The Forced Maiden For The Cursed Alpha King by Josephine Ivy

Chapter 5

The carriage ride was bumpy, maybe it was to punish me or maybe to make up for lost time. Every minute it hit a large stone and jumped three feet in the air. I sat inside, my bound wrists resting in my lap. At this point it was starting to dawn on me how futile everything was.

We got to the pack where the alpha of alpha resided. And it wasn’t what I was expecting. I had expected a kingdom of perpetual shadows and darkness, but it looked like a normal pack. Except larger in size with a lot of sophisticated buildings.

The carriage pulled up in front of the gates leading to the pack house. Three hefty guards were stationed outside, holding spears in their hands and looking like they chewed iron.

“No further than here. One of them spoke in a gruff voice. “Leave the offering and leave”

The guard who drove the carriage jumped down and pulled me out. “Good luck,” He said with a wicked grin. He turned and went back on the carriage and drove off.

I watched the carriage grow smaller and smaller till it vanished from sight. Every cell in my body told me to go after it.

“You,” I turned to the guards. They pulled the hefty gates open, the huge intricate slabs of metal opening to reveal a mansion. “Get in.

“But I.”

He thrust his spear at me. I screamed out and covered my head. The spear landed on my shoulder and yanked me forward. “Get inside,” the guard said. “We’re not allowed to touch the offerings, best for you not to make this hard for yourself.”

I walked inside the gates, not needing to be told twice. When that spear touched my shoulder I thought it was going to pierce through my head.

The iron gates slammed shut behind me, the sound rattling my bones. I turned and looked at it, estimating how many minutes it would take to climb them and run.

‘Don’t even think about it.” A sharp voice spoke behind me.

Behind me was a tall, slim woman who has the aura of a royal lady all around her. For one she sneered at me as if she had seen a pest. Her back was held straight, her chin tilted and her icy blue eyes focused on the.

“Follow me.” She said sharply and turned. “I will show you to your room.”

“I get a room? I’m not going to be killed right away?”

She ignored me. I turned and looked at the gate once again. The Sun had vanished from the sky. My fate is now sealed? Or can I make it out of here if I try?

“Hurry now! The woman snapped. I turned and raced after her

My heart hasn’t slowed down.

There were twelve other girls in the room, all of them wearing the same white gown and brown sandals that I wore. They all looked up when the doors open, and I didn’t miss the looks of fear that flashed across their faces.

“You will be staying here until you are called in woman sald. “Meals will be provided and care times too. You are

expected to be on your best behavior at all times, disobedience come will educate you

with dire consequences. I’m sure your friends here

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I stared into her cold eyes. “When will I be called?”

“Whenever he pleases to call you.” She said and turned to leave. The door behind her slammed shut and I heard the distinct. sound of a lock clicking shut.

My legs gave way and I collapsed on the ground. I felt drained, like I had been running on fumes the past days.

“Are you okay” One of the girls made her way up to me. I looked up at her, she looked younger than me. Her hair was black and tied at her nape, and she had warm brown eyes. But she looked like she had been crying a lot.

“I’m fine.” I replied. I looked around the room. It was very large, with a lot of beds that were mostly empty. All the girls were gathered around one of the beds, some seated on the floor and other perched on the bed. They watched me carefully but none of them made any move to change her position.

“Pardon us.” The girl who had walked up to me said with a soft laugh. “We were so scared it was going to be choosing night.” I got to my feet with her help. “Choosing night?”

“One of us gets chosen on choosing night.” Another girl said from the other side of the room. “That also means your funeral. just so you know.”

The girl with me sighed. “Come on, pick a bed. At least we get good food before we’re killed.”

Good food before death meant nothing. I was a Luna, I knew all the good food there was to eat. But I didn’t voice any of my bitter thoughts to this girl, she seems so kind. And we are all in the same situation, so being nasty won’t help anyone.

I picked a bed and sat stiffly on it.

“Is this the part where we know each other’s names?” I asked, looking at their faces.

“No, what’s the point if we’re going to die?” One of the girls said.

“Don’t be so dark..

