Ten: The Wicked Vixen

HERA

If Arnold thought I'd sit still and watch him pick that young girl over me just because she had an untamed beauty, then he was grossly wrong.

I didn't come this far, labored this much, hid my disgust, and allowed my body to be used just to be tossed aside like an old hag just because of a young pretty girl.

I laid awake which was the usual since Arnold brought that useless girl to the castle, my mind drifted off toward the reason for my ill countenance again; Arnold’s wildly unbelievable intentions of kicking me to the curb.

I’d thought I knew everything about Arnold since I’d been observing him for years without end, but apparently, I wasn't privy to the fact that the young prince and Alpha was also a bloody fool.

Why? You’d wonder.

No man in his right senses would assume that woman who has served him as diligently as I have would back down while he falls helplessly for a young girl’s beauty and leaves me lurking in the shadows.

But I couldn't blame his naivety when it came to th