Chapter 56: Karma or his order

Hazel didn’t want to tell Damien what had just happened. Why? She wanted to handle it herself, she didn’t need his help and didn’t want to be deemed weak by asking for his help.

“And you think I will believe that?” Damien asked softly and she shrugged.

“Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me.” She replied calmly and Damien fell silent.

He knew how stubborn Hazel could be. If she had really decided not to tell him, then there was nothing that could change her mind.

“Where are you coming from?” He asked.

“The dining hall, why?”

Unable to get any information from her, Damien could only drop the topic, but his visage was not so good.

“If anything happens, you can let me know.” He finally added after a moment of silence.

But, Hazel scoffed, “So I have to report my movements to you now? The Alpha has nothing to worry about, I won’t try to escape.”

Damien didn’t mean it like that. But after a second, he didn’t try to explain himself to her.

He has been behaving strangely since he saw her after all. So, after glancing at her for one last time, he turned and left.

“Wait for me.” His words echoed behind him.

Hazel didn’t reply, but she didn’t leave as well and merely watched as Damien’s figure disappeared. Something was wrong with her.

Why is it that when Damien told her to tell him if anything happened, her heart skipped a bit?

It wasn’t the kind that denotes fear.

It was more like she was…touched?

How could that be? He only said that for his own selfish reasons.

Hazel shook her head hard, trying to dispel all the unnecessary thoughts in her head. No matter what, Damien was still the devil she knew him to be, he wasn’t kind and she would not be deceived by his fake concern for her.

It was all pretense.

With these thoughts in mind, Hazel quickly walked away. She couldn’t remain there because that pervert could even come out again.

As Hazel left the somewhat secluded corner of the mansion, she was no longer in the mood to visit the flower garden and had decided to go back and rest when she saw some familiar faces.

Right ahead of her, four guards dragged four women out harshly. Hazel recognized the woman instantly, they were the maids she had met when she was initially tasked with serving the Alpha and sent to the servants’ headquarters,

In jealousy, they had ganged up on her and even though Hazel still won, she was still inflicted with a few wounds that had even just begun to heal because she always takes the wolfsbane pill then.

“What did they do?” Hazel could not help but wonder to herself.

When she met these women there, even though they were in maids' attire, they had this pride and arrogance in their eyebrows and addressed Hazel with contempt.

Now, their clothes were ragged, their faces pale and the metallic scent of blood even wafted into Hazel's nostril. Clearly, they were injured.

Could they have done something wrong, so they were being punished for it?

Hazel thought to herself, still surprised.

However, it was none of her business.

This is what you call Karma, they have gotten what they deserve.

Hazel was about to bypass them when one of them succeeded in struggling out of a guard’s hold and rushed towards her.

Thinking she wanted to attack her, Hazel quickly prepared herself with a frown.

But in the next moment, the woman fell on her feet and began to kowtow to Hazel, her forehead making a loud thud sound against the pavement.

Her movements were so forceful that in the next second, the skin on her forehead broke and blood gushed out.

Hazel stood there, confused.

What is going on?

“Miss Hazel, I am sorry. I shouldn’t have said those words to you or dare to lay hands on you. I was ignorant, I didn’t know what I was doing. Please spare us, I beg you. If we lose our jobs here, no one will take us in anymore!” The woman cried.

Tears, snot and blood streamed down her face.

Hazel understood what she was saying if she said it one by one. But when the whole statement was made, why can’t she understand anything?

How was it her business if she lost her job here? It wasn’t her fault, right?

Before Hazel could reply, one of the guards had already walked over to grab the woman.

“Do you want to die?” The guards threatened and the woman trembled, seemingly afraid.

But still, even after the guard grabbed her arm, she refused to leave.

“No, I have to beg her. Miss Hazel, please don’t do this to us. I beg you. We won’t do it again, we will respect you from now on, help us beg the Alpha to let us go. Please.” She screamed, her voice shrill like she wouldn’t leave if Hazel did not agree.

When Hazel heard the term ‘Alpha’, she froze.

She suddenly remembered that after having a confrontation with these women, she had met the Alpha and he had seen the wounds on her face and body.

He had even asked her how she got injured.

Could it be that…he was punishing them for what they did that day?

How was that possible?

When did the Alpha care about her to this extent?

Hazel could not believe it, so she ignored the woman and turned to a guard.

“What is going on?”

The guard replied quickly, “These women are being punished for insulting and laying their hands on you. The Alpha has commanded for them to be whipped and given a wolfsbane pill so their wounds wouldn’t heal. They’ve been imprisoned for days now, so he ordered us to take them away from the mansion. They are no longer allowed to work here.”

Hazel completely froze.

He had really done it for her.

But why?

Because she was his sex slave?