CHAPTER THIRTY ONERIVER When Elara opened the door for me, there was this look in her eyes. "Oh," she said. "It's you.""You are already asleep?" I asked her. She nodded slowly turned around, and walked back to the bed. I closed the door and decided to settle in bed. There were a few things I wanted to discuss with her, but when I saw the way, she walked back to bed and squeezed herself in. I decided to let it go until it was morning. I walked to my table and opened the lid of my computer. I sat in front of it and began to check the records of the goods coming in and going out of the pack. Harrison complained that a huge sum had gone missing. We needed to know what was going on and where all the money had disappeared.I scrolled through the record from the previous months to the month we were in. I couldn't trace where the money had disappeared. In fact, I couldn't find any loopholes. Whoever did this must have been an expert to have cleared all evidence. The worst part was tha

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE~Black Blood Pack~EDWINMy big screen displayed a few figures on it. The figures weren't rhyming, and it was getting alarming since I'd have to do a lot of explaining to the elders and other packs who trusted their goods with us. I had been the one supervising the finance and everything going in and out of the account went through me.I wiped my face over and over again, but the figures were still the same. A knock was heard on the door. I quickly closed the screen of the laptop. I should be able to hide this from everyone until I am able to fix the problem. "Come in," I said, trying my best possible to sound okay. Clinton, my beta, walked into my office. He had a brown envelope in his hands as he walked into the office."Greetings," he greeted me. "What do you want?" I fired at him. "The spy has something for you," he said. At the mention of the spy, I jerked up from my seat. My heart skipped a beat. I was expectant. "What does she have?" I asked.Clinto

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE ELARA I jumped up, only to realize that I had only heard the knock in my dream. I was about to lie again when I heard a real knock this time, but it was soft. I didn't know why my hands and feet were shivering. I walked to the door and opened it. I saw one of the guards standing behind the door. "Ma'am Carla said I should ask if you are ready yet," he informed me. "Just a little while," I replied and forced a smile. "Gather the maids and guards. I'll be downstairs with you all shortly." He nodded and left. I let out a deep sigh when he left and lowered myself to the floor until my butt touched the floor. I didn't want to go out today, especially not the orphanage. I had it in my gut that someone might try to hurt me again. What if they were successful this time? I wouldn't let it happen. Never! Why would I let them kill me the second time? They were fighting an unknown force. They didn't know I was alive, just like I didn't know I had an enemy.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN ELARA I wondered what Lisa was doing outside the pack house with the stranger by that time of the day. It was too early for her to see someone in secret. I didn't feel good about the guy, but I decided to let it go. When the car drove out of sight. I rested my back on the chair and tried to steady my mind. I was thinking about too many things at the same time. I was too busy thinking and I didn't even notice that we had reached the orphanage. The drivers killed the car engine, and we all began to alight from the car. The elderly woman who was in charge of the orphanage and two other young people. A young man and a young woman walked out to welcome us. "You are welcome, my daughter," the old woman said as she approached me. "Greetings," I greeted her with a smile. "No one told me you were going to come," she said. I could see in her eyes that she wasn't exactly excited when I came around. Maybe she just felt bad that I didn't tell her, or I was just

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINELISA"This is beautiful!" I exclaimed.Even though I was alone in my room, thinking aloud at this point wasn't new to me. I was seated in bed, and my head rested on the edge of the bed as I scrolled through the marketing online app. "This would be the last, I promise," I said to myself even when I knew for a fact that it was a lie. I ordered the bag and continued scrolling through. I saw a prettier one and paused. I was staring at it for thirty seconds before I finally ordered it. "Last time."By the time I was done, I had ordered more than my budget. I began going through the list so I could reduce my order, but I didn't see anything I wanted to cut. I was still trying to decide when my door badged open. She was sweating profusely and panting like she had done a marathon. "Lisa!" She called me. Her voice shook while she spoke, and her whole body was vibrating in fear. "What is the matter?" I asked her. "Elara and her driver were involved in a terrible acci