Alpha's Redemption

Ashamed

Adriel POV

That was the best s*x of my life. I have never been f****d before, but I can never be f****d like this again. He really paid attention to my body and needs and made sure I was satisfied. Yet, there was a hollowness growing inside me_ slow, creeping doubts. I gave my virginity to somebody who wasn't my mate, nor appreciated it.

Shame curled inside me as I stood up, feeling his c*m slip from me, a gentle reminder of how stupid I was. My leg ached, making the pleasure I felt earlier a waste. I gathered the bloody sheet and left his room. As I walked away from his hall, I half prayed to god not to make anybody see me walking this way, especially not madam Emily, the chief maid.

When I finally reached the laundry room, I tossed the bloody sheets into the washing machine and washed them. The laundry rooms look way bigger than the house I lived in before, the castle has so many spacious halls, rooms that make it difficult to know where you are going. I began fixing my long brown curly hair scattered all over my face to erase any image of a person being f****d or like a mad person, but a cry caught my attention.

Who is here? Who is crying? And why is the person here of all places? I scanned the room but couldn't detect where the sound was coming from. I turned the machine again for another wash, turned to the door, but a figure caught my sight.

The princess.

She sat huddled between the pile of laundry, she looked tired, and her shoulders were trembling.

I wonder what she is doing here and why Oma is not with her. I made my way to where she was. She didn't seem to notice that I was so close to her. I cleared my throat, which was sore from the s*x.

The sound startled her, as she looked up, her wide, tearing eyes locking onto mine.

“My princess, what are you doing here?" I asked. I was curious as to why the princess is not with Oma and nobody was looking for her. She looked at me with a confused stare.

“My princess, you are going to get cold staying here, please. I reached out my hand to her " let me help you to your room”.

She refused to take my hand. I tried to touch her, but she shivered and started crying “what have I done?”. I kneel with one knee and gently pat her on her hair.

“My princess" I said softly and slowly,

“I can't leave you here, not because I am a maid, but because I want you to live. This place is not safe for you and your family will be worried".

My words softened her as she stood up from where she was sitting on the piles of dirty clothes, she walked to the door, leaving me kneeling on the cold tiles.

I know you will say the princess is a b***h for not saying thank you. She had a sickness when she was young and the only thing that could cure her took her voice. She can't talk but hears and knows when somebody is speaking to her. Rumors had flown around the castle that they were taking her to the human world where she could regain her voice.

I stood up from the ground, removed the clothes from the machine and put them in the dryer to be dried. I left the room, the pains in my legs had already been reduced, but a stinging pleasure was remaining.

The kitchen was busy with activities when I arrived. I busy myself with the dirty plates on the sink, hoping to blend in and avoid suspicion.

“When did you get here?" Madam Emily’s voice cut through the kitchen like a blade, sending shivers down my spine. I dropped a plate. It scattered into pieces and all eyes turned to me. I rushed down, gathering the broken plate, my heart racing.

“Are you stupid? There is nothing you can do properly. I might as well send you to the dungeon to clean s**t, and you won’t do it properly."

“I'm sorry, I didn't mean to break the plate, you startled me, that's why". I stood up with the broken plate to put it in the bin when a hand dragged my hair; holding a handful of it and yanking me uptight. I cried out in pain. My vision was instantly blurred.

“Argh, let go of me, I beg you, I didn't know” I cried, but she refused to release me until she came near the big table that was in the center of the kitchen.

“I am going to teach you a lesson, you stupid orphan. I gave you a task to do, and you gave it to oma and disappeared” madam Emily, our Chief head of maid screamed.

“I have had enough of you. You can't obey a single instruction, pathetic fool".

“No, madam, I…..”

Before I could explain, she dragged me to the center of the table.

“Give me a bowl of water" she barked as one of the other maids rushed to obey. My stomach dropped as I saw the steaming bowl being placed on the table. She forced my hands into the scalding water and I screamed out in agony, pain seared through my skin, hot tears pouring from my eyes, but she refused to let go of it.

“Next time, maybe you will remember to do as you are told". She snarled, finally letting go of my hands.

" I will have you wiped naked in front of everyone if you disobey me again. This is your last warning”. She snorted and walked away from the kitchen. The staff all went back to what they were doing as if nothing happened. No one cared. No one ever did

Amelia, my best friend and coworker, rushed to me, examining my hands, now red and throbbing. “Oma told her that you had given her the package and left to meet one of the guards”. She blew gently on it making the pain bearable.

