MasukMABEL.The study was dark. The chair rotated under my weight, while my eyes were snapped shut. I should be going through Veyron's files now, but I was tempted to use the vision gift to check how Arlan was doing or if he got back safely. Well, if he didn't, then Evie would already be here, given it's been thirty minutes already. I let out a soft exhale in the dark, then slowly opened my eyes. My vision blazed gold, then I unhooked my legs. The chair stopped rotating. I reached for the desk light and turned it on. The dim light scattered across the room, making me see everything a little too clearly. I reached for the flat file on the table and traced the edges. It was made of transparent file cover, the name ‘Veyron’ boldly written atop it. I didn't know what I wanted to find in his file. Maybe some other crime he had committed apart from wanting to kill my daughter. Something else that could justify whatever I planned to do to him. Well, accepting bribes from Gena and letting a
MABEL. “What do you mean?” Zachary exhaled through the phone, then clicked his tongue. I turned my head to Kyra and Arlan, who were still eating while Evie put more rice on their plates. “Can't you take a guess? I mean, your parents' lives are in danger; shouldn't you know who is responsible?” “If you called me to play mind games, then I would rather turn off the phone for now.” “Fine, fine,” Zachary breathed. He seemed to have stood up, because I heard his chair scrape the floor. “I got news about Silas and Gena. They plan to kill your parents. Do you understand now?” My brows furrowed. Silas and Gena? Planning to kill my parents? Silas was not stupid. Killing my adoptive parents would make everyone suspect him, and the elders don't take murder lightly. He was wiser than that.I pulled the phone off my ear and stared at the caller ID. Well, it meant Zachary was not saying everything yet. “What else did you overhear?” I asked him, then returned the phone to my ear. “That woul
MABEL. “Do I accompany Ryan to bring Kyra home from school?” Evie spoke up for the first time since we sat here together.I shook my head and snapped my laptop shut. My phone lit up beside me.Caller ID: Zachary. I sighed, swiped the red button, and tugged my phone into my pocket as I stood up. “I would get her back myself.” “But …” “Prepare dinner,” I said, and walked out the door, then closed it without letting her say anything else. I got into the car with Ryan, and he drove towards the school. Occasionally, he kept staring at me through the front-view mirror. I kept my gaze buried in my phone. Not entirely, but enough to see him staring at me. His hands were tight around the steering wheel, and his heart raced like I was about to discover something wrong he'd been doing. My lips moved, but I pressed them shut. Since he won't speak, I won't press it out of him. The car was parked outside the large academy; the tires squelched against the wet mud. I glanced out, my eyes da
SILAS I lifted the lamplight from the desk and smashed it on the floor. It cracked and scattered all over the place, my chest rising and falling while I stared at it. It wasn't enough! I went to my table, bent down, and scraped every paper from the desk. They all dropped to the floor with a heavy thud. I stood up, breathing harshly, my chest burning. I … a man like me should donate soldiers for Darknile's sake? To help revive Darknile? After doing everything to bring it to ruins, now, for the sake of the supreme position, I'm supposed to revive it? All because of that witch! I kicked the hardwood so hard, but it didn't budge; instead, pain struck my legs. I immediately grabbed my legs, groaning, as my chest twisted and burned more. I rubbed my legs faintly, then fell back on the leather seat. I stared over the counter to the exit door, my hands now clasped together. Well, it had to be done. I destroyed Darknile's pack to get the supreme position. It's only normal that if I w
MABEL. I must appreciate the confidence, or should I call it …audacity? He came to my mansion to ask that I remarry him? He had this look on his face. Anticipation maybe. With the way he was shaking his legs as if waiting for an affirmative answer. “Marry you?” I asked in between laughter. I choked, my eyes red as I fell back on the sofa, shoulders quaking. “What? You no longer pity me now?” “I know what I did was wrong. I know I shouldn't have hurt you the way I did, but that’s all in the past. Besides …” “Besides, you are a total joke right now for daring to ask me to remarry you!” I snapped. “Did you really think I would scream yes? Did you really think I would come running into your arms? When you thought of it, how did it sound in your head?”“It doesn't change the fact that I'm sorry, Mabel. I have been sorry for two years now. Isn’t that enough?” I let out a mock laugh, then crossed my legs again, tapping on my thigh. My fingers rubbed against the silk gown I wore, and
KYRAN. I had abandoned whatever I planned to do, rushed forward, ignoring the fact that I was standing before the entire court. All that mattered was that Percy had said she was in trouble. And being summoned to the court meant she would go through trial and might be punished. It didn't help that she was going against Silas and Gena. But when I got to her, she was handling everything just fine.I let out a bitter smile as I plopped onto the bed. Guess she doesn't need me as much as before then. She doesn't need to hold onto me to feel wanted. She doesn't need my protection, no matter how much I want to offer it now. I lifted my phone, my legs already on the bed. I opened all of Percy's chats. Since I already viewed one of them, I could as well admit that I needed his Intels, and that of my beta, Reed. I read one of his messages sent a week ago. “For the past few days now, Doctor Veyron has been acting suspiciously. We can talk about this later.” My eyes darkened at the message
MABEL'S POV I kept running, legs quaking, as I kept turning back. My legs caught onto a stake. It slashed me. “Argh,” I groaned, secured Kyra safely, stood up, and continued again. Kyra groaned in my embrace, awoken by how fast I have been running and the sound of my ragged breathing. I slowed d
MABEL'S POV I stopped before the hospital, stepped out of the car, and rushed inside. Nurses ran from one corner to the other, a few patients seated at the side, probably awaiting the doctor. My gaze was fixed ahead, legs heavy with each step I took. The most important thing right now wasn't the
Mabel’s POV The moment Kyran picked up the pen and signed those adoption papers for Gena's child, something inside me just died completely, and any tiny bit of hope I had left for this marriage was gone. I didn't even feel like crying anymore, just went totally cold as I watched him hand the docu
Mabel’s POVThe moment I heard those nurses mention a celebration at the pack house, something inside me snapped completely, and before I realized it, I was already grabbing my coat and rushing out of the hospital room.“Luna?” the nanny called after me in confusion.“Stay with her,” I said quickly







