Chapter 17 Stranger in my chamber
As I was staring at him, a little figure bent right in front of him. I turned the lens and realized it was Mr. Lieu, the man I called my father.
Shame washed over me. I couldn't believe this was the same man who would bring us bunnies to cook for delicate meals. The man who taught me how to work. The man I called for when I first started speaking. The man who loved my mother so unconditionally. How did this happen? What really happened at that war that made him make such a drastic decision?
When he came back from that war, his eyes were like he had seen a ghost. I remembered that night as if it was yesterday, how our happiness turned to tears. Did they ever get to rest in peace? My little sister, my mother, and my brother? Did he ever regret his decision? What did he feel when he saw me being used as entertainment and pleasure for the people he worshipped? Why did he never try to talk to me?
Tears fell from my eyes, and I wiped them away. Just then, Alpha Leonardo reappeared in the frame. All the grief was instantly replaced with pure, burning anger. I wished I could strangle him. I wished I could poison him and watch him die. I wished I could kill everyone who made me turn out this way.
If it wasn't for him, I would have gone to the human world with my brother. I would have become a pack doctor. That was my dream, but because of him, I never got to fulfill it.
I looked back through the lens and saw the Hollow King slice someone again.
"Why does he keep slicing people?" I thought.
I adjusted the lens to where the person stood, but as I saw them, a wave of headache washed over me. It was so sharp and painful that my vision blurred. I stumbled, trying to move back, and fell to the floor.
A mix of adrenaline rushed through my body. I felt hairs sprouting on my skin and my fangs pushed through my gums in a matter of seconds. I rushed to the mirror and saw that the color of my eyes had finally changed from green to a piercing blue.
What was happening to me? Why did that man wake my wolf when even the Alpha couldn't make me feel this way? I had never shifted in my entire life. I was a different breed. I didn't have to wait for a full moon to shift, just like my mother. I was twenty-four years old and I was finally having my shift just after seeing that man. Who could he be?
I rushed back to the window and picked up the lens, but the courtyard was empty. Not a soul was left. Everyone had disappeared.
"Maybe I am hallucinating," I whispered.
For a second, I felt a spark of excitement. This meant the King would be at our chambers in a few minutes. I remembered his orders: "Do not wear your panties, wait for me, I will come back to finish what I started."
I didn't know what was wrong with me, but it was all I could think about. Fucking the King. I wanted more of that pleasure. Maybe tomorrow I would ask Carlus to explain my shift, but for now, I needed to be ready.
I removed my rope. The King was fast, which meant before I could count down from ten, he would be at my door. I started counting.
"Three... two... one..."
A knock came at the door. I let my robe fall away completely, exposing my breasts and my curves, letting my pale skin glow in the morning light. I shook out my red hair. I moved toward the door, waiting. I expected him to just walk in since he was the King, but then I remembered the door was locked from the outside.
I wanted to say something, but I didn't dare command him. Then, I saw the handle turn. He was opening it. I stepped back so the door could open properly, standing there completely naked.
As the door opened, I felt a cold, hot feeling hit me. It was different from the King's scent. This one felt primal and dangerous.
I scrambled to pick up my rope. "Who are you?" I asked.
The person who stepped in wasn't the Hollow King, and it wasn't Carlus. This person was dressed in a black coat and a hooded jacket with a black mask. He moved faster than I could react. He covered my mouth immediately. I knew how to fight, but my reflexes weren't fast enough.
He hit me hard at the back of my neck. As I fell to the floor and the world began to fade,
I whispered one more time.
"What do you want?"