The Forced Maiden For The Cursed Alpha King by Josephine Ivy

Chapter 13

Sabrina’s POV

Your duties resume immediately.” Lady Nifra said the moment she walked into the room the next morning.

No shit.

“But I’m not yet recovered fully.” I said.

She gave me a cold look. “It’s not in my power. It has already been decided.”

My expression turned sour. Oh, turns out last night wasn’t a dream after all. I raised a hand to my neck where the alpha of alphas had curled his fingers around last night. I had hoped, prayed to the goddess above that it was a terrible bad dream. and I would wake up and all would be fine.

It wasn’t a bad dream. He was really here. And he really increased my slavery by ten times.

“Get ready now.” She snapped. “You start with the dining hall. And after that you have to trim the gardens and scour the kitchens from top to bottom.”

“But the dining hall takes half the day?”

“Take your complaints to his Majesty.”

I resisted the urge to glare at her. “You know I can’t do that!”

The corners of her thin lips curled up in a smirk. “You poor thing. Your life is so unlucky.”

I rolled my eyes at her. “Like I don’t know.” I grumbled under my breath.

“Get moving! The earlier you start, the faster you finish.”

My heart fell into my stomach with a loud splash. I felt that cold hatred in my chest again directed at the alpha of alphas. Nifra turned and walked out of the room. I followed behind her. I guess because I nearly died, I got two days of break where I ate real food and slept in a comfortable cloud bed.

I had a sinking feeling in my stomach that everything was about to get very very bad.

The dining ball erupted into shouts and rounds of applause. Heat grew from my chest up to my neck and face as I stared at the crowd of girls applauding me.

“Welcome back Luna!” Blair stepped forward and three a handful of colorful paper bits in the air. All the girls followed her lead and did as she did. I watched the paper bits cascade to the ground and thought how much of a pain it would be to get

them off

Blair walked up to me, a huge smile on her face as she clapped.

“What is all this about? I asked, feeling uncomfortable with the numerous eyes focused on me.

“We’re giving you a wonderful welcome back party Blair said. She gestured to the girls behind her. “Don’t you appreciate it? After all, we spent so long on our knees, hands clasped togethers we prayed for your speedy recovery. I guess the moon gothlew answered us after all,

I scoffed. “You’ve got to be joking right now.” I sput:

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her eye. Am I?” She turned to the girls. “Aren’t we grateful

girls chorused.

rolled my eyes. “Get put of my face, Blair. You can’t fool me

I

Nifra

pulled my arm away from her. Take your minions and get

with

my chest. Before I knew it, my hand shot out in a slap. She dodged my hand and burst out laughing.

won’t fall for that trick twice and you know it.” She said with a wink. “Come on girls! Let’s give the luna space to do

Everything was messy. They had tracked dirt inside on purpose and it was

started to brush

the paper bits won’t

refused to come off. I bent down and scraped some of them with the edge of

bits were glued to the floor and stuck fast Along

pulled at my hair, a scream of frustration bubbling in my throat

my goodness! I hope she

hours out of my day scrubbing the dining hall, I headed down to my room. Burn marks were etched deep into the wooden floors, and smoke was on the walls. I walked over to my bed, and as I had suspected, the sheets were

anyone would clean the place

that they would have at least fixed the burned floors

my mind that I had hid the iridescent scale under my pillow. I pulled the pillow off

down for it.

It wasn’t there.

it and the headboard. It hadn’t. I shook the sheets in my hands, hoping that the sharp scale would fall off.

I didn’t

something? A voice said from the door.

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a necklace up in her hands. Hanging from the silver chain was my

mine! I said and

side and held it higher. “It’s mine now. I found it, so I

do

sentimental value to you? Lemme mother gave it to you before she died? Or maybe

parents ever. But hearing Blair insult them made me see red.

it’s fucking mine!” I lunged at

guess, your

necklace off her neck before I was kicked back, all air knocked out of my lungs. I slammed into the wall, and my entire back exploded in pain.

you ever think

“Don’t

Blair hissed in anger. Without waiting

was given to me. And I will not let

wincing in pain and picked up my soiled sheets. I

to do, and the sun was alrearly

I snipped the ixora bushes. I had a giant memory of sucking the sweet nectar out of these red blooms. But I wasn’t in the

it was a leaf or a branch. It brushed my leg again. I kicked at it. When it happened the third time,