Eero's perspective"Mother, what's taking Father so long?" There was a hint of irritation in Perseus' voice when he asked me that. I looked down at him and saw him remove the denim jacket that he placed above our luggage.Apart from Miguel's late arrival to pick up Perseus and me, the hot weather seemed to have added to my son's bad mood.Perseus seated himself on the bench again and crossed both of his arms against his chest which somehow made me smile.I couldn't help but take a photo of him secretl
Eero's PerspectiveEven when I'm in the middle of an important meeting. All that I could think of was how it affected me when I saw Claudius with his fated mate."How about we infused our trademark, Eero? The rustic interior design with a more dramatic vibe?" I took my eyes off the laptop where our interior designer's presenting some of her ideas for the gallery. My eyes landed on Diana and saw her holding a magazine featuring Victorian-era-themed interior designs for luxury places.Diana looked up at me before she reached for the said magazine. "Although I have made my decision that I'd like our Gallery here in Regulus to share the same design and ambience with the Blackthorn branch. The rustic and laid-back theme, I am still up for some tiny changes," I said to the interior designer.My eyes quickly ran through each page of the magazine that Diana handed to me after she scanned it through. I was only halfway through it when Diana fully convinced me to make the Regulus branch a Vi
Eero's PerspectiveDiana fakes a smile. "It's nice seeing you again. How am I supposed to address you? Do you still go by Alpha Claudius or just Engineer Cormac who works for RGC?" Diana asked.She looked at me as if Diana expected me to understand the meaning of those looks that Claudius was giving me. When I still couldn't get it, Claudius raised his eyebrows and sneered at me.I gulped simultaneously. With each step that I take to come closer to him, I am losing both my strength and sanity.After our quick meeting at the milk tea shop a week ago. I'm not ready to see him again.When I was only two or three steps away from him. I stilled on my spot as I couldn't bear to continue daring to approach him."You know them, Mr. Cormac?" My eyes did not miss seeing how Claudius casually nodded to his secretary."Yes. She's my..." Claudius stopped talking and let his sentence hang in mid-air for a moment as he checked on me shamelessly. The muscle of his jaw moved and just like before
Eero's Perspective"I'll go ahead, Eero. Don't worry if you don't want to stop by at the realm. I won't tell your father that I bumped into you," Luna Queen Aelice said. She waved her hand at Perseus and turned her back to us.I watched her walk out of the coffee shop. My wolf urged me to drag Perseus away from this place until my wolf alerted me of a shifter's presence."Shit! It's Beta Caspian! Why is he here?" I whispered to myself."Mom, do you know who he is?" Perseus asked. His voice is filled with curiosity and so is his pair of innocent eyes. I looked at Caspian who was seriously looking at Perseus.I averted my eyes from Caspian and looked down on Perseus who was waiting for a reasonable answer from me.I smiled sweetly as I crouched to level his height with mine."Does he know you? It looks like he knows you. Because if not and he's looking at you like that then he's being rude and creepy?" Perseus asked.
Eero's Perspective"But, you'll be back soon, right? When Perseus wakes up I'm sure he'll look for you and you know that I'm not good at lying, Eero." I nodded at Diana and strode my way to the door to leave."And I thought you only agreed to be adopted by Codrus because of the power and connections that you'll get to have," My wolf commented after it felt how deeply affected I was by the possibility that Codrus' days are short and it's only a matter of short time before he took his last breath."He adopted me for his selfish reason, but you know too that Codrus had learned to love me like his own pup. He did his best to protect me and Perseus. When Alice had a miscarriage everyone was pointing at me as the mastermind of that tragedy." I closed my eyes, not wanting to dig deep at the memories of the painful memories."The Alpha King believed me. He was the reason why Beta Octavio couldn't do anything to me, and my son.""Don't be scared, Eero
Eero's perspectiveI watched the strong Alpha King of the Regulus pack take his last breath after unraveling Aelice and Beta Octavio's dark secret."Did the Alpha King tell you the truth about Vance and your ex-best friend's evil plan?" Claudius asked. He now stands behind me. I didn't even realize that he got in."My best friend, the Aelice that I know, wouldn't be able to do such vile things. I want to think that the Aelice that had become my best friend is dead. My best friend and the Luna Queen are not the same shifter," I said to Claudius with my back still turned against him.
Eero's perspective.I closed the door behind me and bit my lower lip."I'm here. It's okay, you can cry. You don't have to fake a strong facade. I know what you're feeling," my wolf said to me.Within a snap, the emptiness that's been consuming me for quite some time lightens up as I see Perseus sleeping peacefully on our bed with his animal-printed pairs of pajamas. I dropped my bag on the dresser, then removed the stilettos I was wearing, and slowly walked closer to the bed.I placed a feather-light
Eero's perspectiveThe entire trip to the funeral for my adoptive father's funeral was shrouded in deafening silence."I can't stand this anymore. I should have hailed a taxi or called a nearby driver to pick me up. The awkwardness is killing me," I whispered to my wolf."If you didn't bring up your past with him, things would be less awkward, and he told you why Claudius had to pick you up."I couldn't help but raise my brow, "Did you think that the Luna Queen–""Yes, Eero. When was the last time you had a proper word with her? Three? Four years ago. A lot can happen within that period, and Luna Aelice is thousands of miles different from the Aelice you first met."Looking around the road. I realized that Claudius took a route that I was not familiar with."Are we still far?" I asked Claudius, not sparing him a glance. I looked at my wristwatch and saw it was already 7:48 in the morning. Perseus is probably awake and looking for me."I hope Perseus won't call me while I'm with Claudiu