Elizabeth stared at him and watched him talk, “Okay, okay, I get it.”
He organized what he organized. This man could be so full of excuses when he needed to come up with reasons.
However, Elizabeth did not probe further.
The next day, everyone was preparing to go back.
Olivia could not bear to part with Elizabeth, saying that they were always too busy despite being so close to each other. She asked Elizabeth to visit their home often, to which she gave her word.
Olivia climbed the car back first. Elizabeth and Christian followed after.
In the care, Elizabeth kept looking at her photos.
Christian said, “They all look nice; you don’t need to choose.”
Elizabeth replied, “Well, my complexion is good, so any photo is good.”
That was true. Elizabeth did not look bad in the first place.
However, Christian continued looking at her and said, “You are the one getting more Self
“I don't like anyone. I just like a retard like you,” Charles turned and patted her head.“Ah, you are the retard. Your whole family is full of retards! How dare you treat me like this” Elizabeth exclaimed in exasperation.Elizabeth was furious she stopped talking to Charles.They soon reached their destination. Charles dropped her off at the roadside and drove off.When she returned, Christian was waiting for her. He sat on the sofa with his feet up and his head bent down as he read a book.Seeing that Elizabeth got back around nine, he got up and said, “How come you’re back so early? I thought I would need to wait until after ten.”Elizabeth didn’t say anything. It was all Charles’s fault for dragging her home for no reason.“Nothing. The food wasn’t so great, so I came back.”“So you didn’t eat?”“Yeah, I didn’t have
As Elizabeth was waiting, she kept looking back at Christian.He was sitting upright and looking around. He looked so out of place as a perfect painting in the middle of a retro place.Just then, some young ladies at the side noticed Christian.“Wow, that man there is so handsome.”“Too handsome. Is he from our school?”“I don’t think so. He is dressed very maturely.”“Like a celebrity. I can’t take it. I feel like I’m going to faint from just looking at him. Who wants to go over and say hi?”“I don’t dare. You do it.”Elizabeth thought silently, Girls these days… They don’t have a single drop of self-restraint.But it was true that Christian caused a big reaction wherever he went.Looking back, that enchanter was still so oblivious as he sat there, quietly shining.Elizabeth quickly took a number and hurriedly
Christian stopped Elizabeth from going to him. He looked up and said, “It’s okay, it was probably just too spicy.”Elizabeth was naturally scared. If she brought him out to eat spicy noodle soup and ended up making the president of Ford Industries sick, she would be in big trouble.Even though Christian said that she could tell that his face was becoming pale with pain.Elizabeth hurriedly said, “No, we need to go to the hospital. What if it’s food poisoning or something? That will be too dangerous.”Christian could not hide his discomfort and thought for a while before taking his phone out, “Call Andrin.”Oh right, he had his personal doctor.Elizabeth quickly took the phone and called Andrin.“President Ford, you’ve been ignoring me for a while. I thought you really fired me,” Andrin answered.“No… Dr. Andrin, It's Elizabeth, Christian is sick. Can
Elizabeth had no choice and said to her, “Fine, I’ll go pick you and you can stay with me tonight.”“Lisa, I didn’t do it on purpose too. I’m so unlucky. You can send someone else if you're busy""I'll come. don't worry" Elizabeth ends the call.She got the address and asked Andrin, “What time will the treatment end? I need to go pick up a friend.”Andrin said, “Madam, you can just stay here and keep President Ford company. I’ll help you pick your friend.”Elizabeth replied, “You probably won’t be able to find it…”“Isn’t she that friend who works with you?” Andrin said plainly.“Yes.”“I know where she is staying,” as he spoke, Andrin took his keys and left.Elizabeth was confused about how did he know about Susan's location. Susan had never mentioned Andrin...Inside, the nur
Elizabeth asked curiously, “What banquet is it?”Christian said, “Just an internal charity banquet. I need to bring a female partner along.”Elizabeth replied, “Then take your female partner along.”“I have a wife. Why would I need a female partner?”Elizabeth laughed, “Alright. Then, I’ll… go with you.”On the outside, it was as if she was being forced but she was actually happy about it.To attend a banquet with Christian.She had never done that before…Soon after, the caretaker called and told Elizabeth that she would be picked up to change her clothes and tidy up so that it would be more convenient for her to attend the banquet.In the evening.Christian arrived early and was in Elizabeth’s private makeup studio.As the makeup artist was a top-skilled professional, there usually were a lot of people. But, Today, becau
Elizabeth chuckled and looked at Christian. She pulled him over and said, "Come. Let’s take one with the beauty filter and one without. Try it and you’ll know.”“I don’t want…”“I won’t take no for answer…”Elizabeth pulled him over and tilted her head slightly towards him so that both of them could fit in the frame.Elizabeth said, “One, two, three, say cheese.”‘Snap!” The image of the two of them was locked in the phone screen.After adding the beauty filter, Elizabeth showed it to Christian, “See? Doesn’t this look very nice?”Christian raised his brow, “When people look good, they’ll look good in any photo.”Elizabeth said, “Wow, see this? The folds on your skin were all smoothened away. Your skin looks so tender.”“Elizabeth!” She was minding his age again!E
