"Where is she?" Harris asked before the maid could say a word. "At the lobby, my Lord." The maid replied, dropping her gaze. "Bring her upstairs to my living room." He instructed and looked back to wave at Zack and Riley before leaving and without being told, they knew who it was. "Tsk…we are discussing a really important thing and he just goes out at the news of her arrival?" Riley sighed in disgust. "Aside from that, do you notice something else?" Zack asked, confusing Riley. "What?" She asked curiously, thinking Zack was with her. "That smile is different from his usual fake smiles. That smile is just like the one he used to have 10 years ago. He lost his smile for over 10 years, now that he finally found a reason to smile again, you should be happy for him rather than being jealous. After all, Harris was never yours." Zack advised before standing up with the documents in his hand to carry out Harris' order. "He is not the only one that lost his smile. I did too and so did y
"IN YOUR DREAMS, MR. LYCAN KING." She yelled at him and immediately dropped the document on the table and stomped off and this time, Harris didn't stop her. "See you later, my sweet muffin!" He waved to her instead and Katherine just turned and growled at him before leaving. As she walked down the pathway of Harris' room, she bumped into Alpha Zack again. "Nice to have you here, my lady." Zack greeted her as he bowed respectfully to her. 'I'm neither your lady nor is it nice to be here.' She thought to herself. "Thank you, but you can call me Katherine." She replied politely as she was too scared to speak her mind to Zack unlike she always does to Harris. "I wish I could but I won't be able to do that. The Lycan King already accepted you, which makes you second to him so I…" "Please spare me the…" Her voice trailed off when she remembered the slap she received from him. "I'm s-sorry…" She stammered but Zack only smiled and asked to be excused and she also sighed and left. Zac
"You know…after your release two days ago, I was suspended because of you. Don't you think you should do something about it? I really hate staying off work." She suggested, frequently rubbing her hand over her face to help her sober up. Harris chuckled and reached for his phone from the front pocket of his jeans and afterward, dialed a number. "How can my Luna be suspended from the office?" He asked as soon as his call was answered."My Lord, I thought…" "She'd resume work by tomorrow just so you know." He interrupted the Colonel and ended the call before he could reply.A loud clap drew his attention back to Katherine as she clapped and laughed mischievously."Woah! Just a call and my suspension has been canceled. How does it feel to be so powerful and always get whatever you desire?" She asked enviously with shut eyes, trying to prevent herself from dizziness. "That's what I want you to feel first hand. What are your other conditions?" He asked, his eyes filled with concern but
"And what will you do with her? Kill her like you killed her husband and others?" Katherine thundered, clenching her fist in anger but Harris could only chuckle. "She is my would-be in-law so I definitely can't harm her. I'm just going to allow her to stay here until our coronation rituals are over." He explained to the angry Katherine but it only made her angrier. "Do you think my mom won't find out if I suddenly move in with you? Either way my mom will still find out and that is what I desperately want to avoid." She yelled in exasperation. "You should know how generous I am by now. If you hold up to your end of the contract, I promise your mom won't find out unless you tell her." He replied. "How are you going to do that? What makes you think I will believe your lies again?" She asked angrily. "If you don't believe me, that's your choice but remember what the Colonel told you about your new boss? You will have to report your work to me from tomorrow onwards. I can ask the
"I'm talking to you, Kathy!" Klaus added, reminding Katherine of his question."Brother, a lot has happened in your absence and we can't just talk about them here. Let's talk tomorrow when you are well rested." She replied thoughtfully, convincing his brother and ending the conversation there."My baby seems to have become more mature and thoughtful. You're right, let's talk tomorrow. Mom also has a lot to catch up with her family members and she advised us to sleep early…""But it doesn't seem like you both were going to sleep early when I came in earlier." Katherine mumbled and she noticed Isabella slowly bit her lower lip in embarrassment. "Tsh…by the way, mom said you were on suspension but where are you coming from so late? Don't try to lie because Jason was here to welcome us." Klaus asked, folding his hand on his chest."Uhmm…why don't you just continue what you were doing before I interrupted? I really have to sleep." She suggested and attempted to leave but Klaus pulled her
"Mommy!" Katherina screamed, a hot tear fleeing out of her eyes as she ran towards her mom. Klaus gently shoved Katherine aside and quickly performed CPR on her. "What happened to mom all of a sudden? She was doing fine just now." Katherine asked Isabella curiously.Isabella was already shivering in fear but she had to tell them what happened, "She…we were talking and we happened to mention your…father." She stammered knowing the consequences of her actions. "What? I've cautioned you severally before bringing you down here never to talk about my father in her presence but you still went ahead and defied my warning?" Klaus asked as he stared briefly at her in disgust and disappointment.He was able to normalize his mom's breathing but she lost her consciousness afterward but being a doctor, Klaus knew what to do. He carried his mom from the ground in bridal style and took her upstairs to help her relax on her bed while Katherine and Isabella followed him with teary eyes. "Katherin
