Chapter Sixteen

Chapter 16

"But mother, I thought she would be thrown to the dungeon, not the servants quarters."

Mara said, looking at the door where the slave must have went to.

"We have important things to do, than to argue over a slave Mara."

The queen said,

"And you Clara, a maid will be here in a while, she will be with you to take care of the king, until Cara is here."

The queen said, just as she was about to exit the room, a guard came stumbling almost over her.

"I Am sorry my queen."

The guard said, an emotion of fear appearing on his face,

"What makes you run inside the King's chambers, as if there was a fire on your tail."

The queen said, walking out of the room, it was already dark, but the lamps on the wall made everywhere to be quite bright.

"The first set of the troops are back, they came back with the gamma Philip, they include the maids and some guards."

The guard said, bowing down as he follows the queen out of the chamber.

"Good, now instruct the Gamma to meet me in the meeting hall, or never mind, I will mind link him."

The woman said, leaving the halls, as she entered into the meeting hall.

"Yes my queen."

The guard replied, quickly exiting the room.

(Gamma Philip, I heard of your return, I do like to meet you in the meeting hall.)

The queen said, looking out through the window.

(Yes my queen, I will be there in an instant.)

The gamma said, he was at the Beta home, taking his new slave to the beta mansion, as the maids bowed to him, giving him their respects, he strode towards the Maids quarters, Envaline walked beside him, hoping and wishing Master Alexander was here with her, she felt safer when she was with her Master, than been with anyone else, not that the young man, who was taking her to god knows where, was mistreating her, just that she felt this bond with him, rather than anyone else.

"You are m...."

The man, whom she had come yo know was called sir Philip said, but suddenly kept quiet when he was about to talk, watching as he closed his eyes, but when he opened them back, she instantly bowed her head down, she would preferred not to be caught by anyone.

"This is really going to be hard, your Master had insisted that you stay in his mansion, under the watch of his guards, you will be placed in your master's personal chamber, but first, I need to inform the maids who you are, so that they will treat you well."

Philip said, but Envaline never liked the idea of been introduced to the maids, because they will never treat her well if she was introduced as a slave. Remembering the experience she had encountered with the maids in the camp, they had treated her harshly because she was a slave, so she can't simply change her title in one night because her Master was kind to her.

As the door opened, revealing a young maid, who bowed down quickly when she saw the gamma Phillip.

"What brings you to the maid quarters my lord."

The girl said, Envaline watched as the girl shyly eyed the Young man facing her, she looked at him romantically, Envaline wondered if the girl was in any relationship what so ever with the Young man.

"I will have to introduce you to Envaline, the Beta's woman."

Philip said, watching as the maid's eyes widened with surprise, the beta was not someone to have women all the time, and when he had found out the girl was his mate, he himself had reeled up with joy, and remembering that the beta had informed him not to introduce his slave as a slave but as his woman.

"Do take adequate care of her, and make sure she is given a warm treatment."

Philip said, turning towards the slave, who kept on bowing down to the floor, he shaked his head with amusement.

"Envaline we can leave to the beta's chamber, do you need to take any thing with you, like food?"

The Young man who stood in front of her asked, and she felt touched, over his words, she had always been told how brutal werewolves could be, but she was never informed they do have this good side in them, as they walked to a lonely place, considering that it was night. She watched around her, marveling at the beauty of the mansion, it seemed like a castle.

"Stop bowing down all the time, unless the maids would not believe every words that I said and take you as one that was lied to them. They will think low of you."

Philip said, watching her, and at his words, slowly but steadily, she raised her head up, looking at the gamma, that was the first time, she had ever looked up at a man, not like someone powerful like the gamma, the man nodded his head with a look of satisfaction on his face, and he moved forward, following after the gamma, they reached the tress hold of the mansion, but as the gamma was about to open the door, he quickly hit Envaline to a wall, a sharp arrow came piercing at the wall, right above her right cheek.

