Secret Message from the Alpha

Evaline:

Exhaustion was all that I could feel as I stepped into the servants' quarters. It was pressing down on me like a heavy weight.

My body was aching from the long day of work, and my stomach felt hollow as I ended up missing lunch. The last time I ate was in the morning, and then too I barely got a bread and a bowl of vegetable soup.

Shaking my head, I pushed open the thin curtain that separated my small cot from the rest of the room, only to freeze at the sight in front of me.

There was a wooden box waiting on my cot.

I blinked, taking a moment to collect myself out of the shock and confusion before I quickly looked around. There was only one other maid in the chamber and she was busy in her own world.

Returning my attention back to the box, I closed the curtain behind me and cautiously stepped closer.