hate filled eyes until something malicious glinted in her eyes. Just then, she turned towards me completely, and just as she raised her hand up to hit me in the face, someone suddenly stopped her, holding her hand in their iron grip.

She turned around with a gasp to see the taskmaster holding her hand in his. He was looking at her sternly as he let go of her hand roughly. I looked around us and I was shocked when I discovered that all the girls that had been cheering Blaire on just moments ago had vanished into thin air, including Blaire’s minions.

That was certainly surprising because I hadn’t expected that. It seemed like they had spied the taskmaster approaching and had decided to make a run for it without bothering to inform Blaire, leaving her to his mercy. That was a really callous behavior, and I couldn’t say she didn’t deserve it because she definitely did.

But what I was even more surprised about was that the taskmaster was defending me now, because I had always thought he hated me. Just the other day, he had reminded me that he was the only one allowed to cause me pain.

Maybe that was why he was here, then. He probably didn’t like other people inflicting pain on me which was why he saved me from Blaire so that he would be the one to do it.

The taskmaster spoke now. “Are you ignorant?” he asked Blaire. “Don’t you know that Alicia is the Alpha King’s mate, and she shouldn’t be trifled with? Haven’t you been hearing the news going around in the pack or are you just completely daft?” His tone was harsh and his eyes were unforgiving.

“No… No… I…” Blaire tried to speak, but the only thing she could do was stutter.

So much for her having the voice to bully me in front of the other maids just moments ago. She truly deserved what she was getting right now. I was thankful that the taskmaster had stepped in to intervene in this issue. He was fighting my battles for me when I couldn’t do that by myself, and for that, I was grateful.

The taskmaster continued. “You have to be punished. I can’t let you go scot free for what you have done. This is something that shouldn’t have crossed your mind ever,” he said.

“Please, Master. I won’t do it again. Please pardon me,” she begged.

To an untrained eye, it would seem that she was actually repentant, but in truth, she wasn’t, and I could see it. If she could deceive others, she couldn’t deceive me. And she couldn’t deceive the taskmaster either, if I was judging by the next words that came out of his mouth.

“I don’t want to hear that. You must be punished and that’s final, because this is not the first time you are bullying Alicia. Now, this is what you have to do. You have to wash all of Alicia’s clothes that you ruined the first time, and they must be sparkly clean by the time you are done,” he pronounced firmly.