The next day, I woke up with the sunlight hitting my face. That was when I realized I forgot to close the windows last night after I got back from the kitchen. I was done taking a bath when I heard a knock on my door.I opened it and saw Bentley standing straight. He was smaller than average men. We were just of the same height. “Miss Madeline, Master Lucius is requesting you in his study room.”“Okay,” I nodded, wondering if it was about last night. It would be better if that would be the case because a lot of things happened last night. I felt like something was wrong. Why would the hell other people be interested in me, especially a huge pack?When I got to the study room, I saw Lucius standing in front of the window. But when he sensed someone went in, he turned to face me.“How’s your sleep? Good?” He asked in his usual light tone and blank eyes.“Adequate.”He nodded and went in front of his table and leaned on it with his one hand laid flat above.“You did a good job last night

“Never mind. I have nothing to give,” I shrugged it off, not giving him a chance to ask anything from me. I was sure what he would ask wasn’t easy to do. He wouldn’t take something not beneficial after all. “If you change your mind, all you have to do is ask.” “No thanks, Master Lucius.” After several minutes of being out of the world, Norman returned to his senses and his eyes went back to its original state. I gave my full attention to him. “Have you talked to her? To the guardian?” I asked which made Norman questioned, “Have you met her?” “The guardian of Cursed Mirror? Yes, when I was locked inside.” “Really?” Norman seemed like he couldn’t believe it. “What’s with your reaction, Norman? You think she’s lying?” Lucius asked, his eyes narrowing sharply at the warlock. “No, it’s not that. It’s just, the guardians of the relics don’t show to every person that goes inside the relics, especially the Cursed Mirror. They only show themselves to someone special, someone who has th

“This one,” I gave him a dark red suit. “What’s the wedding’s theme? Are we allowed to wear dark colors?”He shrugged and I sighed. I doubt he knew anything about wedding stuff.Lucius called some staff for cufflinks and he made me choose what was better on him. I chose a simple one.When I handed it over, he didn’t get it and instead bossed around, “Put it on me.”Couldn’t he do it himself?I just didn’t say anything and stepped forward, inching closer to him. I held his wrist, placing it in between us so I could put the cufflink. After putting one, I went to the other cuff. I thought he was done making me serve him but after that, he requested neckties to the staff. It didn’t take long for the staff to come back with a bunch of ties neatly piled on a box for showcase.“Pick one,” Lucius said and I took a glance at his suit to make a perfect pair.I didn’t ask him and just chose what I liked. He didn’t get it from hand though. When he pointed at his collar, I knew what he wanted.“Do

“They are a perfect pair,” I said while holding a champagne glass. Lucius and I were standing near a table full of drinks. The dance for the newlyweds had started. “You can say that for now. Let’s just hope their so-called love for each other won’t fade along with time.” “Don’t call it “so-called”, they wouldn’t marry each other if their love isn’t real. You’re so bitter when it comes to love, Master Lucius. Could the reason be your lack of experience on that aspect?” “Love is not-“ “Real?” I raised an eyebrow. “You haven’t felt it that’s why you don’t believe. It doesn’t mean you can’t see something, it isn’t true. It might be abstract, but there are far truer things than one can see. And I believe one of them is love.” “You sound like you have been in love so many times before. Were you?” I sighed. “No, but I had boyfriends. I liked them, I felt something close to love. And even though those weren’t so serious, I observed people around me. I even knew this man named Alex, a hum

“He is Henry, my most trusted person,” Lucius introduced me to Henry. After we had made a deal to get what we both want, he decided to introduce me to his people first. I figured that his house here in Manchester looked like an ancient luxury manor, it can even pass as a Victorian palace. He also had a lot of maids who are obviously wolf shifters. Of course why would he get human servants. That would only make a problem because of the kind of lifestyle he’s living in. He only introduced me to few people. Henry, his right hand, butler and all-around assistant. Beatrice, the head of the maids in the manor and is ranked the second after Henry. Her name really sound old fashioned, and trust me, she really is. She wasn’t the sexy type of female subordinate in movies that becomes the rival of the female lead in movies. Actually, I can’t guess her age, probably she’s around late forties. But in spite of that, she still looks very beautiful. I guess it must be because of the nature of being