WEREWOLF CINDERELLA

The Escape

Mia's POV

Literally, I was in a different world after that chaotic experience with Alpha Pedro. I worked as a maid in his castle so the things I knew about him confirmed how promiscuous he was. He had several concubines and he was always looking for more. The old witch rarely gossiped with us but she once told us that most of his concubines slept with Alpha Pedro only once. He had to fancy you or else, you would be abandoned. My own fate was to be a one night stand for Alpha Pedro. My life would surely change after but it meant two things which I disliked.

Firstly, I would always have to be in the castle. Any woman whom an Alpha has slept with is no longer ordinary and she can’t be married by another man who isn’t an Alpha or something in a higher status. It simply meant I would have to die and rot in the same castle I had been looking forward to leaving.

Secondly, I would never find true love. For me, there could be no bigger punishment.

So, I made up my mind. I would escape from the castle and save myself future tears. Escaping was a big deal but I stole the old witch’s gold trinkets and planned to bribe the guard on duty. I remained a measly maid and they would definitely allow me with the belief that no one would notice my absence. It was a risky game and I knew I must not be caught.

The security in the castle was tight but somehow, I found my way. I got to the final turn to get to the gate and there, I saw a young man, sitting on the tiled floor. He was humming what sounded to be a lullaby and I watched him for a few seconds. He was wearing normal attire which suggested that he wasn’t working in the castle. My mind calculated that he had come with one of the Alphas.

So I walked past him as quietly as I could. I wanted no attention. Somehow, he stopped humming and I could hear him stand up. I tried to be focused and walk away quickly.

“Stop!” I heard his voice. I turned to see him and there, I met a face that looked nothing like the melodious voice I heard. I was expecting a young man with a cute face who was in his early twenties. However, I saw a handsome, mature-looking man who was obviously in his late twenties or early thirties. Again, the aura he gave off was different from his appearance.

“Why did you stop me?” I asked as confidently as I could.

“Women…” he sighed. He walked towards me and then blocked my path with his bulky body. “Back in the days, women recognized men as the superior gender. Now, the moral standards have deteriorated. Will you do the needful right now, you unmannerly b***h?”

I looked into his eyes without blinking. I could see how shocked he was by my guts and this satisfied me. He was quite afraid of me and he made a mistake in making it visible.

“Hey!” I pushed his chest with a finger of mine. He took a step backwards and I took a step forward. “You shouldn’t do this. Right now, you simply look and act like those cowardly men who only get boldness to fight when they meet a woman. I am afraid to break it to you but I will beat the hell out of you. How many teeth do you have?”

“What have my teeth got to do with this?” he asked. His eyes had begun to blink and I almost laughed at him.

“My fists are dangerous. I will break those useless teeth of yours,” I raised my hand to scare him. I couldn’t believe that a mature man like him fell down instantly out of fear. I only planned to scare him but he had chickened out already.

“Spare me! Spare me, please! I won’t do that again!” he began to say even when my hand did not touch him. The guards must have heard his voice because the next thing I saw was four guards running towards us.

“I did nothing to him…” I had begun to prove my innocence. “This man is simply cowardly and…”

“Protect Alpha Marcus!” one of the guards shouted. It was a familiar name for me. I knew Alpha Marcus to be the Alpha of the Sunflower pack, a pack which rivaled mine in size. I had heard tales of their large economy and I was stunned to hear his name out of nowhere. I looked around to see where Alpha Marcus could be. However, I was shocked when the guards went to the same man I threatened. The guards helped him up and one of them kicked me, making me lose balance and fall.

“You little b***h, you will die,” the guard told me angrily. I watched as Alpha Marcus stood up.

“Just let her go,” he mentioned.

“Are you out of your mind?” I heard someone shout from afar. This fellow was escorted by several guards and he seemed older than any of us there. From the way his men greeted Alpha Marcus, my brain worked fast.

“Uncle…” Alpha Marcus began. “The young lady did nothing wrong. Just let her go.”

“I will take care of it,” the man replied. “I am your Beta, aren’t I?”

Now, it made sense. I had heard several rumors of a man called Waldo who was the uncle and Beta of Alpha Marcus. Many rumors claimed Waldo was the most powerful person in the pack and Alpha Marcus was merely a puppet. From their manner of interaction, it didn’t seem so far from the truth.

“I did the wrong thing!” I crawled towards Alpha Marcus. “I never knew your position, my lord. Please forgive me.”

The next thing I noticed was Waldo bending down to see me.

“You should have begged me instead…” Waldo whispered in my ears. He stood up and then turned towards the guards. “Drag her away. She will be executed for disrespecting an Alpha!”

The guards grabbed me and forcefully dragged me away. I was so afraid and I shouted for help. I watched Alpha Marcus’s defeated facial expression as I left. It showed one thing: weakness.

**

I was not taken to the prison. On Waldo’s direct orders, I was taken to the gallows, the place where executions were carried out. My hands were tied up and with time passing, it began to ache so much. I was sweating profusely and for the first time in my life, I just wanted to die quickly. Pain would end if death came.

I was to be hanged to death at twelve o’clock at midnight. I expected no one in particular but Alpha Pedro came around.

“You wouldn’t be in this position if you simply accepted my proposal…” Alpha Pedro told me. I didn’t know why but I thought he felt shaken. Maybe he didn’t want me to die.

“It was my choice. I would choose to run away even if I had the ability to remake my decision,” I replied tiredly. “Just have them kill me fast!”

“You can still survive,” he replied. I got interested right away and it dawned on me that I wanted to live and badly at that.

“How?” I raised my head.

“Accept me for being my concubine,” Alpha Pedro replied. “You see, I wanted a one time thing with you before but you’re too beautiful for that.”

“I am not interested!” I told him firmly. However, he seemed not to hear that. He moved towards my back and grabbed my butt.

“Ah!” I shouted.

“No one will come…” he replied and continued harassing me. My hands were tied. “So sexy!”

I moved my right leg to hit him on his balls. It hit him properly and I watched him rolling on the ground in pain. When he stood up, he slapped me angrily.

“You will die a gruesome death, I promise!” he threatened. He walked off angrily afterwards. I continued to breathe heavily. Death was near and this encounter just killed my fear.

I didn’t know why they chose midnight of all times. Anyway, Waldo came out to watch my death. Neither Alpha Pedro nor Alpha Marcus attended. It was killed by hanging and Waldo, together with four guards oversaw it.

“Maybe I will be reborn,” I thought.

I closed my eyes as the stool I was standing on was kicked away. I thought I had resigned myself to death but I kept struggling after. I kicked my legs and for a moment, I prayed to be saved.

All of a sudden, the rope cut and I fell down. My eyes remained closed and I didn’t know what happened for the next two minutes. When I would open my eyes, I saw the four guards all dead. A man who wore a mask had come to save me. He began to remove the rope from my neck.

Then I saw Waldo sneaking in with a sword to kill the masked man.

“Look there!” I shouted but it was too late.

Waldo’s blade cut through, spilling the blood of my savior.

I gasped and then I fainted.