The secret passage.

Anastasia's POV.

"Where is she?" I heard a familiar booming voice ask. There was no doubt it was Alpha Sirius. Oh no, he mustn't find me here. I looked around the office hastily, and lucky for me I saw a small duster by the shelf.

I grabbed it and slowly went out of the office, hoping he'd buy whatever lies I was about to tell him.

"A–Your Highness, I–I'm here." I stuttered with my head bowed.

"There you are, what were you doing?" He asked.

I shakily replied him, "I was just cleaning up your office, your highness."

He didn't say anything afterwards and the silence was making me cringe and feel nervous. Then I heard his footsteps approaching me. My heartbeat froze. Beads of sweat formed on my face and my hands won't stop shaking.

He stopped when he was just an inch away from me. The closeness was choking, but in a good way.

"What's your name?" He asked in a low voice, goosebumps wrapped my skin and my cheeks flushed.

"A–Anastasia, your highness." I responded and he hummed before walking away from me. I was relieved.

"So, Anastasia, do you know why you're here?" He asked.

"To be your personal maid." I managed to reply immediately.

"Good, your work here therefore, includes...

Then he went on to explain to me what I already know as a maid. All what I was to be doing in his chambers and what I was not to be seen doing. That included not messing with the parchments and scrolls in his office.

I began work while he made himself comfortable in his quilt. I could feel his intense gaze on me as I was cleaning the office door. I felt uncomfortable about all these, why had he chosen me as his personal maid.

It's not that I wasn't glad about the promotion– anyone would want to escape the daily nagging of the fat lady – but out of curiosity, why me? There were many other old slaves he could choose from yet he chose someone he doesn't know one bit.

I needed to clean the dirt off the top of the door so I found a small stool and climbed on it. By then, it was already late noon and the Alpha had already been served lunch.

"He didn't even care if I needed to eat or not." 

I continued to clean but suddenly my leg slipped and I could feel myself descend backwards. I was going to fall and it would be a hard crash.

But instead of feeling the hard ground, I felt two strong arms wrapping around my body. I looked up to see the Alpha.

I was puzzled, wondering how he had gotten there so quickly. Well, he was the Alpha so all power belongs to him.

His scent was stronger now that we were in close proximity. So intoxicating like a sweet nectar..

"You should be careful." He whispered cooly, causing my face to flush. I managed to nod.

When he dropped me down I continued to watch as he returned back to his bed to sleep.

Honestly, he is so cool and attractive. But what I fail to understand is how he managed to be so wicked and brutal. Was it some kind of dual personality?

I returned to my work despite the hunger that was hitting my innocent stomach. I needed to get some food before I collapsed on duty. Besides, I also needed to see Chi Chi, I'm sure she was still in a daze about how I was unexpectedly made the Alphas personal maid.

I glanced at him – still asleep. But I needed to make sure so I tip toed towards him. I could hear the sound of him sleeping. I was by the edge of his bed now, if he was awake, he'd hear my footsteps no doubt.

After concluding that I was good to go, I snuck out of his chambers and lied to the guard that I needed to get some scrubs.

I ran as fast as my legs could take me, there was no time to waste.

But as I was entering the corridor to the slave hall, I heard some chattering nearby. I halted in my tracks and out of curiosity, I approached the place.

I could see the redhead who had attacked me in the morning. But there were two others with her.

"We need to show her a lesson for that."

"Who does she think she is for hitting you?"

"What annoys me the most is the fact that she managed to trick the Alpha into making her his personal maid."

The two others gasped when the redhead said that. It seems not everyone had heard yet.

"How did she do that?"

"I don't know but we can use that to our advantage."

I was losing interest in their useless conversation so I went on my way to Chi Chi's. If they wanted to attack me, I'd like to see them try. How were they going to pull that off when I was literally residing with the dangerous Alpha himself.

"Anna!" Chi Chi screamed and ran towards me excitedly and we embraced.

"Hope he hasn't done anything to you, uhn?" Chi Chi said tensely, check-in out my body. I laughed, such a drama queen.

"Oh calm down, Chi Chi, he hasn't done anything to me." I told her.

"Phew!"

"Look, I don't have much time, I had to sneak out of –"

"What! You suck out of his chambers?" She asked in an almost yelling tone. I nodded my head like a fool, confused about her sudden state of shock.

"Anna, he's the most ruthless Alpha in Westlands, he'll kill you!" She half yelled, gripping my arm tightly.

"Calm down, he's asleep." I calmed her down.

"I just came to see you, it's kind of boring there."

"Alright alright, you've seen me, now go before he wakes up." She said frantically, pushing me away.

She was right though, what was I even thinking sneaking out of his chambers?

When I returned, had to tell another lie to the guard for not returning with the scrub I had told him I wanted to get.

I froze to spot when I entered the room and saw no one in the Alpha's bed. Oh no!

Where's he?

Oh, I'm dead.

Sweat drops began to fall from my body. My entire body began to shake in fear. If he's out of bed, it means he already knows I left.

Sudden a door in the room shifted and I jumped in fear. What's that?

The door continued to shake and out of curiosity, I approached it slowly.

When I got near it, the door suddenly barged open, exposing the Alpha standing there half naked!

I gasped loudly in a mixture of shock and fear. Was that a bathroom? Oh no, he's here. I stood there with my head bent and my hands shaking and releasing liquid like geyser.

"Where were you?" Was the first thing that came out of his mouth. I already expected that.

"Um...I –I went to..."

"I don't care, have you had something to eat?" He suddenly cut me off and asked, leaving me dumbfounded.

I raised my head up to behold his overly sexy body. Water dripping down his muscle packed chest and tummy, I could barely tear my gaze off him.

When I managed to look at his face, I shook my head.

"I will inform the guard to get you something to eat. And when you're done, arrange my office." He said shortly and walked past me.

I was still in a daze. Wasn't he mad at me for leaving without his permission? He didn't even seem interested. Well, luckily me.

I stood in a corner throughout as he dressed up. I could barely take my eyes off him, he was just to sexy and he was igniting strange feelings inside of me.

When he was finally done, he grabbed a parchment and headed out. But it wasn't just any parchment.

It was the exact same long one I had read earlier. Whatever it was about, he was heading there. And I needed to find out what it is.

Screw food, I held the hem of my work gown and headed towards the door.

'Contestants, that could only mean there was a match or something related.'

My mind raced with thoughts as I opened the door and luckily didn't meet the guard there. I tip toed out into the corridor and began to follow where his weak scent could lead me to. It was actually his scent that was weak but my sniffing ability, I was weak at that and everything else.

Where I was led to wasn't the regular path where he usually headed but a oath that led to the back of the pack house. It was dark and lonely, not a single wolf was there.

But I still threaded on. I head some footsteps and I quickly hid behind a pillar. Then I saw the Beta walking past towards a dark corridor.

I peeped through and saw him approaching the Alpha who was standing with his guard.

"What took you so long?" He asked his Beta and the latter muttered something I couldn't hear. After that, the guard pushed open the wall and to my utmost surprise, there was a path before them.

"A secret passage way!" I whispered to myself in amazement as excitement washed through me. What's behind it? Only one way to find out.

I waited for several moments to pass to make sure they had walked a reasonable distance behind the wall. Then I stood up, ready to do what they did.

But just then, I felt something hit my head. It was so heavy and hard that my head began to ring loudly and my vision blurred. I wanted to look around and see what it was but I couldn't. It felt extremely difficult to even stand and my legs gave in, making me collapse.

Then, I blacked out.