Adrion and Jade quickly shot up from their seats as soon as they caught sight of the young woman who had the same perfect features as the royals. But when they payed attention to her better, Adrien's face darkened as he understood the situation, while Jade's face darken with pure rage. Seeing their mood change Minu immediately stood up, holding Jade's biceps tightly. Although the young woman's general beauty and the pale skin were more prominent at the time, everyone present could see that this was not the root cause of Adrian's or Jade's conflicting feelings. "What the hell are you-" Jade tried to ask frantically, soon to be disturbed by the shouting of a young man who came running after the girl. "Neffie! What are you- Oh: Adrion!! you're here!!!" "Alex... She just woke up, right??" As Adrion questioned while taking off his suit jacket and folding the long sleeves of his dress shirt up, Alex nodded shooting his brother a curious look. "Mate!" At that moment, when Neffie
After the jet landed on the private jetway a short distance away from the palace, the royal staff escorted them to the palace in several comfortable limousines. It was a short journey of less than 15 minutes, but for various reasons it felt like a very long journey for each one of them. Because of that, they all sighed in relief as they finally drove through the vast and old-looking arch into the most beautiful park a person could ever see in their lifetime, and towards the majestic and magnificent palace in the middle of it. Even though the outside world was experiencing the winter, it seems like that garden and the kingdom was still experience the warmth and beauty of the spring. Surrounded by a magical barrier hidden from the human eye, the kingdom seemed to have no regard for the seasons of the outside world, but the wind out there was a little chilly unlike the warm winds of spring. But it did not seem to be a hindrance to the colorful flowers and variety of plants in the
"So... He is Neffie's mate... Right, Minu...?" He looked at Jade as if he was looking at an opponent in a very competitive match as he asked in a sweet tone. The question made Minu's entire body to freeze up in discomfort. Yet, she still managed to squeeze out a simple, "Yes." "Well then. Let's see what happens..." He nodded and said, turning his undivided attention to Jade again. "The next time you say something like that to me, be very careful with your wording, Alpha. Because our kind maintain a very strong bond with our children as same as we did with our mates. Not like wolves, we are very possessive and protective over our children to the same extent as we does with our mates or perhaps even more. Therefore we have the ability to decide on their mates as well. If we feel like that the mate our child received is not suitable for them, we can break the bond without hurting our child. If you plan to keep Neffie by your side forever, be very careful boy..." Adrion warned very
"Minu..? Are you okay? Who is that... man..?" Jade asked worriedly as he witness the color drain from Minu's face drastically, wondering how appropriate it was to call Adrion a 'man' as in 'living' person. "I... I'm fine... He...-that's Adrion. Deal with him very carefully. Do not make him angry for any reason. If you made him angry, it will only earn you more trouble. Be careful!!" As soon as she recovered from her shocked state, Minu warned Jade in a serious tone and turned to get on to the jet. But with Jade's next question she stopped in her tracks to answer him. "Why did you say that?" "You'll see. Let's go now. If we delay them any longer, they'll leave us here." She said, signaling Jade and Ash to board the jet with her. Soon the jet rised high in the sky to bring Adrion home. "Are you sure you need so many people just to take me home?" Breaking the silence in the jet, Adrion asked glancing at the packed seats. "Royal Luna thought it would be nice to have a few
"What does that supposed to mean? You mean that ou-our Neffie... co-could control shadows?" "Yes... I guess... As long as I can remember, there had been no one who had the power over shadows like I do. Even for a dark sorcerer...even though they carefully learned to control the shadows, they can't use that power to its full extent; let alone open a shadow portal that easily. So, I don't think there had been anyone who had the power to do a shadow travel except Neffie..." As he slowly explained it, Minu's curiosity replaced with a bit of a troubled expression, and her next question came out as an almost inaudible voice. "You said that there won't be much change in her even after she turned eighteen... You said that it would take a long period of time... So how could your guess be right...?" "Yes. I said so. But it has been two years and two or three months more since she turned eighteen! How did you forget that? After all these years, why would I came here two years ago if it was
After a nearly 36 hours long and very comfortable sleep, which he never had the luxury to have during the past two years, Adrion woke up next evening with a fresh body and a relaxed mind. By then Minu succeeded in calming down the worried Silver Luna, who had been alarmed at his sudden 'release'. After a long and tiring explanation and a lot of persuasion, the packs' high rankers had been silenced by Minu, but she was a little nervous about having to hide some information from them. Especially when Minu failed to properly explain the 'highly secured' freezer in her kitchen, or the 'safely stored stocks' mentioned by the omega girls who worked for her, or the little stunt she pulled in order to release Adrion. The intrigued Beta, Gamma, Delta and the elders of Silver Luna, as well as Azara, clearly wanted to know all the answers, but Minu easily escaped their investigation by revealing the dream message she had received from the goddess and the fact that the intruder who came abou