Chapter 160

Alec looked at the figure of Nicholas, who was sitting with him in the garden behind the Berthold residence with a look in their eyes that they could hardly describe. His eyes followed Nicholas' gaze, finding that he could only see the empty daytime sky over Waterford city. Their lips were dry and chapped from the fact that they kept refusing his offer to even drink water, and kept asking him to take them to this place. Then they would sit in silence all day until the sky turned dark when it was a sign from nature that nightfall was coming.

Right now, all he could do was stay still, staring at the figure of Nicholas who still would not move from the park bench even after he managed to bring them to his residence. He had to ignore the reaction of rejection from his entire extended family, who rejected the presence of the Southampton sand dragon clan and thought of him as a crazy person. Especially his grandfather, Pierre Berthold, who was the most opposed to his decision to help Nichol