CHAPTER 17

Chapter 17

"And how did your meeting with the family go?" Susan asked Emily who sighed, "it went well. His brother was…"

Susan waited for Emily to finish the sentence but she couldn't find the right words to describe him. "...different!"

"Okay, I have heard many descriptions about people but never someone was tagged as 'different'," Susan said with the rise of her brows.

"I can't describe him in any other way, first he lives in a place which is far away from the city. In the forest! There he had this big palace kind of home and not to mention the huge dogs which look like werewolves and not to mention the old housekeeper.

"Does he have horns on his head?"

Emily didn't understand the reference, "what are you talking about?"

"You described his place as a beastly palace. So I was just confirming if he was the beast itself. The only thing missing in your description was horns and furs on his body."

Emily left a tired breath. "I think he is a beast. We attended a funeral there and the w