Chapter 15: FIFTEEN

Ace took me back to the ward and requested that the doctor run a thorough check on me as he wanted to be sure I was completely fine and that the burns hadn't left any underlying effect.

He stepped away for the doctor to examine me, his eyes glued to me. The doctor ran his tool through the areas that were once smeared with burns, I watched his expression slowly switch to awe as he withdrew the equipment.

"She is perfectly fine, Alpha Ace," he revealed.

Ace nodded before dismissing him, "I have to go conclude the event; Henry will be around in case of an emergency; he will attend to all of your needs in my absence. Don't hesitate to call on him for anything."

I nodded, "I will."

He stroked my cheeks for a while, his eyes filled with smiles and desires for me. "I'll be back," he pecked me and his huge figure slowly retreated towards the door.

Once he was out, I stood up and walked to the bathroom to clean up. My clothes still had soup stains, and my hair had bits of processed condiments in them.

After cleaning up, I returned to the ward and relaxed into the bed. My muscles were tired, so I settled to have a nap before Ace returned. I was just getting in bed when the door burst open and Mira stormed in with Tiana coming right after her. I sat on the bed, watching them stomp towards me with flashes of anger on their faces.

Mira got to me and began checking me, she pulled my cloth to the side to examine my neck after checking my face. Her anger slowly dissolved to reveal shock and she turned to Brittany, nodding.

"It's true. There is no burn," she said to Brittany who examined me too.

"That soup was freshly out of fire. How did you heal so quickly?" She lashed at me.

I stared at her with no expression and fixed my clothes properly, not bothering to give her a response.

"Are you deaf?" Brittany slammed at me but I remained mute.

Mira scoffed, "I see no reason why you should remain here when you're totally fine. Get up, there's so much work for slaves like you to do."

My gaze remained on her but I made no move to obey her orders, "I was not instructed to work."

"Did you not just hear me give you that instruction?"

"I don't have to obey anything you say," I said defiantly. If only she knew the impending doom that awaited her. That she and her family were about to be slaves for her crime, that the new position she so cruelly dwelled in was about to be stripped off of her, and that she would be demoted to a position I was once in, she would start to lower her pride when speaking to me. If everything goes well, I would soon be in her position and she would be in mine.

Fate can be such a funny thing.

"How dare you-" she raised her hand to hit me but I caught it halfway and threw it down.

"You heard me, Mira."

Her jaw dropped, and she turned to Brittany, who had an equally shocked expression on her face.

"Did you just.. did you just call me by my name you smelly cursed Omega?" With her words, came her hard grip on my hair as she yanked me out of bed, dragging and pulling at my hair.

"How dare you lowlife address me by my name?!"

"Just because Ace showed some ounce of pity to her, she thinks she is now powerful. Let me tell you what Omega, Ace cannot help you. You're just a rotten Omega and don't forget that this is Mira's territory, hence you must refer to her by her title. Do you understand?!" Brittany yanked at me.

Just staring at her gave me a fresh reminder of Natalie and how she had caused her death, it forced tears out of my eyes as the memories hit me all over.

Seeing that I gave her no response, she kicked my stomach before repeating her question, but I still gave her no response.

"Rotten Omega!" She seethes.

Mira started to hit me, she dragged me around the room by my hair and continuously kicked me. No matter how hard I tried to fight back I was no match for her, as she overpowered me each time I countered her.

I might be the legendary healer, a direct descendant of the moon goddess, and mate to the most powerful Alpha alive but I was still an Omega and the weakest strength-wise.

"I'll. Show. You. Your. Place. You. Stinky. Rotten. Cursed. Omega!" Each word was said with a dreadful anger that came with more punches, a tighter pull, and more slaps. I could feel myself going bald as her grip strengthened, my scalp burning like it had been set on fire.

When she threw me to a wall and I fell to the cold hard ground, I thought that was the end of it, but she wasn't done yet. Mira swooped to me, picked me up from the floor, and slammed me into the wall until I started to feel dizzy, at this point, I could no longer defend myself. My clothes were ripped in several places and my body ached like I had been left under a gigantic rock for days. I felt my system starting to fail as she tilt my head ferociously, revealed her bloodthirsty fangs to my view, and started to lean in to bite me.

I watched her hopelessly, wondering why no one was coming to save me. I was finally starting to give up, to accept that my life was coming to an end just when I believed it was only starting.

I felt like a rag doll under her as she started to sink her fang into my flesh, I could already smell my blood when the door was suddenly thrown open, the force almost pulling it out of its hinges.

A loud angry growl had Mira releasing me at once and as I hit the ground, I caught a lazy view of him, and hope instantly rushed through me.