Alpha’s Tormented Seductress

“No I can’t!” Alyssa replied and watched as the judging eyes of the women in the room pierced her body.

Murmurs of things like “Why would she want to be a maid if she can’t even cook?””What guts she have to appear for the selection and be unable to do a basic task such a cooking””She must be a crazy nut head who is just here to try and win the princes’ love and affection.””She must think that because she is beautiful, she needn’t know how to cook”

They were all jealous of Alyssa’s looks as well as her talent at answering questions and doing tasks so they all clamoured at the chance to kick her while she was down.

The originally silent hall had turned into a marketplace filled with malicious comments directed at just one person.

“Silence!” The Queen ordered and immediately, the decorum was restored.

“I will be the one to judge who needn’t show up or not, so the lot of you can keep your opinions to yourself. Is that understood?”

“Yes my Queen” was soon chorused in the hall as everyone lowered their heads and tried to lower their presence so the Queen wouldn’t single them out and soil their chances at being chosen.

“Alright then dear! You can join the people that have  answered in the waiting room over there. You’ll be informed if you pass or not.” The Queen said to Alyssa soon as she gestured to a door at the side.

Alyssa nodded before bowing and leaving the room calmly.

The Queen’s eyes couldn’t help but linger on the lady who remained calm and collected all through the chaos.

Only she knew what she was thinking as a ghost of a smile appeared on her face.

Back in the waiting room, Alyssa found a chair to sit as she pondered what just happened.

She had just remained calm because she was used to being jeered at. She had answered truthfully because she knew that should she lie, she would be found out anyway.

It was better to avoid problems now than later on.

The problem now was that she was almost certain that her answer had stumped this route of getting into the palace.

Now she would have to find another way out.

She wasn’t aware that her actions had put her in a new light before the Queen.

As Alyssa was lost in, Tiffany approached her and tapped her from behind.

“Alyssa! Are you okay? I watched what happened in the room. I saw how those girls mocked you just because you couldn’t cook. Don’t take it to heart! They are all just jealous because you are more dazzling than them. Besides I can guarantee that a large percentage of them don’t know how to do anything! They are all here hoping for a ridiculous love story that happens in fantasies.” Tiffany rambled  on.

Alyssa stared at her with confusion at first but soon her eyes widened as she realized what Tiffany was on about.

It seemed Tiffany had mistook her lost look when she was pondering her options for being sad at what those ridiculous bimbos said to her. So in order to make her not feel down, Tiffany had kept on rambling about how stupid those girls were as well ad how jealous they were.

Alyssa chuckled as a warm feeling settled in her chest at seeing Tiffany’s efforts to console her even though it wasn’t needed.

“You needn’t worry, Tiff. I’m not one to feel down because of the words of a couple of self absorbed ladies. I was just thinking about something” Alyssa stated  in a bid to reassure Tiffany.

It worked because she let out a sigh if relief before collapsing on the chair besides her.

“Thank the heavens! So, you are aware that your answer may have spoiled your chances at getting the job right?”

“Yeah, I’m aware. I knew what to expect immediately the answer left my lips. I couldn’t possibly lie because I would get found out sooner or later and that would spell trouble for me.”

Tiffany nodded.

“That’s true! Its good you stated the truth. Also, if it makes you feel better, I can cook too.” Tiffany whispered with a giggle.

Alyssa giggled.

“Really? I thought that was a criteria for getting hired? How then did you get the job? I was even meaning to ask you for a while now.” She asked as curiosity got the better of her.

“That’s because….” Tiffany started to reply by trailed off when someone came and announced that the selections were over and that the interviewed Ines should make an appearance in the hall.

Tiffany took that as her cue to leave as she bade Alyssa and walked through the door she had come from earlier.

Alyssa then followed the ladies as they trickles back into the hall.

Once they were there, she noticed that the hall was scantier than earlier. It seemed that not all the ladies were interviewed as the Queen was a busy fellow who didn’t have a while day to waste on servants.

Thank the heavens she had Tiffany’s help to skip the line and enter quicker than others or else, she would have missed such a golden opportunity.

“Listen up everyone! The names if those who have been selected by the Queen would be called. Your position as well as your duties would be given to you as soon as your are done with this process so please do follow whoever has been assigned to watch over you.” The middle aged examiner said.

They all hummed.

“Very well then! Audrey moon, pleased proceed to that side.” He said pointing to the corner.

“Others should do well to follow her once you are called. Layla Swift, Addison Hale, Geneva…”

Alyssa watched as name by name, ladies that were interviewed after her were called and they trudged to the corner.

Even though she was sure that she wouldn’t be chosen, getting a first hand experience still hurt.

She sighed and got herself ready to leave.

Soon she felt a light tapping on her shoulder.

“Huh?” She dazedly questioned as she looked at the person who had touched her.

“You’ve been called!” The lady said with pursed lips.

It was clear she wasn’t happy to be conveying the news to Alyssa.

Alyssa looked up and then noticed that all eyes were on her. It seemed like they had been calling her for a while.

Her face flushed in embarrassment as she apologized before scurrying over to the corner with the other appointed servants.

She was elated that she was picked as she had given up hope already.

“That will be all for the selections. The palace would probably not call for any servants for a while so you can all disperse.” He said and a lot of ladies either burst into tears or whined annoyingly.

“Sir! Why was that lady picked? She can’t cook!” A bold lady asked the middle aged examiner as she wasn’t hold enough to ask the queen who had made the decisions on the selections.

“Unless you are assigned as a cook, we do not necessarily need you to know how to cook. Remember that it was said that we needed servants and not cooks. You guys were the  ones who immediately assumed you were going to be cooking. Edgar! How many cooks do we currently have and how many more do we need?” The Queen stated answering directly before turning to question the middle aged man.

“40 cooks your Highness. Also, we needn’t any use for any more cooks.” Edgar replied with his head bowed.

“You can hear that then! So, whoever isn’t satisfied with my decisions can do well not to come the next time.”

At that, the bold lady immediately lowered her head and tried to hide in the crowd. She didn’t not want to come back as she actually needed the job. She wasn’t given a opportunity to though as a lot of other ladies tried to distance themselves from her.

They also had wanted to ask this question so they were overjoyed when someone was brave enough to but now that she had been struck down by the queen, they looked at her with distaste and tried to distance themselves from her.

Such was the heart of a female.

The Queen shook her head subtly at their actions before turning to catch a glance of the lady that had caught her interest.

She saw Alyssa waving her hands excitedly to someone at the back of the crowd with a bright smile on her face so she followed her line of sight.

The Queen could see a petite blond haired girl who mirrored Alyssa’s smiling expression.

She watched as they mouthed things to each other from a distance with interest.

After a while, she beckoned her maid closer and whispered something in her ear while point towards Alyssa and Tiffany.

The maid nodded before walking towards Tiffany.

The queen swept another glance at the smiling redheaded girl with violet eyes. She wasn’t sure how to place it or interpret it but she had a vague feeling that this girl was gonna make waves in the nearest future.

And as a Queen who has been bored out of her mind for a while, she had to be a good sport and make way for Alyssa.

Little redhead! Do not disappoint me.

The Queen soon stood up and walked towards her chambers while delegating the rest of her tasks to Edgar.

What she wasn’t aware of was that, true to her words, Alyssa would make wave but she herself would be drowned by those waves.

On a later date, the Queen would look back at her actions of today without knowing whether to cry or laugh.

All she would say was that she had brought it all on herself.