Slaved

Ashlyn's POV


I walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen to seek Roselia but she was nowhere to be found. I stood in the hallway wondering where she was when my ears picked the sound of Lucifer's voice.
I was about to turn to the direction when I saw Ripper walking towards me with a smile.
"Mi'lady." He said.
"Ripper. How're you today?" I said flashing him a smile.
"Very well thank you. The alpha wants you in his study." He said.
"Oh, okay." I said with a puzzled expression as I followed him. I wondered why Lucifer wanted to see me.
I was just waking up and I have not done anything wrong. Or was it a crime now to wake up by this time? With Lucifer, anything was possible.
We got to the study and I saw three other men with Lucifer. I could identify only one and that was Killian,his second in command.
I said not a word until I was finally spoken too.
"Is she who we're really going to make use of?" One of the other two men said scanning me from head to toe.
"Yes Rage," Lucifer said. His eyes glued on me.
"Your mistress? the vampire?" Rage said in doubts.
I wondered what they were debating about.
Lucifer smirked. "The others can easily be identified as lycans but she would not be." He said.
"She is quite a catch and the warlords might fall for this trap but how do we go about it?" The other man said.
"She looks quite dim witted." Rage said and I saw Lucifer clench his fist and forced a smile.
I tried to put pieces of what they were saying together. Warlords. Identify. Fall for this trap. Then it dawned on me.
"Am I about to be used as bait to get to your enemies camp?" I asked looking at them one after the other.
"See, she's not dim witted after all." Lucifer said.
"She got to understand everything without much utterance." Ripper said.
I stared at them in horror. My guess was right! How dare they try to send me to the warlords. Did Lucifer want me dead?
Rage accepted with grudge.
"Ashlyn Ambrosia, you are going to be used as bait to get us into the strong walls of Dunbar." Lucifer said and I stared at him in horror. Was he serious about this?
"You want me to get killed?" I asked him and he furrowed his eyes at me. "If you want me killed,why don't you do it yourself. Kill me with your own bare hands." I said to him.
He flipped an invisible stain from his chest. "I would have loved to but I do not want to stain my hands with the blood of a half witted vampire. I prefer to soil my hands with blood of fierce and brutal vampires than fragile ones with disabilities." He said looking deep into my eyes without blinking.
He had struck again. He got to know my weakness and he had made it a mockery in front of everyone and I could do nothing to him but stare at him in remorse.
How could one person possess everything that reminded me of my family and made me loathe them?
Sometimes he was like Darius, acting like a protective brother and then Joshua and Otis, taunting me about my inability to draw blood and then like mother,blowing hot and cold and then father the worst of all, cruel and wicked.
He was mostly like father and most times he was worst than father and just like I could not do anything to father,I could not do anything to Lucifer. He was the devil. He was hell and would burn me alive.
Kill and Rage gave knowing looks to each other and their lips also curled in mockery. Only the other man and Ripper looked deeply in thoughts.
"I have it all planned it in my head," Lucifer said brushing aside his first statement. "You'll go in with a carriage and pretend to be the lady liberty of France who has come to gift the warlords king and pledge your soldiers to him. You'll have to talk with the king. Sweet talk him, charm him. Make use of your feminism if possible," he said and stared down at my body. He wanted me to act like a whore,the big bag of oats!
"I'll tell you everything you need to say,chip in a few of yours if necessary and leave the rest to us." He said looking down at the map.
"And when is this to take place?" I asked him crudely.
"In a matter of three days. That would give us enough time to prepare and calculate our moves." He said and the rest nodded in agreement.
"I," I began to speak and he shut me up.
"Out." He ordered and I stared at him and turned to leave and he stopped me. "And get your hands useful. You cannot dally in bed all day doing nothing." He said and I turned around to stare at him in shock.
He smirked. "Call me Roselia,I have the perfect task for you." He said.
I wondered what was going on in his head again as I went to fetch Roselia.
She returned with me to the study.
"Milord,you summoned me." She said lowering her head.
Lucifer straightened up. "Yes Roselia, I want you to task Ashlyn here." He said and She looked from me to him.
"Show her where to get cleaning aides let her scrub the walls and floors of the pack house." He said and that took me aback.
I was incredulously shocked to the marrow. What did he just say?
Roselia's lips quirked like she had something to say.
"Yes Roselia?" He questioned raising a brow.
She decided against it. She knew better than to invoke his anger.
"As the alpha pleases." She said and ushered me out of the room but I refused to move as I stared at him.
"Being your slave on the bed is not enough,I am to become your house slave too?" I inquired in a devastated and defeated tone.
"I believe you're personally mine. Whatever I decide to do with you,you shall comply without complaint." He said to me.
It felt like we were the only ones in the room. Just the two of us exchanging words with not a single soul beside us.
"I was not brought up this way." I said to him. "I was not a slave in my father's house." I said to him.
He rubbed his hands together. "This is not your father's house Ashlyn Ambrosia. This is my pack house and you are no less different from everyone around here. You will not sit and let them do your work for you. You're my slave and you'll do as I have command. You'll do all of my bidding," he said advancing towards me. "A mistress has no voice." He said and I gulped as his condescending height loomed over me.
His words stroke a nerve but instead of retorting.
"I'll keep that in mind." I said and walked away without Roselia but I had a feeling she was behind me.