Envaline's eyes with fear, she did not know what that was, but as the arrows came, hitting on the body which was covering her, shielding her from the attack, she almost wanted to scream with fear and concern, the arrows was hitting the gamma on his back, but the gamma never seemed to mind, as she was about to shout, the gamma hold her hands on her mouth.

"Shhhhh, keep your mouth shut, unless you want to be shut, even with though I want protecting you."

He said, whispering to her, as she nodded her head frantically, obeying the young man, as the arrow stopped, the young man left her, freeing her body from his. Quickly, she left the wall but then the last arrow came flying straight to her left eyes, but tge gamma was quick enough to grab it mid air, Envaline almost screamed at what she saw, holding her heart with fear.

The gamma gave her time to calm down before and after seeing she was settled, he gave her a tender smile.

"Maybe, I never counted it quite well."

He said, watching as the young lady squinted his eyes with confusion, every one in her position would wonder if he was not in pain, upon the arrows on his body, which never seemed to affect him in any way.

"I meant the arrows thrown, I must have counted ninth nine, instead of a hundred"

The gamma said, now his face turning serious, wondering why an arrow was shot at them, these arrows was an automatic arrow, shot only to witches, it was installed at every corners of the castle, to prevent the witches from entering the mansion, but was she a witch, but he will have to find the answers himself.

"Are you a witch Envaline?"

The man aaked, watching as she looked down on the floor quickly at his question.

"I repeat, do not bow down in front of me nor the beta, or the maids or the guards except the king and his sisters and mother, now answer my question, are you a witch, I promise I won't harm you."

He said, watching as the slave nodded her head slowly.

"Yes, I am, my parents are witches, but we do not make it known to the human land, because we lived rich in the land of the human, but I have never seen them practice witch craft, untill when I was taken to the slave establishment at a tender age."

She said bowing down, hoping she would not be punished for not telling them the truth.

"Does the beta knows about this?"

Philip asked, looking at her, he was concerned and he watchful how many arrows would be thrown towards the girl who stood in front of him, if only the beta knew, he would have informed the guards to take down all the weapons in the mansion, because the arrows alone were not the only witch weapons in the beta's mansion.

"No, I am not sure he knew, the anklet on my legs hides my witche's scent to be perceived, and it also stops me from using my magic, but other attributes that makes me believe I am a witch is that I can perceive a wolf scent when it is close by or far, not just a werewolf, but a vampire, likewise a witch, and I can know their intentions, if it was pure or evil, that powers had been what had kept me and Sharriah, alive."

Envaline said, bowing down, still not used to watching people in their eyes, but she hoped she never spoke too much, but she had to be straight forward, if she needed to win the trust of this kind man, who saved her, she needed to be straight forward to him.

"OK, make sure you inform your mate.... I mean your Master, who you are, I won't have to force you, but you have to do so, to avoid been hurt by one of this arrows which almost pierced you, but you can be protected by this necklace, it contains some werewolf protection."

The gamma said, removing the necklace from his neck and handing it over to the girl.

"Put it on now, I won't want the beta to skin me alive, if any harm comes to you"

Philip said, smiling, as he watched her put on the necklace, a smile appeared on her face, then suddenly disappearing, when she saw the arrows on his back, and watched him as he smiled, without flinching, who survives with so much arrows on their back, and to top that, he is smiling.

"What about the arrows on your back, aren't you hurt?"

She asked, almost vomiting at so much arrows on his back, it was almost like fifty.

"Oooooh, these are arrows made mainly for witches, it can't affect me because I have a gamma blood in me, but it can also affect other werewolves, who are not strong."

Philip said, now turning his back fully on her, Phillip watched as her face turned to one of grimace, and wondering why he faced her.

"Now remove the arrows, all of them, one by one."

Philip said, watching as the young girl, who he could not see as a slave, but a girl who was forcefully taking at a tender age, widened her eyes, with horror, a smile appeared on his face at her horrified face.