Felrim and I got startled when we heard a commotion in the house. And a loud sharp cry which confused me. It was Ava.I left him on the garden's border, quickly ran inside the house, and found Mrs. Rivera thumping Ava heavily with her fist on the poor lady’s back. Samuel’s wife was so angry her face was all red and her eyes fierce and I was scared that she might break Ava’s bone because werewolves have extraordinary strength and poor Ava is just a human.“Please Mama stop!” Ava cried and the screaming made the two daughters run from their rooms as well as Frix, who was so baffled at what was happening. I didn’t waste any moment and quickly pulled Ava away from Mrs. Rivera who was so angry that I can see on her face that she wants to kill Ava with her own hands.“What’s happening?! Why are you hurting her!” I yelled at the woman and she looked at me almost breathless from hurting Ava. Her two girls are both scared and crying when they both saw their mother and Mrs. Rivera flinched fro

“It’s a joke, right?” Frix laughed awkwardly while looking at everyone’s faces, “You know that is a bad joke.” “Do you think she would joke like that, Frix? Look at her!” William exasperatingly said to Frix. I can feel the heavy atmosphere around the apartment and I can tell that everyone is shocked as well as I am while all of our eyes are on Ava. Sherman grunted and trembled in anger. I got worried because his face suddenly went red and I could see the veins on his temple. Poor Sherman. He only met his daughter and then found out about these horrible things. I feel bad for both of them and wish I could do anything to lighten the load in their chest. But in this matter, there is nothing I can do but just listen. We were all startled when he punched a hole in the wall. Frix's eyes widened and his face turned pale as he murmured, “So you mean—” “Yes. What you're thinking is right,” Kelly said languidly, her eyes almost closed after stopped stopping xt words “He wanted me to be o

[XENO’s Point-of-View]I pushed him in anger and his back slammed the door, making several books fall from the shelves. He cannot look into my eyes. His face contorted into a grimace but the remorse was all over it. I should be relieved that the night Ava tried to deceive me didn’t result in an offspring but my anger is much stronger about what he did. Not only he betrayed his wife. He abused the girl he swore he would protect and care for after I brought Ava to them. It’s also my fault as well… I trusted him. I glared at him and was about to punch him in the face when father quickly stepped in the middle and stopped me. I breathed heavily while my whole body trembled. All the respect I have for him evaporated in the air.“You have two daughters, g*ddamnit!” I snarled at him with disgust and hate. I could feel the veins thump loudly in my ears as I refrain from punching his head off his shoulders, “I can’t believe you set me up all this time just to cover up all the disgusting things

Kelly was right. They brought us to a different place that Phillius had never shown me before.The sun’s soft light was already breaking into the morning sky and the cold wind gave a chilling feeling to my skin. The first thing that caught my mind was the beautiful garden, as pretty as the one they have in the new Clarkson Mansion. I can still remember the flowers in that place that I used to stare at the whole day, reminding me of the terror of being imprisoned in Phillius’s room. The memory gave a terrible feeling in both my chest and my stomach and Kelly must have noticed the growing fear in me now that we are going to face Phillius once again.But I believe I got this. I shouldn’t be afraid anymore. I have my friends with me and Xeno. There are people I need to protect and this is the time I shouldn’t feel the fear that is slowly emerging in me. I swear this will be the last time I am going to see that man. For the sake of Xeno and the others.“Follow me,” said the man who talked

The Villa has several rooms and Phillius let us use the spare ones so all of us could rest after the stressful revelations and agreements we discussed in the conference area. I still cannot believe this is happening—we have just settled things without bloodshed or any disagreements aside from Ava’s condition that she and her father, Sherman are now under the protection of the Clan and have to move to New York so that Samuel’s Luna would never have the chance to kill her and her baby. Samuel had already left the premises after Xeno sent him away and he just gave Ava one final look before he went into a van straight to the airport.Kelly is still hesitating if she’s going to take the role that Xeno wants to give her. It is a heavy responsibility and a huge one for Kelly but I believe she is the best person to inherit the Clan that she has been protecting all her life. She worked hard and got the respect she deserved when their pack mostly consisted of men and she was the only she-wolf w