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Chapter Nineteen
Cami let out a squeak and I threw her a look that screamed 'shut up!'
"We haven't done anything." I argued, looking at Lisa who just shrugged. "We don't know who he is or where he is."
"From the little bits of information I've heard, there's evidence to suggest otherwise."
Evidence? What kind of evidence?
"Look, I'm just giving you some advice, take it if you want. I am surprised though."
"What are you surprised about?"
"Alpha Alessandro. I would have thought he would have had you both locked in the cells and beating the information out of you."
Cami gasped and I clutched her hand. "We obviously haven't done anything, that's why we're not there. This is all just a misunderstanding."
Lisa waved her hands. "Whatever. I'm going to tell you what your day consists of and what you need to do."
"We're actually going to be maid here?" I questioned in shock. What the hell? Why?
"It's either that or the cell, your choice. Your lucky, not everyone gets that choice. I'll take you down to the cells one day and you'll see how lucky you are." Lisa raised her eyebrows and we shook our heads. "Then it's settled. Now follow me."
"This is your room." She led us to a medium sized room with two single beds next to a window that was cracked open. "Don't try to escape, there's Werewolves on patrol every night."
The room was bigger than the one we were in and had a small wardrobe, chest drawer and a bedside table near one of the beds. "The bathroom is through there." Lisa pointed at the door next to the wardrobe.
"I'll bring you a checklist all of the things you need to complete by the end of the day. The Werewolves may ask you do things for them, you will do as they say but you must complete all activities on the list."
"What exactly will we be doing?" I asked hesitantly.
"Cleaning. The pair of you alongside the other maids will clean the house every day. Only difference between you and the other maids is that they get paid to do this and you don't."
"Are all the maids human?"
Lisa nodded. "Yes, all the maids are human. However, the house manager is a Werewolf and chew you out if everything is not completed to her standards. With the kitchen staff, there is a mixture. There are both humans and Werewolves, you'll be able to recognise who they are. Werewolves tend to have a higher status than us."
"Get some rest, tomorrow will be a long day. Make sure you're up and ready by 6:30am. I will give you your uniforms and checklist then."
Lisa turned to leave but then paused at the door. "Alpha has his own maids that work for him, they live on the top floor. However, he has asked for you to serve him from tomorrow."
"Why?"
Lisa ignored me and headed out the door. I turned to Cami as soon as she left. "Are you okay? Did they do anything to you?"
"No, I'm fine." Cami told me. "What's going on? Why are we here?"
"I spoke to the Alpha when you were sleeping." I informed Cami as she let out a gasp. "He's spoke to Alpha Elias and the human ambassador and they've all decided we have to stay here until they find out more about what happened to the Alpha's cousin."
"Oh my god, do you think they know?" Cami whispered.
"No they don't and they don't actually have any proof of us doing anything or else we wouldn't be here. They can't keep us here for long, we just need to stick it out for a week or so and then we can leave."
"I don't know if I can do this. I'm so scared."
"You can do this and you will." I reassured her. "Come on, lets just listen to what they say for now and we can leave or escape. We won't be here forever and once we're out of here, we'll go somewhere far away where no one can take us again."
"Do you have your phone on you?" I asked as I searched my pocket for mine. I had a lot of missed calls and messages from Uncle Tom. Cami handed her phone over to me and I clicked on the screen and noticed she also had missed calls and messages from him.
"I'm going to reply back to him and tell him we're okay but not to contact us." I told Cami ask I unlocked my phone and started typing.
We're in Alpha Alessandro's pack house but we're okay. I'll send a message once a day to let you know we're safe. If there's anyway you can get help and get Cami out of here, please do it. Focus on Cami for now, I'll be fine.
I switched the phone off and did the same to Cami's one. "We'll only use it for emergencies. I doubt they're going to give us chargers to charge our phone. Plus we might not be allowed to have phones so we need to keep it hidden."
I put the phones in my pocket and looked towards the room. "It's not that bad Cami, we're okay and we're not hurt. It could have been worse. We're going to be fine." I tried my best to reassure her and she gave me a weak smile.
I didn't tell Cami exactly what happened between me and the Alpha, I didn't want to worry her or make her feel guilty. I knew how much she was beating herself up about the situation we were in but this wasn't her fault. The blamed lied on one person and he was dead.
We had to do as they asked for now, we had to play along. Hopefully Uncle Tom could do something and get Cami out of here. She was underage, that could work to our advantage. I knew she wouldn't last long here and if everyone in the pack thought we had something to do with the Alpha's cousin they would question or harasses us and Cami would break.
Once Uncle Tom got Cami out of here, she would have to stay as far away as possible from this and disappear. It's the only way she would survive and I needed her to be okay. It was my job to look after her and that's what I'm going to do.
The room wasn't as cold and as suffocating as the other room. The wardrobe had some jumpers and jeans in and the chest drawer was empty except for the digital alarm clock on top of it. I went into the bathroom with Cami who was too scared to go on her own.
The bathroom was a lot bigger than I had expected and surprisingly clean. There was a medium sized sink, toilet and a shower area that had a shelved unit that contained some shampoos and shower gels.
There were basic toiletries in the bathroom but neither of us wanted to use the shower, mainly because we didn't want to use the towels that were hanging on a rack without washing it first. We did however use the new toothbrushes and toothpaste.
I could tell how frightened Cami was but she was trying her best to put on a brave face. She remained silent as we did everything, only talking when I asked her questions. I didn't want to overwhelm her so I spoke to her when I needed to.
We stayed in the clothes we were wearing, took our shoes and sock off and got into the single beds. Thankfully the beds were close to each other so it didn't require too much effort to push them together. The beds were hard and the bedsheet and duvets were stiff and I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep.
As I laid next to Cami, I wrapped my arms around her, praised her for her strength and encouraged her to continue and not to give up. I told her about my plans, what we would do once we got out of here. The places we would visit and how much fun we would have. We wouldn't have to worry about anything, we would be stress free and enjoying life.
Cami fell asleep within a couple of hours and rolled onto the other side. I looked at the clock on the bedside table and groaned when I realised it was 2:00am. We had been in bed for four hours now and I still hadn't fallen asleep.
I closed my eyes and tried to clear my mind but nothing was working, all I could think of was Alpha Alessandro. His behaviour was puzzling and I didn't know what to make of it. Don't get me wrong, he was a prick and I was scared of him but not as much as I thought I would be. Everyone feared him, including Alpha Elias so now that we were here I was expecting him to be more...different.
Everything about him confused me and what confused me even more was my reaction to him. Why was my body reacting to him like that? Was I that depraved that the touch of a psycho Alpha made my knees weak?
After what felt like hours, my eyes finally began to feel heavy and I could feel myself drifting.
Just as I was about to nod off, I heard the door open. I remained still and kept my eyes closed, thinking it was probably Lisa checking to see if we were sleeping. I expected to hear the person leave and the sound of the door closing but instead I heard footsteps.
Someone was in the room!
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