Willow POV
I tense up when I hear Jessica's voice. The terror that her voice alone brings has me paralyzed.
"I-I..am cl-cleaning the b-bathrooms." I managed to mumble out with my eyes glued to the floor. I do not dare to look at her. She will take it as a challenge and make my day much worse. I bit my lip as I wait for her to respond.
"Well then hurry up and get it done you dumb bitch. You need to stop being so lazy and get your duties done instead of standing around." She says ask she walks closer.
I quickly glance over to see if she going to grab me. I see Jenny standing behind Jessica looking at me with pity. Jessica is glaring at me but stops a few feet away. I know she will not attack me with an audience she wants to keep her perfect image.
"Yes ma'am I will quickly get my duties done." I say as I look back towards the ground.
"Good" Jessica says satisfied and turns to Jenny. "Well come on let's go to your room to try on our dresses for the ball."
Jenny nods and follow Jessica to her room. She stops as she nears me. "Willow you do not have to do my bathroom today. I already cleaned it." She give me a brief smile before she continues walking.
Jessica scoffs when she hears this. "You just want her to be lazy. This is her job do not do it for her." Walks into Jenny's room.
Jenny doesn't say anything when she follows her in.
Once the door closes I release my breathe. Taking a deep breathe as I walk into Michel's room. Jenny is 19 and she has always been somewhat nice to me. She just did not try to make things harder for me. She never stood up for me though. She is Jessica's best friend. She was soft spoken so Jessica tend to overshadow her.
I busy myself with cleaning Michel's bathroom. Trying to be as quick as possible because with all the interruptions I am going to be behind schedule. As I quickly double check over the bathroom to make sure it is clean I hear a noise in the hallway.
I walk towards the bedroom door trying to listen. The voices sound like they are whispering. Knowing that Jessica never lowers her voice I decide to step out. I see that it is three other Omegas. They had just finished with the floors. I glance over their work and give a nod of approval. When I look over to the Omegas a two are glaring and the other looks to be bored.
"Carol told us to help you out today" says the one that looks to be bored. I do not remember her name but I think it is possibly Katie.
"Well I thank you because I thought I would be behind if I had to do this alone." I say with an sincere smile.
One of the girls in the back name Becky scoff when she heard my reply. "You slack off and we have to pick up your slack. You have our own work to do as well."
I nod my head as I look to the ground. "I'm sorry. I did not mean to cause you any trouble" I mumble.
"Oh shut up Becky we do not have anything better to do." Katie says rolling her eyes at Becky.
I bite my lip not wanting them to fight. "I am going to go down and switch the laundry around. How about I met you all on the Gamma floor when I finish?"
"Who do you think your talking to you rouge bitch?!?! You are a lowly rouge you cannot just tell me what to do!" Becky screams coming closer to me.
I flinch at her tone nervous about what she would do. Katie grabs her arm to stop her from doing anything. "Becky we are on the Beta's floor. You will not raise your voice and be disrespectful to them." She says sternly to Becky. She then turns to and says "that sounds just fine we will be there."
I turn towards the staff stairs and hurry down. I forget about my hurt foot and stumble on the second flight. I fall down to the bottom floor. I groan as I roll over to try and get up. I can feel the aches all over but I have no time to be miserable.
I freeze when I feel someone picking me up. I turn to see who it is. I am surprised to see that it is Greyson. I wrap my arms around his neck to secure myself. I feel myself blush as I realize how close I am to him. I lower my eyes so I don't make eye contact.
"Are you okay?!" His ask with his voice lace with worry. I look to see him looking me over checking to see if I am hurt. He looks in my eyes his showing so much concern.
I look away unable to take the look in his eyes anymore. I never had anyone ever ask me that since I been here. They definitely didn't bluntly show their concern for me. I begin to wiggle to get down from his embrace. He holds me tighter. I quickly whisper "yes I am okay. Could you please let me down?"
When he releases me I try to quickly move towards the laundry area. I try to step on my left foot I fall again. The pain shooting up my leg.
"See you are not okay let me carry you." Greyson says as he comes closer to take a look.
I shrink away from him not wanting him to touch me. People being nice to me is not something I am used to. It makes me feel very awkward
"I just hurt my foot on the stairs early that's all." I say without meeting his gaze.
"Well then you should stay off your foot and rest." He says trying to get close again.
