MISTRESS, NOT MATE

CHAPTER TWELVE

The next morning,the head maid asked Akila to assign duties as she had to prepare some meals for the Alpha’s monthly pack stroll.

He would go around the pack,sharing food and checking up on the people .

That amazed Lyra when Jaya explained it to her.

Their pack was well organized, and she liked it here,it was better than Cornerstone.

"You!" Akila pointed at her,"you are assigned to the training yard! Make sure it's sparkling clean, and I will supervise myself!" Akila spoke coldly as she gave Lyra a dirty look.

Lyra turned back to leave.

"You are going alone,and you must finish cleaning before noon," everyone gasped.

This was pure wickedness.

The training yard was big, and she would take hours to clean.

"But -" she tried to speak,but her confidence flew uptown the drain when she akila said a word.

"You are a rogue,you have no right to complain. "

She quietly nodded before turning to leave.

Jaya shook her head,giving lyra an apologetic look.

She could not help.

A few minutes later,Lyra walked the path towards the training yard.

For some reason,her mood had been so down,but it was noticeable now.

She lowered her eyes as she walked, but as soon as she raised her head.

She frozed.

A pup was running around,being chased by a cat.

And a practice spear had been fired,it was coming the pup's way! It was a training mistake,and she was closer than the warriors

The young pup,barely 6 years old, was laughing wholeheartedly as he stopped running.

Lyra’s body moved before her fear does.

She ran towards the baby,hitting the ground with the child under her,wrapped in her arms.

The spear kisses her shoulder instead of the boy's throat.

Pain surged through her arm as she screamed,then something else.

She felt heat down her bone,too much for a broken beta.

Tears ran down her cheeks as she struggled to stand.

Everyone in the training corridor frozed.

Then they rushed towards her, and she managed to stand up,her bleeding shoulder evident as she dropped the baby.

"Did you see that? She ran so fast. "

"For once,she looked really possessed! " Another warrior spoke whispering as they stepped closer.

"I am so sorry,I did not mean to hurt you." The young warrior who fired the spear the wrong wah scanned her shoulder,concern evident in his face. One would think it was real. The air ticked,like a storm deciding.

"Its fine,I am fine -" Before she could complete it,they all burst into laughter.

"If it is not the rogue maid! It's stupid of you to think I would apologize to you. "

"I don't need..your apology, just be careful... next time,the pup almost lost his life," she spoke softly in a way that said I did not do it for you.

The man's jaw tightened as he stepped close.

"You don't tell me what to do. You are just a rogue waiting to embrace her death!" He yelled at her with annoyance. She clenched her fist,holding her bleeding shoulder.

The boy she had saved stood beside her watching everything.

He held Lyra’s hand tighter as their voice rose.

"Yes,you are not one of us. So pathetic -" they all burst into laughter.

"What's going on here!" They all froze when they saw beta Drake coming towards them.

They all bowed their head,scared to speak.

Their initial confidence disappeared.

"Good morning, beta Drake." Lyra softly greeted,her hands trembling as she felt pain on her shoulder. Immediately, beta Drake noticed the bleeding shoulder.

"What happened?!" He questioned, surprised to see her this badly hurt.

"It's nothing,i-"

"No,it's a lie! Beta,the warriors threw a spear my way, and this aunty saved me and got herself hurt, " the little pup cried out as he stared at the bleeding.

"Please save her,I don't want this aunty to die," Lyra froze. The boy looked too mature for his age,she tried to speak but beta Drake was faster.

"What! Lyra,did they do this to you?" He barked out shocked.

He faced the warriors who began to beg him.

"We are sorry, beta,it was not intentional,"

"You all were calling her a rogue, and you said she can't do anything to you!"

The boy's voice made them droze,it was obvious the boy carried an aura of authority.

He is the Alpha’s late brother's son, after all. The same Rurik rogues killed.

"All of you are done for!" He ordered them to be taken to the prison yard.

And then he turned to Lyra.

"Let's get you to the Pack doctor!" She nodded and slowly followed him.

The young boy walked beside them.

"Prince Mica,you can return back to your mother now."

The boy refused,his eyes on lyra as if she might disappear if he looked away,

"No,beta,I want to stay with her. She is my savior." Beta Drake sighed,"your mother won't like that,you two just came to visit,you must return my prince."

The young boy pouted,then waved Lyra before walking back to the same path he came from.

The word prince made her pause. Who was that kid?

But she dare not ask.

As soon as they entered the pack clinic,Lyra froze.

The place was not only big but well furnished.

A few minutes later, the doctor had come.

He began treating her cut.

She winced, and somehow,Alpha Thorne, who was on a pack visit, felt his chest tighten.

Immediately, he knew something was wrong but couldn't pinpoint it.

He mindlinked beta Drake asking if anything was wrong at the palace.

Beta Drake hesitated. He knew the Alpha had a thing for the rogue maid,he just wasn't so sure yet.

"Alpha Rurik's wife and son are in the pack. The boy almost got hurt, but.."

"What! Mica is here?why did Eleanor not tell me she was coming." He spoke angrily through the mind link. The wife's name is Eleanor.

"That's not all,alpha. Someone got hurt while saving him."

"It's the rogue maid." That sentence made The almighty Alpha Thorne’s heart beat quickened.

Fear occupied the space in his ribs as he stopped walking,his guards stopped to.

He asked coldly.

Where is she?"

"At the pack clinic,she had a cut on her shoulder,Alpha."

Alpha Thorne clenched his fist,turning sharply. He jumped into the car,ordering the guards to continue the food distribution, and the head maid was with them, so he asked her to do the needful and report back.

He coldly asked the driver to get to the palace ASAP.

Warriors were walking outside, and they had just finished their morning training.

She stepped aside,waiting for them to leave.

Many of the warriors stared at her. She was beautiful,and they knew her as the rogue maid.

The rogue the alpha spared.

Before Alpha Thorne entered the clinic,he could already smell her blood,

He clenched his fist and rushed into the place.

Everyone bowed down as soon as they saw him, but the Alpha paid no attention,his mind and everything only on Lyra.

As soon as he saw her,he froze.

She looked like she was in pain,her eyes were swollen from crying and even though the cut had been stitched,she still looked scared he walked towards her pulling her towards him.

He hugged her so warmly,careful not to hurt her. Lyra froze,shedidd not wrap her arms around him. She was too shocke, and the sensation that ran through her made her eyes widen.

"I was so worried. Are you okay?" He slowly asked in a soft ton÷.

Beta Drake froze,the aloha he knew never speaks in such a calm voice.

And intimacy? The Alpha hated her, but why was he hugging her as if he didn't want to let go.

As if realizing what he was doing,Alpha Thorne let go of her. He stood back,annoyance laced in his tone as he questioned.

"Who dare hurt her!"