“My parents’ graves?” said Elora.
“Yes, and also your brother and sister.”
“Where?” Elora’s hands clenched in her lap. The faces of her parents, Jacinda, and Jason flashed dimly in her mind. “Did you bury them all?”
Alfonso glanced up, his eyes softened for a moment. “Yes. Me and some werewolves who work in the police. Because we found their bodies, and there’s no longer a member of The Moon Protector that left to properly bury the Alpha.”
“Take me there.”
“There is one thing I want to ask you before we go there.”
“Say it.”
“The black book,” Alfonso paused, “what is it for?”
Elora turned her gaze to Caspian, asking whether or not to tell the truth. Caspian looked straight at Elora, almost expressionless.
“I don’t know either,” answered Elora.
“I know toda
Caspian, Brittany, and Elora searched around the house and find the real Alfonso locked up in a wardrobe in his large bedroom, along with his maid and chauffeur. After calling for help and making sure there were no more intruders, they returned to the hotel. “The intruders already knew we were coming, and they pretended to be residents of the house,” Brittany spoke after she finished making the phone call. “Alfonso is in shock and cannot be spoken to, so we cannot see him soon. I think you’d better get back to Queenstown. At least there Elora is safe, between the pack.” Caspian and Elora could not help but agree with Brittany’s idea. “Thanks for your help, Brit,” said Caspian. Brittany nodded and surveyed her torn clothes. “This is my favorite shirt,” she said with a frown. Caspian rolled his eyes. “I’ll buy a new one.” Brittany jumped from the chair and hugged Caspian happily. “You are my favorite cousin!” she said, kissing Caspian on the che
Caspian seemed to have disappeared into the earth when Elora tried to chase him. Elora thought Caspian would go for days, but he appeared early in the morning in Elora’s room while Elora was still asleep. Caspian gently shook Elora’s body. “El, wake up.” Elora opened her eyes and found Caspian lying on her side. His blue eyes stared intently at Elora with a gentle look. “You’re working today, right?” he said. Elora blinked. “What time is it?” “Four a.m.” Elora moaned softly, squirmed, then pulled the blanket higher up to cover her cheeks. Caspian laughed softly. “Where have you been?” asked Elora. Her eyes closed again, but consciousness had taken hold of her. “Take a walk,” said Caspian. “To Cooper’s grave.” Elora took her hand out from under the blanket and gently touched Caspian’s cheek. It’s cold. He must have just come home. “If you want to tell me something, tell me, Cas. Don’t keep it to yourself.” Caspia
Charlie greeted Elora in the meeting room with a bright smile on his face.“My best creative director!” he shouted with his arms open as if to hug Elora.Elora jerked her head back and furrowed her brows. “You’re not usually like this,” said Elora. She didn’t accept Charlie’s intention to hug her. Elora pulled up a chair next to Charlie and sat there.Charlie cleared his throat, then inched closer. “Don’t embarrass me in front of the clients,” he whispered in Elora’s ear.Elora glanced around. There were only the two of them and a few people from other departments. “I’m not humiliating you. The clients haven’t arrived yet, have they?”“Well, not yet.” Charlie massaged the bridge of his nose. It seemed like he had a lot of heavy stuff going on lately in his life. “But we are practicing intimacy between superiors and subordinates. Because it wi
“You two know each other?” Elora pointed at Caspian and the man.“No,” replied Caspian.“Of course,” replied that man. “Looks like I haven’t said my name before, Miss. My name is Aiden.” He then reached out to Elora, which Caspian quickly blocked. Aiden was surprised and almost jumped. “Oh!” He looked at Caspian in incredulity, then laughed so softly until his shoulders shook.“Is she your lover?” asked Aiden, looking amused.“Yes. Have a problem?” replied Caspian coldly.Aiden raised his hand and pulled it to his chest. “No, absolutely not!”Honestly, Elora thinks Aiden’s moves are too much. It seemed like he was deliberately irritating Caspian. “Then, see you later, Elora and Caspian!” Aiden waved and got into the elevator. “Ah, I want to see Charlie again. There’s something I forgot to mention at the meeting
Aiden was sipping one of his wine collections, which he brought from his North Island mansion to his old castle in Queenstown. He has not been back here for so long. After a few years ago, he decided to move and start a new life, free from the shadow of the man who always outperformed him in business competition. It turned out that Aiden’s decision was right. His business could have thrived on the North Island, and now he’s back knowing that his competitor is dead. Usually when Aiden was sitting on the balcony enjoying wine and this cold and gray autumn atmosphere, no member of the pack would dare to disturb him. But this time, Aiden heard approaching footsteps, and when Aiden realized the smell that followed was a strange smell, Aiden immediately stopped shaking the wineglass in his hand. “How did you get in?” asked Aiden, without looking at who had appeared at his residence this late. “No big deal,” replied Caspian. “I thought you sold the house, neighbour.
“I’m really going to end our relationship if you continue like this.” Elora glared until her eye muscles felt sore at Caspian, who was standing in front of her.This morning, after Elora finished bathing and was changing clothes, Caspian suddenly grabbed her from behind and showered Elora’s back with kisses. An enormous temptation ran through Elora quickly, and if it weren’t for Elora having to leave early for the set of a commercial for the Eclipse company, she might have drowned and given herself to Caspian, as usual.Caspian pursed his lips and explored Elora’s face with his gaze. “Don’t go,” he said, half sulking.Elora took a deep breath. “After a while, I feel like your mother, not your lover.”After saying that, Elora heard a knock on her bedroom door and Kate’s voice followed. “El?! Are you inside?! Looks like I found something about those symbols!”Elora we
For a moment, everything just sounded like a long shriek in Elora’s ears, until she realized it was the sound of fighting coming from outside the car. Elora held her head, which was throbbing violently. Apart from the pain in her head and some parts of her body, Elora is fine.Elora let out a loud moan, struggling to unbuckle her seatbelt, and from her blurry vision, she saw a fight outside. Aiden fights several werewolves. He looked overwhelmed and outnumbered. Elora was frozen, not knowing what to do. The first thing that crossed her mind was to call Caspian.Elora searched for her bag and found it had fallen under the dashboard, its contents scattered on the floor of the car. She frantically bucked, trying to find the whereabouts of her cell phone. The next thing Elora knew was her car door being pulled loose and her body being pulled out. Elora screamed and beat the hand that grabbed her hair.That person threw Elora into the middle of the battle that
Elora sat between the fights as if she was watching a show filled with red and howls. Caspian tore and devoured them all mercilessly until there was nothing left. The surroundings of Elora turned into a sea of blood and pieces of werewolves.After Caspian had finished them all without exception, he stood in the middle of the battlefield, his breath rising and falling and thick liquid dripping from his claws. Caspian turned to look for Elora and he transformed himself into a human as he walked closer to Elora.Caspian didn’t say anything, only his eyes spoke, conveying what he was feeling now. Elora knew Caspian was thinking thousand times just to touch her. And to be honest, at this moment, fear overtook Elora. She couldn’t accept touch from any man. Her trauma is back.“You… can you walk?” asked Caspian cautiously. Elora shook her head weakly.“Just wait,” said Elora. Her legs were still shaking, and she was n