"This looks nice."Raven's eyes sweep over the living room that she has spent the whole afternoon fixing up.She had moved the heavy table from the kitchen to the middle of the space and covered it with a tablecloth she had found in the hall closet.Everything is nicely set, and every scented candle shows her nervous face back at her.It is pretty, and it is for Royce."Will he like it?" she thinks with a slight frown.Her wolf has been happy all day, watching her movements as she got the place ready."Yes, he will love it," her wolf replies with optimism.Raven lets out a nervous breath and suddenly feels tears come to her eyes.She is not sure if letting Draco go is something she can actually do, but she doesn’t see the harm in giving Royce a chance.Her wolf feels good from her words."Royce is our mate and only wants to see you happy. As long as he's here, he will take care of everything."Her wolf echoes the same words she has been using to convince herself.Raven lets out a sigh
“A private lab?” Raven’s eyes sweep over the lab that would have taken a lot of money to fund. Everything is the best of its kind and every surface reflects her image back at her. It is magnificent, and it is hers? “Is this for me?” she asks in disbelief. Royce’s gaze has been on her all along, following her eyes as they examine the place. “Yes, for you,” he confirms with a charming smile. Raven lets out an excited shriek and unexpectedly jumps into his arms for a hug. “Thank you, thank you.” Royce revels in her touch but is slightly amused by her reaction. Letting out a chuckle, he returns the embrace. “You don't have to thank me. I only want to see you happy, and as long as I'm here, you don't have to worry about anything.” He promises with a serious tone. Raven does not seem to register his words, saying thank you again before getting distracted by admiring the lab again. She takes the first step forward, her fingers trailing over the surface as she slowly walks around
Raven feels her heart drop to her stomach as the car disappears out of view. "There she is, catch her!" She is startled by the voice and only needs a glance to find the men rushing towards her. She cannot give up now. Who are these men and why are they after her? The men seem to have bad intentions for her and she isn’t going to wait around to find out. Turning in a random direction, she runs to avoid their grip, zigzagging between the two men. "Don't let her out of your sight!" She hears one of the men demand behind her but she doesn’t turn around to check which it is. Although unlikely, if she can lose track of the men, then she will be able to escape. But how is she going to do that? Despite her wolf's speed, these men are fast and they are right at her heel. She knows that it would only take a few slower paces for them to catch up with her. Knowing that she cannot have that, she pumps her legs to run faster. Her luck seems to run out when she trips on a pebble, and trie
A few seconds after the door shuts, Raven lets out a breath before glancing at the drug in her hands.Now that Draco has given her the all clear, she feels free to focus on the task at hand.Even more, she wants to achieve her results as soon as possible.That look of admiration she had caught in his eyes, she wants to see it again.The sooner she gets the test results, the more likely that she will.All along she has been wondering why the moon goddess has chosen to throw Draco back in her life only to turn it upside down.Now, she is beginning to see that maybe there are bigger things in place.A bigger purpose for her to fulfill.Draco is just the push she has needed all the while.So she moves back to her workstation very quickly.This test is something she is very familiar with because she has done it several times, trying to determine the sufficient amount of wolfsbane extract for each solution.This would be a breeze in comparison.Although it requires focus as the slightest mi
Raven deflates, his words sending her back to the past. The reason why she had started all this in the first place. How is she going to tell him that her mind has been set on it since she found out that he died from wolfsbane poisoning? That she had decided to find a cure to wolfsbane to honour his death and make sure that she never has to lose anybody to the deadly poison again? That her world had shattered after she lost him and finding the cure had become her lifeline. It had become her purpose and what kept her living all this while. She cannot bring herself to tell him. She will just sound crazy, especially if he denies being Draco again. So she glances away from him, saying the closest thing to the truth that she can without lying to him outright. “The professor recruited me to create a vaccine for wolfsbane and that's why we have been working with it,” she explains simply. Raven carefully selects her words and keeps it simple in order not to create any holes for herself,
No, she cannot possibly go with him.It can't end like this.The plan is to test this drug and she needs to do it tonight.It may be the solution to the students dying left and right and she will do everything that is within her power to find out if she had something to do with it and hopefully put an end to it.First, she has to test the drug, but right now, Draco is between her and that happening. She heaves, watching his eyes as he shoves the drugs in his pocket and reaches for the cuffs around his belt.“Wait,” she says hastily, putting her hands behind her. She has no choice but to come clean with him if she will have a shot at defending herself, she just hopes that he at least hears her out.“I am not using those drugs.”“Hands,” he replies, giving her a blank look in return, doubt and disappointment written all over him.“Listen to me, please. I just want to run an experiment on it in the lab. It is very important that I do,” she tries to explain without giving too much away.“