The carriage ride was excruciatingly annoying as Dylan kept trying to scoot closer. Nicolai inadvertently had moved farther from him. Pushing him was not effective by any means.This shameless, man really loved sticking close to him and rubbing their thighs together.“Can you stop that?” he glared up at him.“I don’t know what you are talking about Nico. I’m just sitting here silently,” he shrugged.“you’re touching me.”“It’s a small carriage. It does not have much space…” he sheepishly smirked.“Have your eyes gone bad? Look to your left you had bloody space. Just move,” he pushed him with his butt.But unlike last time this guy didn’t move. Instead, he sat still with an innocent look.“You.. You’re infuriating!”Dylan pouted. “I’m just sitting here. I’m not even doing anything to infuriate you…….”Nicolai couldn’t handle this guy’s attitude any longer. “Kiran dear can you sit beside me? Old uncle here is annoying me,”“Sure,” Kiran climbed down from his lap and sat in between them.

Nicolai looked through all the files. It was a small pile. They only had a few regional problems like a flooded river nearby the eastern European pack. They had already sorted out the problem. They had only sent a report to inform their alpha.He read all the reports. “Well this is good. I’ve got a brief view on the other packs,” he smiled, glancing at Killian.“oh.. Luna these are not the actual documents. They are just incident reports.”Nicolai frowned slightly. “Why didn’t you say so when I was reading it and wasting my time. I could have gotten a brief fpm you,”Killian glanced to his right at Dylan who had a guilty expression.“he told you not to disturb me, right?”“Hmm…”Nicolai once glared at Dylan. “Bring out the actual reports that need to be solved. I’ll take care of it all,”“Sure~” Killian suddenly seemed very energetic. He ran to the shelf behind them and took out almost half the shelf’s contents of the document.“I didn’t ask you to rearrange anything,” Nicolai watched

The full moon ceremony, “It’s a tradition on every full moon the wolves would pray to their moon goddess in their wolf from and it’s followed by a hunt,” Nicolai read through the file.Someone had thankfully compiled all the of the pack’s traditions for him in a file and left it by his doorstep. Nico somehow knew who it was from the cedar scent all over it but he decided to ignore it.“This full moon ceremony... I need to display my powers to the other pack members.” Nicolai was determined. He was going to fake it until he can make I.“What can I do to impress the wolves... hunt an elk? Hunt a dear? Is it something to be impressed off...” he laid on his bed thinking of this issue.His hunting process was a kind of messy. He had to chase after the prey and bite into its jugular to take it down. In this process, he will definitely be covered head to toe in blood.‘Wouldn’t the pack be more scared of me if I display that skill... gosh, this is so difficult. I would have easily hunted an

An hour passed and Nico had enough of this annoying guy’s attitude. While they were working Dylan was standing by the door completely ignoring him. “Killian would you go and fetch some water of me?”“um yeah.. sure...” he gave them both a look. “sort it out quickly,” he whispered to Dylan and rushed out closing the door.Dylan stood by the doorway glancing at the ground.“Are you going to continue acting like that?”Dylan glanced up with a dull gaze.“You’re infuriating to look at.” Nico said, signing a document.“Then why are you looking at me? You hate me and you would prefer to look at Killian’s face than mine. Well and good, do just that.”Nicolai glanced at him with a frown. “Why are you shouting all of a sudden? did I perhaps hurt your feeling mister alpha king,”“Why the hell do you not care about my feelings? You’re.. you’re like a vengeful kid taking every chance to hurt me with your looks and words.”Nico shot up. “You are the one who is acting like a hormonal teenager! You

After that tearful afternoon, Nicolai was left even more confused. His soul ached for Dylan, but his mind was set on throwing him away and taking control of the pack.He was confused about the choices he had to make.When he was young his father always made him choose between his favorite fruits. Apple or oranges. Because whenever he ate them at the same time he ended up sick.Apples are crisp, tasty and sweet, just like his new vampire family. They were the sweetest bunch and he would do anything for them.But oranges.... they are tangy and have a very addictive taste to them, just like Dylan. He was the beloved he had waited a long time. Just one look was enough to make him get addicted to his ocean blue eyes.Nicolai glanced at the fruit bowl with even more intensity. oranges looked so tempting but apples were healthy for his gut.Now he had to make a choice. Apples or oranges.“Nico....” Darius stood by the door. “they are getting ready for the full moon festival. You.. and you’re