As I opened my eyes, I heard Kaida's familiar voice muttering
"Not again"
"Not again"
"Not againnnn" I felt the mattress dip and relax indicating she stood up.
I rubbed my aching eyes which almost got blinded from the light coming in from my opened windows before catching a glimpse of her wounded back, then it dawned on me.
It was a familiar scenario - my frequent nightmares, my claws bursting out, and Kaida getting hurt in the process.
"You clawed on royalty,"
she screamed her voice echoing from the closet, where she was probably searching for a mirror.
Her tone was laced with frustration.
"Do you know what you've done? You could lose a limb or two for this, or even your head."
I looked at the blood-stained bed, feeling a wave of guilt wash over me.
"Could you quiet down, you're so noisy"
"Who would marry me with scars?" Kaida's voice was frantic, and she was literally fidgeting all over the place but you could hear the laughter laced into it.
I quickly got out of bed, searching for my maids to take care of the bloody sheets.
"Where are my maids?" I asked, feeling a sense of urgency.
Kaida emerged from the closet with a poker face, her back already healed. She seemed to have put aside her concerns for the moment.
"They're not coming," she said, her voice calm and collected. "I need your help, and we don't have much time" she said her eyes filled with mischief
" when would they be back" I asked knowing why she sent them away
"They'll be back in an hour."
I turned to her, the bloody sheets tucked away neatly
"I'm sorry, Kaida. You know I didn't mean to... we did know it was going to heal…..thank the heavens you're a fucking wolf."
Kaida's expression softened slightly, and she walked towards me. "I know you didn't mean to," she said, her voice gentle before she screamed at me. "But we need to focus on the task at hand. I need your help."
Kaida, was third princess in the Blue Moon pack, had the prettiest black eyes with brown curly hair that complemented her face. Her clothes hugged her shape as if clinging for life, and from the torn places on the dress on her back, you could see her pretty pale skin.
She spoke volumes and you could tell from a distance that she had royalty flowing in her blood and she didn't fail to tell everyone she was.
I was used to kaida planning little expenditures like this every few days
She was in a secret relationship with a prince of another pack and she refused to tell me who it was yet I helped her sneak away each time knowing fully well it was against the law to have romantic relationships until after the Luna ritual.
But she was so sure they would be mates anyway so I just let her be and helped anyway.
I heavily walked to the bathroom the gloomy atmosphere nowhere to be found, I noticed that the maids had already prepared clothes for me making things easy for me.
I let the hot water calm my nerves as I felt my claws retreating back into my hands, I waited expecting the hands of my maids on my hair and all over my body but it didn't come.
I actually hadn't known how much I had relied on my maids that I even forgot how to bath myself.
"Come help me scrub my back, or I'm not going with you,"
I shouted from the bath, trying to sound stern but failing to hide the playfulness in my voice.
Kaida walked in, trying to put her hair in a bun while maintaining her already-styled hair
" I thought you wouldn't ask, I was so bored staying by myself" she exclaimed all smiles on her face.
She began scrubbing my back, occasionally drawing shapes on it , not doing a very good job, but I let her continue anyway.
After our bath, Kaida rummaged through my closet, looking for a dress to wear since I had ripped the back of hers. "I need something that won't make me look like a mess, since somebody ruined the one I spent 2 hours to get on"
She kept on searching for a few minutes before giving up
" your fashion sense is trash" she said falling into my bed obviously giving up
"Don't mock my fashion sense, all my clothes are sown by the palace dummy", I couldn't help but smile at her antics. Despite the chaos that had just ensued, she seemed to be taking it all in stride.
"I'm going to my room," pray brother doesn't catch me or my lady in waiting" I would make you pay if that happens.