Chapter 35

Elena:

I frowned as I looked down at my hand.

The whole place was packed with people, some were ordering their drinks, others were mingling about. And I couldn’t help but worry about how things were going to go if this was how the night started.

The vision of my parents dying flashed in my head as if the memory was vivid. And for a second, it felt like it just happened. The heat that I felt was one that I couldn’t understand, and my chest ached.

“Elena?” Alvize said, breaking the train of my thoughts. I didn’t turn to face him, I didn’t want him to read my pain in my eyes. It scared me what he would think if he did. “Malyshka, what’s going on?”

I shook my head before taking a deep breath. I clenched and unclenched my fist before forcing myself to relax. He couldn’t have been the one behind their deaths.

“The Lycan, who is that man?” I asked and he frowned. Alvize sat by my side and took my hand in his, trying to understand what was bothering me. I slowly removed my hand from his an