Chapter 15 Cassius

Chapter 15 Cassius
Selene 

“Fuck, fuck..” I cursed, hurriedly bending over to try and pick up the broken glass pieces, ignoring the person that I had bumped into. Why did I have to drop it at that time? Everywhere was a mess and I had to give Gracia her tea. I was delaying. 

“Fuck.” I cursed again, realizing I would have to go back and get someone to make the tea again. I would have to go back to Ravenna. Garcia had a way she wanted her tea made. A way in which she liked it and I had no idea how to do that. I was seriously fucked. 

I kept cursing under my breath as I picked up the broken glass pieces and gathered them in a tray. I had totally forgotten that I bumped into someone and that the person was still standing there. All I was thinking of was how I was going to clean my mess. I had no idea how I was going to handle things. 

“If you calm down, you can think of a way to get this done.” He said. He was a he. But not Dain. I would recognize Dain’s voice even in my sleep. Cold and terrifying. This person sounded less terrifying. 

“I cannot calm down, not when I'm in trouble,” I mumbled under my breath. I was definitely in trouble. In the hands of Ravenna and that of Garcia and seriously it was not the best time for me to get whipped and beaten. I already had a lot going on in my life.

“Fuck this.” I cursed and after picking up the last piece, I stood up on my feet. The floor was still a fucking mess as there was tea everywhere. “I have to get a mop.” I breathed out and my breath was fucking heavy. My chest kept rising and falling. 

“You are—” I finally took my time to look at the person that I had jumped into. It was a man. A good-looking man who was finely dressed. He was not dressed like a slave and did not look like one, but I did not find him familiar. I barely knew anyone around the place. 

“Im so sorry.” I quickly apologized after realizing that I had spilled tea on his shoe. He was clearly not an ordinary person and I did not want to get into more trouble.

“I will get a mop to clean this. I apologize again.” I took to my heels and ran to get a mop. I saw that he wanted to say something to me, but I was too panicked to wait behind. When I returned with the mop, I met him still standing there. My heart jumped. 

“Look, I understand that I spilled tea on you, but I'm really sorry.” I began wiping the tea on the floor. He had a calm expression on his face and was just staring at me. 

“It was an accident. A mistake that was not supposed to happen. I was tired and was in a hurry. I did not see you coming. Please just let me go, I have a pending punishment already and I–” 

“What is your name?” he suddenly asked, cutting me short and my eyes widened a bit. I did not expect him to ask me that. He was probably asking my name so that he could find me to punish me. 

“Selene,” I replied while biting down on my lower lip. “My name is Selene.” 

“You are a slave.” My hands fell on the collar of my neck. It already gave me out. I nodded. “You must be new here. I have not seen you around before.” 

“Yes. I just started working here.” I told him and he slowly and carefully assessed me with his eyes. He kept staring at me from head to toe. “This is Princess Gracia tea. I really need to go back and get a new one. I'm already in trouble for being late.” I was about to walk away when he stopped me.

I looked at him with pleading eyes. Time was running and I was only a few meters away from Gracia’s room. “Come with me.” That was all he said and he began to walk towards Gravia’s room. 

“Why?” I asked in a low and careful voice. He was calm. Naturally calm, because every Lycan was prideful. Just like their stupid Alpha. The fact that he was calm was surprising. I had expected him to yell at me and call me useless and then ask the guards to bundle and beat me up. That was what they did. Bully and torture us. 

“I'm going to put in a word for you. She will give you time to remake the tea.” My eyes narrowed in surprise. I was confused and did not waste any time voicing my thoughts. 

“Why?” I had to ask. It was surprising and shocking that he had decided to help me. 

“Should I change my mind? We both know that Garcia will not take it lightly. She is probably angry.” True. But why had he decided to just help me? I felt the need to ask, but I held back. He had decided to help me, so I was going to accept his help and take it. 

We stopped in front of Gracia’s door and he called, “Gracia?” 

“Cassius is that you?” A female voice asked from inside and I did not fail to catch the excitement in her voice. Cassius. That was his name. 

“I'm coming.” I heard footsteps and a few seconds later, the door opened revealing a female face. “Hey…. I'm so angry right now. I asked for tea and the maid is delaying. I swear, I'm going to teach Ravenna a lesson. What are you doing here? Did you come here to see me?” She was smiling so widely and not once did she pay any attention to me. I did not need to be told that she had a thing for Cassius. She liked him.