RUPERT'S POV:"Hold on. I'm going to my car. Can I call you back?" I said to Mariko. Leona was just around, and I didn't want her to hear our conversation. "I don't have time to explain. Before his thirtieth birthday, you must break the curse, or he'll be a werewolf forever.""But how? Hello? Fuck!" Mariko hangs up the call. I dialed her number, but she didn't answer her phone. I went back inside and thanked Leona for the coffee and cookies. "Are you okay, Rupert? You seemed upset.""Everything's fine, Leona. I need to go home to watch Aunt Sonia. Darren is not feeling well," I started to the door."Oh, what happens to him?" "Just feeling tired. I got to go. Take care, though, and secure the door. Bye." I left. Not waiting for Leona to say a word. For sure, she would ask more about Darren. On my home, I called Mariko repeatedly. It kept ringing until her number was out of reach. She must have turned her phone off. Annoyed by my call. When I arrived home, Darren was gone to his of
DARREN'S POV:My curse will be permanent on my thirtieth birthday. That was depressing. I'm turning thirty in two months. How are we going to find a curse by that time? Mariko isn't helping. She just flared up my aggravation of being a werewolf forever. A little advice from her on how to break the curse would be a relief. Not to mention my upcoming wedding. How am I going to marry Leona if I am still a monster? "Can you call her again?" I asked Rupert before we proceeded to Mariko's house. "It's now ringing! I couldn't contact her earlier.""Keep calling her. I hope she will have a conscience and answer it." However, I doubt if Mariko would answer out of conscience. She would have told us the curse. "Still no answer, Darren. I guess she's not going to help us. Let's just visit her place."I don't think so. Mariko knew everything. She just needs a little push. What worries me is that she doesn't want to talk. Is she hiding something?"Okay, let's go and hope she's back in her house
DARREN'S POV"Who's baby are you talking about? Am I adopted?" I concluded abruptly; otherwise, what baby was Mariko referring to? "For goodness sake, you are not! The baby belongs to Luna! Will you let me finish?" Mariko snaps back. It shocked me, and I wanted to answer immediately. "Sorry," I uttered timidly. Rupert glared at me for reacting. They can't blame me. A baby means someone else's child, and my Dad stole it. Mariko said the baby was the daughter of Luna. Other than that, she couldn't see any more information and suggested bringing my Dad to her so she could look into his memories. "This is freaking insane. Are you telling me a werewolf bit me because Dad took her child?"Mariko nodded. "That's it? I mean, that's not what I want to hear. I want to know how to break this curse.""If you are questioning what I saw, you might as well ask your father, who happens to be losing his memory, rather than searching me this whole time!" Mariko waves her hands and disappears. Rupe
DARREN’S POV“Pardon me, let me clarify this, so a mate is your partner for life? Like a wife? Although you are not married yet, but you are meant for each other?” I elaborated Mariko’s explanation for me to understand better. “Yes, that is how you call it,” Mariko serve the food in a snap of her finger, “Who’s hungry?” Fortunately, Mariko cooked some fried pork. The last time we’re here, the house smells fish. No offense but the only fish I love eating was salmon and tuna. But I prefer meat above all. “So, who set the mating thing? God?” I shove a large portion of fried pork in my mouth. I just realized I was starving. “I believe so, but werewolves praise the moon. They believed in deities. The God of the moon. A pack worship the moon that gives a werewolf the strength and heals their wound.”“Not surprisingly, wait, are you telling me that the moon could heal my wounds and everything?” “Yup! You just got to shift during full moon and showered under the moonlight.”“How come I d
LEONA’S POV“Leona!” Sophie giggled, “Finally! Darren is claiming you as his fiancé! Tomorrow, the whole world will knows about you. I’m so happy for you!” “Yeah, I was perplexed. What’s got into him?” “He probably hit his head somewhere. Congratulations, Leona. I got to go home. It’s late. Thank you for the dinner,” Andrei left grumpily, and I felt bad for him. It was unexpected. He was vocal about his feelings towards me.I called to checked on him, but Andrei was not picking up. I hope he won’t avoid me. He was such a good friend. Sophie urged to sleep for a beauty rest for tomorrow’s announcement. We are unsure if Darren would keep his word. Knowing he changes his mind and attitude really fast. The next day, when I was heading to my table, I met the stockholders of Flame Corporation. It was about the announcement. Darren might have called them. “Oh, Leona, you’re here. Here, bring this to the lobby,” Meriam handed me some files. I looked into it and it was the Muse Fragrance’
LEONA’S POVI caught a glimpse of Andrei in the crowd. He was standing near the entrance, staring at us. When I took Darren’s hand, he covered his eyes with sunglasses and exit the building. Darren followed my eyes where I was looking, but didn’t saw Andrei. It surprises me that he didn’t answer my call when he was here all the time. “Are you okay, Leona?” “Yeah, I’m fine,” I plastered a fake smile. But Andrei bothers me. His eyes, they were burning with anger. After the announcement, we proceeded to the conference room. Darren’s parents wanted to propose a toast and I also needed to sign some documents prepared by Amanda. We’re supposed to meet in the office about claiming my rights as Eldrich’s next heir, but it slipped my mind. She forgot it either.“Congratulations, Leona. You are officially the heir of Eldrich. How does it feel now that Darren finally change his mind?” Amanda asked softly, while others are celebrating with a bottle of champagne. “Strange. Quite a relief too.
LEONA’S POV“Nah, I think I’m good here. You know I don’t dance,” Darren declined the invitation, and lean on me. “Fine! We’ll stay here!” Margaux whine and went back to her seat. Margaux was trying to prove something, and I’m so on it. If she would like to play with me and steal Darren’s attention, she will definitely have a piece of me. “Yahoo!” Brent stood and dance with the beat. The night was so young, but he already had a lot of shot of tequila. I hate to think that he would pick a fight again.Another set of food was served. It has cheese and chocolate. Darren noticed my eyes widened seeing the chocolate. That was one of my favorite food in the human world. He took some of it and handed to me.I quickly shove a piece of it in my mouth. It was so good. The bitter taste compliments with the strawberry syrup on top of it. “Hmm, you should try this Darren,” I was about to spoon-fed Darren when Margaux meddled again. “Oh, Leona, chocolate upsets Darren’s stomach. It gives him di
LEONA’S POV“Darren, stop! Let him go!” I meddled. Andrei was not backing down, “Darren!” I turned to Andrei and apologized. I was fixing his shirt but Darren pulled me back to our table. “Why are you apologizing to him? Are you on his side?” “I’m taking sides here. Darren, his your cousin. You shouldn’t fight with family!” I raised my voice so he could hear me clearly. The music was so loud and it was hard for us to understand each other without yelling on our faces. “He started it!” Darren looked away. His eyes was staring at Andrei’s direction who was gazing at him, “Babe, I don’t want us to fight over some unimportant person. Fine! I got carried away with anger. Just don’t get mad at me. Okay?” Darren held me close. He really changed. Before, when he’s mad, he would pour it out on me or blamed me. It was so unusual how he pleaded and wheedled. “Sorry,” he peck my forehead. At first, I was hesitating on how to respond to his gesture, but I ended up hugging him back. It felt