Chapter 167 _Virella’s POV_ I had been having a good evening and that was the most infuriating part of it. I had eaten well, taken a long bath, and was sitting in the vanity doing my hair. I was even humming to myself because there was nobody in the house

Chapter 166 _Author’s POV_ Alaric told Rowena she was staying behind when they were barely out of the elevator. He said it quietly, walking beside her through the hotel corridor toward her room, like if he kept his voice low enough it would somehow land easier. He laid out the

Chapter 165 _Author’s POV_ The address Theodore gave them landed in the room like something nobody quite knew what to do with at first. Alaric looked at it on the paper Kasper had written it down on, then he looked at Theodore with an expression that didn’t give anything away.

Chapter 164 _Alaric’s POV_ The meeting today wasn’t going to go as planned, but I hoped it would. Thankfully, Theodore was efficient. He arrived at exactly the time I specified. I’ll give him that much. He knocked twice before the door opened, one of my men let him in, and

Chapter 163 _Rowena’s POV_ Kasper’s knock came in around seven in the morning, I was already awake because I’d been awake since five, working through the last of Celeste’s files on my phone. The room was still dark around me except for the screen light’s reflection. When I heard his

Chapter 162 _Author’s POV_ Ezekiel was still on the phone with his father when Pierre’s phone buzzed on the table between them. He didn’t look at it immediately. He was half listening to his father talk about pack affairs back home, the usual updates that required him to nod and

Chapter 161 _Author’s POV_ It started, as most uncomfortable things in Pierre’s life did, with Ezekiel opening his mouth. They were in Ezekiel’s hotel room, which was somehow already a disaster despite the fact that they had only been here a few days. Clothes were scattered on the chair, the

Chapter 160 _Author’s POV_ Rowena didn’t dress it up as she always did, she went ahead to explain in detail this time. That was the thing about Rowena, she never performed her pain for anyone. She didn’t reach for dramatic words or let her voice wobble at the difficult parts.

Chapter 159 _Author’s POV_ When they all saw there was nothing left at the mansion in Coast Island, Celeste suggested they all head back to the hotel, not before setting her new plan in motion. They arrived late in the evening and the moment Alaric got down from the car,

Chapter 158 _Author’s POV_ Theodore’s island was beautiful. Alaric stood at the entrance of the mansion and took it in briefly before moving past it. The place had a kind of beauty that was meant to distract but didn’t work on him. They had arrived a few minutes ago to