“YOU LOVE her a lot, don’t you? Me, too.”I glanced at Valerian. He was the first to break the silence between us by saying those words. He was sitting on the ground and was leaning on the steel bars with his eyes closed as if he didn’t want to see me. Heck, the feeling was a hundred percent mutual. I despised being here.But I had to see him at least. I had to see the reason why Alexandra was wavering. I had to see if he was real to her the way she was to him before I could let them meet each other.Amid Alexandra’s anger, I left her in the room and had the guards surround her to stop her from meeting her lover.‘All right. I will do what you want. I promise to stay here but in return, promise me that you will not hurt him, Luther,’ I remembered her saying before I went out of our room.‘And if I do? Will you hate me?’‘No,” she sobbed. ‘I really hate myself right now for being the reason why you’re wearing that kind of expression on your face, Luther. And I would hate myself more if

(Luther)DEEP inside, I was hoping Valerian to give me a reason to end his life. If only he was half as cunning as Kenji or as the Vampires I dealt with, I would have no problem crushing his heart with my claws.But Valerian’s every word was about my wife, about how to take care of her better. I only knew Alexandra and not Cassandra. That’s why we also knew different ways of loving her and protecting her. And right now, his ways worked better than mine.Thinking of how much pain I was unknowingly inflicting on Alexandra had made me feel embarrassed to be called her husband. I regretted how I flipped out. I could now see what she saw in this hybrid.After some time, Valerian released my collar.“I’m sorry. I tend to lose my temper when it comes to her. I may have been born a hundred years earlier than you, but up until seven years ago, I didn’t know anything about love. You can call me whatever you want, but I didn’t really believe in it,” Valerian said. “Meeting Cassandra had changed

(Alexandra)“MY BROTHER and my best friend have names. They are Valerian Willers and Nick Hudson so please, stop calling them with whatever you like. They are very important to me. They came here to help and they deserve to be respected. The reason I could stand in front of you here again was because of them. They saw my worth even when I couldn’t. And they believed in me even when I didn’t. When I was weak, they were my strength. And now that they are weak because of me, I want to be their source of strength, too,” I confessed to the wolves as I shift back to my human form.“The times that we all spent apart were nothing compared to the times we spent together. You know me best. Most of you even watched me grow. I will never intentionally harm this empire, this family. I am not forcing you to trust Valerian and Nick right away. I understand that ‘trust’ should be earned. But I am asking you to trust me like you did before. Me and my wolf will personally vouch for them. And if I am wr

I FOUND Luther in the garden. He was sitting on a wooden chair and he seemed to have fallen asleep while waiting for me. My heart dropped at the sight. It was past one in the morning already. While most of his subordinates were resting in their quarters, their king was here, alone and uncomfortable. He must have planned to be the first person to greet me when I come back from the guest house. He was still as thoughtful as ever.I quietly sat on the chair beside him and just gazed at his face. When the warriors saw me and they looked like they wanted to approach me to greet me, I instantly shook my head and motioned my hand for them to be quiet. They nodded as if they understood. They threw a quick glance at their king and dispersed after lowering their heads.It had been a month since I returned in this town but without amnesia, it felt like I was looking at Luther for the first time after seven years. Since I was not sure about so many things about myself before, every day when I loo

(Alexandra)“GET up, Alexandra. Shift and run with me.”When I heard Dad’s voice, I wiped my tears away and rose. His eyes were full of compassion as if he could relate to what I was feeling. He gave me a soft smile.“Shall we go?”I nodded. When he shifted, I followed him and shifted as well. Together, we ran in the woods as quickly as we could and howled. It was the farewell ritual that I didn’t get to do for Mom before and Dad was allowing me to finally do it for her now.It was seven years late, but I hope Mom could still hear it… including my apology and gratitude. While we were running, I was taken aback by the huge number of wolves who ran behind us including Luther. They howled along with us until we reached the lake once again.When we all transformed, the women took me someplace else and I just let them. They prepared a white silk dress for me to wear. They assisted me as I wore it. When I