"What did you just say?" Razels mom blurted, "My son beat all of them? Why? Our son, is not that kind person, officer. He cannot even break a glass in our house." she insisted. Both of Razel's parents were skeptical of the accusation. It was written all over their faces. I, myself could not believe Razel could do such a thing to the rugby boys. They were a team. Needless to say, they have been close friends since the first day when the team was created. But then again, I cannot blame him to feel that way. He was right, none of them deserve his forgiveness. Our forgiveness. Let alone mine. "They all said nasty words to everyone in his family, including his parents. I am also the victim of defamation. Even if his parents will agree to a settlement, I won't." I move out of my seat and ask for a pen and a piece of paper. "Here's our attorney's name and contact number. I will let my legal team handle this case." I added, "Let's go, Razel." Rael hesitated for a few
My wolf still had a lot of things that need further clarification but I decided to get to the bottom of everything with Ezra instead of Aric. I will only get intimidated further if I remained in his office furthermore. The heavy tension between the truths and lies that dominated the entire room started to suffocate me. Letting him see the weak side of me would be the last thing I want to happen. Before starting the engine of the car, I glanced at the time and concluded that Ezra might be in the middle of working in Aric's hotel. So, I flashed to his other hotel. "What do you think you're doing, huh, Ezra?" I asked him as soon as I parked the car in front of him, the rage in my voice was escorted with sharp stares. Ezra rolled his eyes all over the place, checking for another customer before he fixed them to me. "Aren't I supposed to be the one to ask you that, Feilise? You were supposed to be preparing for the engagement." I could not help but scoff in disbelie
"How about a bottle of beer and a slice of pizza?" I proposed. It was the least my conscience could do to put walls between the heavy tension between them. Ezra and Isadora fixed their gaze on each other so I did not wait for either of them to say something and slide into my room to get us some clothes. Then, I ordered a bottle of beer and a box of pizza online. While waiting for our order, the utter silence leads us to the living area. Isadora was seated across from me and Ezra. Still, their sharp eyes were fixed on others as though they had been reading what was running through their minds all this time. "Okay, here's what is going to happen, Isadora." Ezra finally spoke up, his voice remained calm but deep. "I don't trust your intention of approaching us. For me, you are hiding behind that mask. And I am going to unfold that by all means." "Come on, Ezra," I replied, trying to stay in the middle of the possibility. "Can you just forget about this, huh? I mea
"Ezra, I highly suggest we must get back to your apartment, first. It's not safe for him to be outside right now, is it?" I propose before I offer some clothes for Razel. Both of them did not argue about my proposal as they hopped into the backseat right away. I, on the other hand, hopped into the driver's seat and took off. On our way back to Ezra's apartment, I could not help but glance at them from the rearview mirror. Ezra had a lot of things that bothered his mind but he chose to wait for the right time considering the man seated next to him was in deafening silence. On the bright side, his trembling nerves and bothered mind were already gone. Perhaps it was because his stepbrother was already on his side. Then he leaned his head on the window and closed his eyes. Ezra manages to notice me glancing at them so I focus on the main road ahead of us. "Shouldn't we invite Isadora to come over?" I broke the silence between us before glancing back at the rearview
"Your stepbrother had a lot on his shoulders right now, Razel. One to mention is to make things right for what you did to Lance." I replied, not to assure or scare him, but to make sure he realized what I was trying to emphasize - for him to grow up and be independent. But instead of an answer, Razel curved the tips of his brows. Perhaps he did not get the point of my statement. So I continued, "This is part of Ezra's plan. We must stick to it so that we will not disappoint him. Do you understand?" "But-" "There's no more but, Razel." I cut his words before he could even finish it. "We have to at least try to convince Aric to help us rescue your parents. Your stepbrother had done enough for you." Our conversation was cut off as soon as we parked the car in front of Aric's den. It was also the time when my anxiety started to rise. Razel was right. It could have been better if Ezra was with us right now. I mean, the last thing I want to happen is to be with
"What?" I furrowed. "Go back to your apartment, Felise. Get some rest since we still have a wedding to attend tomorrow," Aric replied with an ear-to-ear smile on his face. "Like I said earlier, you seek in the right place but at the wrong time. And we can do nothing about it. Ezra will understand that." A part of me wanted to do the same thing Razel did in front of Aric as it was the last thing that popped out of my feeble mind. Good thing my pride preceded me. So before I could change my mind, Razel and I flashed to the hotel where Ezra was having his night shift. Both of us were lost in our thoughts in the middle of our journey. We let the deafening silence race with the speed of the car. I don't know what was currently running in Razel's mind but mine was about what Aric told me before I evacuated my spot. I could not believe my parents could do such a thing to me. None of them even considered that I was still a nineteen-year-old student. Perhaps if I
"What are you doing in our village, Ezra?" Alexander asked. "Did Aric order you to give me a visit? That was so sweet of him. But sending you here is a wrong idea, isn't he aware of that?" Before everything got out of hand, I ordered Razel to stay in the car no matter what happened. Then I hopped out and stood next to Ezra. "Aric has nothing to do with our visit, Alexander," I replied. "We are here voluntarily. We are here to seek help from you to save Razel's parents from Rustom's pack." "Razel is my stepbrother." Ezra added, "I don't care about the rest of them. But I must save Mom." Alexander was put into profound silence at the moment while looking at Ezra deeper in the eye. The wolves around us growled when he slid closer to Ezra and shrugged off. Ezra, despite being feeling uncomfortable, remained his calm expression. He did not even remove Alexander's shrug out of his shoulders. They were right. Visiting the pack was the most absurd decision Ezra ever ma
"Right," Razel nodded his head, "Aric and his men will be out the entire day to attend the wedding. It will be our only chance to achieve the plan. Ezra and I must take the opportunity of them being gone to search for Lance in his den. Is that what you mean by it, Brother Ezra?" "It is the only way I could think of we could save our parents, Felise." Ezra agreed. "We hope you understand that. Please, do me a favor. I need you to get married to Aric tomorrow." My heart feels like I was left all alone and got sunk into the bottom of the wide blue ocean that the two could do such a thing to me as though none of them considered how I might feel about it. I want to save their parents as much as they do, but I did not expect it to be this way - hurting me badly. Selling me to the wolf whom I hated the most. On top of that, my love and care for Ezra was unconditional. I may have promised him that my wolf would do everything to make him happy, but no matter how hard I try