As soon as we entered the dungeons, the familiar smell of blood, silver, and wolfsbane invaded my nose. I looked at aadhya, who had blank expressions on her face, but the fury in her eyes was hard to ignore. I can't even blame her for getting mad or feeling hatred toward Amara... {If I had been in her place, then I would surely have become insane from anger by now.} "Don't kill her, babe," I tried to ease the tension. "You can't use mate bond to lessen my fury," she said and looked at me. I rubbed the back of my neck in nervousness... {don't act nervous in front of her} ... "Well, dad used to use this technique on mom, and it always worked on her," I explained to her, and she took a deep calming breath. "We don't have the same relationship as theirs," she pointed out, and it actually hurts. "A guy can try," I muttered, but she heard it clearly. "Listen, Ryan; I don't want to act bitchy with you, but..." I put my hand on her mouth before she completed her sentence... {maybe my tou

"Is she really going to be like that?"...This is the third time when Ryan is asking me the same thing with the same hope ... {he is horrified to hear all those things from gramma. Truthfully, I can't blame him. I am also embarrassed.} "Well, now I understand why Mumma used to scold gramma when she said something that I could not understand at that time" I shook my head with a little smile, and Ryan groaned, "just try to ignore her." "It's hard, especially when my mate is in front of me and I can't even take her in my arms", he mumbled grumpily, and I looked at him with wide eyes at his honesty. As soon as he realised what he had said, his eyes also got wide "Shit, sorry about that", he said and looked everywhere but me. "I am just not in my proper senses," he said, but I could see his ears turning a light shade of red... {Is he blushing?} He coughed and tried to mask his flustered expressions. "So, what have you thought about your stay?" he asked me, trying to avoid awkwardness. "I

"How in this hell am I going to face him now?" I asked no one and groaned in irritation... {I think it's time to pull up my big girl panties} ... I rolled my eyes at my conscience, but I knew that no matter what, I had to face the situation. I was about to get up from my safe place... {yeah, this toilet seat is undoubtedly the safest place in this whole world} ... when I heard someone entering the washroom. I don't know why but I felt something uneasy, so I raised my legs and became attentive. Whoever came inside walked here and there for a few seconds, then entered the stall next to me. "Hello, the man just went towards the elevators. No, he is not going into the basement. I heard him talking to his driver to pick him up from the front of the building. Yes, I have used that liquid that you asked me to use" I heard a female's voice, and I instantly knew that she was talking about Mr. Wilson. After it, she disconnected the call, and from the sound, I knew that she had deleted the conta

I looked at her and found her looking at those werewolves nervously. She tugged the hem of my shirt while her eyes were still trained on others. "Help..." she whispered timidly... {Why is she so cute, man?} "Acknowledge them", I whisper back. She nodded and smiled nervously at them… {We shall cheer for her}.. For god’s sake shut your mouth king, you are giving me a headache. "Thank you, umm... you did a great job," she said to them, and they bowed. One of them came towards us. "Everyone is gathered in the conference room," he said, and she nodded. "Let's finish this up," she said to me, and I nodded. We went towards the conference room, and as soon as we entered the room, everyone turned their gazes at us. I can feel the anxiety, fear, and confusion of the werewolves... {Aadhya is also nervous. Keep checking on her from time to time} ... I nodded at the king's concern. "What do you think?" I asked her. "You can send all the males and werewolves out of this room," she said to me

They entered the office, and I entered behind them. We all stopped dead in our tracks when we saw the scene. I heard shuffling and a few gasps behind me, but I could not react to anything. Ryan was standing in front of us, and every inch of his body was covered in blood, but that's not what made me look at him dumbfounded, nor his bulging muscles, which are uncovered as he surely is bare-chested. What made me admire his beauty is the tribal tattoo lines that are glowing green as if someone tattooed those designs with neon ink on his entire body. Even his face is also covered in those tribal designs, his shoulder-length hair is also down, and the outline of his every single hair is also glowing green. His whole body is glowing, and his eyes have also turned bright emerald in color, which I saw before losing consciousness on the day of the vampire attack in the blue moon pack. "You look stunning, Ryan" I don't know why I whispered it, but I felt like my body was automatically moving to