“Have you sent the letter to Charlene?” Alphonse asked Camon. The latter bowed and nodded at him. He was instructed to send it to the woman a week ago, and there was no reply even now. If this was the old Charlene, she would have rushed to her sister’s side the moment she heard of the news.So what could have been different now? What is so important that she does not stand here beside her sister? “Send another letter,” Alphonse said. Camon did not argue further and instead left to send another letter to the young lady. “No, no. Don’t send another letter. Call Adolphus here,”Camon stared at his lord for a while, “Did you not hear me? Call my eldest son now!” he shouted. No one could really be any more surprised that he’s agitated. It had been over a week since his eldest daughter had gotten worse.No father could have been able to withstand the fact that his daughter could die at any moment, and their family was not even ready to send her away. “I hear you, my lord. I will be sendi
Adhler stared at the woman sleeping on his lap. He did not know how it happened. He was resting his head on her shoulders, and the next thing he knew was that Charlene was sleeping on his lap.He let out a chortle before fixing her position. Adhler thought it must have hurt on the neck. Charlene looks uncomfortable, but surprisingly enough— she sleeps so well! Adhler was brushing her hair between his fingers when someone entered the room. He glanced at the door and saw a woman in her thirties looking at them with serious eyes. She does not look displeased but not particularly delighted either. She cleared her throat before sitting on the couch, “She looks tired,” the professor commented, looking at Charlene now. Adhler stared at her before averting his gaze to Charlene. “She is,” he replied. “What took you so long to approve our research?” Adhler asked directly. His patience is not long enough to tolerate such a late approval when the matter is fighting with time. Adhler knows that
Charlene had been staring blankly at the notes that Adhler gave her earlier. It was not a task she would have her thoughts flying had this been a different patient she was looking at. This is no ordinary patient for Charlene. This one is a subject she would never take lightly.She flipped through the pages and did not even notice the sun ray until it was on her lap. Charlene glanced at the window, ‘It’s finally the day I had been waiting for,’ she thought. With no sleep, no food in her stomach, and no unnecessary thoughts in her head, Charlene left the room. She’s going to go to the east wing. Charlene had visited the laboratory before she retired to the room so she would not waste any time today getting lost in the academy.When she reached the place, Charlene furrowed her brows when she saw Weiss standing by the door. “Weiss?” Charlene’s voice is a little hoarse, but Weiss is able to recognize it right away. He looked at her and put his hands inside his pockets.It looked like he h
Adhler’s POV After reading the letter about my father’s disease, I could not help but feel agitated. I was with him the other day, and I had not noticed anything unusual at all. I major in medicine after finishing my other program. There is no way I would not have noticed that he was sick if my mind was not preoccupied. Damn it. All I had ever lived for was the royal family since when did I cut myself some slack for me to get this sloppy? I drank another glass of wine and then glanced at Daimon — he had been standing by the door since he followed me here. It must have taken him some time to clean up my mess. It was something I was not able to stop. I needed to break things, or I could have broken his neck instead. I knew he had no choice. He was my father’s subject before he was assigned to serve me. I understand that, but I can’t believe he really did not say even a single hint that my father is dying. My father… is dying. I don’t know why it felt bitter in my mouth. Death is som
“What is my brother doing here?” Charlene asked. Weiss gulped, feeling cold on his feet as he watched the man walk in his direction. The next thing he knew was the taste of rust in his mouth as a rising pain came with it.“Brother!” Charlene exclaimed. She was surprised to see his brother but even more flabbergasted that he was here— punching Weiss to a pulp. Charlene pulled her brother from Weiss, pinning him to the wall to force him to calm down.“Let go, Charlene,” his voice is low. Adolphus’s deep purple eyes are set on Weiss as if he has already motioned on killing him a thousand times in his head. Adolphus could not erase the fact that Weiss had taken Charlene physically. Adolphus could not forgive him.He turned to Charlene with a dark face, “Let. Go. Of. Me. Now.” He is starting to shift to his wolf, and Charlene knows how dangerous her brother can be in his other form. Adolphus was trained from early childhood to control his anger because it primarily causes him to shift and
“You never see that, don’t you?” Adolphus could not oppose what the Lycan Prince claimed. For the first time in his life, he had seen a side of Charlene so insecure that she ran away without even letting him say a word to explain his side.Charlene has always been an understanding sister. She’s the type who would not let a thing go misunderstood. That is why everyone in the family is holding up together. She holds them together.‘So how could she think about herself so little— right. I said inappropriate words to her. Damn it. I am so stupid. What kind of brother am I? How the hell could I call her a slut when all she’s thinking of is saving my twin? But this is unacceptable. This is a ridiculous project. She’d just get herself disappointed, and I knew how much she liked this program. The family would not want her to sacrifice her passion for chasing something impossible,’ “You should go and take a walk, Adolphus. Nothing good will come if you follow her right now,” Adhler was about
Adolphus left the academy that same day. He had bid Charlene goodbye, and they talked for a little while before Adolphus headed out of the academy.“Why don’t we just continue the research in your estate?” Adhler asked when he noticed how preoccupied Charlene was. Adhler took the book from her hand and placed it right. She was reading it upside down earlier.“We can do that?” Charlene stood up. Adhler smiled at her reaction. Charlene was embarrassed. She just realized how she reacted and found herself so near Adhler’s face when she stood up.Adhler thought of teasing her. He leaned towards Charlene— their noses almost touching each other. “Yes, we can do that,” he smirked. His breath smelled like mint, and his hair was like a field of lavenders.‘He smelled like lavender,’ Charlene thought to herself. She smiled at him to tease him back. ‘How dare you tease me when I feel pressured about all of these?’“You smell like lavender,”Adhler smiled, “I’m glad you liked it. I heard you love
Adhler arranged the relocation of the whole research the very next day after confirming it with Charlene. The sun is still sleeping, and the moon— though half-seen— is still blessing the land with its light. Adhler put a coat around Charlene’s shoulder, “Are you alright? You have been spacing out since yesterday. Does it bother you?” Adhler asked. Charlene looked at him as if she had no idea what he was talking about. Adhler smiled softly. How could someone be so adorably innocent? — is what he thought.Charlene stood up, and the two of them started to walk, “What do you mean?” she asked. Her breath formed a misty cloud from the cold. Adhler faced her and tucked her loose hair behind her ears.“Ignes,” he said, then gazed into her obsidian eyes, “Does she bother you? You can tell how surprised I was when she arrived in the laboratory,” they started walking again. Adhler grabbed Charlene’s hand, held it tight, and put them inside the pocket of the coat he was wearing.“I thought you d