Chapter 31: The Murder Elias’ POV “Lady Isabelle.” It had been about thirty minutes when the senior council left the mansion so I decided to go back to Isabelle’s room. She was still there memorizing for the last time her room as I learnt that today is her last day at the mansion. I led her to the long settee and gave her a cup of water, but I could still sense her trembling. She gripped the skin of the seat and unsteady. “Are you okay?” I asked with worry. Although what she did earlier was unreasonable, I couldn’t get mad at her for long. Isabelle may be a strong female werewolf but she has weaknesses too. We all are. I don’t know if she’s aware that I am here. Considering her situation I couldn’t leave her unattended. I wonder where her personal servant is. “Do you think I was grateful to you because you defended me? You’re still an outcast trying to steal my husband, Elias,” she argued, glaring at me intently. What is she talking about? I saved her from her father because h

Chapter 33: The AttemptThird Person POVNot long after Apollo had shared his story to Elias, his eyes automatically sunk when he felt the sudden wrath of the rain outside. On the long settee, his head rested on his left arm, while Elias snucked himself.It was pouring on the heavy loads as Apollo let himself carried away with the effect of the rain.Elias felt the opposite. He has been watching Apollo since he talked about what happened before and he was immensely invested in him that his eyes couldn’t leave Apollo’s angelic face. He was like a child while sleeping soundly but a roaring dragon when awake.“I wonder how you cope with what you’ve experienced. It must be so hard,” Elias murmured while brushing his fingertips on Apollo’s face.The clouds were still pouring water with frequent roaring of thunder and lightning.“It would be nice if I had met you earlier, wouldn’t it?”Elias recalled how Apollo saved him from the brink of death as he finally decided to take his own life. It

Chapter 35: The Escape Apollo left the room and headed downstairs. Soon after, Elias decided to leave the room and did the same. He ran to Rico who was holding a medicine kit in his hands and is heading somewhere faster. “Oh, hey, Elias. What’s up?” Rico greeted revealing a warm smile for him. He seems to be in a hurry but managed to stop for a moment. “I have never seen you at the quarter these past few days. Were you with the alpha?” Rico’s suspicious look on him is insatiable. Elias felt his cheeks reddened at mentioning Apollo’s name. He could feel his face heated at how Rico teased him with the alpha. “Silly. No, I was just keeping him company,” said Elias, who was embarrassed as to how he looked. “Then why are you covering your cheeks?” Rico teased him more, bringing himself closer to him. “You did not do what I was thinking right this moment, right?” “I’m not.” Elias tried tilting his head away from Rico’s gaze, but he failed. Rico had seen him in that state. Elias just

Chapter 37: The Victim ELIAS KNOCKED on Apollo’s door many times, but no one answered. He believed it would be impossible if Apollo was not there because he saw him walking in this direction. He sneaked inside the room. "Alpha, are you inside?" he asked, terrified of defying Apollo. Elias twisted the doorknob and it swung open. As if the moon did not even reflect in the sky, a dark room opened up to him. The wind is blowing hard, causing the curtains to dance in time with it. Elias looks around, searching for something to hold on to. Inside, he still couldn't hear Apollo. He suspected he was in the bathroom. Until Elias’ head collided with a hard object. That thing is strange because it smells nice and aromatic. He even touched something down there, causing it to stand up. Elias was too late to realize what that was. He immediately pulled his hand like it was stricken by lightning. "Please accept my apologies. I didn't mean to touch it," he apologized to Apollo, who took a deep

Chapter 39: The Hallow Night Elias could not sleep that night. No matter how hard he tried, something seems to be waking up in his system. He got out of bed for a moment and decided to take a fresh air from the window. After meeting Rowan, he lied to Apollo where he came from. He doesn’t want to meddle with the two because he is not entitled to anything. He kept it to himself and left Rowan there. When he rolled up the shutter window, he was greeted by the shining moon above, full and round. It flashes as if illuminating the whole Northcrest. He saw the small houses in the distance lighting up like tiny stars. His smile faded as he watched them. Until now, Elias couldn’t believe that he was indeed in Northcrest. He has lived a life that’s far from beyond he’s expecting. He thought then that the luxury of dreaming of having a life outside the syndicate is foolish. That he’s not worthy of that life. However, living for almost months away from the life he had, he could finally say th