"One way or the other we need to get it out of there before she notices it," Harris suggested. "Yes but the lockers are computerized and locked with passwords. If we try to break in, she will be alarmed and she will definitely become suspicious. The only way is to have her open it by herself." Zack explained. "She can't find out about everything just yet! My whole 10 years of suffering will go down the drain and the King and his Luna will really abandon me!" Harris panicked, pacing around the room. "You don't have to panic, My Lord. We are not sure yet if she actually wrote anything…" "I know Ella! She definitely wrote something huge. I have a gut feeling. It's definitely huge. All our struggles might end with just that note. I'm sure Katherine must have already gone to work by now. Inform our people at the station to keep an eye on her. I will try to come up with a plan." Harris suggested and Zack just agreed with him and quickly put a call through to the police. THE REYNOLDS BU
"Uhmm...she must be resting in the ro…" "That's a lie mom!" Katherine interrupted her brother. "He scolded Isabella so harshly earlier for escalating your condition, I'm sure the poor girl must be in so much pain now." She reported, surprising their mom. "And what did you do while he was scolding her?" Mrs. Reynolds asked Katherine. "Mom, I-I...what could I have done when…" Mrs. Reynolds heaved a sigh of distress, interrupting Katherine with her scary side glare. "You both keep going on and on about how I shouldn't think too much about your dad but you keep giving me reasons to talk about him. All our years together as a family, have you ever seen him scold me so harshly? He was a great warrior but he was never rude to women talk more of his own woman. I'm so disappointed in you, Klaus! And I'm sure your father is." Mrs. Reynolds reprimanded, dropping her head in disappointment. "Mom, I'm…I'm sorry." Klaus apologized, moving his eyes round every corner of the room as he tried t
Cruz was surprised by Jessica's reaction and just couldn't understand why she was so mad at him. Anyways, he ran after her before she could walk a few meters and he grabbed her arm, pulling her back to face him. "Let go of me, Mr. Westham!" Jessica rolled her eyes. "Mrs. Westham, where exactly do you think you're wandering off to? Getting to the gate is already enough work, you don't plan to walk out of this estate, do you?" Cruz asked cunningly. By the mention of Mrs. Westham, it dawned on Jessica that they were now legally married, and walking out of a serious conversation won't solve anything. "Let go of my hand." She sighed knowing her anger won't hold out for long and Cruz eventually let go of her hand. "I know you're angry even though I don't know why but I can't let you walk out when we come in a car." Cruz attempted to convince Jessica but ended up provoking her even more."You don't…you don't even know why I'm angry? Huh, what was I even expecting." She smacked her lips
THE WOLF ROYAL PACK HOUSE "Make sure the door is locked." Harris instructed Riley who was just entering the office. "Zack, please display the images." He ordered Zack who immediately inserted a flash drive into his laptop and displayed the gruesome images of the murder through the projector. "According to the Pathologist, Monica Coleman's skin was flayed While she was still very much alive, and that too in her wolf form. Somehow, the Flayerman can compel her to shift from human to wolf form at will. This can only mean the culprit is either an Alpha werewolf or a Lycan and this also proves that what we deduced from Ella's note is true. Maybe she was just trying to say the Flayerman is a Lycan." Zack briefed them on the case. "The Culprits!" Harris corrected. "What do you mean by that?" Zack and Riley asked curiously. "I mean we are looking for two culprits. One flays its victim while the other dismembers. They both seem to have different things that they keep as a trophy. The Flay
Katherine tried to go closer to him but her pushed he pushed her off and ran out of the room.Katherine ran after him until they were outside of the morgue. Jason halted and turned towards Katherine with trembling hands and red eyes. "Give it!" He ordered leaving Katherine confused again. "What?" She asked curiously. "The car key!" He replied and the confused Katherine threw the key at him. Immediately, Jason ran towards the car and quickly started it. Before Katherine could reach the car, he drove off, leaving her behind without the slightest clue of what was going on with him. "What's up with him?" Mrs. Campbell who had also followed them out asked. "I don't know. He has never behaved like this before. No matter how scared he was, he'd never behave so weirdly or run off like that." Katherine panicked. "That was because he has never seen such murder. Why did he join the police if he was going to be such a baby?" Mrs. Campbell wondered but her comment provoked Katherine. "If y
