Sold To My Alpha Mate

MAYA

I couldn’t stop imagining how I was going to take them down and attack until I had everything figured out. The guard motioned for me to wait before he grabbed something on the door and pushed it downwards. A bong sounded as the doorbell rang. It was just done once.All content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

I still continued to stand there, wondering what the Prince was going to tell me this time. Was it still going to happen, and should I forget about it. The anticipation was something I’d never experienced. That was the moment the Prince walked out of his room.

He had a fearsome look on his face the moment he walked out but as soon as his eyes fell on me, the long face he was carrying immediately disappeared and it was replaced by a smile. He signalled the guard to leave before walking out of the room.

“How are you Rose?” He asked. He sounded warm and welcoming. I was happy about that and smiled in return, feeling relieved.

“I’m doing well, thank you.” I bowed curtly. “I asked you to come see me in the morning. It’s evening already.” He replied, giving me a piercing look that made my stomach churn uncomfortably. When he spoke like that, he usually sounded so different from the way he did sound when he was happy. He sounded so disappointed now and it made me feel sad and guilty.

“I’m sorry but I couldn’t come very early because I figured you were still asleep and the guards wouldn’t even let me. And I was more than busy today. There was a lot of work to do.” I said. He smiled.

“Are you ready? I’ve been waiting for you all day.” He said again. I nodded, still clasping my hands.

“Alright then, follow me.” He said, before taking the lead. I followed him closely, feeling so worried about what was going to happen. The nerves I felt right now were more than anything.

The worst thing that could happen was anyone recognising me and telling him that he was with a foreigner. As soon as we got outside, I noticed how everyone stared in our direction. The way they stared at the Prince was in the way of admiration but it was a totally different case with me.

As soon as they set their eyes on me, it was replaced by instant disgust that spoke volumes. I just prayed that someone there in the crowd had no idea I was the one. But the fact that nobody had recognised me ever since I came here meant that my disguise had been working.

That was enough to make the anxiety disappear instantly. As soon as we entered, he led me to an office. From the post outside the door, it was the office office of the head nurse. She was inside when we entered and as soon as she saw the prince, she stood up and smiled. After the greetings, he introduced me.

“This is Rose. I want you to take her under your wing and see to it that she becomes one of the nurses. She saved a life and thinks she will be able to do the job. So make sure you see to it that she is well trained.” He instructed. The woman bobbed her head in understanding. The look on her face was professional, yet welcoming.

She replied. “Of course, Your Grace. Welcome to the hospital, Rose. I’ll have you enlisted immediately and you’ll begin whenever the Prince wants you to. If you’re currently under another department, I’ll meet the person in charge to discuss your withdrawal and have you registered here.” She said, smiling at me the whole time. I smiled back at her and continued.

“That’s nice of you. If possible, I would like to start tomorrow. I can’t wait to get started honestly.” I said to her. She smiled again and had my name registered immediately. I thanked the Prince who walked out soon enough. The woman’s smile died instantly. I turned to see her staring at me. She looked shocked and I had no idea why.

“Is everything OK?” I asked her, disturbed by the look on her face right now.

“I’m sorry if this might look like I’m disturbing but I have a question for you, Rose.” She said. I nodded and asked her to go on.

“Is there anything going on between you and the Prince?” She asked, sounding curious. I shook my head, wondering what she meant by that question. That was the same look on Emily’s face when she had told me to make sure I wasn’t seen with the Prince anymore.

It wasn’t jealousy, I reckoned. It was something else entirely, something akin to fear, pure fear. It had me wondering if there was something else that I needed to know about the Prince, something that I hadn’t been told about.

“No, ma’am. There is nothing going on between us.” I replied, but she gave me a damned look before she handed me a card.

“Show this to the guard at the front door when you report to work. It will enable your access.” She said.

“We are done for today. Come back tomorrow and we’ll start from there.” I thanked her after that and left. But my mind was still not at rest. I still thought about what I had just noticed.

Was there something more to the Prince than met the eye. It could be something dangerous and terrifying, I wondered, something that nobody wanted to admit or talk about. I had no idea what it was, but I had to make sure that I didn’t awaken that thing that these people seemed to fear.

It was really disturbing, because nobody wanted to talk about it.

When I returned to our quarters that evening, Tianna wasn’t home. So I just sat there and thought about the events of the day and how I would structure the next day based on the time for my training.