Mag-log inWe were all trembling over different reasons until I felt the barrier at the door breaking, the air crackling and dissolving. Security men streamed into my room, followed closely by my mother, Gregory, and then Cynthia, who slipped in behind them with a wary look.Mom sighed, "Let her go. You have business with me, don't you?""My phone," I choked out, my claw still hovering over the nurse's flesh."I'm not going to give you your phone. If you haven't noticed, your phone isn't the only thing I seized. Your tablet, your car keys... your accounts have all been frozen.""Mom!!" I snarled, tightening my grip around the nurse's throat until she let out a piercing, hysterical scream. I glared at my mother, raw hatred emanating from every pore of my body."Continue that and you will only compound your punishment," Mom said, "If she drops dead, you will lose far more than your trust fund. Because honestly... I won't guarantee Persie's life."My hand loosened instantly. I staggered backward,
"I'm not raising a beast in this house, but a stable citizen of Noctara! And if you are always going to act feral over things you could fix with actions, then you will get out of my house!!"I shifted back into my human form, completely exhausted as my knees buckled and I collapsed onto the cold floor.I closed my eyes, letting the darkness take over, surrendering to a long, heavy sleep.Then I felt warmth. A body pressed gently against mine, fingers softly combing through my hair, warm breaths fanning against my cheek.Persie...That scent... it was undeniably Persie. It was Persie who always smelled like this early in the morning...."Persie..." I whispered quietly, forcing my heavy eyelids open.A blinding ray of sunlight was filtering into my room through the cracked velvet curtains. I felt something cool rested against my skin...a damp towel placed carefully on my forehead.Persie... was she back? Did she come home?I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again, trying to focus m
"You will not speak to me like that!!""I will!!!" I screamed right back, the sound tearing raw from my throat. "And this damn blind date!! I'm not doing this shit!! Okay? I'm freaking not going on any blind date! I'm not interested in any of this!!!"I didn't wait for her response. I whirled on my heel and stormed out of her room, the doors slamming behind me with a thunderous crack that shook the entire frame.There was no way she was my mother. Absolutely no way. There were a million reasons why she couldn't possibly be the woman who brought me into this world, no real mother could stand there with a heart made of ice while her child was falling apart at the seams."Fuck!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, letting the fury explode out of me. The sound echoed down the grand corridors, vibrating through the very walls of the estate.From behind the closed doors of her suite, my mother's voice cut through the air, "You will not scare anyone in this house!!"I ignored her. Everyone
"You didn't just say that to me, did you?" I asked, my voice shaking with a deadly, fuming heat as she pushed past me.She didn't answer. Her jaw was set like marble as she hauled her heavy suitcases behind her, the small wheels rolling against the polished floors.I bolted out of the walk-in closet, keeping right on her heels. "Persie! I'm talking to you!"She reached for the brass handle of the bedroom door. Before she could turn it, I lunged forward and grabbed her arm, pinning her in place."Okay, fine!" I blurted out, my chest heaving as panic began to claw its way up my throat. "I made you angry! I get it! So tell me, how do I fix it? Rejecting Elias? I'll do it! I'll just have sex with him and end the relationship, I promise!"Persie froze, her head slowly turning to look at me, her dark eyes hollow and unreadable.Was that the real problem? Elias? Was she acting like this simply because I was giving him too much of my attention?"I really promise," I pleaded, my voice softenin
"What?"Because I don't think I heard that correctly. Processing the sound of her voice, trying to piece the syllables together into something that made logical sense, I needed to get it right. But she didn't say another word.Why was she so sad over this? She was the one who encouraged me. She had always been completely fine with it, always egging me on and now she was sitting there looking like that like I had said something wrong?"You once mentioned we should get married, right?" she suddenly said, her chin lifting as her eyes met mine. The sheer, sullen look in her gaze nearly took me out.Persie had never looked at me like that... I reached a hand out toward her, my fingers twitching to cup her jaw, but the moment I moved, she scrambled off the bed as if my touch burned."We should marry!" she thundered.I blinked once, twice, rooted to the mattress as I tried to comprehend where that sudden outburst had even come from. Something was deeply wrong with her, and I was completely
"If this is your condition to marry her, well, I think I will have to withdraw that," Elias continued, leaving everyone even further lost in the crossfire.Elias’s eyes locked onto Valerius. "I guess I told you this before, but I think your discourtesy didn't come from you, but from your father.""Elias," Mother snapped, her voice tight with warning."I'm sorry, Mother, but sitting here speaking to her like that is something we won't accept."Or he won't accept! Admit it already, Elias! Just admit it, you were pissed on my behalf. Even the sheer, tight-knuckled grip he had on his cutlery betrayed the furious storm brewing beneath his calm surface.I smiled, looking down at my own plate, a wave of satisfaction washing over me. Elias had just saved my beautiful day from getting ruined."What was the meaning of what you did, Elias?" Mother demanded, her voice shaking as she tried and failed to contain her rage the second the doors closed behind a fuming Valerius and his father. A woman







