Chapter 16 Chapter 16) Give and take.
Demira shut her eyes after thinking to herself. She let out a heavy breath before her eyes swung open, and she pointed her index finger forward.
“You, you, you, you, you, you, you, and you. Step away”. She said to the eight maidservants who stared at each other in confusion.
But still, they stepped away after a confirmation nod from Felicia.
They were being compliant with Demira's wishes, because they knew that they could not bear the weight of offending her.
They feared that if they dared to offend her, she was going to get back at them by not agreeing to learn anything before the wedding ceremony.
And they knew exactly how that was going to affect them.
So, without thinking much about it, the eight maidservants stepped aside, but they stood by the exit door, which was far away from Demira, who wanted them gone, as she didn't want them listening to the conversation she was about to have with Felicia.
“Felicia”.
“Yes, young Miss”. Felicia replied almost instantly.
“Why don't you come forward?”. Demira said, while she maintained her straight sitting posture.
Taking a deep breath, Felicia obeyed her. She came forward and stood right in front of her.
But, the look in her eyes turned to something dark and twisted. “Felicia, if you want everything to go right without anyone's head falling off, are you willing to do a give and take with me?”.
“If you give me the answer I want, I will follow your wishes, and you and the others don't have to suffer at his hands”.
She grinned as she added, “What do you think about this?”.
‘This doesn't look good. What does she want to know?’. Felicia thought and was scared.
So scared.
She knew that if she refused, it was going to turn bad for her and the others.
Either way, she really might be doomed.
“What- what answers do you want to know?”. Although nervous, she pulled the courage from within to ask her.
“Everything”.
“Pardo- argh”. Her words got stuck in her throat and she choked, also falling to her knees.
‘What sort of monster is this? How come only her gaze is enough to make me feel so little? Why- why does she look worse than him?!’. She thought and was shaking.
Not feeling the slightest guilt in her, Demira stopped sitting and rose up from the bed.
She squatted in front of Felicia and held her chin. “If you want everything to work out well, you must tell me every single thing you know about the Lycan King's beloved. The same beloved who just died”.
“And if I find out that you lied to you about anything, then you don't have to worry about the Lycan King ending you, because I am going to see to it that I end you myself”. She added, causing her to swallow the invisible lump in her throat.
‘If- if he is a demon, then she is a monster! They are a perfect match’. Felicia thought to herself and was overwhelmed with fear.
She did not have the slightest clue where Alejandro found such a lady from.
To her, Demira was the complete opposite of Tessie.
If Tessie was an angel, then she was the devil.
“You can start speaking”. Demira declared and was not ready to let her off the hook.
Knowing that she would not be able to escape the inevitable, Felicia had no choice but to comply. Because either way, she was doomed.
If she refused Demira, then Demira would refuse to help her.
And if Demira refused to help her, she would be tossed at Alejandro's hands.
So she might as well take the risk and tell her everything she wanted to know.
What worse could happen?
“Ask away, young Miss. This humble servant will tell you what you want to know. But there is a limit to the things I can say to you”. She said, causing Demira to let go of her chin.
“Tell me. How was my sister… I mean, how was she treated in this mansion. In this pack. The Lycan King's beloved”.
“Miss Tessie was treated with great love, young Miss. She was cherished by our Lycan King. And even after she ran away with Sir Damien, our Lycan King's childhood friend, he continued to love her and never stopped searching for her, even after the elders were against him”.
‘What is this nonsense I am hearing? That monster really loved her?’. Demira thought but she doubted it.
She was not blind.
If he truly loved her, then why had he moved on and wanted to get married to her?
“Is that all? I want to know if she has ever been locked up inside the mansion and was prevented from going outside without permission. Exactly like me”.
After thinking about whether to answer such a question or not, Felicia came to a conclusion.
She nodded at Demira, before answering her, saying, “Yes. When she attempted to escape the first time, Lycan King Alejandro saw to it that she was kept locked up in the mansion”.
“But despite that, she found a way to escape through the window and was nowhere to be seen again, until yesterday, young Miss”.
Demira was stunned to hear that.
She stopped squatting and stood straight, also taking a glance at the window.
‘If I remember correctly, this is the second floor of the mansion. If I jumped out of the window, I should be able to escape with no worries. So, why didn't I think about this earlier?’. She thought, but since she was someone who appreciated keeping her word, she decided not to escape yet, so as not to put Felicia in trouble.
She decided that she was going to bear it all.
She was going to learn whatever the heck they wanted to teach her about the moonlight pack and how to be a proper Luna or a proper wife whatsoever.
But, she knew that it was not going to end there for her.
She vowed to learn everything quickly, so that when Felicia and the maidservants step out of the way, her swift escape will not leave any one of them in trouble.