The Cunning Alpha Queen

CHAPTER 4

Queen Astrid and Axel both run out of the house when she suddenly stops realizing that the mother and the girl were left inside, so she looks back and tries to turn herself into a wolf and save them, but the mother calls her name while hugging her daughter.

"No...You must escape your highness, your life is much more important than ours. We will be fine, please; we aim for your safety."

The mother said, and then locked the door, but the queen couldn't help it and still wanted to go back to the house and save them, but Axel stops her and tries to pull her with him to run and escape while trying to pull herself from her brother. She stopped when she heard the shout and cry of the mother and daughter, who had, suddenly, become quiet.

At that moment, she stopped in the middle, while her tears started dripping down her face and cry her heart out, then the sky started to pour rain as it was crying along with her.

Filled with raging anger, the queen runs with Axel but they can still hear the horses running towards them with the thunder and storm around, and at this point she knew that they can no longer escape them, so the queen holds Axel's face and speaks gently to him.

"You must leave. Have a good life Brother, I am sorry for everything, this was all my fault...please, I can no longer live thinking that you will be killed by them as well. I would rather die before you, please, run, escape. That is an order"

The queen said while kissing her brother's forehead, he was filled with tears in his eyes and then started to run away from her, but before he could get far, she heard a thunderstorm that struck queen Astrid to the ground, which made her unconscious. He was about to run towards her when Celia's soldiers arrived, so, he managed to hide for a while.

The soldiers find the queen dead on the ground as her body is burned by the thunder, so they decide to just leave her instead. Slowly, Axel walks towards his sister, who is no longer recognized due to the burn on her entire body and face.

He started to cry out loud and shout his heart's pain for his sister when suddenly her body began to glow and all her burned skin turned back to normal. He tried listening to see if she had a heartbeat and he was shocked to hear that she was still alive.

A smile forms on his face and he tries to wake up Queen Astrid when a woman in white suddenly appears in front of him.

"She is not going to wake up; she is destined to continue her life, though it is not at this time. You will make sure of the safety of her body until the day comes that she will rise again. She has a big task to do, so make sure you will take care of her. Here, this is a two-sack of gold. That is more than enough to start your life."

The woman said that confuses Axel.

"I-I don't understand, who are you?"

"I am an oracle, I was sent here to give you the message. Please follow what I said; she is entitled to a great mission at the right time. She will be needed the most."

The oracle explains and then vanished within Axel's eyes.

One century later, an old man is standing in front of a beautiful woman who has been sleeping peacefully. He sat while touching her hand and his tears started dripping from his face, and then whispered.

"Sister, I am sorry, but my time is getting near to an end, so I can no longer take care of you, but don't worry. My son, Axel the second, will be the one to keep you safe. He will make sure that you will wake up at the right time that the oracle mentioned. I am sorry and I will miss you"

The old man said, and from that day on, the queen's body had been taken care of by the next generation of his bloodline until four centuries passed, as her eyes slowly opened while the sun shone directly on her peaceful face, she started to blink, hearing the loud sound of the moving vehicles and engines outside her window.

In the busy street of Allamore in White Lake City live a few people that were being cast out on the main street where businesses and other facilities were standing there. These people had nowhere to go but to settle their lives along that small street. Years passed and they began to get larger in numbers, and people also started building their simple businesses like mini-stores and food stalls.

Others called their place a black street every night. All the illegal stuff has been surrounded there and the people made it their other side of job.

Jamie at twenty-five, worked as a waitress in the morning and a bar entertainer at night and tried her best to live and earn something for her sick mother. She was naïve and simple when they started living at the Allamore, but life there teaches her how to strive and live the way other people live.

Going to work at exactly six in the morning, she manages to wake up as early as possible since she avoids riding a public vehicle or cab to earn money instead.

She starts walking along the roadside of Allamore until getting to the cafeteria she is working at.

While on the road, a loud sound of a car trying to get her attention stops in front of her, and then the person inside opens the window.

"Hi! We just wanted to ask if you happen to know this place."

The woman in the front seat shows a paper with an address listed on it, so Jamie tries to read the information while her eyes roamed inside the car until seeing a woman in an elegant black dress. She is wearing a very classy hat that only the richest people have this kind of attire.

Knowing that these people were rich, she thought of taking advantage of them, so instead of just telling them the location, she offered help to personally bring them there.

"You know this location is a terrible place to go if you don't know exactly where you are going, but, I can take you there instead."

"Really? Are you going to do that for us?"

"Yes, I can go with you people."

Jamie said, feeling victorious seeing that they seemed to bite her offer, but the woman in the front seat suddenly refused after looking at the woman in the backseat.

"I am sorry, ahmm can you just give us directions instead; there is no seat available for you inside. Sorry"

The woman explains that made Jamie roll her eyes.

"Fine! Well, don't blame me if you people get lost in the middle. I was just trying to help!"

Jamie said and was about to go when the woman in the backseat spoke.

"Let her in, I don't want to waste time looking for that stupid place!"

The driver and the woman in front suddenly move and open the door to assist Jamie to sit beside the woman in the back.

Jamie is now smiling as her plan works and she is now sitting with the seemingly mysterious woman wearing an expensive hat. She tries to look at her from head to toe, which is absolutely stunning.

They are both surrounded by silence while Jamie keeps talking to tell them the way until she finally has the guts to ask the woman beside her.

"So you are not from here? You see that place is...you know, it is known for something you might don't like at night. I mean people there sell—"

"—I guess we are already here, Ma'am."

The woman in the front seat interrupted Jamie from talking as they finally reached the place, so they all got out of the car and headed to the building where Jamie stopped them.

"Wait! Well, you see I helped you guys and it is not free. How about 20 bucks and it is all good?"

Jamie smilingly asks when the woman in black turns her face to her, which seriously stunned her with its beauty.

"You seem to forget your words, but it is still clear to me, you offered us help and you did not mention it isn't free, a scumbag like you should know your words."

The woman in black said while gently caressing her hair in a not comfortable way, so Jamie tapped her hand.

"You people with money are all fools! Feeling great with all you have! Just so you know, you don't look amazing just because you have money! You still look pathetic with your weird hat!"

Jamie said and then walked away from the woman in the black when she suddenly laughed hard. That made Jamie stop; she turned her eyes to her feeling confused by her sudden reaction.

The woman in black finds Jamie amusing so she can't help herself but react and laugh at it, then throws a look at her secretary and, in just one look; she already knows what to do.

The secretary opens her purse and gives Jamie one grand, which seriously shocks her as she did not expect it. She was about to approach her when the driver and the secretary suddenly blocked her, which she quickly understood, as the woman in black was now getting inside the building.

Although filled with shock as to what she received, Jamie forms a smile, knowing how much, the amount of money she gets, but quickly heads her way to the cafeteria realizing she is already late for work.