Chapter 6

• BELLA'S POV
• The Luna leads me back to the room where the Alpha was. That gigantic man with a beard, the one that gripped my hair so tight that I am still feeling sore around the spot.
• It hurt like hell when the maids combed the hair. I did ask them to take it slow, but being a slave means no one listens to you. I had to bit hard on my lip to restrain myself from crying out everytime the hair was pulled.
• Now that I am going to meet the man again, I feel like my intestines are on fire.
• The Luna swings the door open and pushes me inside. The Alpha and his Beta rise from their seats when I stumble into the room, the heels are making it hard to keep balance.
• "Look at the beauty queen that was hiding under those filthy rugs!" The Beta says, approaching. "Now you look like something a man may like, come here!" He says, now so close and holding out a hand.
• I step back, still careful not to raise my head and look him in the eye. It's against the rules here.
• "Are you now defying my orders, slave?!" He snarls angrily. I step back farther.
• What on earth am I supposed to do? Slave or not, there is no way I am going to go to him. My parents would not have let me go if they knew some psycho is going to be manhandling me.
• We all thought I am going to only get overworked and not paid.
• "Stay away from me, psycho!" I snarl.
• The Beta glowers down at me. His face turns into one big frown. He takes a step forward, before I jump back, his hand wraps around my neck.
• Frightened, I use my nails to scratch the hand. He starts to squeeze and I cry out.
• "Let her go!" I hear the Alpha roar, his voice laced with authority. The Beta immediately relinquishes his grip around my neck.
• I step as far away from him as the walls of the room can allow. The muscles of my neck hurts!
• I would rather be out there working with the other slaves than be in here with this two mad giants.
• "What the f***k is wrong with you?! Play with every other slave but not that one!" The Alpha snaps.
• The Beta raises his eyebrows. He turns around to face his Alpha. "Why? She is a wolfless slave like any other. Don't tell me she gets special treatment just because she looks like Prince Hayden's mate!" He raves.
• The Alpha closes the small space between them, he looks ready to chastise his Beta.
• "She gets special treatment because she is our key to finding out what else that Angel is capable of! Until I have those secrets in my hands, no one will be touching the girl!" He mutters, his words marked with a tone of finality. "Do you understand me?!"
• The Beta grudgingly nod his head. But when he looks at me, the evil smirk on his lips clearly tells me the Alpha's words didn't sink into his thick head.
• "Now leave us!" The Alpha commands. The Beta makes his way out of the room. And right before he makes his exit, he looks at me and winks.
• How I wish he would drop dead!
• "Sit down!" The Alpha orders, points at the couch he was sitting on. I wait until he takes his Beta's seat, then make my way to the grey couch.
• I keep my gaze downwards after I sit, more to avoid looking at the man's face than to stick to the silly rules.
• "You may look up." I hear him say. His tone is no longer harsh.
• I nervously look up at him. He holds another glass of clear liquid in his hand whose contents he gulps down at one go. The man must be a drunkard!
• "My Beta says you sold yourself to save your little brother, tell me more about that." He says, setting down the empty glass.
• I remain silent. It's not like they are going to return me back if I don't answer their questions.
• "I will not force you to talk, after all most of you slaves like to remain mute!" He starts, leans back on his seat, a smirk curved on his thin lips.
• "I only care about the job I have for you. You do it well, you will be free to go back to your family." I hear him say and feel my heart throb with new hope.
• "Really?" I hear my mouth ask.
• The Alpha looks straight into my eyes. His icy gaze is unnerving. "Yes. You win your freedom if you get me what I want." He assures.
• I want to smile but he hasn't told me what exactly I am supposed to do. Considering the amount of money they used to buy me, I am certain the job I am to do is tough. But I am glad to be offered a chance to win my freedom and go back to watching Skylar recover.
• "What's the job?!" I ask.
• "Ever heard of the secret library of scorpion kingdom?" He asks.
• Seriously? I thought that's another stupid and unrealistic rumor about the famous Prince Hayden? The secret library in the palace where records of prophecies about the mysterious Angel Hayden are kept, I thinks it's total bullshit!
• "Does the library really exist?" I ask.
• The Alpha nods his head. "Yes. It's the most guarded room in Scorpion Palace. No one gets in unless they are members of the Royal family." He answers. "What I want are the documents about the powerful Prince Hayden. And since you look like a perfect copy of his mate, I am sure the guards will let you into the library without questions."
• He sure must be mad! Assuming I actually look like Angel Usher like they say, who would be stupid enough to attempt to steal from the palace of Scorpion Kingdom?
• Steal from the home of Goddess Israel's most beloved creature? The rumors about that man alone makes my heartbeat pick up speed! I wanted my freedom but didn't want to die in the process of finding it.
• "I can do any other job, just not that one." I blurt out.
• The Alpha narrows his gaze at me. He doesn't look diplomatic anymore. "I stated what you would get if you did for me what I purchased you to do, but I forgot to tell you what would happen if you decline to do the job!" He says in an stern voice.
• What would happen if I decline? Yeah, I already know that there are guards with whips all around the house. But they can whip me to death and I will not accept to risk having my head cut off.
• "Either help me get those secret records, or I will send my men back to your little family to cut the head of your beloved little brother and bring it here to me!" The Alpha snarls.
• I am not sure my heart is still locked within my ribcage.