“Amelia” my voice shakes “I can’t do it anymore, the pain in my hands barely masking the deeper ache in my heart.

“Everybody hates me and wants me gone”. My eyes are red as tears flow freely.

“It’s okay”. Amelia wiped my tears with her hands. “I am here, and I love you like my family, it is impossible to leave me here, you are going to survive this. You and me forever; come, let me put some ointment in your hands before it gets worse”.

I followed Amelia out from the kitchen to her quarters. Her room was cozy and spacious, much better than the cramped quarters I shared with the other maids.

Amelia went to the left wing of the room, removed a tube in her drawer from “come sit adriel” and she pointed to the bed, neat and tidy. I sat down, the bed dipped. My tears have already dried, but the pain is still alive in my heart. She takes my hands and lays them gently on her lap.

“Where did you go? You took so much time that I can't cover for you" she said softly as she rubbed the cream on my swollen hands.

I hesitated, my stomach churning with guilt. “I got lost…….. Didn't realize it until a guard saw me.”

She sighed, shaking her head. “You can't keep putting yourself at risk like this.”

“I know,” I whispered. But how could I tell her the truth? How can I admit what had happened between the prince and me? Instead, I blurted

“I want to go to the human world,”. Amelia froze, her eyes wide with fear and she looked at the door to check if others were close by.

" Are you crazy? Do you want to get killed before your time hmm? She said in an angry tone

I stood up, walking toward the door. “My decision is final, Amelia. These people want me dead, so it is better to die outside than here. I will also look for my parents. Their death looks suspicious"

“Adriel, why are you so stubborn? We can't go into the human world. Our powers are not strong enough to cross the barrier path, you know what is going on, and you still want to go". Her face was laced with fear.

"My decision is final and nobody, including that barrier, will be able to stop me, either you help me or you forget about it. “I don't want anybody to know until I am gone, if you are coming, you need to keep quiet about it" my voice shook but I was determined.

She stood up and walked to me. “I love you, but I can't help you, Adriel, it is too risky and if you get caught, you will end up more dead than alive".

“I can't get caught, I will sneak away during the mating ceremony. Nobody is going to notice that I am missing.”

“What about the mating ceremony? Are you not going to participate in it?” She looked at me.

“What is the use of it? Nobody is ever going to mate with me, I am the weakest person in our pack, going to get rejected before knowing who my mate is,” I said.

“It is better I escape than face such the humiliation of being mateless or rejected”.

Amelia looked at me, her skin pale due to the beating she received from me a week ago. One of the major reasons I want to go. She has suffered enough, and I don't want anybody to get hurt for my sake.

“Then this is goodbye, right”. She hugged me knowing that my decision was final. “You are my best friend. Of course, I am going to help you escape this pathetic place. Remember that I will always love you more than myself”

“Finally, some common sense”. She laughed. We hugged for a minute before we separated. Tears have already soaked my clothes. “Why are you crying? Not like I am going to die or not coming back”, I said.

She quickly cleaned her face. “Well I am not going to miss you if that's the case, stubborn”.

“How are you going to escape? Have you started planning on how to bypass the guards and vigilantes?” she said, her face looking serious.

“Woah, detective Amelia, I already packed, and the ceremony is not today but in 2 days”.

"What, of course, needs proper execution chance is a 50/50 chance, and you need to make sure you succeed or else I am denying you when you get caught”

“O ye of little faith, I am a werewolf, and you know we always survive at anything thrown at us and no, I am not going to get caught”.

“Okay Luna Adriel, your words are my doom” she said.

I laugh till tears prick my eyes. “Luna will look good on my name, Luna Amelia”. I tease her back.

“You still haven't told me where you have been all day, hmm the guard room” she said, her voice laced with laughter.

“I was in the guard room, I took the wrong package and oma had already delivered it, making me delay it before I was told that the package was delivered”. I lied. I couldn't possibly tell my best friend that I had slept with the prince. We gossip about him every time we have a chance. If she heard I slept with him, god she was going to collapse.

“Alright then, I didn't know you had a crush on Davi hmm”

“I don't have a crush on anybody, especially Davi, he is too mean for my liking”. My face twisted with disgust.

“Cm'on let's get back to what we were doing before the witch come for our heads” she laughed.

We made our way to the kitchen.