LUNA ASTERBELLE'S POVEven with that said, I still couldn't come up with a proper plan regarding how I would be able to tame this man. I'm still left wondering if I should actually enact revenge on him or let him be and just move on with my past experiences."Seems like we still wouldn't get along all that well, unlike what I anticipated. Can I leave now?" I politely asked.Jerome raised a finger, making the person who served my dish leave the dining area. "We still have something left for us to discuss; don’t even think that you can escape from that maze outside. And if you’re thinking that there might be another pathway in and out of this mansion, then I’m sorry to disappoint you, but there isn’t."He really has a way or two to make me furious. No matter what I had in mind, he would immediately shut it off with his cruel principles."What is it that you wanted us to talk about? I’m pretty sure that we’re both holding ourselves back with the urge to strike now, considering how we got
LUNA ASTERBELLE'S POVA couple of minutes passed by, and I still couldn't process what Jerome recently said. It was hard for me to trust his statements lately, and there wasn't any reason for me to believe him anyway.I faked a cough at the same time that I walked out of the dining room, but I heard his footsteps that followed me out of the mansion. "Is there anything else that you want to say?" I asked in such an irritated tone. I wasn't amused with the way that he seemed to be playing with my emotions. "If you have so much time to spare, you might as well search for a method on how to remove this curse on me. If you wouldn't, then don't expect that I'd forgive you at all.""Althea must've told you the solution to your problem before," Jerome said, which piqued my curiosity, so I turned around to listen to him attentively. "Althea most probably mentioned me to you and also the existence of your curse that was made by none other than herself. She wouldn't be selfish enough not to tell
LUNA ASTERBELLE'S POVThe skies seemed to be sympathizing with how Andrea passed away. There were no signs of stars, and even the moon was blocked by the dark clouds that were endlessly releasing droplets of water. Every single step that I took as I went to the Blood Moon Pack’s premises was absolutely heavy. It was like my feet were locked up in chains and were pulling me backwards so that I wouldn’t be able to go to my destination.I parted ways with Jerome, and since I told him before not to attend Andrea’s burial, I’m pretty sure that our paths would not cross for a while."Luna, you’ve finally arrived; we’ve been waiting for you for about an hour now. We thought that you wouldn’t come," Mrs. Asterbelle said as she walked closer to me to assist me in stepping forth at the entrance of the venue. "Everyone else that was invited is already inside. You should go in as well and pay your respects to the friend that you’ve lost," she murmured.My mother’s words sounded to me like she didn
LUNA ASTERBELLE'S POVFrankly speaking, I have no clue as to where I would be able to find Joseph right now. It's not like we have some sort of connection that can lead us to one another, unlike Andrea and him. I passed by the area of her burial, and there weren't any newcomers, which makes me the last one to pay her a visit. All of them were silent, and I observed how some of them were keeping watch of the time, as if they were merely forced to come here.I made up my mind that I wouldn't waste the entire day lazing around and would just go confront my father once again. I'm sure that Andrea wouldn't want me to keep on mourning for her anyway.As soon as I reached the alpha, Mr. Asterbelle's office, I was greeted with a dark, cool room lined with his bookshelves. Despite the high temperature outside, the only source of light came from the soft glow of dozens of candles that were set up all around the table in the center, creating silhouettes on the luxurious leather carpets that cover
LUNA ASTERBELLE'S POVWith no hesitations in mind, I concluded the conversation between me and Mr. Asterbelle, that he would just be wasting his precious time and efforts to stop me from taking what's rightfully mine—Jerome Dawson would be for my possession only.That moon goddess shouldn't have intervened with us if she planned to concise a scheme such as making me a half-half.Now that I've made an enemy out of my father, I don't think that I have any reason left to keep on avoiding Jerome. I have to come up with a plan that will make him recognize me as his mate. I don't want to end up in the same situation as Joshua, who's almost unable to communicate clearly because of the passing of his mate."What am I supposed to do?" I asked myself as I carelessly kicked the pieces of stone that were along the pathway.The Blood Moon Pack's turf was surrounded by gigantic walls made up of stone, paired with the iron gates that serve as both the entrance and the exit. It's not locked most of th
JEROME DAWSON'S POVObserving from the outside, the orphanage appeared to have such stunning infrastructure, with an arched ceiling and gigantic white pillars that supported the balcony on the second story. There were also some stained glass panels that portrayed magnificent scenes. The air smelled like grass and soil since the windows weren't closed on both sides."Master Jerome, aren't you going inside?" asked Jin, the one responsible for guarding the entire orphanage. He's the only son of the owner, so I guess that he'd be the one to inherit this orphanage someday soon. "Everyone else is waiting for you in the dining area. Your lunch has been served by the maids," he added.I nodded my head, then kept my mouth shut as I entered the orphanage. The other children were really waiting for me to arrive, as they all turned to look at the entrance where I appeared. Sorry, I made you all wait for too long. Let's eat," I said.There wasn't anything special with today's meal either. I don't k
JEROME DAWSON'S POVLuna suddenly placed her palm above my hand. Despite the cold temperature coming from the breezing air of the air conditioner, Luna's hands seemed to be much cooler than that."But if I simply follow what they tell me to do, then what difference does it make from having no future?" I questioned her even though I knew that she might have difficulties finding comforting words to say. "I don't want to be someone's pawn, Luna. I want to set a future for myself; I don't want to dance through their strings.""I don't want to say that I understand how you're feeling about all of those since I'm not in your shoes, but at least let me do this."Luna almost bent down on both of her knees just to be able to reach me. Even her embrace was precisely cold."H-hey..." I was at a loss for words.In this world, I have always been given such a strong impact of mixed emotions. But somehow... I don't know what type of feeling I should express during this whole time of Luna's arms encir
JEROME DAWSON'S POV"Wait for a second. You're misunderstanding something here, Mr. Asterbelle and Mrs. Asterbelle," I politely said as I looked at each one of them as I mentioned their names. "It's not like I forced Luna to do something indecent. We were just doing what mates should be doing. That's not too wrong for us, right? In fact, it would be better for the both of us to be pronounced as mates as early as now, since we would still be able to adapt to a society where we're going to be the greatest—""Who gave you permission to speak, little boy of the Dawson Clan?" Mr. Asterbelle cut me off. His gaze was deadly, and that was enough to completely prevent me from uttering a single word. "You should know your place, boy. As far as I know, your parents don't even have anything worthy to be proud of. Your clan wouldn't even ring a bell to a stranger out there. That's how low you should think of yourself, so what right do you have to speak to someone that you should highly respect?" he