Chapter 8

I was carried into the palace through a back entrance and whisked to the harem through a stairway hidden behind a bookshelf.

When we got there, I was too tired and hungry to keep fighting with my carrier.

One of the Alpha’s concubines was ordered to take care of me. She was a dark-skinned sexy beauty with a head full of bouncy curls.

She took me to the huge bathroom and cleaned me up, bathed me, and dressed me in a soft silk robe.

“Beautiful necklace,” she said as she tied the sash of my robe.

“Thank you,” I whispered, and then my chin began to wobble as feelings of despair descended on me.

“Now, dear, don’t cry,” my carer cooed softly. “Believe me, it’s not so bad here. Do you know how awful it would’ve been if you had been sent to the fields or underground mines to work? You’re lucky.”

“No, I’m not. I’m doomed! I shouldn’t be here. My mates – “

I gasped and clutched my sides as a sharp pain pierced through me. My heart began to race