ログインCaspian The investigator called again three hours later, and for the life of me, I couldn't decide if that was a good thing or not. I was standing in front of the window when my phone vibrated.The sky outside had already darkened, turning the estate grounds into little more than shadows and distant lights.I hadn't stopped thinking since our last conversation. Not about Daisy,nor about the council and not even about the witness either. If there was one person on my mind since the call ended, it had to be my father. Every road seemed to lead back to him and every answer seemed to circle around his name before disappearing into silence.Why? I asked myself, but I didn't get the chance to dwell on that before my phone buzzed again.“Hello.” I answered immediately. "What now?"The investigator didn't waste time."I've located the witness."“What?” My entire body went still.."You found him?""Yes."“Okay.” I turned away from the window. "Where is he?""That's the problem."Of course
Caspian The office felt too quiet.I stood motionless beside my desk, my phone pressed tightly against my ear while the investigator's words echoed inside my skull.It's connected to your father.The sentence shouldn't have affected me as much as it did.My father had been connected to countless things over the years. Businesses, alliances, decisions and even enemies.That wasn't unusual. What was unusual was the hesitation in the investigator's voice.The caution, the discomfort like he was scared of stepping on any toes or starting a bloody fire. Men didn't sound like that unless they were afraid of what they were about to say."What exactly does that mean?" My grip tightened around the phone as I asked coldly.“Look.” he started , but trailed off and believe me when I said I hated the silence crackling through the line."Caspian...""No." My voice hardened instantly. "Don't start dancing around it now. You called me."Another pause, then a slow exhale followed. "I can't explai
Caspian Three days..Three fucking days. That was how long it had been since Daisy had spoken to me. She hadn't argued with me, she hadn't snapped and she hadn't rolled her eyes at me either. Nothing, just three days of pure silence. At first, I thought she simply needed space. After everything that had happened, after the council, after the argument, after the questions about her parents, I figured she would cool off eventually.She hadn't and every attempt I'd made had been ignored.Notes, messages, meals sent to her room and even excuses to cross paths with her.Nothing worked.Either she wasn't there when I looked, or she somehow managed to disappear seconds before I arrived. The more it happened, the more convinced I became that it wasn't accidental.She was avoiding me, deliberately and the realization sat like a stone in my chest. My wolf hated it and restless wasn't even the right word anymore.He paced constantly beneath my skin. He was agitated, irritable and fucking poss
Daisy "What kind of favor?" The question left my mouth before I could stop it.Across from me, Elias simply looked at me. He was calm, unbothered and definitely infuriating, then he smiled slightly."Not yet.""What?" I blinked."I said not yet."“What do you mean, not yet?” I stared at him, because surely that wasn't his answer. It couldn't be. "You literally just brought it up.""I know.""You can't be serious." My eye twitched, I was almost certain it twitched."I am.""Elias.""Daisy."The urge to commit violence grew stronger by the second and for several long moments, neither of us spoke. Then I folded my arms tighter."You want something.""Correct.""You want me to agree to it.""Also correct.""And you're refusing to tell me what it is.""Very good."I hated him, I genuinely, sincerely hated him. The worst part? He was over the moon about it. "What kind of ridiculous logic is that?""What can I say?” His shoulders lifted slightly. “I'm still deciding.""What?" The irrit
Daisy The realization sat heavily in my stomach.Elias wasn't refusing to answer, he was negotiating, which somehow felt infinitely worse.For several seconds, neither of us spoke.He stood near the doorway, calm as ever, while I stared at him trying to decide whether I wanted to scream, leave, or throw something.Possibly all three.Finally, I folded my arms. "What do you want?"“Oh.” His eyebrow lifted. "Straight to business.""I don't have the patience for games." I huffed. "That's unfortunate." "It wasn't a compliment."The corner of his mouth twitched and I guess this was the best time to say that I hated when he looked amused, especially when I was suffering."What?" I snapped."Nothing.""Liar.""Frequently."I narrowed my eyes, because the man was impossible and it was starting to get on my nerves. "Do you want money?" I asked.For the first time, Elias actually laughed, not loudly or warmly, but just enough to make me instantly regret opening my mouth."Oh, Daisy." The
Daisy By evening, the embarrassment had finally dulled. Not disappeared and not forgiven either, just dulled enough that I could think without wanting to crawl under the nearest piece of furniture and stay there forever.Unfortunately, thinking turned out to be its own special form of torture.I paced my room again, because apparently pacing had become my entire personality lately.The soft carpet muffled my footsteps as I crossed from one side of the room to the other, arms folded tightly across my chest.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Octavian.His office, his expression, the way he had looked at me, the way he had stepped back, the way he had refused me and a groan escaped my lips."Nope." I pointed at absolutely nothing. "We are not thinking about that."The room ignored me, my brain ignored me and the memory returned anyway, because if I was being honest with myself, there was one part I couldn't stop replaying.What if Caspian had arrived earlier?My stomach twisted.What
Daisy The second the duo disappeared up the stairs and I heard the office doors shut behind Caspian and Elias, the dining hall became unbearably quiet, but it wasn't the peaceful kind. It was suffocating and the kind that pressed against my ears until every tiny sound felt amplified, from the
Daisy The moment Elias fully walked in, the temperature of the room changed.I felt it before I saw him, that shift in air pressure, like something had been sucked out and replaced with something heavier. Caspian's hand, which had been resting casually on my lower back, tightened slightly, not en
Daisy The first thing I became aware of was warmth and it wasn't the lazy, comfortable warmth of sunlight filtering through curtains. This one came in the solid, all consuming heat of a male body pressed against mine. His arm was locked around my waist, his hand splayed across my lower belly, an
Daisy Time seemed to slow to a halt the moment Caspian's lips met mind, and the soft, grounding kiss didn't stay gentle for long.The moment the storm inside the bond didn't take too long before it morphed into a suffocating wave of pure, raw intimacy.Almost as if he could feel it, Caspian le