"What do you mean? Do you know someone by that name?" Jason asked cluelessly. Katherine stared into the paper but she could barely see it properly as her mind had become fuzzy and confused. She walked to her chair and sat down before taking her time to explain to Jason what happened at Harris' office the previous day. "I swear I saw this same name boldly written on the paper. I didn't read much meaning to it before handing it over because I believe he had access to the details of every member of the Pack but I never imagined…I never imagined that the next place I will see this name would be on a death list." She narrated, raising her head from time to time to fight back the tears that were threatening to fall off. "That's just too bad. I haven't seen the corpse just yet but from what I heard, it is worse tha…" Jason's voice trailed off as the landline blared off and Katherine had to answer the call. "I want you both in my office now." Major Daniels ordered and Katherine knew
"W-what are you talking about?" Harris asked, feigning ignorance. "You can play dumb all you want. Tsk…what was I expecting?" Katherine scoffed as she stood up to her feet, ready to leave but Harris stopped her. "Where are you going by this time? It's already past working hours." He asked, unintentionally selling himself out as he grabbed her hand. "For all you know, I could have been going to my room what made you think I was going to work?" She asked cunningly. "What's all this rubbish?" Alpha Ruiz asked as he was already feeling disgusted by their cheap argument. "Why don't you ask your son? He will give you a better explanation." Katherine replied fearlessly as she forcefully released her hand from Harris's grip and attempted to leave again but just when she was about to step out of the dining hall, three hefty guards blocked her way with none of them looking up at her. "Get the hell out of my way?" She scolded and waited for their response but it was more like she was talki
"W-what are you talking about?" Harris tried to hide his stutters with his fear. Despite being the most feared and supposedly powerful person, he still cringes when it comes to talking with his parents, especially his father, after all, he was also a Lycan King and is still a Lycan after abdicating his throne.Alpha Ruiz concentrated on his newspaper even more as a sly smirk appeared on his lips.'Did he already find out about White Fir? How much does he know? Is he the one that kidnapped Monica? Does he have any idea who the Flayerman is? Does he know about what I did to Ella?' Series of questions went through Harris's mind but there were no answers to them and his father's silence wasn't helping matters. "What do you mean by that?" He asked once again, hoping his father would reply but he seemed more interested in his newspaper than in the conversation with Harris. "See you at dinner. My regards to your mate." He dismissed Harris and even though he was eager to know what was goin
"Are you serious right now? This place was investigated thoroughly before and even you were here to investigate it so what's up now?" Jason asked, confused by Katherine's new theory. "Jas, we need to go back to the office now. Major Daniels will listen to this and give his opinion." Katherine suggested and immediately ran towards the car. The confused Jason had to follow her lead as usual. Within an hour, they arrived at the Pack's station, and luckily, Major Daniels was in his office. "Lieutenant Reynolds and Sergeant White, you both are here. How are the investigations going?" He asked with a smile as they walked in. "It's going wonderful, Sir. I just discovered an important detail." Katherine announced as she and Jason saluted the Major. "Get seated and give me the news." He ordered and they both seated immediately. "I just discovered that the bushy field isn't the real crime scene." Katherine announced. “Finally, it took you five days to find that out.” Major Daniels
"Yes! I need to talk to Klaus and find out more about the theft case since I didn't even get the chance to talk to Mom about it." Katherine explained. After almost an hour's drive, they arrived at the Pack's hospital and luckily, Klaus was available in his office. Immediately he saw Katherine, he knew she cried again despite her fake grin. "What happened to you again, Kathy?" Klaus asked, thinking Harris was behind her tears again. "I can never fool you, can I?" Katherine asked as she sat on one of the two empty chairs opposite Klaus while Jason sat on the other with the case files in his hands. "Well…mom found out the truth." She replied briefly. She took her time and explained to Klaus all Luna Rosette's cunning moves towards her up until the moment she was slapped. "I'm sorry." Klaus apologized as he stretched his hands and gently stroked Katherine's hurt cheeks. "You didn't do anything." Katherine mumbled before she decided to talk about the reason she was actually t
Katherine felt sick to her stomach when she heard the Luna's statement. This was the one thing she was desperately trying to hide from her mom but in the end, she couldn't even get the chance to tell her the truth by herself."Katherine, come and sit with me." Luna Rosette urged as she quickly went and pulled Katherine to sit on the couch where she was seated. "Your mom was so shocked when I told her about your wedding ceremony to my son. Didn't you tell her about it?" Luna Rosette asked as she ogled into Katherine's eyes, a sly smirk dangling on her lips. Katherine looked towards her mother and they locked eyes immediately because Mrs. Reynolds was staring at her all along. An awkward silence ensued and Katherine could see the anger and fear in her mother's eyes. All she needed to do at the moment was to send the Luna away and have a good talk with her mom."Did you discuss that with your son? We met earlier this morning, you should have mentioned you were going to see my mom." K