THE ALPHA KING's UNWANTED MATE

CHAPTER 6

I didn't get much sleep throughout the night. I was turning and tossing all through the night. My situation seemed bleak to me and I couldn't get the look on his face out of my mind. The looks on all their faces. I had been assaulted constantly in that pack. And even tonight...the way they had seen us. They knew...Eunice knew that it wasn't consensual but she acted like that to save face. I couldn't even defend myself in front of all those people. I sighed deeply. It was already too late to think much about it. They had all made their conclusions about me. There was nothing I could do to change how they thought about me. Again...my mate. If I'm being honest, I'm still bewildered that I had gotten one.

'He's not so much to us' my wolf reminded me and I sighed again. I forced my eyes shut but the sleep didn't come still. By the time the rooster crowed, I figured I had to get up. Since I was still in the tattered clothes from yesterday, I grabbed the cloak Hermes had given me and put it on again. It was a bit dusty after placing it on the floor as a cover so I dusted off the dirt and stepped outside the room. The hallway was empty unlike what I expected. I imagined that all the occupants of the other rooms would be up and about, running up and down the hallway, trying to get ready and get to work. Did I wake up too early? Or too late? I followed the part I had come through last night and I ended up in a busy kitchen. So I woke up late. I got stares standing there in my tattered clothes and unkempt hair. Unconsciously, I weaved my fingers through my hair and searched for Martha.

"Hey, you. Come here" I heard a loud voice and my eyes landed on Martha. I hurried over towards her, still ignoring the looks I was getting.

"First you wake up late and then you show up in the kitchen looking so...dirty" She folded her arms and stared at me. I scratched the back of my neck, unsure of what I should do now. The reason I had come to the kitchen was to find her because I didn't know anyone or what to do. She kept on staring and I decided I should apologize.

"I'm sorry," I said and she uncrossed her arms.

"Come with me" she brushed past me and I turned around, following her out of the kitchen. We were going down the hallway leading to the dorms and she constantly muttered under her breath as we went. I didn't catch everything she said but from the little I heard, I knew she was still displeased with me and unhappy that she had to deal with me.

"There is the bathroom" She pointed to a door far ahead.

"Get in there and wash up nicely. We don't want you messing up the whole place with your smell"

"Okay," I mumbled and went towards the bathroom. Seeing as she said nothing about a change of clothes, I took off the coat and my torn clothes. I decided to discard the tattered clothes I had been wearing and clean off the dirt with some water.

I found some bath gel in a bottle, sitting on the bathroom shelf and I decided to use it. It's been more than twenty-four hours since I last took a shower.

After my shower, I had nothing to wear so I put on the coat and stepped outside. Martha was pacing outside the door but paused when she saw me.

"Did you plan to spend forever in there?" She asked annoyed.

'You said I should take my time' I wanted to answer but I held back. I knew speaking back to higher-ups wouldn't do me any good.

"And you still put on that dirty coat after taking a bath. Didn't they teach you anything in your fucking pack?" Why was she so angry? What would she have me do? Come out naked so she can complain about me not having a single modesty. I didn't get it. There was nothing that I would do that she wouldn't make a snarky comment about.

"And what's that face for?"

"Nothing"

"I think it's something. Do you have a problem with what I just said? Do you know what you can do? Go back to whatever hole it is you crawled out from. We don't want you around here" I said nothing, keeping my eyes down.