"I can't rest I have work to do and right now you are in the way of that" I snap. It came out more harsh than I wanted but I needed to hurry up and get my duties done. I did not know what would happen if I was not on time. I could see the hurt in his eyes before he masked it and just nodded his head.
"Well I'm sorry. I will just help you then get done faster." He says as he stands and holds his hand out to me.
I grab it so he can help me up. I keep my weight on my right side this time.
"You do not have to do that but I do need to get going." I say as I start to go towards the laundry. This time I take my time to try not put too much weight on my left side. I can hear Greyson following me but I do not have time to protest. I shake my head as I enter the laundry room.
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Greyson POV
As I follow Willow into the laundry room I keep a bit of space between us. So, she will not be nervous.
I do not like seeing her hurt it actually physically hurts me to see her injured. I am not sure why I have these strong feels and attraction to her. Some part of me think maybe she could be my mate. My wolf and I feel protective over her. But I need to wait until she is 16 to be sure if she is my mate.
I am 21 and have been waiting for my mate the last 5 years so waiting an extra year is nothing. I would wait until she is 18 to mate though I feel she deserves to be a child as long as possible.
As I watch her go to the washer machines to begin loading the dryers. I can't help but admire her. Her gorgeous hair is one of my favorite features. It may seem messy to some but wild mane is just like her personality. She may seem submissive and obedient but I see her true nature. She is a fighter.
I go to help her load everything in the dryers. I try to anticipate her movements so I can carry everything. I can tell she is getting annoyed but I don't want her to overwork herself. She huffs as I place the last load in the dryer.
"You know I have been doing this the last 6 almost 7 years. I know how to do laundry and I don't need you getting in my way" she snaps.
I turn to face her and smirk at her pouted lips and narrowed eyes. She look adorable trying to be mad. She rolls her eyes after a while. She turns tolds the door and I follow her out.
"Is this the last of you duties for now?" I ask so I can see when she will need help again.
"No. I am going up to the Gamma's floor so I can help to clean. There are other Omegas up there so you do not need to help. Now I need to hurry up because I do not want to keep them waiting." She turns towards the stairs to go up.
I want to go over and carry her up but I do not want to make her uncomfortable. So instead I watch her go up. I make sure that she is safely before I turn away.
I walk towards the kitchen to grab a snack. Even though Willow prepares all the meals the other Omegas keep a fridge in the kitchen stock with food for people to grab when they get hungry between meal times. I know it is almost lunchtime as I see some Omegas setting out the buffet. Everything here is buffet style besides dinner. During dinner everyone is served their meals to their seat with food lining the tables so they could get more.
As I get to the kitchen I grab a wrapped sandwich and sit at the counter to eat. As I eat my mind begin to wonder to this morning's meeting. The vampires have been attacking unmated werewolves. There doesn't seem to be a pattern. They also have not attacked a pack which is out of the norm. In the past when we were at war with the vampires they would commit large scale attacks. Since they came to an agreement 80 years ago for land there has not been any attacks. Now they have been attacking random unmated wolves from multiple packs. This has been going one for the last two years and counted over 300 deaths.
The King wants to attack them but we are not sure of why they are attacking. Without knowing if this is the Vampire King or just some rouge vampires the Alpha King is hesitant. We do not want to cause an unneeded war.
As the Delta team leader I sit in on strategy planning meetings. The Alpha King's kingdom has a large army of over 500 warriors. The army is made up of teams of about 100 warriors and each team has a leader. There are 5 leaders and I am the leader of the strongest. So when we are planning large scale attacks we have meeting with all rank members and the team leaders. These past few weeks we have had a meeting everyday but no solutions.
I shake my head to clear my thoughts before I give myself a headache. I get up to clean my mess and wash my dish. Most people just leave dishes but I try to help because I know it will be Willow cleaning it all. I smile a bit as I think about her.
When Willow told me she needed to leave I knew she was right. But with the continuing threat that the vampires pose I am hesitant to let her go. I feel protective and responsible for her. I am considering tell her that I plan to leave with her. But I do not know if she will accept that idea. Also I am not sure I can just leave my team vulnerable in the middle of a possible war. If I can come up with a plan for them it would makes things easier for them. I know I can't let Willow leave unprotected. I slowly begin to see a plan form in my head.
I leave the kitchen to start implementing everything. At this rate we will be gone by her birthday.