Chapter 1: Like What You See, Little Servant?
*Hazel*
I suppressed a groan as my muscles tingled with protest. The sun was just beginning to rise and I had already been up for over two hours. My fingers were raw from scrubbing the floor and cleaning the bathrooms. I didn’t have time to dwell on how tired I was though. I needed to make sure I was downstairs and standing at attention in the kitchen in ten minutes.
I didn’t have much time according to my watch and I quickly wiped some sweat off of my brow before rushing down the steps of the expansive pack mansion.
“Cutting it a little close there, aren’t you?” asked the cook, a kind elderly woman named Clara.
I grimaced but offered her a smile in greeting. “I had a lot to finish this morning,” I said but quickly took my post just to the left of the Luna’s chair.
I barely had enough time to catch my breath when the Alpha’s family strode through the double doors leading into the dining room. The cook and the other servants straightened but lowered their eyes to our Alpha and Luna.
Alpha Henry and Luna Evelyn were the definition of authority. They were well-respected by every pack member but also feared. Alpha Henry’s icy blue eyes were cold enough to freeze over an entire room and Luna Evelyn’s matching cool exterior made even the toughest shifter squirm with nerves.
The three young men who strode in after them were clearly a product of the two pack leaders. All of us servants straightened even further as the three sons of the Alpha and Luna marched in.
My heart stuttered at their large forms. They had to come in single file or they would have completely filled the doorway.
Lucas Sullivan was the eldest of the triplets. Even though it was only by a few minutes, he exuded the confident air of the oldest brother.
Lucas met my gaze and I quickly looked down again to avert my eyes. Not quick enough though. I felt the sternest brother stop in front of me.