“Get up,” Lucius ordered. Why did he suddenly appear? I stared at him longer, thinking that maybe I was just under illusion that he came for me. Did the mirror’s power still affect me? Or maybe it was because I was getting dizzy. Wolf shifters had better immunity in all aspects compared to humans, but some of us couldn’t last in cold surroundings for long, especially someone as weak as me. Winter was nearing and it was evident in how cold I felt with my entire body soaked. “What? You want to die here?” Lucius’ annoyed tone let me know that he was real. Illusion would be a little nicer, just like what I saw inside the mirror. I put my hand flat on the ground to push myself up. I slowly stood. My lips were shivering. Every nerve of my body was. After all, I had been staying outside for hours and an hour under the heavy rain. Thankfully, I managed to walk till we got inside. The shiny marble floor got wet and dirty. A maid gave Lucius a towel without minding me. All of the servants mu

I spent the rest of the day in my room, reading a book I picked up somewhere in the library. I didn’t join the two for lunch and had my meal sent over. Because obviously, they wouldn’t enjoy my company, nor would I.I slept during the afternoon. Yesterday was a tough day and I didn’t have a good sleep because I dreamt of the maid who was thrown in the Cursed Mirror. I could still remember the sound of her screams vividly. It haunted me.When I woke up after the same nightmare, it was five in the afternoon. I went for a warm bath to soothe my nerves and forget about it. After staying in the tub for almost an hour, I heard the door of the bathroom click and got alarmed.“Who are you?” I panicked. I couldn’t see the person on the other side because of the frosted glass dividing the bathroom.“Oh shit! I’m sorry, I think I got lost,” it was a man’s voice I wasn’t familiar with. Then there was a loud thud from the shutting of the door.I slipped on the full bathrobe and went to see who it

The car stopped in front of an old dilapidated building in the middle of nowhere which looked like an abandoned asylum. It was rather creepy, especially with the tall trees and thick fog surrounding the place.“What are we going to do here?” I asked Lucius when we were both out of the car.“I told you. We’ll go hunting.”My gaze went down to the pistol on his right hand. I swallowed hard. I had a bad feeling about this.“But why are we…” I stopped when someone from inside came out. A man in a black suit, must be in his late mid or late thirties.“Good evening, Alpha Lucius. He is on the third floor, room 006.”Lucius just nodded and started to walk. I had no choice but to follow him.On contrary to what I assumed, the building wasn’t abandoned and was clean inside. Pretty decent, even. There was no elevator so we had to walk our way up. There were a few people around who seemed to be Lucius’ employees because they bowed when they saw him, which made me think this might be Lucius’ secr

With no chance of putting up a fight, I ran to the opposite side of the corridor where there was a huge window at the end. I didn’t think using stairs would be of great help, so I thought of jumping off the window instead. We were on the third floor. It would surely hurt but it wouldn’t kill me, right?The wolf ran after me. I would have thought twice of jumping but I didn’t have the chance. Before the wolf’s teeth could reach me, I had thrown myself out of the window.I closed my eyes, expecting the impact of my fall.But I didn’t fall to the ground. Instead, I felt myself in someone’s arms.“What a crazy stunt you pulled there, little wolf.”His voice somehow calmed me. Thinking I was safe with him around. Well, Lucius was still dangerous in my eyes but I was assured he wouldn’t hurt me. For now, at least.“I couldn’t shift. Is that your doing? Did you perhaps make me drink something to make sure I wouldn’t kill you?” I asked when he put me down.“You think I am that petty?” He look

The scent of alcohol and loud music welcomed me when I entered the club. It was one of those high-end clubs in the city, and it was my first time visiting one. But I wasn’t ignorant and Lucius briefed me about it, so I didn’t look like a nerd trying to fit in.I was wearing a mesh top with a tube inside and a black skirt and heels. I didn’t tie my hair because every time I do, I look younger than my age. Being chased out for being a minor was the last thing I would want to experience.Like Lucius promised, he stationed men around the club to make sure Benedict wouldn’t pull some stunt, like try to abduct me. Although there were a lot of people who would see, it wasn’t impossible. Lucius also said he’d be staying nearby and that he would know all my moves because he had access to the CCTV cameras around here, which I wasn’t surprised of. A very influential man like him, both in our kind and humans, he surely could manipulate most things.I went to the bar counter to act like I was gett