Adolph & Ruby 2

RUBY’S POV

Ruby stood outside the large door, that housed the walls of the great hall, or royal palace where Adolph Caesar, was currently waiting for her.

That’s what the guard, that had led her through from the maid quarters to this particular spot where she was standing at, had told her.

True to his words, Just like he had said that night, he had called for her, and now she stood arms folded, trembling slightly as she wondered what their conversation would be like.

Also she wondered if he would be soft with her like he had been that night, or if he would act all strict with her today, considering that this meeting was held in the great hall, in broad daylight, with guards lurking and alert, and not in the confines of the dark earlier.

A tremor ran down her spine yet again, and she cracked her knuckles slowly, her feets still unmoving as she was still gathering the courage to walk inside.

“Is anything the matter?”

Ruby’s frozen feets instantly swiveled towards the directing of whoever has asked her that question, and seeing that it was just one of the guards standing besides her relief washed through her heavily, and clearing her throat she responded genuinely, “No, I’m fine. I’m just gathering myself.”

The guard nodded once, dragged his gaze away from her and standing in his erect position he looked on ahead.

Still gathering enough courage that she could get, Ruby suddenly felt self conscious of her look.

She knew she was going to talk to him about her sister, tell him the story of her deceased parents, and also seek his permission to bring Daciana to the castle to work as a maid too, but still yet she couldn’t forget the fact that she was helplessly attracted to the insanely handsome brute Alpha, and she had it in her mind to seduce him too.

A drip of wetness in her thighs, and sweat clinging to her skin like a second cloth, Ruby rubbed her palms effortlessly, and then she looked down at her neatly ironed clothes.

She was not in her maid uniform, because immediately the guard had come to call her, she had rushed quickly from the servants quarters to her room, and ruffling through her sack of clothes, she had brought out a plush milk gown, that was not at all sexy or baring the way she wanted, but the material was a sheer stretchy fabric that clinged to her skin like a second skin.

Her well endowed curves were duly covered, but still in bare precipitous display and glancing at herself once more, seeing that she looked good, smacking her already glossy lips, she felt some kind of burst of energy from deep within her, and flipping her blonde hair behind her back, with her hands, Ruby slowly placed her hands on the handle of the door, which led to the room, and she gave out a heavy sigh.

‘You can do this Ruby, you can absolutely do this. Channel your inner sexiness to him, and have him cowering at your feet…’ Her subconscious was at work yet again, the witches she consulted deep at night, saying things in her head, and right now even when she didn’t want them to distract her from her purpose, she couldn’t deny the fact that they were giving her the intrepidity and fearlessness she so much craved.

“You’ve got this Ruby…” She whispered to herself slowly, and with a satisfied sigh, she turned the golden handle, and boom… the door opened and she walked in.

…….

ADOLPH

“A sister?” Adolph questioned his brows quirked, in slight amusement and the blonde haired lady in front of him nodded her head curtly.

“Hmmmn…” He hummed in curiosity, as he started at the witch, now maid whom he was just so inquisitive about.

It had been minutes, if not hours since she had answered his summon, and stepped her foot into the royal hall, and all through the time he had asked her questions which she had duly answered precisely and concisely.

She had given him satisfying response all through, and from the tale of her deceased parents, now she was on with the tale about a sister, her younger one actually.

He still hadn’t asked her the main question he had in mind at all.

Why she was out by the roadside that fateful morning, and what she had been running from?

Deep in those green bluish eyes, were secrets lurking at every corner, and Adolph was curious and more than intrigued to know it all.

Apart from his questions, there was the fact that he had this strange pull towards her, this feeling that this lady held something over him that he just couldn’t over.

It was like she had something to do for him, or was he just overthinking things? No he was not!

Right from that cold morning, when he had picked her up from the snow filled road, he had been drawn to her, in a consequential way, that he just couldn’t explain.

About his underlying curiosity he could remember the things she had told him when they had finally arrived at Alaska, before she had given way to unconsciousness and fainted, and then two nights ago when he had bumped into her mysteriously.

Mere coincidence, or there was some underlying message here? He wondered, as he slowly brushed his hairy jawline with his fingernails.

After that night, he had inquired more about her welfare to Fenris, asking some questions about her, as well as cross checking her behavior in the palace, and so far he had only gotten good remarks about her.