Chelsea said, “Then can you let Elizabeth come to my party? I’ll take it like your forgiveness for my past childishness.”Elizabeth looked at Christian with objection in her eyes.There was no way she would Go.If anything couldn’t make her happy, she would rather be tied to a leash.This was obviously not going to make her happy. Instead, it would make her furious. Also, who knows what kind of motive Chelsea would have? She was not going to walk into a trap.Christian looked at Elizabeth, then turned to Chelsea and said, “I don’t want to force her to do something she is not willing to do. It is entirely up to her.”Chelsea could only laugh dryly, “Is that so? Anyway, Elizabeth, you can think about it.”Elizabeth let out a breath of relief and said, “I will consider it.”Chelsea still wanted to talk to him, but she could only look at Christian and tolerate it. Sh
When Christian heard Chelsea bid for a tie clip just for him, He rejected immediately. But Chelsea's "I just wanted to give you something like a friend and it’s just a little something" he was Tongue-tied.Christian said, “Fine. I’ll get someone to take it tomorrow.”“Yes, good,” Chelsea wanted him to come personally but thought that she should not be so clingy. Thus, she controlled herself.If she wanted to be better than Elizabeth, she had to endure!Chelsea said into the phone, “I didn’t think that you would bring Elizabeth to tonight’s charity gala. This was your first time bringing someone to an event; do you know that? You never brought me in the past…”Christian hesitated and then said, “But I didn’t have anyone to bring in the past… You never liked attending dinners either, did you?”“I… Who says I didn’t? I thought you mere
When the war ended and the blood dried into the earth, Elizabeth stood beneath the great moonlit boughs of the forest where her soul had endured its greatest trialsโand also where it had found love.The Greenwood mansionโancestral home of her maternal lineageโhad stood untouched for generations on the other side of the continent, isolated on a forgotten cliff, surrounded by old magic.But that place no longer felt like home. It hadnโt for a long time.Her home was here now, in the forest where Christian had first held her while she bled, where her children had laughed for the first time, where the bond of peace had been born from sacrifice.She approached the council of eldersโthe newly formed Circle of Peace that included fae, vampire, and human envoys from the Greenwood family eldersโand made a humble request:โLet the Greenwood Mansion be movedโnot in stone or brick, but in name and spiritโto the forest where this peace was forged.""Let this land, where the ritual was completed an
The first wave of wolves charges straight for the ritual site. Fangs glisten under the eerie light of the ritual fire, claws slash through the air with lethal precision. Elizabeth barely has time to react before Christian yanks her behind him, his crimson eyes blazing.โProtect the ritual at all costs!โ Christian below, his voice cutting through the battlefield.The vampires move first, their speed a blur as they intercept the oncoming attack. Blades clash, fangs sink into flesh, and the sharp scent of blood fills the air. The fairies unleash their magic, shimmering bursts of golden light forming barriers and attacks against the werewolves.The first werewolf lunged. It was fast, a blur of muscle and fur, but Christian was faster. His blade met its mark, slicing through flesh with lethal precision. A strangled yelp, then silence as the body crumpled. Then came the others. Like a tidal wave of rage and fury, the werewolves attacked. They tore through the clearing, their howls fillin
The air at the ritual site was thick with unspoken words, with the weight of fate pressing down on the gathered supernatural beings.The stone circle, carved from the bones of the earth itself, hummed with dormant power.At its center, the ritual fire flickered with an unnatural emerald glow, waiting for the final blood to be spilled to awaken the ancient bond between creatures.Elizabeth tightened her grip around the ceremonial dagger in her hand, feeling the magic coil around her fingers like a whisper of fate.This ritual had to succeedโthere was no other option. Without it, the balance between supernatural beings and humans would shatter, and the world would descend into chaos.But something was wrong.She could feel it in the way the wind shifted suddenly, in the way the fire flickered erratically as if sensing the unease in the hearts of those gathered.A low, guttural growl rippled through the clearing, sending a shiver of tension through the gathered ritual participants.The w
Deep within the heart of the forest, where the canopy of leaves allowed only slivers of moonlight to pierce through, two figures stood in the shadow of ancient trees. The air was thick with tension, the silence broken only by the distant howl of wolves and the occasional rustle of leaves.Alpha Brannon's eyes glowed a sharp amber, his gaze fixed on the bloodied body of his son, Austin. His hands clenched into fists so tight that his claws pierced his own palms, drawing blood. Rage seethed through every vein in his body, his wolf howling for vengeance. His broad shoulders trembled with barely restrained fury."Look at him, Alpha," Tinaโs voice slithered into his ears, soft and poisonous like the hiss of a snake. She crouched beside Austin's lifeless form, her hand gently brushing his blood-soaked hair. "Your son... your heir... gone. And who did this to him?" She tilted her head, her eyes glinting with malice.Brannon didn't respond. His gaze remained fixed on Austinโs lifeless face, ea
