In the Hands of the Perverse Prince

Chapter 5.

ANNA:

I stare at myself in the mirror, it's true, grandma is right, I am an attractive woman, at least when I can wear nice and elegant dresses, while I'm at home serving others I'm a simple Omega maid that doesn't attract attention except for her simplicity, my hair not fixed, the dark circles under my eyes that show when I sleep few hours, my ungainly body walking barefoot or with the plastic flip flops. But now, with this dress and the makeup and hairstyle Cristian has done for me, I look very different from the silly Omega.

I must be at the meeting, I have no escape, no matter how hard I have tried to have everything perfect, help in the preparation of the dinner and decorate with beautiful flowers all the vases in the mansion, I have not been able to free myself from this commitment.

Missing only a couple of hours, I start to dress up, to make myself beautiful as grandma says, I put on the dress my uncle has bought me, Cristian the hairdresser fixes my hair and yes, I look very different from the silly Omega maid that day after day serves the Kuznetsov family, my own family.

Grandma and Uncle Inov look very elegant too, no wonder, tonight's meeting is very important for all the high hierarchs of our herds, the great Supreme King Gamma, his sons and daughters, the Supreme Mate, mother of some of them, the other three Alphas friends of our herd will be there and very surely alliances will be made and they will talk about new business and the need to take over more territories. This is the first time I am invited to the annual meeting, but I know it is not out of kindness or wishes from Grandma or Inov, I know this has something to do with the conversation I overheard about parting ways with Armet.

We gather in the main hall to greet the guests, it's freezing outside, I stand next to Grandma. My heart is pounding, I'm shivering and I don't know if it's because of the weather or the nerves that betray me, the wait takes forever.

The first to arrive are Eirik, the great Alpha King Supreme and his Mate Ivana, second wife after the first, Ingrid, died giving birth to their first child, a son, they say, something crazy and extremely big.

They greet the hosts cordially, strong hugs and kisses on the cheek between the women, to me, they barely look at me but do not greet me, anyway I smile, I stay watching the elegance and good taste of such important people, little by little the others arrive, there are many people and it is evident that all of them are of the highest hierarchy of our kingdom.

Ivana, the supreme queen, stares carefully at me and my dress, I feel self-conscious, why does she do it? Surely they will leave me with her as her servant and she is evaluating my strength and my ability to make a mental link with her, I don't know, I am so scared that it is impossible for me to concentrate at this moment.

I see Armet arriving with the obnoxious Catherine, they enter laughing and talking with their usual friends and their respective partners, all of them so unfriendly and arrogant, one of them is the future Mate of one of Eirik's sons, they haven't noticed my presence and I hope they don't.

I stand next to the grandmother and start to greet all those who greet her, the same as always, they look at me surprised by my appearance but barely notice that I am the Omega daughter of the late Akill, they turn their backs to me or give me a small smile of contempt.

The great Supreme Alpha orders total silence and then says:

-I believe we are all gathered now at this our annual convention of Alphas and familiars. We must make a toast to our unions and future alliances. Today I wish to introduce you to my son Bjorn's Moon, Miss Iliona.

At that moment a frightening growl is heard behind my back, it comes from the main door of the mansion that had already closed thinking that all the guests were present, a huge man enters, at least that's what I thought, instead of greeting he gives a snort and then laughs showing some yellowish and very sharp fangs. All of us who are in the place are perplexed, no one dares to greet or say a word, a few seconds later, Eirik goes towards the huge man, he tries to take his arm but it is immediately noticed that the palm of his hand does not allow him to grab it completely. He then invites him to stand next to him to properly introduce him to his subjects.

-My dear friends," says Eirik. -He is my first child, Sigrid. -He has been living in Norway with our friends of the Black Rock clan and today he has come to rejoin our Golden Metis kingdom and our five herds.

Sigrid is standing next to her father Eirik and her Mate Ivana, while Eirik speaks, she stares at me and smiles mischievously, my heart skips a beat and I have a vain mental connection with her. Am I right?

I dare then to look at him, he is tall and burly, his black hair messy and curly, his dark green eyes give him a sinister air when the light reflects on them, his neck wide and his pecs strong as his arms, he doesn't smile, he doesn't show any signs of emotion, he just stares with contempt at everyone in the room.

Are you going to join me with that wolf? It would be my death, it is something totally absurd, according to what I have heard from my grandmother, this is a wolf that was born with many problems, he has a damaged mind, I do not know exactly what she means but it is not good at all, his complexion is exaggeratedly large, they say he is terribly violent, sadistic and irascible.

-Why that terrified face?

Catherine looks at him slyly but it is evident from the way he bites his lips that he is having an episode of jealousy and pain.

-I think they brought me here because grandmother and your father's plan is to hand me over to that demonic wolf.

-It's not possible, these are your ideas.

-Sigrid is abnormal, at least that's what is always said, at birth her mother died torn by the enormous size of the fetus, the gestation seems to have lasted longer than expected, more than 63 days, almost 75. That is the reason why he is so big, a she-wolf from the steppes of Russia was the one who suckled him, her milk was special because she only fed on salmon and bears, but there is more, they say that his brain is binary, that is, as a wolf he is cunning, agile, he has mental links that surpass the common of us, but as a human he acts like a perfect incapable, slow, unintelligent, violent and sadistic.

-Is it true? -It could be just rumors.

-I don't know, if I'm honest I think some things are made up and others are not, since his birth Eirik sent him to his mother's family in Norway, such was his grief and pain for her death that he didn't want to see the boy for a long time. -Then he found out how evil and diabolical he is.

I stop looking at Artem, I turn to see the expression on my grandmother's face and try to connect with her, I only feel that she is confused and feels guilty about something, is it for giving me to that imperfect man, or is it sadness for abandoning me in the hands of Ivana and her children.

A new roar is heard in the room, it is Sigrid claiming the girl that has to be given to her in this meeting, everyone keeps a total silence and turns to look at me. I am terrified, I try to avoid Sigrid's gaze but my will is null before his insistent request.

-I want the omega immediately, I have been promised it. Sigrid howls.

Everyone is screaming and clapping, Catherine and her friends look at me terrified of the imperfect request, but once they react, they die of laughter and scream for Sigrid, I look at him and panic.