Heaven's POV
"Do you want to use the whole day just to sew a single dress? you useless thing?"
Sofia said as she pushed the door of the sewing room, her voice was filled with bitterness.
The needle i was using pierced deep into my finger, causing me to jerk in shock. Blood dripped out and I immediately put it in my mouth to stop the bleeding then I continued sewing without glancing up to look at her.
I was already exhausted from sewing for Twenty- Two hours without any rest, my eyes was getting tired, my hands had began to hurt and my stomach had started to growl .
The room was filled with pure darkness, if it weren't for the candle on the table lightning up the room a little I would have sewn my hand alongside the dress but I continued sewing cause I had no choice but to keep going. It was this or go hungry for a whole week.
My finger trembled as the needle passed through the astonishingly beautiful blue silk. The last time I had held such beautiful cloth was when my mother was still alive, she would dress me up in very elegant silk with bold colors but now, all I wore was worn-out servant uniforms that made me feel dirty and ugly.
And knowing Sofia would wear this dress to look perfect for the Quadruplets made my heart ache .
"You're being too slow, Heaven," Sofia continued as she walked towards me with quick strikes.
She then suddenly reached out and snatched the dress away from my hands.
" Let me see"
I watched her examine the dress, my heart began to beat fast as I swallowed hard. I prayed in my heart to the moon goddess that she should be satisfied.
Then her eyes found the hem, and her expression changed, it shifted from bitterness to fury in an instant.
"What is this?" She asked aggressively and I swallowed hard
"You burned it!" Sofia screamed, her voice rose to a pitch that almost made my ear ring."You burned my dress! My dress for the Ascension Ball!"
Sophia pointed to the hem of the dress but I saw nothing there. I thought maybe I was missing it, so I squinted, but still didn't find any burn mark. I was so confused, I nodded my head to say I hadn't see anything but she only stared at me for a while then she began to laugh so loud
"You're going to see the burn mark very soon" she said and walked towards the table, she grabbed the hot coal iron, and placed it on the hem of the dress she she had just said I burnt while she continued to smile at me.
When I realized what was happened, I couldn't believe it, she was gonna burn the dress herself and blame me for it. This is madness.
After burning the dress to her satisfaction, she pulled the iron away and there was a tiny brown spot. She turned to me and pointed to her burn mark.
"Do you see it now?" she said, smiling like it was a joke.
The next second, a slap was cracked across my face with enough force that my head snapped to the side.
Stunned , I set my palm against my cheek to feel the bruise. I didn't need anyone to tell me that her hand would be imprinted on my face.
"You did this on purpose!" she hissed at me with spit flying from her lips
"You're jealous! Aren't you? It's because I'll have everything while you'll continue to be a worthless piece of shit. You're jealous that I'll be at the quadruplets side while you'll continue to be a whore servant.
I tried to pulling away from her but she quickly grabbed my hair and pulled my head backwards with all her strength.
"Let's see what the Alphas will say about this," she growled in my ear as she pulled me towards the door, I cried so hard and felt crazy scalp pain as she tightened her grip on my hair.
Damian's POV
I was in the study reviewing some document when the door was suddenly pushed opened.
Sofia walked in angrily dragging Heaven by the hair. Heaven stumbled behind her with her bare feet sliding on the floor, one hand was pressed on her swollen red cheeks while she struggled to keep her balance.
Sofia released her aggressively and ran towards me with a dress on her hand as she rested her head against against my chest and began to crying hard.
Behind her, Heaven hit the floor with a dull thud. Her body curled in on itself instinctively, with shoulders shaking as she kept her eye fixed on the floor.
"She burned it! She burned my dress deliberately!" Sofia cried out , she pulled back from my chest and glared at Heaven briefly before turing to look at me.
"Look!" She pointed to a small brown mark at the hem of the dress
I took the dress, examining it. It was a minor mistake that was barely noticeable . But that wasn't the point. The point was that a servant had damaged property belonging to someone dear to the Alphas.
My gaze dropped to the mere servant girl on the floor. She curled her body as though she was waiting for the floor to open and swallow her. Then my eyes darted to her lips and there was blood stain on its side , and her cheeks were swollen and red with five finger imprinted on it.
"Is this true?" I demanded
She didn't answer. I watched her lips tremble but no sound came out. Her inability to talk was what irritated me the most, and it becoming fucking unbearable
"Of course it's true!" Sofia snapped, She kicked her hard in the ribs with her heels causing Heaven to gasp and curl tighter in defense.
"She has always hated me, ever since we were children. She's jealous that you choose me over and that I'm to be your mate while she continue to scrub floors like the dog she is!" Sofia continued, placing her hand on my chest seductively.
I nodded while thinking of the perfect punishment. A mere traitor's daughter had deliberately damaged the property of a Beta's daughter and it was unacceptable in the park.
"Strip her." I announced.
"Take her to the courtyard. Twenty lashes of wolfsbane weep. Make sure everyone watches."
Heaven snapped her head and looked towards me, our eyes met and I could see the fear in them. Tears began to run down her cheeks.
Seeing how helpless she looked, my wolf snarled in my mind but I pushed the feeling aside.
She is nothing but the daughter of a traitor who had tried to destroy our family. She didn't deserve my mercy
"Only twenty?" I heard Sofia murmur disappointed
"Why not thirty?" She smiled. "In front of everyone."
"Thirty it is." I said lowering my voice.
Her lips curved. "Thank you, Damian." She tiptoed and pressed a kiss to my mouth.
"Anything you want," I replied, kissing her back.
"Guards, take her away," I demanded.
I watched as two guard grabbed her by the arm and took her out of the room.