Chapter 9

“Holly!”

I groaned. It took a lot of self-control not to roll my eyes and sigh in exasperation. What now?

Dad’s birthday came and a banquet was prepared for him.

I woke up very early to help prepare the food and the venue. The event organizer wanted it perfect and I understood why he was so anxious about it. Irina expects perfection of their service since they paid expensively for Dad’s special day.

And especially because the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack was invited.

“HOLLY!”

“Yes, Irina?” I approached her despite being busy, “What’s wrong?” I made my voice sound casual even though what I really wanted was to scoff and scream at the brat in front of me.

“My earing!” She yelled, her eyes wide in panic. Her hands trembled as she searched for something in the grass, “It’s missing, Holly! Help me find it!”

I frowned, annoyed but couldn't show that to my sister, too scared that she would tell Dad about it, “Are you sure you dropped it here? What if it fell in the car or somewhere—”

“Don’t m