Raymond came early.He didn't dare take more people against Killian's request, but he sent men to monitor all the mages in the city when he came to the warehouse hours early and lurked around. When it was reported to him that several important members of the coven disappeared, he knew something was wrong.So he woke up Sysiphus and came close to the house, only in time to hear Killian's words.Killian: "I can explain..."But Sysiphus wasn't in the mood to hear.[You can't go in rage right now!] Raymond was watching Sysiphus carefully in his mind, ready to take control at any moment, [I told you she would be in a bad condition, and you--][I have learned my lesson, Raymond, I won't lose it. I went into deep sleep because I was worried about the witch's mate bond spell, but not now when I see my mate with my own eyes.] Sysiphus answered calmly, his eyes landing gently on the white wolf floating in the air.The shade of cocky that had always been in his voice was gone, replaced by an earn
Raymond has been working overnight for days.[Eve, why was the big bad wolf working late again last night? I miss him!] Willa nudges Evelyn in boredom, demanding. Like Evelyn missing Raymond, Willia misses Sysiphus and maybe more. The spell's breaking restored the memory of Scarlett, James and Raymond, and Evelyn suddenly got all her family and friends back with no life-threatening risk hanging over her head.But that isn't the case for Willa. She is clean like a newborn baby and the only one she knows now is Sysiphus. Not to mention, Sysiphus adores Willa like no one else. Willa would only talk to him and Evelyn, not even Raymond.Things were so great for a month or two after Sysiphus marked Evelyn, but then he suddenly got busy, and so did everyone else. Though they see each other at breakfast, that had been their only chance to see each other in a whole day.[I'm sure we can see him tonight, it's Friday after all,] Evelyn rubs her forehead, getting a headache from the baby that had
The days following her kiss with the Alpha were like a dream to Evelyn. The sudden news of a wedding stunned everyone— The mateless Alpha is getting married?! With a wolfless no less?! After a long struggle, Evelyn accepted Raymond's proposal-- Even if she wasn't Raymond's true mate, it wouldn't matter because no wolf in the whole world could recognize Sysiphus's as their mate right now. Evelyn's spell made sure of that. So he has a true mate somewhere, so what? He loved Evelyn! That's all that mattered...right? Evelyn didn't ignore the fact that Raymond never mentioned about marking her. She had to admit that she did worry that Raymond's real mate would appear one day. She was stealing again. Ever since she was switched at birth, she had been stealing. She stole a mom from a poor little girl who died without ever knowing who her real mom was; she stole the best family from Ava, who was taken by Evelyn's real mom when they were born. And now she's stealing Raymond, from his
Raymond rose his eyebrow in surprise, seeing how relaxed Evelyn was under his alpha aura -- Few werewolves can do that, let alone a human girl -- he couldn't sense the existance of a wolf in Evelyn. In suspicion of her species, he leaned in to take a better sniff of her, but to his surprise, that seemed to have startled her more than him using his alpha aura -- Evelyn flinched aback, staring at him like a scared kitten. He could hear her heartbeat rocketing high.He smirked at her nervousness with satisfaction."So," Raymond pulled back leisurely, "You were just gambling with an empty guess when you mentioned a deal about a school? Very bold."He only fell for it becuase he did just signed a new school contract, but few should know about it, let alone a human nobody!"It WAS a guess," Evelyn nodded, keeping her distance from him, "but I wasn't gambling."Raymond cocked an eyebrow."Forks University, established in March this year on the best piece of green land on Long Beach by a not
"I didn't!" Evelyn yelps in shock, panicking for the first time after she approached him, "What's wrong? Are you feeling sick?"Raymond narrowed his eyes, trying to tell whether Evelyn was telling the truth, but his eyes were losing focus--He wasn't sick.He knew exactly what was happening -- he was drugged, drugged with black tulip, the strongest sex drug there is for werewolves!Evelyn reached out to support him, but he slapped her hand away as he stumbled to the hallway."Wait--" Evelyn followed him worriedly as she pulled out her phone to call for an ambulance, but Raymond grabbed it from her before he growled--"Leave!"Evelyn trembled at the outburst of his alpha aura and froze where she was as Raymond disappeared into the hallway. She stood there for a while with her eyebrows twisted together--He was drugged. That much she could figure out by now.But how?She knew she didn't slip him anything, but Raymond was alright way after EVERYONE left the box, and he didn't drunk anythi
Raymond growled in pain as he flipped off her.Still shaken, Evelyn added a really unnecessary layer of protection -- with a hard kick in the chest, she pushed him off to the ground.Guess the thought of marking was now out of his head, based on the drawling groan that was coming from the ground.Evelyn grabbed her clothes and escaped into the bathroom with her heart pounding in her chest. The lingering fear of almost getting marked by Raymond was so overwhelming that she barely noticed that the light was casting her naked figure perfectly on the frosted glass of a "wall" of the bathroom.Raymond's mind finally cleared up after the pain faded from "wanting to die" to "barely tolerable". A cloud of frustration is suffocating him in his chest due to such a humiliating attack, but realizing what he almost did, Raymond's gratitude overcame his anger.Alpha Raymond doesn't have a mate. And even if he does, that mate certainly can't be some random girl that happened to walk into his room whe
Though it was an hour's walk home, Evelyn chose the hike instead of a cab.She wasn't exactly feeling "homey" at the moment.She always knew her bio mother didn't love her as much as she loved her switched-at-birth sister, but Evelyn didn't know there was a small part of her that was still hoping Sarah had SOME love for her as well.At least enough to not willingly send her to death.Guess that was too luxurious a hope.She WAS curious why her bio parents suddenly came looking for her a few months ago. After knowing that Evelyn had been an orphan since she was ten, they took her back.Now she lost even the tiny shred of curiosity. Whatever the reason was, it wasn't because they loved her.She was still an orphan, through and through.Tired and melancholy, Evelyn sat down by the curb, staring at the pen in her hand.The inky fingerprints of Raymond were vivid, laughing in Evelyn's face.They were the evidence that signed her death warrant -- the evidence that her mother wanted her dead.
"I'm really sorry, Alpha," Standing straight under duress, Theo lowered his head in Raymond's office.With a teasing smirk, Raymond played a pen silently between his fingers leisurely, his legs propped on the table. But knowing Raymond well, Theo knew a furiuos wrath was waiting for him."Alpha?" After a few minutes of long, silent torment, Theo couldn't handle the pressure and opened his mouth again. He was expecting Raymond to be furious before he came in, after all, he failed to find the crucial evidence -- the pen, to confirm Evelyn's crime, and on top of that, he failed to catch Evelyn, too.But Raymond's silent smile scared him much more than his wrath.Theo had never seen Raymond like that, and he was seriously considering the possibility that Raymond lost it because he was too mad."So, she took the pen," Raymond finally opened his mouth, still twisting the pen playfully, "You know her name, you know her address, so what's stopping you from getting it?""Evelyn Stone, yes," Th