Chapter ３

" Hi, I'm Dilan from the South, Amaya's cousin !" He politely offered his hand to her for a handshake. She smiled and accepted it. " Hello, I'm Ariana, nice to meet you," she said.

Dilan escorted Ariana the whole night but she didn't know that the prying eyes of King Markus glued directly on them.

" Shall we dance?" He asked her. " I'm okay, I don't usually fond of dancing" she replied with shyness on her face.

But Dilan was very stubborn. He grabbed her arms and took her to the center of the hall. He put his hands on her hips and Ariana put her arms above his shoulders.

They dance to the beat of slow jazz music as nobody saw them. Everyone turned around and became their audience until a partner from the King's guest stood up from their table and dance with them too until everyone filled the center of the hall. Amaya looked annoyed to see her cousin Dilan with her assistant Ariana. " That girl is something" she mumbled and King Markus heard it.

He smirked. " Yes, she's something," he said and Amaya frowned and set an angry look at Ariana.

It's not an ordinary ball she attended. She felt she's out of her comfort zone when the party ends. Everyone was all drunk and free to everything they want. King Markus left the party with Amaya in his arms.

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" Hmmm" Amaya moaned when the Alpha of the Arcadian packs harshly smashed his lips to her soft and pinkish lips.

He pushed her on his bed and roughly rip off her clothes and a wonderful image appeared in front of him. Markus's desire heats up to be intense. He couldn't take it anymore. While looking into Amaya's face, he saw an image of a mysterious girl looking at him, the face of his concubine assistant, Ariana.

" Hmmm, Ariana you're so beautiful" he groaned while thrusting his hardness to Amaya's opening. She heard it and she pushed him by surprise.

" What? Ariana?" She shouted at him.

King Markus cupped and pressed her face forcibly. " Yes, and you have no right to lecture me. Now kneeled behind me and I'll give you your punishment of cutting my orgasms!" He growled at her. Amaya's eyes widened to see the red eyes of his master.

She has no reasons to complain besides she's only his slave and a sex partner. His heart will never be her forever.

She obeyed her master and let him pound her the whole night as her punishment for disobeying him.

Ariana POV

I heard a sudden whimper just beside my room. The party was over and I knew what comes next even I'm new to this place. King Markus was inside Amaya's room and they're making the night more sizzling and sleazy.

I just closed my eyes and covered my ears to get a goodnight's sleep but I was startled in my sleep when I heard a loud knock outside my room. I quickly got off from my bed and hurriedly walked to check the visitor in the middle of the night. I'm so sleepy that I'm not in the mood to entertained someone. After opening it, I'm surprised to see the King's armies in front of me. " What are you doing here?" I asked them but they quickly pulled me out from my room and accused me of something I didn't know. " You're under arrest. The king's mistress was dead and someone saw you entered her room. I froze and I didn't know what they're talking about. " What? Wait! Let me explain! I'm not a murderer! " I protested while dragging me on the hallway of the palace. They brought me to the King. One of his guards pushed me harder and my body stumbled on the floor.

I saw King Markus and he looked sad to know that his favorite concubine just died.

I  crawled towards him and I kneeled to beg for his mercy.

" My lord, please spare my life. I'm innocent. After the party, I just fall asleep and nothing more, please, I beg you!" I told him while my tears slowly covered my face.

I heard them shouting and cursing my name. " Kill her! Kill her! Bitch! Bitch!" The townspeople believed that I'm a murderer.

I looked around me and they all throwing rocks in my head. What if my parents knew about this? What if they took them and killed them? What have I done? I'm talking to myself.

The Alpha King stood up from his throne and walked closer towards me. He told them to keep quiet. I have a little hope in him. I hope he would listen to me. " How dare you kill my lady!" A roaring deep voice echoed in the palace with a strong slap in my face. I felt a sour flavor beside my lips. It's blood flowing from my mouth. I hold my face and I winced in pain. They all laughed at me. I'm alone and helpless. I need someone to help me but no one came. Amaya's cousin Dilan of the South Packs didn't come because of fear that he might be a partner in her crime.

" Take her to the hall!" The king ordered this man but Ariana ran and wrapped her hands in the king's arms. " Please don't kill me. I'll do anything you want! Please" she's nowhere to go, nowhere to hide, she's a castaway and her hope was the King's forgiveness though she's not the real culprit of the said crime.

His gaze on her looked so cold and vulgar. I saw it in his eyes, the eye of a murderer. I'm not convinced yet but he was the only person who entered Amaya's room. That whimper sounds I heard last night, maybe was the time he killed her and all the fault and accusations were put on me because I'm new to the palace, a stranger and her assistant. I must find out who murdered her but I must get the King's sides.

" Charlie, take her to my room!" The king ordered his butler and he quickly took Ariana out and sent her to the King's room.

" Good luck!" Charlie told me and pushed me inside the King's room. I curled myself into a ball and wrapped my arms around my knees. I'm now this trapped by someone's fault and I had no one to called for help.

I'm here in this world full of harsh and cruel people. I'm just an ordinary girl who just made a debut and was thrown in the castle-like I'm just a piece of garbage. They disposed of me like I'm not their blood. I hated them for giving birth to me and lead me to my miserable life today. Now, I'm Amaya's murderer without concrete evidence and was locked inside the king's room. I wonder what job I must oblige to do as a payment for my sin.

I heard the sudden opening of the door and King Markus appeared. My heart stops beating as the devil came. My whole body trembled in fear and I'm thinking of throwing up. I took a deep breath as he was approaching me.

He's twenty years older than me I guess so he looked like a father to me.

His warm hands touched my frozen skin and it gave me more chills all over my body. He slowly caressed my hair and the beating sounds of my heart could be heard by my ears. It's sounded like a drum. " Don't worry, I'll be gentle" he leaned over and begun to kiss my forehead.

His touch made me shivered and quivered every time he landed his hands on my soft skin.

I let him wandered his arms in my body but deep inside, I felt dirty all over. I just closed my eyes when he tore my dress and I face him half-naked. I covered my breast with my hands but he took it off. " Let me see you. You're so perfect, so pure and delicate. " He said and taste the sweetness of my pureness.

The tears began to flood my eyes when he put me in his bed and climbed on top of me. That night King Markus took my virginity. I had no right to object to whatever actions he would do to me because I'm the one who told him that he can do whatever he wants just to save me.

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One month later

" Alpha King Markus, we've been attacked by the Rogues!" Argus, one of his Zeta warriors warned him.