ASTRA,
I was in a deep sleep, and in the next moment, I wasn't. I woke up instantly, as soon as I felt something wet cascade violently down and all over my body, drenching me and my bed.
With my eyes finally opened and apprehensive, I saw that it was my step sister.
She stared at me like I was a pebble she was desperately trying to scrape out of her shoe. Like I was that insignificant to her.
I saw pure hatred in her eyes as she stared at me with malicious glee, with an almost empty bucket of water in her hands. I looked down at myself, and I hated how uncomfortably wet I was. Why would she do that?
"Go and serve my brother food! Why are you sleeping at this time?"
She suddenly screamed, breaking me out of my thoughts. I was too scared to think as I stood up immediately. At that point, everything was beginning to come back. Everything finally made sense.
Meeting the alpha I slept with the day before and finding out that he's my own step brother. My step sister now treats me like trash. How did we get here?
She was so mad at me, and I eventually turned away to walk to my dressing room to change as she was leaving. Just before I could change, she barked again.
"Wretched ugly bitch, where do you think you're going?"
"I...I need to change. I'm wet."
I faltered, trying to reason with her. Couldn't she see how drenched I was?
She laughed, apparently she was finding the situation amusing.
"You think I care? Leave this room this instant and take my brother's food to him! Don't keep him waiting if you want to survive in this house!"
Understanding what she implied, I simply followed her orders and ran out, straight to the kitchen, in my wet dress.
I hurried to the kitchen, dished out his food appropriately and carried it up, all the way to his room. I was still in a state of shock and fear. There were lots of maids in the house, yet she woke me up and made me serve her brother.
Reaching his room, I knocked and entered when he ordered me to. His voice was husky and dark, and I didn't even bother to look at him as I greeted in fear.
I was so ashamed of myself at that moment, remembering everything that happened that night, the way I begged him to touch me. He must be very embarrassed to sleep with someone like me.
I quickly dropped the meal on his bedside and just as I was about to leave, his cold and seductive voice stopped me in my tracks.
"You,"
I was literally glued to the floor where I stood, scared to death, watching him stand up from his bed and close the space between us. The way he stared at me made me realize that I was only in my nightwear, and I was soaked from head to toe, with the outline of my body on full display. I felt naked.
"You're sweet. You know that, right?"
"I don't quite get what you mean, Sir."
I replied back, my mouth searching for answers. He remembered me?
"You're the first virgin I've tasted, and I think...I would love to taste you again, Astra."
He even remembered my name. He remembered it all. The hairs on my body stood. I was staring at a different person from the one I met last night. He was a predator, and deep down, I was about to be his prey.
I didn't even realize that at this point, my back was against the wall and he had successfully pinned me there, restricting me from doing anything else but wait until he was done with me.
He stared down at me, looking at my cleavage, then actually reaching in to touch it.
A groan escaped him as he cupped them from outside my wet thin dress, whispering seductive words into my ears.
He brought his lips closer to mine and then spoke against them. The breath from his mouth sent shivers down my spine in fear as I shut my eyes and swallowed, feeling the hairs in my body stand.
I closed my eyes, realizing that he was actually about to kiss me.
Just as he leaned to kiss me, we heard approaching footsteps and he stepped back, switching from seduction to cruel.
"You may leave."
He said and just then, the door was pushed open. My step sister walked in, not realizing what she had just interrupted. I won't lie, for the first time, I was grateful for the timely intervention.
She met us in a weird state, but not weird enough to notice anything out of the ordinary. He suddenly acted like he was disgusted by my presence as we both received my step sister, Claudia.
"I see you're still here, Astra. Slow as always. It's such a shame, such a pity."
She spared a glance at me like she was upset by my existence and she wouldn't hesitate to do anything to make it wither. Soon she fixed her eyes on Alpha Chris.
"This little thing right here is your personal maid, Chris,"
She said, speaking about me in such a condescending manner. Soon, she faced me.
"If you don't serve him well and do according to his bidding, you will be punished severely. If you hate your life so much, you're free to leave and never return!"
My eyes lifted to Alpha Chris and I watched as a tiny smirk played on his lips, and that was his only response to everything that played out. It was full of so much intent, like he was excited and amused. The thought of it made me want to throw up.
"I understand."
"Finally, you understand something. Good for you. Now get out."
I did as told and I hurriedly ran out, realizing that I was cold and needed to change.
Weeks passed in a blur and I soon adjusted to my new life of continued insults from my step sister and tight corners with my Alpha. It was getting too much but there was nothing I could do.
I realized that I started getting sick all of a sudden and once it got unbearable, I paid a visit to the healer to find out the cause. I rarely get ill so it was strange to me.
The healer is an elderly woman and she was very professional, and that was one thing I liked about her. She assessed me thoroughly, making sure she didn't miss a thing before she came to a conclusion.
"What do you do, My child?"
"I'm a maid, and I work for the alpha, Ma'am."
"So how did you get pregnant, and how would you deal with it?"
Pregnant. Did she just say.. pregnant? Like, I'm pregnant?
"What?"
I asked, scared to death. Refusing to accept what I was hearing. If it was true, where would I go from here?
"You're pregnant, Astra."