at the time, and despite the long distance between the school and the manor, I made it

I watched with my own eyes as Nathaniel i

race and kiss

atch him from afar. But when the Lunar Goddess smiled upon me an

reams, it had

the one who woke m

e a faint smile. "It's been a long time, Ms.

the way, Seraphina, do you like the signed Avery Rose record? I heard you're a fan,

calm, collected person I usually was...

ing stared at and mocke

iel, my eyes fille

l me that Isolde was wrong, that the gift had been

ing deeper than any knife. "What's the matter

and I couldn't fo

flat as I said, "Let's save the catching up for later. Every

athaniel. "Nathaniel, you should get back

M

tterness flooding my mouth, my he

t that Nathaniel might

ved that there was a trace

laug

.

noon. The teams shook hands, wishing each other a pleasant colla

door opened, Nathaniel and I

family; the woman, beautiful and successfu

here. Isolde, you too." Isolde's manager, Cassandra, rushe

e stood up t

, take

l spoke did everyo

here seeme

e to steer the conversation, and before lon

ut when he did, his words

ith Nathaniel and Isolde present, n

e plate in front of Isolde and remind

cularly strict about m

ce of beef onto Nathaniel's plate. "Nathan

Nathaniel preferred li

ed as he calmly forked the piece of me

aught in my throat, and I strug

bout, even if it's poison, still seem sweet

wanted to say remained unspoken; otherwise,

cohol might affect Little Howler, so I used the excuse o

ard me, casually asking Nathaniel, "I heard Director Seraphina is you

beside him, before replying indifferently, "Out of respe

at when I was first adopted, Nathaniel was already twenty, and we ha

ke it was being torn

mself from me in front of Isolde or if he genui

e years, but in the end, I h

ng those years had been out of obl

lleagues. There's nothing special about our relationship

l be working together soon, so of course, I'm a little

same pack, could she really not know I was Nathaniel's mate? Bound by pack rules, she knew I couldn'

rs, and by the time it ended,

head home and returned to my o

ights and got ready to leave. The whole floor was s

then walked toward his off

ly opened the door and asked, "Do