251: Cry for their lives.

Cry for their lives.

Harold was ignorant of what his presence was doing to the kitchen servants as he stood there with his arms crossed after listing out all the things they were supposed to make for his wife so she could have a variety of things to choose from as soon as she woke up. 0

He remembered every single meal she had enjoyed eating and those she winced at, so he listed them out, making sure they got the meals correctly. 

Those were the only meals the servants were allowed to make since Harold had put every other person in the palace on a compulsory fast, making sure that every single eatable and drinkable thing was confiscated that morning. Since they had starved Alicia, it was only fair that they all had a taste of their own medicine, right? 

But things were not going so smoothly inside the kitchen.

Imagine Harold showing up in the kitchen after everything they had heard he did the previous day, and some of them had been unfortunate enough to witness it. His presence there almost caused them all to have a heart attack.

Even though he looked physically different from how he looked the previous day and his eyes were back to normal now, they could not stop thinking about that incident. 

How he had shifted, the size of his wolf, thunder rumbling behind him, how he ripped people apart, how he handled Damon and even made the queen shiver in fear while Ivan was nowhere to be found. The blood all over him and even his face, his red eyes, and the black evil cloak. They could not shake it off. 

Every one of the kitchen servants was shaking in fear, and it was difficult for them to cook successfully because of how their hands were trembling. 

"You don't have much time," Harold said impatiently, because he had a lot of things to do today and didn't want to waste his time here. But they all obviously took his words literally as a threat to their lives, and the maids started weeping in fear. 

The first person to react was the head chef, who cried loudly and fell on his face, making sure his forehead touched the ground.

"HAVE MERCY ON US, YOUR HIGHNESS!" 

The other servants quickly went on their knees and cried for forgiveness too, making Harold look at them in confusion, wondering what was wrong with them. 

He tried to tap the head chef to get up, but at the same time, the man lifted his teary eyes and gasped in shock when he saw Harold's hand descending to strangle him just like he had done to Damon the previous day. 

"YOUR HIGHNESS!!!! I AM SORRY!" The man cried out in a louder voice, causing Harold to step back, looking obviously frustrated as all their cries grew louder. 

"Your highness," Alvin called behind him as he entered the kitchen. 

"I think... you should step outside." He said, coming to the servants' aid, but indeed, he was coming to Harold's aid because he could not deal with all the cries right now. 

"You have an hour to prepare everything," Harold said to them before he stepped out of the kitchen in a hurry. 

A chorus of thanks echoed in the kitchen as they looked at Harold's retreating figure and looked at Alvin with adoration for saving their lives. 

"One hour," Alvin reminded them as he stepped out, causing them to return to their senses. Immediately, they all stood up and began to run around to get everything in place. 

Harold massaged his temples as he walked farther away from the kitchen. He seemed to be very sensitive to things now, and that noise had nearly set him off. 

"Is she ready?" Harold asked as soon as Alvin caught up with him. 

"She is," Alvin answered.

Harold nodded when he heard that. "Let's meet her."

As much as he wanted to stay with Alicia until she was fully better, they didn't have time. He had to gather as much information as he could now. 

Alvin led him to a hidden chamber that most people had no idea existed within the palace, and as soon as the door opened, the maid hurriedly stood up in fear. But the fear gripped her even more when she saw Harold. 

She had no idea what he had done the previous day, but she knew well about Harold's personality and had seen what he had done to Beth because of his wife. Alvin had told her about what happened to Princess Amber and her sister's hand in it. Was she going to survive this? 

Her shaking legs gave in and she fell to the floor in fright, even though Harold was just staring at her blankly without saying a word. 

Harold went to sit on the only chair inside the room, while Alvin stood by the door. 

"You will tell me the truth," Harold said calmly. He wasn't asking her. He was telling her what to do, and she eagerly nodded as she turned to face where he was seated. 

"What is your name? And how were you able to trick everyone?" Harold asked with a blank expression. 

Fearfully, she explained to him. 

Her name was Agnes, 17 years old. She had a twin sister, Matilda. Her twin was the oldest and, unfortunately, an Omega. When they were born, their father had been disgusted. Firstly, he wanted a son. But not only did he get two daughters instead, but one was an Omega. He at least wanted to get rid of the Omega, but their mother had refused, and that was how they were all cut off. 

Their mother died later, leaving them to fend for themselves. Or rather, leaving Agnes to fend for the two of them since no werewolf would accept an Omega as a labourer since they would rather employ human labourers than Omegas. Humans didn't own jobs in the Moon Kingdom, much less employ Matilda, so there was no way her sister could be useful. 

It wasn't easy for them, especially buying the medicines and special masks for her sister to help improve her health, to help her not go into heat, and to help conceal her scent. They had settled on a particular wooden smell that was almost similar to Agnes' own, so that people wouldn't know she was an Omega.

Their luck came when Agnes got a job in the palace. But things were not as easy as they had expected because she couldn't come and go as she pleased. She could only be permitted to leave the palace once every sixty days. She hadn't been aware of this until she got the job. And she couldn't just quit easily.

Leaving her Omega sister alone for that long was not possible. Fortunately, she was among the kitchen servants who were permitted to leave the palace for the purchase of food items. From there, she sneaked out to meet her sister, only to find her in a terrible state. 

Matilda could feel a bad breakdown coming and needed medicine as soon as possible. Aside from the fact that it was very expensive, it was difficult to get. 

Agnes was out of time and needed to hurry back before they realized she was missing. That was when the thought had come to her and she quickly exchanged her outfit with Matilda. 

In the palace, the servants and guards were given medicine for free for their health. They could even steal some of the supplies kept for Princess Tyra.

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