61ADRIA’S POV.When I awoke, there was a little sunlight streaming in. My neck ached from sleeping in a bad position all along and I raised my head which had been lolling to the side. Then I began to grunt and give muffled sounds as I realized my mouth had been taped and I had been tied with ropes to a chair.I shook on the chair violently, trying to get my hands out but it was all in vain, it had been too tight, I tried separating my lips but the tape was too strong and too large. Fear and panic raced up my spine giving me shivers. Was I a kidnap victim? Was it a serial killer? What had happened?I continued to shake violently on the chair and it wasn’t until I had calmed down before I recalled what had happened. I had been hit by something hard on my head and thinking about it when I furrowed my brows, there was some restraint on my skin. It was probably the dried up blood. I smelled horrible and began to panic for real. Sweat rolled down my face like it were a hill and I shook eve

63MONICA’S POV.She looked even more annoying than a fly at that moment and I desperately wanted to hit her till I was satisfied, probably till she was blinded by the blood pouring from her own onto her face.Her eyes radiated with fear and she looked like she had just gotten the hang of things.“Tell me exactly what you want in Lucien. He’s too good for you. He’s not in your league. He’s for me. He’s mine! I adored him for years and longed for a single kind word from him. I had all his pictures and videos on my wall. I liked all his pictures on all the social media he had, and even if he didn’t post much of himself, that didn’t stop me from leaving a comment on every single thing he posted, and then you come along. What? You want to be his? You want to stay by his side? Those lovesick looks you have are meant for me alone! I’m the only one eligible to give Lucien that look, and it won’t be pretty if I leave you that way!” I shouted, staring at her who looked at me like she were seei

65LUCIEN’S POVI left with the woods in sight, running as fast as I could because Monica was crazy and would do anything to hurt Adria. Thinking of it, the look on her face on the night we spoke before Adria went missing wasn’t one of hurt.It was an expression that got stronger and stronger with each word. Looking back at it, it seemed she was making the decision in her mind while I did the talking and there I was over the last two days, thinking happily that she had left New Orleans because I had told her to.My guts told me she had done serious preparation to kidnap Adria since I wasn’t sure she’d ever had to kidnap a person before.People I passed by stared at me in surprise as it was quite uncommon to see a grown man like me running all by himself. It wasn’t even the time where people working out were many on the streets, but I didn’t pay them any attention, all that was on my mind was thoughts of Adria.My feet crunched on dry twigs and leaves as I ran through the forest, pushi

67ADRIA’S POVAs I watched her horrible transformation into her half-shift form, the scream finally left my lungs, loud and powerful, but they were unable to make it out because my lips were sealed.Monica was a wolf? How on earth could that be possible? How could it be possible? I needed a lot of time to think and assemble my thoughts but Monica didn’t even wait for me to finally accept the huge and shocking revelation she had just revealed to me. She looked horrible, and I didn’t know what I had felt when she was about to burn my leg because I recognized what I felt at the moment as fear.Real fear, strong and powerful and fearful itself.My chest was heaving heavily and I was barely breathing as my eyes stayed fixed to the floor. Knowing that I was dating a werewolf was a little bit unnerving, but with Lucien, it was okay. He made me understand that they weren’t vicious creatures like the novels made them to be, and that was because he was attracted to me but with Monica, it was a

69LUCIEN’S POVThe next day when I walked out of class, in the afternoon, Adria’s friends walked up to meet me.“I’m really sorry, Professor Lucien but we are going to have to report this to the police.” Stacy said apologetically like they would be offending me by informing the Palace. “Adria’s mum went on a day’s business trip thinking Adria had decided to rebel and spend the night out without telling her, but she was really scared when she returned early this morning and couldn’t find Adria. She called us up and when we told her Adria was missing, she nearly went nuts. We had to lie to her that the police were on the case, and I feel we’re betraying Adria by not reporting this to the police. She’s probably so scared, and sad right now.” She explained, looking at her shoes.“I already did that.” I told her and they all looked at me in surprise. “I and Zayne searched the forest and the street she went into but found nothing some decided we had to let the police know about it since it