Chapter 63

Eve opened her eyes and lifted her head from Arec’s shoulder to stare at the enormous mansion ahead of them.

“Is that your mother’s house?” she asked.

Arec nodded. Eve saw his lips had pressed together so hard that they looked white from the lack of blood.

“Did you grow up here?” she asked, squeezing his arm.

Arec nodded again, not taking his eyes from the house.

“I left once I had the chance to do so and bought the house I’m living in,” he told her.

He looked at her and smiled, saying, “Besides meeting you, that was the best thing that has happened in my life.”

“Was it that bad?” Eve asked, frowning.

Arec tore his eyes from the house and said, “It was, but since she’s still the pack leader, I couldn’t go far.”

“Do you have to stay in town?” she asked. “Why couldn’t you move far away from her?”

Arec pressed his lips together before answering.

“Lycans are bound to their families,” he told her. “Even if we don’t get along, we have to stay together for the strength and saf