"Morning," Evelyn mumbled, entering the kitchen, still rubbing her eyes like a sleepy kitten. She woke up in a huge, clean bedroom, but there was no indication of the owner. Maybe a guest room? It took Evelyn a few minutes to realize that she must be at Raymond's place. Though knowing Raymond wanted her to take responsibility for his drug incident, Evelyn just couldn't feel frightened waking up in the home of the man she loved-- The man who had been protecting her and indulging her as the little sister of his best friend for years before he forgot about her. She found her way to the kitchen with huge glass walls and view of the garden easily."Finally awake? You are up early," Raymond let out a light sneer with his eyes pasted on the newspaper, pretending he didn't check on Evelyn ten times through the night and knew perfectly well that she was about to wake up 10 minutes ago."Oh, my, God..." Murmured under her breath, Mathilda rose her head from her cereal, her jaw fell on the flo
Too much information poured in in the last ten seconds and Evelyn's mouth could easily fit an egg right now.Mathilda let out a shy smile: "Sorry... but I might have peeked into your application forms... but I really want to go to the same school with you! You have no idea how thrilled I was when I found out that my idol is the same age as me!""There must have been some misunderstanding..." Evelyn let out a horrified laugh, "but I'm not Nyx--""Sure you are!" Mathilda laughed happily, sitting down by Evelyn, "I only regret I didn't know it until our graduation!""Graduation?" Evelyn frowned."Yeah, I guess you don't remember now, I mean, why would you?" Mathilda grinned cheeringly, "I got upset at my brother that day because he wouldn't allow me to leave the city for Yale, and I escaped graduation to an empty classroom and ran into you! You were sitting on the window frame alone, sketching?""Oh my God, I do remember!" Evelyn gasped with a frown, "That was you?! I'm sorry, I had a lot
"What do you mean she's gone? This is getting ridiculous, Theo!" Raymond frowned, standing in front of the French window of the top floor of his building and watching the sunset, which, just lost all appeal to him because of the phone call."She was tame for the whole day..." Theo whined with a long face, "I didn't know she would even try to escape..."Raymond closed his eyes in frustration. Why WOULD she leave? It wasn't like he was really going to hurt her or anything?!He should have known that naughty kitten was not one to take orders."I told you to keep an eye on her ALL the time!" Raymond gritted his teeth."I did! I was just talking to Mathilda for like two minutes--""And you didn't know Mathilda is crazy about her?? How could you have fallen for such a simple trick?" Raymond rolled his eyes, getting frustrated for no reason when he thought about Evelyn being out there alone.It wasn't like she was part of his pack or anything!"Focusing on the rogues for now," Raymond rubbed
"From what I know, you took in Evelyn after you lost your pack," Raymond frowned, nailing his eyes on Noah White."We lost our pack to the war," Noah White closed his eyes, "and James Black only declared that war because of Evelyn.""But we couldn't leave her there," Sarah added after Noah White, "she's suffered enough before we found her, so..."Raymond pursed his lips.He didn't even do anything to Evelyn before the Whites disowned her like she was some kind of disease, and now they were saying that they abandoned their home for her?"Please, Alpha Raymond," Noah White had his right fist over his heart, showing his loyalty and respect, "can you please take us in?""I seem to remember telling you to get out of my city if I don't see both of your daughters today," Raymond sneered coldly. Though he already found Evelyn, he wasn't gonna let a nobody like Noah White challenge his words."I'm terribly sorry about that, Alpha Raymond!" Noah jumped up and pulled out his phone, "She WILL be h
Ava found Raymond in the garden, leaning against the stone arch with his hands in his pocket and his head low, his swan-like neck showing a pretty curve under the moon. Ava let out a longing sigh at the desire burning in her chest, and Raymond looked up instantly. "Miss Ava," Raymond said, walking toward her, graceful as a prince. Ava was lost staring at him, with a smitten face until he was towering over her. "Sorry I kept you waiting, Alpha..." Ava snapped out of it and lowered her eyelashes, her cheeks blushing. "It's no problem..." Raymond suddenly frowned lightly and tapped her chin up a little with those beautiful dark eyes gazing into hers, "...did you cry?" His voice was so gentle and soft that Evelyn's heart melted. "I'm fine," Ava murmured, putting on her timid act that would always get Sarah's affection, "thanks, Alpha." "What is it, you can tell me." Raymond softened his voice, but Ava just shook her head tamely. Raymond watched Ava carefully. He couldn't say she wa
In the aftermeth of the argument with his wolf, Raymond left the Whites without saying goodbye, or else he would notice the black S.U.V. that was following him the other night just passed his car as he left.The S.U.V. stopped in front of the White's house."Sure you don't want me to go in there with you?" The driver, a tall man with a hard jawline asked in a cold tone."Positiveeee," Evelyn smiled brightly, not at all influenced by the man's cold look, "but of course, you CAN if it's not too awkward for you to meet the bio parents of your adopted little sister who took the place of your real sister.""She is never my sister, especially when she CHOSE to be with the Whites when we needed her," The man snorted coldly, dodging Evelyn's taunting look with a frown."I'm choosing the Whites, too," Evelyn chuckled, making a naughty face, "should I worry about getting on your blacklist as well, ALPHA James?"James rolled his eyes, but in face of Evelyn's cute smile, only a resigned smile esca
The Alpha was NOT in a good mood.Ever since Raymond came back from his dinner plan with the Whites, Theo had yet to see a single smile from him, not even when he was with Mathilda. He basically escaped from home and hid hide at his work all day.No one knew what went wrong. All they knew was -- they got more workload and it got harder to please the already hard-to-please boss."Alpha?"Raymond's eyes shivered when Theo's voice snapped him out of his deep thought, but he didn't want to admit that his mind had been wandering for he didn't even know how long. He found it quite hard to concentrate these days. The serenity of his quiet life was gone and he couldn't restore it when he was doing the exact same things he had been doing before -- before Evelyn showed up. The thought of her frustrated him. "Continue," With a frown, Raymond waved his hand at Theo.Theo: "..."Should he remind his Alpha that he just asked a question?"So..." Theo's brain turned at full speed to avoid the poten
"Alpha?" When Theo came back, Raymond was standing by the French window, watching over the city with a drink in his hand. In bright daylight! Theo cocked an eyebrow at that rare scene, knowing his Alpha was very deeply bothered. "She left?" Raymond took a sip of his drink, his voice rough as if he just ran ten miles at high speed. It was more tiring than that -- Raymond just got into a huge fight with Sisyphus. "A moment ago, Alpha." Theo bowed lightly, "She said she wants to be an actress, and was hoping us to help her." Ava knew her chance with Raymond was getting thinner, and she thought getting something out of this mixed up mistake was better than nothing. So when Theo asked her what she wanted like Raymond instructed, she instantly blurted her wish-- To be a star at the help of Casmo Corp, the biggest entertainment company in the city, which was part of the Element, of course. She knew she had to find a way to support herself instead of relying on Sarah and Noah's love when