“But it’s the truth!”

I stared at the dark girl. “Don’t I know you from somewhere?”

She rolled her eyes. “You finally recognized me, Luna?” She spat the last word like it was venom on her tongue.

“You’re from my pack. I said, feeling a bit embarrassed that I hadn’t noticed earlier.

Yes. And alpha Zayn ordered my capture. Can you believe that your alpha sent me here!”

your knowledge, right?” I said quietly. Zayn had told me that the girls that were sent to the alpha of alphas

agreed to go and we’re happy to do so. Their families also recoved compensation,

crap. She huffed and folded her arma. “Guess you bought his lies as much as I did And for you to be here, guess you’re

my

“Pary”

pitied me. But I didn’t need that.

all go to bed. One of the girls said. “Who

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which was pretty decent, and after that we were assigned work to

and there was this sense of dread that hung in the air. As evening neared,

choosing night? Which one of us was going to have

nobody said anything. The rest of us watched in horror as

day was the same routine. We’d get washed up, wat and do chores. And by evening, another girl will be taken. Each evening

would get taken. I would clasp my palms together and pray that it wasn’t me. Even though it pained me to think such, I didn’t want to die

were being killed, it was whispered among us. Some would even talk about how they heard the girls screams for help in their sleep. Every

Waiting for the day the doors would open and those guards would drag me off to my death. Waiting for the

on for a

door opens one more time when the sun goes down, I will lose my mind and run down the halls of this pack house screaming like a deranged

waiting like this, waiting to die,

routine. Except this time instead of tending to the flower garden like I was assigned to, I dropped my basket filled with flowers and I ran. I ran without looking back, no

of here, I will be free. I have no idea where I’ll go once I’m done, but anywhere

of it sent me

are you going?” The person I had

met the eyes of the guard who always came to pick one of us

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again?” The woman sighed, claiming exasperated. She rubbed her temples.

the guards were holding my arms up. My legs had long given way. leaving me slack and

to be killed off by the chronicle like a dog. I decided to kill myself instead, because i had nothing

even kill myself in peace here. Someone is always watching, always ready to report me. They won’t let me live, they won’t let me die

do with her, my

her chin in thought. Her icy eyes glared at me, displeasure swirling in their depths. In her eyes I was nothing more than a pest to her.

guards behind me. “You have done a good job bringing her to me.

my bleeding knee. I heard the sounds of the guards marching away, and

name?” She

“Sabrina.” I replied.

When I didn’t follow behind her she turned and looked at me. “What are you

force of it knocked my head to the side. I grabbed my hurting cheek, my eyes wide with shock. I raised my head and looked at her only for her to slap me

so insufferable. You must have been a spoiled brat growing up

no fucking idea. All I want to do is due in peace, is that too much

was a fucking Queen.”

me, now”

away from my eyes and walked behind her. At each and every turn, I’m being shown just how powerless 1 am here. Powerless and useless. What can I do? Who do I have? Nothing. Absolutely

to a bathroom. There were three maids there. She barked orders for thein

cleaned up.

My heart sank.

huh? I had finally crossed the line for

body from head to toe. They dried me off and applied a lot of scented oils and lotions into my hair and skin to the point

a dress that! being sent off to lie right now.

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though they had done their best to pamper me up. I still looked exhausted. The lack of sleep told on my pale cheeks which no amount of rogue could hide. My eyes were sunken in their sockets, their light dimmed to nothingness. I looked awfully skinny too, the bones

Jurting out

looked like a half dead girl forced into a

gathered in my eyes. Tears I forcefully wiped

cry now. The woman cooed, mockery dripping from her tone. “You had your chance to be

away”

was crying, but she didn’t need to

now, we mustn’t be

walked through the halls, and it was clear I was being sacrificed. They looked

strong

held my head high

am Sabrina Knowles. And I am a Luna. I must not cower before them. Not for any reason.

we got into the pack house, the

“Where are wc…”

She snapped. “Keep

the pack house looked different, very different from the side I

halls were higher, more ornate,

like it was fit for an

in his wing of the pack house. My heart began