I quickly looked down at my feet.
"Good evening." I greeted.
I could feel her gaze on .
I could tell how much she hated .
There was no distinguishing factor.
"What are you doing alive?" She asked .
I looked back up at her.
She seed shocked to see .
Then I rembered what Xaden had said.
I had been poisoned.
Was she the one who had done it?
She just gazed over at .
"How did you get out alive?" She asked as she caught my dress. "You’re a latent wolf, aren’t you? So that wolfsbane should have killed you."
I just looked at her and wondered how she could so comfortably tell that she had tried to kill .
"I didn’t die," I said.
She twisted her face, and her beauty was replaced with a harrowing feature.
"So because you probably managed to get under Erik’s skin to fuck , now he is your ally, huh?" She asked .
I was insulted by that comnt and drew myself away from her.
I was angry because she had insulted Erik.
Erik, whom I had seen, was loyal to Xaden and would never betray him.
Moreover, the ti Xaden had wanted to force himself on , it was Erik who had intervened and stopped him.
I was grateful to him, and seeing her insult him gave a sudden surge of emotion.
I looked her in the eye for the first ti, facing soone without cowering.
"Why would you suggest such a thing?" I asked. "He saved my life. And I owe him that. Not everyone would have to do sothing to get sothing else in return."
The slap landed on my face instantly and sent my face to the side.
"You stupid bitch!" She spat at . "You have grown wings, huh? You don’t know where you are, do you? You have so conveniently forgotten who you are."
Then she grabbed by my dress and hauled to the wall.
"Let just get this straight into your head. You are here to suffer. And it hasn’t even begun. Xaden gave the power to make your life miserable." She said. "And I will do that. I will make you pay for everything your family did to . No one here likes you! We all want you dead! And the pain I’ll give you will be so much worse that you will beg for death."
Then she pushed to the ground, and I fell.
"Filthy Latent." She hissed.
And then she kicked my tummy, and I held it and howled in pain.
She turned on her heels and walked away, leaving holding on to the pain that she had inflicted on .
I managed to rise to my feet and lean against the wall, taking in deep breaths.
I had received worse punishnt.
A single kick to my tummy wasn’t going to kill .
And what was wrong with ?
Why had I faced her that way?
I had never answered anyone back, but why her?
I sighed as the chains clanked together as I walked on.
Then I went out to the land mass, which was the farm.
I was given a hoe to weed.
I greeted the others working there, but they all ignored .
I sighed and started my work.
I raked the fields, hoed the weeds, and planted the new fields.
"You are going to be assigned a plot of land." The instructor told .
He looked like he didn’t want to talk to .
My entire presence was revolting against him.
He was a man in his late forties and buff.
"You will clear the land and ho and ensure it’s good for planting." He said. "You are to finish hoeing the land before preparations for the new planting before the end of today.
When he took to the land, I gasped in shock.
The land was massive, wide, and filled with weeds.
He flung the hoe at .
"You start now," he said.
The others started laughing at , and I knew I had been given an impossible task.
"If you don’t finish before the end of the day, you will be whipped thirty tis." He said that, and he went away.
Without complaining, I went ahead with my chores and began.
I worked dutifully, as it was not the first ti I had fard.
I cleared the weeds and hoed the soil to prepare it for planting.
I worked tirelessly without stopping, and then a loud whistle rang in my ears.
"Water break." Ca the announcent.
I sighed in relief.
I had been so tired that I had toiled under the sun without stopping.
I cleaned off the sweat on my brows and saw all the workers forming a queue to receive water.
I could feel the stares on my back when I joined the line.
Worse, my chains made it clear who I was.
"Look at how ugly she is." Soone said.
"Breathing the sa air we breathe." Soone else said:
"I heard she is a prostitute and sleeps with three n every night."
"Just look at her! Incarnate of her father."
"I hope Alpha Xaden mutilates her body and hangs it for decoration."
I heard the side comnts and insults of those around .
These people didn’t know but judged , just like the guards and Aurora.
I sighed as they didn’t even bother to lower their voices.
When I reached my turn to collect the water, the man frowned.
"There is no water for you." He said. "Get out!
I looked at him, hurt and surprised. "Please, I am thirsty."
I said to him: "Please, just so water."
"I SAID THERE IS NO WATER FOR YOU! YOU ABOMINATION! GET OUT!" the man yelled at , and those behind pushed out of the queue.
They were jeering and laughing at .
I felt the tears behind my eyes as I returned to my plot to work.
I watched as others drank to their satisfaction, and I dejectedly resud my work.
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