55. Call Me Fredrick.

Narrator’s POV.

Sarah, still scared out of her mind, bent her head down once she realized who the man standing before her was, “What are you doing here, sir?”, she asked meekly; he was the last person she had expected to be in her room. But then again, a lot of weird things had been happening lately.

“Sir? Call me Fredrick”, he encouraged her, if he was going to work with her, she should at least get comfortable around him,

“But you are the second in command to the alpha king”, she pointed out, “Calling you by name is disrespectful”,

“Not when I ask you to do it”, he said, “And please, look at me when speaking, okay? I prefer it that way”, he had a smile placed on his lips, he had said that because he wanted to get another glimpse of her face.

“Very well”, Sarah nodded and lifted up her head, her eyes coming into contact with the grayest eyes she had ever seen, his eyes were like a storm, a storm she had gotten lost in. She immediately decided that gray was now her favorite color, how had she not noticed the beauty that came with the color?

“So”, he snapped her out of her daze, “You are the luna queen’s maid?”, Fredrick started, this was a test to know whether he could trust Sarah and to know if or not they were on the same page,

“I was the luna queen’s maid”, she corrected, not holding back on her words. She was incredibly tired and fed up with serving someone who yelled at her every second and minute of the day.

“You used pass tense, what does that mean?”, Fredrick kept his hand on his chin, asking her to go on,

“I do not know if you and I see the same thing, but that woman is not Daphne, she is nothing like her and she looks nothing like her”, Sarah had forgotten who she was talking to, she had completely forgotten that this man could tell the alpha king all the words she had uttered.

“You realize I could simply tell the alpha king everything you have said about the luna queen and have you imprisoned?”, she looked up at him with wide eyes, what had she done? Had she just said all those words in front of the king’s most trusted servant?

No, she would not be a coward, she would stand up for her friend no matter what, “Then so be it”, she said sternly. He was impressed by her courage, he seriously had not expected her to say that; he had expected her to beg and plead for mercy, but she did not.

“It seems that you are very loyal to your mistress”, Fredrick trolled on, how could Sarah be so oblivious?

“Yes, I have been in this castle since I was eighteen”, she had been here for years and he had not noticed her? “And absolutely no one has ever shown me the amount of kindness she had”, Sarah began to tear up as she remembered all that Daphne had done for her, she was the best thing that had happened to her all her life, especially during her stay at the castle.

“It is good to know that I can trust you”, he gave her a warm smile that made her confused,

“Excuse me?”, what had he just said? Why was he trusting her? What in the world was happening here?

Fredrick sighed and took a seat on the small chair by her dresser, his large weight could easily break the helpless excuse for a chair, “How do I put it?”, he began, “I need your help”,

“Need my help? For what?”, what could the alpha king’s second in command possibly want her help for? She could not think of anything other than he wanting a maid to do his laundry for him; if that was the case, she was more than happy to come to his house.

Her head was in the gutter, her mind filled with the filthiest thoughts she could ever think of; she knew she should not think about him in such a way, but she just could not help herself, he was just too attractive. He was the alpha king’s second in command; she had to remind herself of this, there was no way on earth that he would look at her, a lowlife maid in such a way.

“I need to get the alpha king back to his senses and I would need help with that”, he shrugged,

“Why me though? I am only a maid”, she pointed out, he could go to any guard with this but he was coming to her,

“Because, you have your loyalty tied to the luna queen, I believe I can trust you”, she nodded her head and let him go on, “The alpha king is not acting…”, he took a pause to choose his words; sane? Sensible? Alright? “Like his usual self”, he finally chose.

Sarah nodded once again in agreement, “I thought you did not notice”,

“Oh, I noticed alright”, he confirmed, “I cannot help but think he is under a very strong spell”, he relayed to her, it was just a theory that had been bothering him for the past few days. The alpha king had to be under a spell to think that Emilia was Daphne, that had to be it.

“A spell?”, Sarah sat down on her small single bed as she tried to digest the information that was given to her,

“Yes, a spell. He is meant to be immune to things like this, but not when the witch is extremely powerful, I suspect that the witch that was used is possibly related to the royal family, those are the most powerful witches on earth”, he elaborated to make her understand what he was saying,

“Who dares to cast a spell on the alpha king?”,

“A crazy shewolf like Emilia Roland, that is who”, Fredrick spat, just saying the woman’s name tasted bad on his tongue; his dislike for her had bloomed to hatred over the past few days.

“I really do not like her”, Sarah admitted, “But what is the plan?”, she sat up on her bed so she could pay attention to every word that left his luscious lips,

“It is very dangerous”, he warned but she simply nodded her head, telling him to go on, “We have to go the witch’s coven”, he breathed out,

“The witch’s coven?”, Sarah’s eyes widened to saucers, all color from her face drained, “We are leaving the territory?”, she started to panic; she had never left the borders of the werewolf kingdom before.

Of course, Fredrick had expected Sarah’s reaction, it meant she was wise, extremely wise; only a person filled with wisdom would dread the thought of leaving their territory to go to another.

“You really do not have to come along; I can go alone. I just wanted to let you in on the plan”, he sounded disappointed, a mirror to how he actually felt. Going to the witch’s territory together meant that he would be able to spend more time with her, get to know her,

“No, I have to go with you. There is no way I am letting you go there alone”, there was no way she was letting those witches touch him with their filthy talons; that was one of her reasons, the other was the fact that she knew it would best if the both of them went together. One person going alone was extremely dangerous, and she would not forgive herself if he never came back.

The witches were conniving and very cunning, both men and women alike. With their magic, they were the most powerful supernatural beings on earth, it was a surprise that they had not overthrown the werewolves yet.

The thing was, their head, she was also good friends with both the vampire lord and the alpha king, she hated war and disliked trouble; another thing she disliked, just like all the other leaders was when another supernatural being comes into their territory unannounced.

That was exactly what Sarah and Fredrick planned on doing; they had to go into the territory unannounced because it was only the other leaders that could alert them of an arrival. There was no way on earth that they were letting the alpha king in on their plan, that would ruin everything.

“I would need a few days to sort somethings out”, Fredrick said, trying to hide his inner joy, “I will also need to figure out a way to tell the alpha king that I will be gone for a few days”, he stood up from the weeping chair and stretched out his cramped up muscles; this gained Sarah’s undivided attention, especially when his shirt rose up. “What about you? You have to tell her something”, Sarah quickly looked away before he could find her staring at his delicious v-line,

“I will figure it out”, her small blush rose to her cheeks and she quickly pushed her auburn hair forward to hide it.

Fredrick went to the door, “I will see you tomorrow for further discussions”, he announced, “Also, this has to be between us, we cannot afford any slip-ups”, she stood to her feet as well,

“That would not be a problem”, she said, “I have no problem with keeping this a secret”,

“Very well then”, he turned the knob and gave her his show stopping smile, “Good night Sarah”,

“Good night Fredrick”, she said back and with a nod, he was gone. She slumped back onto her bed in disbelief, the handsome second in command was just in her room! She was thankful to all the gods that she had decided to wake up earlier that morning to arrange her room, he would have thought she was a pig and unfit to be a maid.

She seriously did not understand why she suddenly felt the need to please him in everyway she could, and she was going to do just that.