The forest stretched out in an endless sea of green, but his path was clear. Each step he took felt heavier than the last, like the weight of unseen chains dragging him back. The crisp scent of damp earth and pine needles filled his senses, but it wasnโt enough to quiet the storm in his mind.Liam Black โ Alpha of the Black Panther Pack โ moved with predatory grace, his golden eyes sharp as a blade in the dim twilight. His sleek black coat, faintly visible through the open flaps of his cloak, shone faintly under the dying red light of the setting sun. His muscles coiled and uncoiled with each step as his internal battle raged on.Every instinct told him to turn around. To go back. To keep his distance from her.Elizabeth.Her name lingered in his mind like a stubborn thorn. The half-sister he didnโt ask for. The girl who had everything he didnโt.โShe had a mother,โ he thought bitterly, his jaw tightening. โI had him.โHis father's face flashed in his mind โ sharp eyes, a voice like t
The air hums with quiet tension as the group moves deeper into the heart of the forest. Shadows stretch long beneath the canopy, and the fading sunlight filters through in jagged beams, cutting through the mist that curls along the ground. Each step forward feels heavier than the last, as though the earth itself knows the gravity of whatโs to come.The Ritual Stone stands at the center of a wide clearing, a massive slab of ancient rock with deep etchings carved by hands long gone. The sigils glow faintly as if they can already sense the magic in the air. Itโs a sacred place โ one that has seen countless rituals over the centuries. It will see another today.It is surrounded by small stone basins symbolizing different races of creatures. All the stone basins are connected to the Ritual Stone my magic.Elizabeth stands at the edge of the clearing, her fingers brushing the rough bark of a nearby tree. Her gaze is distant, eyes narrowed on the horizon where the sun slowly dips lower and l
The rhythmic thud of boots against the old wooden bridge echoes in the quiet night. Each step feels like a heartbeat, steady but loud, as if the entire world is holding its breath. Elizabeth's eyes remain half-closed, her head resting against Christianโs shoulder. Sheโs conscious, but barely. The chill of the night air bites at her wet clothes, but Christianโs warmth seeps into her, a living furnace of protection.Jenny walks just a step behind, her gaze flicking nervously over her shoulder. The forest behind them is a sea of shadowy figures and distant howls. None of the werewolves follow โ not yet. But she knows better than to relax. โTheyโll be back,โ she mutters.โTheyโll try,โ Christian replies calmly, his eyes fixed on the far end of the bridge. His grip on Elizabeth tightens, just a fraction, as if the mere idea of someone threatening her again sends an unspoken fury through him. โBut it wonโt end well for them.โThe other side of the bridge comes into view โ a soft glow of lan
The icy river water clings to Elizabethโs clothes, seeping into every fiber. She feels weightless but not in a good way. Her limbs are heavy, her body numb, and her vision blurs in and out like a flickering candle. But even through the haze, one thing remains clear โ Christian's face.โStay with me, Elizabeth,โ Christian's voice is low, controlled, but thereโs a crack of urgency beneath it. His crimson eyes burn with intensity, never once leaving hers as he cradles her like sheโs the most fragile, precious thing in the world.Her lips twitch into a faint smile. โYou look mad,โ she whispers, her voice hoarse and barely audible. โDid I scare you?โโTerrified,โ he admits, brushing a thumb over her cheek. His jaw tightens as he takes in the state sheโs in โ blood-soaked clothes, bruises along her neck, her breath uneven. His gaze shifts to Jenny, his eyes hardening into something colder. โWho did this to her?โJenny, still panting and soaked from the river, glares back toward the forest.
Jennyโs heart thunders in her chest, her breaths sharp and shallow. The moment Tina and Austin step out from the side path, her instincts scream danger. Her eyes dart to Elizabeth, who, despite her weakened state, narrows her gaze with pure hatred. Blood trickles down Elizabethโs arm, her pallor more ashen than before, but her eyes โ sharp, calculating eyes โ are still full of fire.โWell, well, look at you two,โ Tinaโs voice is laced with smug satisfaction as she steps forward, her smile as sharp as a wolfโs grin. Her eyes, once so familiar, now seem foreign, darkened by envy and betrayal. โRunning away like rats. Did you really think you could escape us, Elizabeth?โ"Still acting like a queen, huh, Tina?" Elizabeth sneers, though her words are weaker than she would have liked. She grips Jenny's arm for support, her legs wobbling like a newborn fawn. "Guess betrayal suits you better than humility."Austin growls low in his throat, his eyes glowing amber. He cracks his neck, flexing h