Hundred and One

SHELLY

“I’m so sorry for your loss, I couldn't come immediately I heard of the sad news, you know I can't just opt and leave for Scorpio Villa...” He pauses. The cap of his hoodie is off his head, his mask is lifted upwards so it rests on his hair and his face is bare before me.

Before coming, he had sent a note to me earlier, informing me of his visit. And when he got to the border, I was there to make his passage easy. He won't take off his mask before others and definitely, the people of Scorpio Villa are strict, not everything goes in here like in Wild Crest Pack.

"My loss?” I snort. "Right.”

"How's Petian doing? Where is she? I could help you with her...”

"How sweet. It takes the death of a child to make you this caring...”

"I don't know what you're talking about. Don't even get started. It's a simple question, requiring a 'here or over there’ response. Where is Petian?” His cold voice repeats like I didn't interrupt at all.

I sneer, my angry gaze fixed on his tall frame. "Of