Chapter 57: Deep in thoughts

“Did the Alpha really said that?” Hazel asked again and the guard gave her an odd look.

If the Alpha had not given them an order, would they have the time to do something like this?

Yet, he still replied affirmatively, “Yes, the Alpha personally gave the order.”

Hazel fell silent, glancing at the woman who kept screaming for her to spare them.

Then, without saying another word, she turned around and left.

She wasn’t a good person, nor was she benevolent.

They had disdained her and even tried to humiliate her. She wouldn't take that lying down just because they realized they could not afford to offend her and started begging for help.

Hazel woupd only be kind to the people that deserved it.

And these people, they were not worth it.

If given a second chance, people like them would still make another similar mistake. Hazel was not stupid and if she was, she wouldn’t deserve to be a princess over a hundred-population pack.

As she left, she could still hear the screams of the women, but she filtered it out of her ears.

On the other hand, after Damien left, he did not immediately go to the meeting hall.

He went to his study room and began studying a scroll that recorded the pack’s income and expenses in the past few weeks.

Not long after, a soft knock entered his ears and after his permission was given, a woman walked in.

Matilda dipped her head into a slight bow.

“My lord, you called for me.” She said.

“Yes. Tell me what happened during breakfast this morning.” Damien went straight to the topic.

Actually, he was too busy to bother about trivial stuff like this, but for some reason, he couldn’t get rid of the image of Hazel's red eyes in his mind.

Matilda was slightly surprised, but she still told him what she knows.

“Hazel didn’t seem to be in a good mood this morning and did not eat like she usually does. I grew worried, thinking it was the fever, but she seemed physically fine. That was when Sir Roman joined us. I think the both of them had a previous feud, because Hazel left not long after he came.” She explained with her head lowered.

Damien’s visage was slightly gloomy.

“What did they talk about?”

“They did not say much, Hazel just didn’t seem to like him. She even indirectly called him a dog that only listened to you, his master.” Matilda said and thinking of how Hazel had insulted Roman, she smiled helplessly.

She had never seen that prideful and annoying man get treated in such a manner, but she had to admit that it made her happy.

Only Hazel, who even dared to disrespect the supreme Alpha could talk to Roman in such a manner.

Matilda’s last statement made Damien’s lips curl.

As expected of that little devil, she wouldn’t allow herself suffer any loss.

But why was she crying?

Did she meet a member of her former pack in Matilda’s absence?

“From now on, everything about Hazel must be reported to me every evening. Every detail, nothing should be missed out.” Damien said calmly and Matilda nodded.

Then, she raised her head.

She could see the exhaustion etched on Damien’s brows and the slight dark circles under his eyes.

“Alpha, your condition has not stabilized yet, shouldn’t you rest?” She asked, worried for his health.

Apart from Albert and his master, the only person who knew about Damien’s condition was Matilda. But Damien trusted her, even more than a certain beta of his.

“I will be fine.” Damien said calmly, but his tone towards her wasn’t so harsh.

“Should I prepare the usual herbal tea for you now?” Matilda asked and Damien nodded, not thinking much of it.

Matilda glanced at Damien one last time before leaving.

Everybody might fear Damien, but to Matilda, he was just a normal man who was having a hard time leading a pack. He had to be cold, if not, only she knew how restless the people in the pack could be.

After Matilda left, Damien rubbed his throbbing temple carelessly, then he began studying the scroll again.

Hazel, on the other hand was still baffled because of what she had witnessed earlier.

She kept wondering what the Alpha was trying to do.

After a moment of hesitation, she changed her direction and began a walk towards the familiar training fields.

She hopes to clear her mind from all these distracting thoughts that keep giving her a headache.

Before she even arrived at the training fields, she could already hear the sounds of weapons clashing and of the warriors training.

At the center of the training fields, several people, both male and female, were training arduously. A middle-aged man, with his hands behind his back, watched them train and occasionally, he would give them pointers.

They picked each other in twos for a friendly spar.

Hazel wasn’t the only one who was watching them train, there were some other people too, who kept discussing at the sides of the training field.

When these people saw her, they quickly began discussing.

“Look at that, isn’t she the person who defeated that female warrior that day?”

“She looks petite, who would have expected that she had such strength?”

“Lower your voice, I heard that she has a bad temper. She might get angry.”

“Tsk, what does it matter if she’s strong?”

“Isn’t she still just a sex…”

“Shhh, she’s staring in our direction.”

“So what? I am not scared. Goodness, why is she looking at me like that? Guys, let’s leave.”

“Yes, yes. What if she decide to thrash us?”

Hazel did not care about these people, she just found a rock nearby to sit on and remained there even as the sky started to darken.

At that moment, she did not even realize that others had left and she was the only one around until a figure approached her.

“Miss Hazel.” It was an unfamiliar guard.

“Yes?”

“The Alpha said to inform you that he won’t be available and you shouldn’t bother waiting for him.”