She was dutiful, obedient and diligent too, if he could quote Fenris’s words as of yesterday, and his jaw ticked slightly at this brazen compliment.

“Ruby right?” He said in question, and she looked up with a small smile and responded, “Yes Adolph. My name is Ruby.”

“Good…” He paused, swallowing and then he asked, “So tell me more about this sister of yours.”

A smile immediately appeared on her lips, like she was remembering something memorable, and then she began.

“Daciana… her name is Daciana.”

“Arghhh…” A pain shot through his chest and he gave out a short yell, his hand reaching out to grab his coat, but just as quickly as the torment came, did it dissipate instantly.

“Is anything the matter?” She questioned, but composing himself and letting out a small smile that seemed to reassure you, he said, “I am okay, go on.”

And on she did, talking all about her sister and how close the both of them were.

While she talked, the name ‘Daciana’ kept resounding in his head, over and over again.

For reasons he had no idea why, but he couldn’t get that name out of his head.

“This sister of yours, Daciana right?” He asked pausing and as she gave a positive bob of her head, he continued, “Where is she? You mentioned that your parents are dead, so who is she with?”

The look on the maid’s face, on Ruby’s face changed swiftly, like he had just said something bad and Adolph was filled with worry as he asked, “Did I ask or say something wrong? Is…”

“She’s with my Aunty.”

Then it all clicked in.

Every single puzzle, the remaining pieces seemed to arrange in his head, and he gripped the sides of his chair hard, as he came to terms with everything.

Even before she explained, he recounted her words that day they had arrived at Alaska.

‘She was a witch. She was running from her wicked aunty, who wanted to kill her and…’

Oh no! Horror dawned on his face, as he also came to terms with something.

If her sister was with her aunty, then that meant that she would probably be in suffering, torment and agony in the hands of this Aunty, this woman whoever she was.

“Why… why is she… why is your sister not here with you?” Adolph shakily asked, tremor passing through him, as he suddenly felt got all over.

He couldn’t explain his reactions to this at all, and worse of all just as he had thought, everything in his head, was revealed out from Ruby’s lips.

The minute she started recounting every horrendous tale, her and her sister had gone through the hands of the aunty named Helene Lupin, and her wicked daughters, to the end when she told him about how she had ran in the dark of night, with Daciana, Adolph felt restless.

He stood up abruptly, and cutting her story short, as he started to pace around restlessly, he asked, “So? Daciana, Daciana where she is?”

“Oh… She would have been with me here probably, but Helene had caught up with us, and she had stayed behind, leaving me to run for my safety.”

A tear fell down her cheeks, as she continued, “Now, now I’m so scared of the things Daciana is going through. Every day I feel her torments, piercing through my soul. I can feel every single thing and…”

For intelligible strange reasons, Adolph’s heart broke into two, as he heard all this.

He was filled with pity, for this lady he had not even seen.

The lady whose name rang like a bell in his head.

The lady who he was feeling a stronger pull towards… What the heck was all this? He pondered deep within himself.

Maybe, the gods wanted him to help this sisters.

That was the reason why he had been feeling this way, all through the first day he had kid eyes on the older one stuck by the roadside.

“She will be brought back to this castle. I will bring her here.”

The words burst out from his lips even before he could gather the words, and as bizarre as it seemed, the statement was just perfect.

“Huh?”

“You want your sister with you? Away from the torturing hands of your aunt, and in a safe place right?” He queried and she blurted out a curt yes.

“She could work with you as a maid, and you both will stay in the servants quarters.”

“Yes! Yes!” Ruby exclaimed, the expectant look in her eyes stark and appealing.

“Then so be it…” Adolph paused, “ On the dawn of the morrow, you and some guards accompanied, in a carriage would go to Helene’s shack and bring your sister to the palace.”

Adolph watched as Ruby’s eyes widened in surprise and she let out a shriek, as she stammered out, falling to the floor in reverence, “What did… oh my… thank Alpha Adolph. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, I…”

He listened to her appreciative words, and as she continued to shower her gratitude, Adolph felt a kind of relief in his heart.

Like a cold blanket over his body, he felt solace deep within his soul.

One, he hadn’t felt in a long long time.