Semua Bab Betrayal, Love and Revenge: Bab 41 - Bab 50

ASPEN VESPERMinutes after eating, the men dragged out a crate of wine. And for some reason, as they opened a bottle, they started to discuss life as though they were long-lost brothers.Since Aspen was not fond of drinking late in the night, she headed inside to lie down. Then, the scenarios Kailin painted during their discussion started to play in her head. In both scenes, Aspen would be satisfied with the shock on Lance's face after learning that she knew all about his deceit.It certainly would be a lovely day when that happens.Aspen also reckoned that the hatred she had for the man would feel fulfilled when that day comes.With a smile etched on her lips, she closed her eyes and proceeded to remain in bed till sleep arrived.Moments after sleep came, the front door creaked open. The footsteps that walked in were disorderly and forced Aspen to wake up. As she groaned in complaint, she turned to face the entrance, but Kailin’s reco

ASPEN VESPERAs she bathed, her little exchange with her sister played in her head. While she imagined ways the moment could have been better, her mind chose to travel to Kailin's innocent query of why she was avoiding his gaze.The truth was that when she woke up earlier and didn't see him in the room, she felt a very deadly pang of disappointment that made her certain that she would not hesitate to jump into Kailin's arms if given a chance. While she wasn't sure about the exact cause of that reaction, Aspen decided that she was better off ignoring Kailin. Hence, the lack of eye contact. But he noticed her intention and called her out in a way that forced her to tell the man that he had said things in a drunken state the previous night.Aspen forced her mind to stop thinking about the whole Kailin thing and stepped out of the bathroom after a sigh. With her right armpit holding down the towel shielding her wet body, she stealthily walked to the bag of clothes E

ASPEN VESPER“Aspen, wake up. We are here.” Kailin firmly dragged her out of her deep sleep.“Uh…” They weren’t in front of the Vesper Residence. “Where are we?” She grudgingly asked while her narrowed and puffy eyes tried to adjust to the light of the day.“The beach. This is the only closeby place that has lots of sand. There’s some oil in the back. You can combine as you wish to make yourself look dirty.”“Oh.” She sat up. “Thanks.”“Hmm.” The man was avoiding eye contact, so she stopped staring in his direction and got down. She diligently coated herself with sand and some oil. When the stench coming from the mixture reached her nose, she smiled in satisfaction and believed that it would be enough to drive any suspicion Lance might have towards Kailin.“That was quick,” Kailin commented when she came back to the front.

ASPEN VESPER“What do you have in mind?” Aspen asked Lance. “How do you intend to create evidence that would bring Kailin down?”As she spoke, she quickly realised that she needed to ready herself to execute the plan discussed with Kailin and Ezra. While wondering if she would be able to pull off her part in the plan, she glanced at Lance, who held her hand dearly as they slowly approached the entrance of the Vesper Residence.“Are you listening?” Lance asked.“Hmm?”“I need your help with something important,” he said.“What is that?”“I need you to ask Luna Raven to testify against Kailin.”“Oh. Is that some sort of punishment you have been waiting to torture me with?” Aspen decided to change the direction of his request.“What?” His shock gave her joy. “What are you saying?”They stopped walki

ASPEN VESPERWhile replaying the details of her dream, Aspen questioned the scene where she was running from someone while carrying the seal. She also tried to place that moment in a timeline but saw no correlation. If the seal had gone missing around the time she headed for The Rebel Pack, there was no way she was running in the forests with the seal in her grasp.Aspen decided to convince herself that the dream meant nothing, but that decision barely worked for two seconds. When she remembered that she heard Raven’s voice screaming about the object in the dream, she retraced her thoughts and tried to interpret it better.“Aspen,” Ezra’s ragged voice came from the door, and she focused on his entry instead.“Is something wrong?”“Word just reached your family.” His countenance was not pleasant, Aspen noted.“That what?”“The Lycan King was found half-dead on his way he