Chapter 9

Claudia's POV The young lady who fell to the ground had her face turned red with anger. After all, she had made a fool of herself in front of the one she liked. Even though she was the one who bumped into me, what could I, a slave, say? I got up and bowed to her in apology. The lady was helped up by the other maids, and her pretty dress got wrinkled. But this scene happened to be seen by Fiona. God! I would die. She would push me to the edge whenever she got the goods on me. "What's going on?" Fiona deliberately asked aloud, and more eyes were attracted by her to our side. "Oh my God!" She pointed to the lady's dress and quipped, "This looks awful. " People around her began to look at the dress and whisper about it. Everyone in the room looked our way and the lady's face got even redder and I could only lower my head to apologize to her. "This damn slave is to blame for being careless and ruining such a nice dress of yours." Fiona tried to deflect the lady's anger at me, and she succeeded. There was a lot of chatter around because I had collided with the daughter of the Alpha from the Silver Moon wolf pack Alpha. She shouldn't have ever made a fool of herself on such a big occasion, and the lady requested me to get down on my knees and apologize to her under the glare of all eyes. Even if it was her that bumped into me, I would have to admit that mistake. I could not talk back at the time and made things go worse. I could only kneel down and sincerely say to the lady, "I'm sorry, it was my fault. Please forgive me." Fiona didn't want to let me go yet. "Do you think that it's enough if you just apologize? You snotty traitor's daughter." She looked at me with a smug look on her face. The word "traitor" completely diverted everyone's attention once it was uttered. The topic of discussion went from "skirt" to "traitor" at once. I could hear them whispering, "Is this slave the daughter of a traitor?" "Is it surprising that the Crimson Shadow pack would let the daughter of a traitor into the banquet? What if she's going to hurt someone here?" Seeing the crowd's spearhead shift away from her own, the lady looked confident. She casually poured a glass of champagne on my head, "I say, so you're a traitor's daughter. What? Did they leave a fool like you behind when they executed your parents?" I could have endured it, as I have endured all the bullying over the years. But who was she to say that about my parents? My poor parents were wrongly accused and died. Should they even have to suffer such insults after their death? I stood up and looked at the lady, "My parents are not traitors, and you just ran into me yourself." The lady didn't expect me to defy her and stood still in surprise looking at me incredulously. Fiona, however, reacted very quickly and raised her hand and slapped me, making me apologize to the distinguished guest. "That's enough!" A cold man's voice came over and it made everyone silent in a while. Isaac walked over and blocked the lady's hand from trying to hit me, then he faced the lady and said, "I saw the whole thing, you didn't stand still and ran into her." Isaac pointed his hand at me, "And she already apologized, do you still want to hit her?" The lady was obviously educated by the Alpha, or because of her noble fame. As others gasped for air out of Isaac's overwhelming aura, she questioned Isaac, "Are you going to offend me and even my father because of a slave?" Isaac sidled up and shielded me. "I'm just stating the facts. And this slave is a slave of Crimson Shadow's wolf pack, it's not your turn to discipline her." The lady bit her lip in defiance, but she knew she was wrong and had to leave in anger. Isaac helped me out and was immediately pulled away by ladies from other wolf packs who seemed to enjoy the coolness and severity Isaac had just shown. I had that tiny bit of joy in my heart that he might be doing it for the reputation of the pack. But he was still the only one who had stepped up to help me when I was in the most danger. I couldn't control my joy that the corner of my mouth was quirking up uncontrollably, then I saw our Luna's frown at it. Luna looked at me with an icy look of reproach, and I knew she was angry that Isaac had offended the daughter of the Alpha of the Silver Moon pack in order to protect me. The butler came over with orders from Luna to inform me that I should leave the venue immediately and go to the back kitchen to wash the dishes. "You should leave and wash all the dishes used for today's banquet. This is an order from Luna." After informing me of Luna's orders, the butler gave me a sympathetic look and went back to work. I couldn't even finish washing those dishes overnight. But looking at Luna's disgusted eyes, I could only meekly walk into the kitchen. Before I left, I couldn't resist sneaking a glance at Isaac. Isaac's POV Fiona was showing me the diamonds on her dress. I couldn't scold her in public, but there was no one around now. I was just sick of thinking about the scene where she just beat up the traitor girl. I pulled Fiona close and whispered in her ear, "Get out of my sight and don't make me mad." Fiona cringed, as if she didn't expect me to be so mean to her. She asked me surprisingly, "You haven't scolded me like that before. Have you found your mate?" What the hell was she thinking? "No." I replied impatiently. The traitor girl was walking towards the door when she turned back just in time to see my eyes. For just a moment, my heart seemed to stop beating. All the sounds around me went silent, as if the entire world was just her and me. It was as if a million currents ran through my body, and a million words stuck in my throat that I couldn't say.