The Masked Alpha's True Luna

"Ah, you're currently inside the domain of the Kingdom of Hollow Beasts, Your Grace. You're in the main castle right now, and we are your attendants!" one of the cat maids replied, "My name is Ruru."

"And my name is Rori, Your Grace. We are the cat sisters who have been attending the royal family for generations," the other cat maid added. 

If Odette could be honest, she couldn't tell the difference between them. The way they acted, talked, and even their appearance were 100% similar.

Despite not quite understanding what they said, she still nodded out of courtesy, but her hand clenched on the bedsheet as uneasiness swept over her, "Uhm, thank you for helping me, but I don't think I need to be attended, and you could just call me Odette. I… I am just a regular wolf beastman—but I'm also wolfless, so I'm no better than a human."

Odette stated this immediately as not to put some expectation to them. In her culture, being wolfless or unable to transform into her wolf form was a disgrace. She was no better than a human. Truth to be told, someone like her should've been casted out by the time she was eighteen. 

However, her late parents loved her so much that she was allowed to stay. At least, that was the case before they passed away.

"Oh, that's okay. We've been attending the human version of y—" Ruru was about to complete her sentence when her sister nudged her with her elbow. 

Ruru realized that she almost made a mistake that would cost her years of torture by their king's wrath, so she immediately halted her speech. Rori quickly took control of the situation. 

"We have been instructed by His Majesty, King of the Hollow Beasts, to take care of you while you're here, Your Grace. It is only right for us to follow our duties," Rori explained. "His Majesty said that you need to rest for now. Since you've woken up, I'm sure you must be hungry, so we've prepared a meal for you."

"T-that's not necessary. I'm already grateful to be saved by that masked man—I-I mean, by His Majesty. I will not dare to ask for more!" 

Odette knew her status. If that mysterious masked man turned out to be a king, then she might get killed if she acted unscrupulously. She might even get tortured for offending him!

Odette had never set foot out of her pack's territory, but if the new Alpha of her rather small pack (a.k.a Alpha Iron, her adopted brother), could be so cruel to her, then she didn't want to face the wrath of someone with the title of the King of the Hollow Beasts.

"B-besides, I'm not hungry at all!" Odette added, to emphasize further her unwillingness to be served.

"That's not possible, Your Grace," Ruru denied innocently. "You've been sleeping for three days. You must be hungry right now."

"Three days?!" Odette's eyes widened. She thought that she simply fainted after entering the dark cloud, and had a brief nightmare before waking up. She didn't expect herself to sleep in such a luxurious castle for three whole days.

'Odette, you idiot! How could you sleep for three days?!' Odette wanted to slap herself right now because that would be a record she never had before.

When she was in the ForestFang pack, she knew she had no right to rest leisurely, so she always slept the latest, woke up the earliest, and started working to contribute to the pack.

But in here…

No matter how kind that man was, the first impression she had of him was the strong scent of blood coming from him. So, she knew that masked man must've been quite scary when angered. 

"T-thank you for having me. But I have to go now," Odette tried to get up, but the moment she stood on her two feet, her legs suddenly wobbled and she fell back to the bed. 

"Your Grace, if you want to take a look around the castle, we can do that later. But you need to eat first!" Ruru urged, while Rori had already left the room and returned with a tray full of meat.

She served it on a small table in front of Odette and said, "Since you're a wolf beastman, then you must be a carnivore like us! That's why we've prepared all the cooked meat dishes. Please tell me if you need more or if you want it to be served raw, Your Grace!"

Odette trembled seeing so much meat in front of her. She grew up eating fish because there was a shortage of animals to be hunted in their domain since she was young.

She stopped eating game meat because she felt it'd be better to give it to the strong wolves, considering they needed a lot of protein to guard the pack.

But her?

She could endure eating fish, even if it wasn't her natural diet, as long as she could contribute more to her pack. 

Odette was a woman with strong self-control, but right now, her eyes were glued to the delicious meats in front of her, and her stomach suddenly grumbled loudly. 

Her logic told her to refuse, but her instinct as a wolf told her to eat as much as she could until she was stuffed since she never had a delicious platter in her life.

"C-can I?" Odette asked absentmindedly.

"Sure, Your Grace! It's all yours!" Ruru said enthusiastically.

Thus, for the first time in a decade, Odette took a first bite of regular game meat that only the Alpha in her pack could eat, and it tasted so good that she felt like she could die without regret.