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!”

said quietly. Zayn had told me

to do so. Their families also recoved compensation, that was

bought his lies as much as I did And for you to be here, guess you’re not Luna anymore.”

straightened my back. “No,

“Pary”

she pitied me. But I

to bed. One of the girls said.

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next morning we were woken up and marched down to shower and get ready for the day. We were given food, which was pretty decent, and after that we were assigned work to do. I got paired with

day went by, and there was this sense of dread that hung in the

Which one of us was going to have her heart taken out and

and screamed and vomited but nobody said anything. The rest of us watched in horror as she got dragged away by two hefty

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

to think such, I didn’t want to die like this. My life may be the most terrible like ever,

about how they heard the girls screams for help in their sleep. Every

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

went on for a

that 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

keep waiting like this,

the next day, I did my morning 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 idea of where I was

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

a person. The force of it sent me flying back on

you going?” The person I had bumped into

eyes of the guard who

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Sabrina’s POV:

The woman sighed, claiming exasperated.

from the way the guards were holding my arms up.

I refuse to be killed off by the chronicle like a dog. I decided to

peace here. Someone is always watching, always ready to report me. They won’t let me live, they won’t

do with her, my lady?” One of the guards

swirling in their depths. In her eyes I was nothing more than a pest to her. A pest who she won’t let die.

me.” She said at last. She looked at the guards behind me. “You have done a good job bringing

I fell down, the ground scraping my knees. I hissed in pain, clutching my bleeding knee.

is your name?” She asked.

“Sabrina.” I replied.

me now, Sabrina” She said and turned to leave. When I didn’t follow behind her

resounding slap to my face. The force of it knocked my head to the

“You’re so insufferable. You must

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

you must know, I was a fucking Queen.” I hurled

now” She

every turn, I’m being shown just how powerless 1 am here. Powerless and useless. What can

were three maids there. She barked orders for thein to g

me cleaned up.

My heart sank.

huh? I had finally crossed

scrubbed my 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 would have swooned over because of

a wam glow. They forced me into a dress that! being

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done, they pulled a full

in front of me. Even 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

Jurting out

a half dead girl

eyes. Tears I forcefully wiped

mockery dripping from her tone. “You had your chance to be behaved and you

away”

why I was crying, but she didn’t need to know that.

be late. She said sharply.

halls, and it was clear I was being sacrificed. They looked at me with pity, some with awe, some with relief. The urge to lower my

strong

held my head

Sabrina Knowles. And I am a Luna. I must not cower

getting darker outside through the windows. The deeper we got into the pack house, the less windows I saw till at a point I didn’t see any more windows, just paintings of

“Where are wc…”

“Keep your

felt a chill descend upon my body. This part of the pack house looked different, very different from

were higher,

it was fit for an alpha.

of the pack house. My heart began to do a war drumming