CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTELARAI nodded my head, and the both of us walked out of the room together. "If we have to keep doing this, then we have to make it believable," he said to me. I understood perfectly where he was coming from. We walked back into the hall. The occasion was already booming, everywhere was lit up, and I could see food and drinks on the tables. River took my hands as we walked around the tables, bending down to greet the elders who had just arrived. The ceremony continued, and River and I finally found a spot to sit. After a while, River climbed the podium. He gave his speech, which I couldn't pay attention to because I was still in shock from what happened earlier. There were goose pimples all over my body. Harrison soon climbed the podium, and he also gave a speech. By the time he was done speaking, there was a round of applause all over the place. It was obvious that everyone liked Harrison. I noticed this a long time ago that everyone liked Harry, and whenev
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE RIVER I noticed the way Elara reacted immediately when she saw my mom. She was still gazing at her without saying a word. I tapped Elara, and she jerked. She turned to me with a nervous smile while scratching her head. Whatever happened, there needed an explanation. It was as if Elara knew my parents. It was suspicious and, at the same time, shocking. Although I was curious to know what was going on, I decided to shove it aside for the time being. "Mom, Dad," I called, holding Elara's hand more tightly. "Meet my Luna. "The two smiled."Elara," I called her, turning to her with a smile. "Meet my parents. "Elara stepped forward and hugged my mom. Dad also shook her hands before letting her return back to me. "How was your trip, Mom and Dad?" I asked them."As usual," my mom replied. "Boring and stressful."Her thick voice filled the air. Sometimes, people mistook my mom's voice to be a man's voice. "I am a bit surprised that you have a mate now," my mother sudd
CHAPTER THIRTY ELARAI sat on my bed with my back resting on the head. I kept thinking about River's mother. I was sure that I had seen her somewhere before. Although right now, I couldn't recall exactly where I had seen her, I knew her face was familiar. I closed my eyes as yesterday's incident began to reflect in my head once again. I remembered how her thick voice filled the air. She was a slender old woman with so much energy. She had grey hair which was the only thing that proved that she was an old woman. She looked younger than she was. She had a great physical appearance, and her husband looked older than she looked. He was chubby with a slight pot belly, and his height made him huge. I would say River was like his mother, and Ella was like her father.I was still struggling with trying to recall exactly where I had seen her. I racked my brain as I saw flashes of her. FLASHBACK "Hello, pretty little one," Carla said to me as she stepped into the house with my mom. I hi
CHAPTER THIRTY ONERIVER When Elara opened the door for me, there was this look in her eyes. "Oh," she said. "It's you.""You are already asleep?" I asked her. She nodded slowly turned around, and walked back to the bed. I closed the door and decided to settle in bed. There were a few things I wanted to discuss with her, but when I saw the way, she walked back to bed and squeezed herself in. I decided to let it go until it was morning. I walked to my table and opened the lid of my computer. I sat in front of it and began to check the records of the goods coming in and going out of the pack. Harrison complained that a huge sum had gone missing. We needed to know what was going on and where all the money had disappeared.I scrolled through the record from the previous months to the month we were in. I couldn't trace where the money had disappeared. In fact, I couldn't find any loopholes. Whoever did this must have been an expert to have cleared all evidence. The worst part was tha
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWOELARAI watched as River left and closed the door. I swallowed hard and shut my eyes tightly. I wasn't happy about the way he was overworking himself for no reason. He'd slept off on the couch. That simply meant that he didn't have enough sleep. Did he even get to sleep?I heard a knock on the door, and one of the servants walked into the room. "Ma'am," she called out. "Breakfast is ready."I didn't need the information. I hadn't even had my bath yet, and I was still thinking of how I was going to eat when River wasn't even around. "Bring my breakfast here," I told her. She nodded while she stared at me in surprise. I'd bet my ass that she wanted to ask me why I refused to eat, but she didn't have the guts to. She walked out of the room while I went to the bathroom to freshen up. When I came back, my food was already on the table beside River's laptop. I was pissed a bit. Didn't she see the laptop before placing the food there?"I was about to pick up the food w
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE~Black Blood Pack~EDWINMy big screen displayed a few figures on it. The figures weren't rhyming, and it was getting alarming since I'd have to do a lot of explaining to the elders and other packs who trusted their goods with us. I had been the one supervising the finance and everything going in and out of the account went through me.I wiped my face over and over again, but the figures were still the same. A knock was heard on the door. I quickly closed the screen of the laptop. I should be able to hide this from everyone until I am able to fix the problem. "Come in," I said, trying my best possible to sound okay. Clinton, my beta, walked into my office. He had a brown envelope in his hands as he walked into the office."Greetings," he greeted me. "What do you want?" I fired at him. "The spy has something for you," he said. At the mention of the spy, I jerked up from my seat. My heart skipped a beat. I was expectant. "What does she have?" I asked.Clinto
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURELARA "You needed to see how mad he was when I showed the letter to him," the spy said and giggled. A smirk curled out to the corner of my lips. The feeling of how unsettled Edwin would be made me jiggy. I was super happy about the news. I didn't know about anything else that would make me happier, aside from when I finally exact my revenge. "This is just the start," I said to her. She giggled even more. "Just keep an eye on him for me," I said to her. She agreed, and we talked for a while before I finally hung up. The news gave me butterflies in my belly. I didn't know yet how to start with my revenge plans. But this was a good start. Knowing that they are unhappy and uncomfortable made me happy. I would be going to the orphanage the following day. I had already made up my mind to do that. I stood up to go fix a few things for the orphanage. I walked out of my room and went to the maid's quarter. I saw two maids seated outside the compound playing cards.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE ELARA I jumped up, only to realize that I had only heard the knock in my dream. I was about to lie again when I heard a real knock this time, but it was soft. I didn't know why my hands and feet were shivering. I walked to the door and opened it. I saw one of the guards standing behind the door. "Ma'am Carla said I should ask if you are ready yet," he informed me. "Just a little while," I replied and forced a smile. "Gather the maids and guards. I'll be downstairs with you all shortly." He nodded and left. I let out a deep sigh when he left and lowered myself to the floor until my butt touched the floor. I didn't want to go out today, especially not the orphanage. I had it in my gut that someone might try to hurt me again. What if they were successful this time? I wouldn't let it happen. Never! Why would I let them kill me the second time? They were fighting an unknown force. They didn't know I was alive, just like I didn't know I had an enemy.