**TAINA**
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'Wakey wakey sunshine!' Someone shouted. I groaned and opened my eyes, a terrible headache greeting me. I sighed and moaned with pain. 'Here,' the person said softly. 'It would kill the headache faster. Are you feeling much pain? I sure will if I were you,' I looked at her; short, small, cute, tan with hazel brown eyes and blonde hair. I smiled at her and took the drug from her. I took the glass of water from her and swallowed it. 'My name is hazel, what's your name?' I didn't reply her. 'Oh, I heard you don't talk. Anyways, it's time to work. You have been sleeping for three days and I have been covering up your chores so no one would bother you, good huh?' I nodded. 'We are like maids here, the lowest rank of maids. The lowest ranks are humans and well, you.
What do we do? We sweep, brush, dust, wax, polish, wash, do the animals stuffs, wash toilets, windows, doors, cars, feed animals and basically do everything. We don't wash the higher ranked wolves clothes, they believe we have germs on us and can infect them with our diseases. Their words not mine. You are not allowed to look or smell good, you'll get killed if that happens. When a wolf look at you, bow your head and don't fight when they talk, you'll get raped. Avoid the females in the house, especially the unmated ones and please, avoid the alpha at all course. Lucky for you, he hates you and he ordered that you be kept away from his sight.
What else? You get to bathe only when you start smelling like rotten flesh and we eat only once a day. But if you are a good and obedient maid, you'll get leftovers to fill up your other meals. Also, if you can attract one of the high ranked males and become his sex toy, he'll place a seal on you. Other females, males and higher shifter maids won't hurt or over bully you. I got a seal so I'm sort of safe, see?' She showed me her arm which had someone's name tattooed to it. 'You want one, right?' She asked excitedly. I stared at her plainly. 'You don't want one? Your loss. What else. Never complain or you'll get punished by starvation or given to the territory guards enjoy for the night. Trust me, they fuck really hard. What else...' She tapped her chin. 'Stay away from the Alpha's selected mate...' I arched a brow at her. The thought of Lucian having a woman strangely made my chest hurt. 'Alpha Lucian don't want a mate or rather, he believes his mate isn't coming anytime soon and he's impatient. He wants his offspring now so he did the selective mate ritual and the present Luna was the only one capable of bearing him children.'
'Selected mate ritual?' I spoke out. She gasped.
'You talk! You really talk! And your voice is beautiful! I love it!'
'Selective mate ritual?' I asked again, a strange churn in my stomach.
'Oh yes, a ritual where an alpha looks for any other female capable of bearing him children beside his mate. It's an insult to the moon goddess but they do it anyways. She's not the Luna yet until she can bear him children. She hasn't even been able to get a single miscarriage. I heard the alpha is planning to reject her soon and that is making her very worried and angry. She is out for any pretty female, both werewolves and humans.'
'That's good for him,' I murmured. I sniffed, holding my heart as the pain burnt into me.
'Did you really save Riley and her children?'
'Who's Riley? The pregnant she-wolf and two sons?'
'You did save them! That was so stupid of you! You got your kind killed!'
'Yeah, I do know that, I so know that.'
'And you don't hate them?'
'I don't have the strength to hate them, my people pushed them. The only person I hate however is Lucian, for killing my mother.'
'I hate him too, he pinned my sister to a pole but I don't have a choice, it's serve or die.'
'Yeah, serve or die.' I murmured.
'Just follow the rules and you'll be safe.'
'My name is Tiana by the way, but you can call me Tina. Nice to meet someone nice.'
She giggled. 'Nice to meet you too. Our other roommate, Giselle is working. Come on, we're on kitchen duty today. Do you want to eat?'
'No, I don't need food. I don't have appetite for it. Where do I bathe?'
'Like I said, you only bathe when you start smelling like rotten flesh or decade feces.' I remembered the pond that guy took me to. I would have to find it.
'Is there a river here?'
'Yes, but I don't go there. I am someone's doll so I bathe when he wants me and that is almost every day a week. Should I help you find the river?'
'Yes, please find it for me.' I smiled. She pouted.
'I'll help you get your eyes treated, I promise.'
'Thank you.' I smiled. I changed into my uniform; black flare dress with grey hose. The sleeves and neckline was enough to choke me. I whined.
'This is a turtleneck flare dress, just above our knees and the perfect size.' She helped me wear the dress and the shoes that looked like slippers. My hair was still in braids and tied up with my mother's magic hairband. With the bands, it looked like I had short hair when it was longer.
We went to work, did everything we were told. Most wolves and humans scowled at me, many intentionally hit me but I didn't retaliate. I met our other roommate, she was much more calmer and more compose. She had dark brownish red hair with sapphire eyes and ivory skin.
I was drying up the dishes when someone stomped in. 'Where is she?! Where is she?!' Someone roared. I didn't bother looking. 'That's she drying the dishes.' I raised my head and turned it around to see who was yelling but immediately I turned, four claws scratched my face, one almost stabbing my other good eye. I jumped back with a scream, my second eye!
'I finally got the chance to kill one of your kind!' And then I was hurled across the kitchen and bashed against something. I felt a slight crack on my spine. I inhaled and kept the scream back.
She should kill me.
'What are you doing Mercy! Lucian would kill you!' Someone shouted.
'Why?'
'Do you think he would let her live if he doesn't have plans for her? Let her be!' The person puffed. 'Get her back to her room and no doctors, is that clear?'
'I think she hurt her spine,' hazel said shakily.
'Are you questioning my order bitch?'
'No ma'am, I was only...'
'Shut up and get out, now!' I focused more on my pain, not wanting to feel so much, I urged myself to pass out.