~36 MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

Dorian Grimaldi.

I was in my wolf form, bounding through the forest towards my home. I had received a call from Gustav, when I was with Eden and I had heard that Lenora's father, Sir Vincent Mendalv, was causing a ruckus in my own home. Anger coursed through me as I wondered what he wanted. What was he going to gain from marrying his daughter to me when he knows that I am never going to love her. She would live a dreadful life all her years till she died. As I approached my house, with my lengthened hearing, I could hear raised voices and the sound of breaking glass.

My heart raced as I transformed back into my human form and burst into the house, not caring about my nakedness. The sight that greeted me was chaotic: furniture was overturned, broken glass littered the floor, and Sir Vincent was shouting at my mother while she stayed in a corner, unbothered.

"Get out of here, werewolf!" Sir Vincent snarled when he saw me. "You're not fit to be married to my daughter and now you want t