MasukEZRA'S POVImmediately I came out of the cab, I looked around the residence. It was one of the properties of the Lopez hence the feeling of familiarity. It was one of the guest residences the family had kept for visiting business partners and they all had the same specific quality of furnishings and layout. One of Marco's men opened the door and showed me to a sitting room without much conversation. I sat in the chair nearest to the fireplace. Caelen was nice enough to let him stay here. The irony was not lost on me. He appeared ten minutes later in a red robe with a kind of ease that showed he was entirely comfortable making a visitor wait while he finished his morning at his own pace. His hair was still slightly damp. "You look more like a vampire than a wolf," he said, by way of greeting. "Good morning to you too." I replied. He looked me over with amusement. "Good morning. I am just amazed...honestly, it's difficult to tell what you are." "I'm part of them," I answer
EZRA'S POV "I wonder what burden you're carrying in mind this time around. I can feel your troublesome spirit from miles away."Riven said as he patted my head and then wrapped his hands around my waist. Honestly, I didn't have the strength to tell him whatever my problems were. I climbed on him the same way I had seen Kaola do to a tree. His hands supported me by holding onto my ass. "I am not carrying any burden." I mumbled. "I am just a bit tired." He chuckled, my body feeling the rhythm of the vibration and so I bit my lips, expecting the teases that were about to come thereafter. "Yeah, right. I will believe you on that." He replied and carried me to the window. "You haven't even started working fully in the company and now you're tired?" He continued and I wiggled my legs before he slowly brought me down from the position I had been. As soon as my face turned to the window, a cold wind blew against my skin, evoking some kind of nostalgic feeling in me. Riven put h
RIVEN'S POV.I leaned against the wall and waited for Dorian to knock on the door first. I was too lazy to do such a thing. Lucien was also on the other side. It was just normal that Dorian would take the lead here. "Come in," Father's thick voice came from the other side and I went through with Dorian, closing the door gently behind us. "Good evening, Father." We greeted. "Good evening. You can have a seat." He instructed and removed his glasses which I believed was performative. Father could clearly see without the glasses, he just seemed to be fascinated with the aesthetic. "How are you boys doing? How is the business coming up?" He started. "Not too much. From my angle, things are going well and there are no troubles regarding our security." "Things are also fine on my side." I chirped in quickly. "Same here." Lucien followed. "Right, I wanted to speak to Lucien majorly about the deal we are planning to make with Alpha Marco as regards expansion
EZRA'S POV "Again?" Caelen looked between us. I retracted my hand from Marco's and tried my best to keep my expression neutral as I had been caught off guard by this situation and I wasn't going to let it show fully. "Oh, Ezra and I met in Voss City," Marco said, smoothly turning to Caelen easily. "We crossed paths a few times and then, suddenly, he disappeared. I tried to reach him on the phone but couldn't get through." He smiled. "So when the opportunity arose to request this meeting, I may have had a secondary motivation."Caelan looked at him. "That's why you asked to see him specifically." "Forgive me for being slightly underhanded." Marco's smile had that quality of warmth and self awareness simultaneously. He knew what exactly he was doing and was comfortable owning it. "Your son is..." he paused, glancing at me briefly. "...difficult to forget. I wanted to make sure he was alright."I couldn't utter a word. Caelen looked at me for exactly one second with the exp
EZRA'S POVI knocked and stepped back a little with a pillow tightly held close to my chest. There was no response. Just as I was about to knock the second time, Caius opened the door. "I was wondering when you'd come," he said with a smile. "Was it obvious? I am sure I never said anything though." I pouted. "I could feel your heart leaning towards me tonight so yeah, I know." He stepped away from the entrance so I could come in. When I did, he closed the door and his arms were around me. I pressed my face into his shoulder and stayed there for a moment, seeking relief for my burdened heart and brain...and maybe something else. He pulled back and looked at my face and then kissed me. I kissed him back, letting the pillow fall to the ground so I could hold him as the feeling slowly built itself within me. I let my hands move to his collar, pulling him closer and making my intentions clear in a way that required no interpretation. He responded the way I wanted, with his
EZRA'S POVIt's been ten minutes. I was still staring at my phone, unable to provide any response. Should I deny it? What was the benefit in doing so? Everything about me was as good as open. I sighed. This was not supposed to be a tough decision for me to make at all but for some reason, it was. I closed my eyes and continued waiting. After two terrible hours, the door opened and Dorian walked in. "Hey," he greeted as he loosened his tie and sat next to me on the couch. I scanned his face, noticing the lines that had formed on his forehead. "The meeting must have been hectic. Look at how stressed out you are." I sympathised and proceeded to rub that spot with my fingers. "Hmm, there were just some major issues to be solved. That's why the meeting took longer than expected. I am sorry for keeping you waiting, you must be bored by now." I confirmed that. Oh well, I was pretty bored so yeah. "I went outside about two hours ago and saw Marco, Alpha of Valden Kingdom,
AUTHOR'S POV "Okay...okay." Lucien interrupted the gaze, clapping his hands once. "Enough of the deadly confusing stares. It's time for a medical assessment. You came to look at Ezra so look at Ezra, please." Aldric stood without argument and crossed to where Ezra was sitting. The assessment w
AUTHOR'S POVAldric arrived at the estate just as the evening light was doing its best work. He sighed, waving back at the workers who were preparing to go back home while some were simply enjoying the weather outside. He came through the main entrance easily. After all, he had been here enough ti
DORIAN'S POV "You think your mother is alive? Ezra..." "Listen, I know how it sounds but please, don't tell me I'm being irrational. Don't look at me like I'm building something from nothing. I know what Caelen and I just can't help but feel that she might be alive." He explained, his eyes
DORIAN'S POV The company had taken most of my day and gave back very little time. Since we came back from Voss City, Father got us back into running businesses as things were expanding fast. According to him, "Even as we are searching for something mysterious, that doesn't mean we should let







