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“She destroyed my pack and sold the survivors to the human butchers. They ended up being killed for meat as they are weak and unable to return to their human form. Lavana, I witnessed her kill my mum and r*pe my dad while stabbing him in many places.

When she c*mmed, she stabbed my father’s heart. She forced me to watch everything and then she… she wanted to crush me down south but I was able to trick her and escape. I was hunted down for days until I accidentally met the Wiz king. He took me in and made me his prince.”

“That’s terrible. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine.”

“Could that mean, Chase isn’t Blake’s son?”

“He is. They have a resemblance, don’t they?” he asked and she nodded.

“How old are you, Phoenix.”

“Would you believe me if I said I’m 40?”

“Nope. You don’t look like it.”

“Ok. I’m 28.”

“9 years difference,” she exclaimed.

“You’re 19.”

She nodded with a smile then he continued:

“My late dad was Anita’s ex-mate. He rejected her because he caught her cheating with someone t