Lucien walked out of Arabella's house with a complicated feelings mixed heart. He didn't know what she meant the last time, those words hit his chest and his wolf let out a fearful whimper after hearing that. Walking out of the courtyard of her house, he slowly walked through the path lowering his head.

"Let me tell you for one last time! She's not your mate, I am!" his mind repeated what Arabella said without stopping. The look she had on her face when she said that was really strange. It was as if she was so fucking confident about herself being his mate. Her eyes were glowing and they held the aura of a queen.


If she's his mate why the fuck he cannot feel anything towards her. There was no mate bond and there was no sharing feelings between them. Milena was his mate and not her! He knows it but he couldn't understand why Arabella was telling him that she was his mate even after everything. She still tells him that she was his mate and not Milena.

Ignoring everything she said to him, he sighed and walked as he subconsciously stopped hearing a sound of footsteps. No one was there when he walked out of her house and he walked through the path but why now there are footsteps? He was confused but he kept walking without looking back. As he walked the footsteps followed him without stopping.

Clenching his jaws, he stopped as his sharp and murderous nails extended. Slowly turning back, he looked behind him wanting to see who the hell was following him in the middle of the night. As he turned, he was shocked to see a woman who had blood on her body. His heart tightened and he took a few steps back without approaching her. Then he scanned her but couldn't see her face because it was covered with her long hair.


"Move your hair!" he ordered. But she just stood there without doing anything. Lucien's heart turned cold and at the same time, his wolf let out a growl with anger. Hearing his growl, the woman gasped. Then she slowly raised her hands and moved her hair from her face.

Lucien stared at her with his murderous eyes knowing that she was not simple. Then she looked at him and gave him an insane smile before opening her mouth. He was taken back seeing her, it was Milena. His heart was beating so fucking fast with horror. How could she? What is this? He asked himself as he took a few steps towards her. But suddenly he stopped without moving closer to her. It was not Milena, it was Arabella.


"Arabella?" he spoke. Then the woman in front of him. He walked towards her and raised his arm to touch her face as the feelings surged into him. He felt love, care and affection for her which he hasn't felt for two years. His heartbeat increased, he wanted to hug her against his chest and kiss her.

He was also confused about his sudden feelings but soon the Arabella who was standing in front of him changed and she became Milena. Lucien was taken back, he watched Milena's face and then moved his gaze over her body as he saw inside of her skin, there were insects like black things moving everywhere. He felt the disgust and he took a few steps back as he watched her shaking his head.

What is this? How come something like this happens? It's impossible. Why Milena is so fucking ugly and Arabella is so fucking gorgeous? What's happening with him? He clutched his head as he felt the same pain in his head. He groaned, and pulled his hair as he bent down and wanted to endure the pain. He felt her coming towards him and he felt that she was going to touch him but he didn't want to… she was not Arabella…

His body went numb, he felt he was weak and couldn't even stand on his own. He fell on the cold ground and curled up on the ground clutching his head tightly. His body was trembling and his head was being controlled by something. So many forgotten memories surged into his mind and all of them were about none other than the girl he had loved ever since he was a teenager. It was Arabella.

Her smile, her cuteness and the way she cuddled against his body. He remembered everything. She was gorgeous and innocent, she always came to his office when he was working and jumped onto his arm ignoring everything. He remembered… his eyes were covered with tears and they rolled down from his eyes.

"If you ever go to her again…. I'm killing her" his heart stopped for a moment hearing Milena's voice. He was shocked, his chest grew heavier as he felt he was suffocating. A painful groan escaped from him and he tried to get up from the ground but at the same time he heard a sound of a furious growl from nowhere.

With that powerful growl, the voice disappeared and he felt the pain in his head slowly fading. He tried to get up but he couldn't because of the numbness of his body. Then soon, he was grabbed by his arm as someone helped him to get up. Moving his gaze, he looked at the man who was looking at him emotionlessly.

"You okay?" he asked, looking at him. Lucien clenched his jaws and looked away from Rowan as he looked at his surroundings. It was Milena, wasn't it? He asked himself as his mind went blank.

"Who came here now?" he asked Rowan. Then Rowan sighed and watched his face with a complicated look and let out a deep sigh. Helping him to stand up on his own, Rowan moved his arms away from him before talking.

"A shadow." Rowan answered, looking at him. Lucien's heart went numb hearing him. A shadow? How come a shadow is here to attack him? He couldn't believe anything and he was just confused.

"You were haunted by shadows earlier?" Rowan asked. Lucien shook his head because he had never experienced this kind of thing before. Rubbing his forehead, he leaned against the wall as he looked at Rowan's suspicious face.

"You are under some kind of spell?" he asked again. Spell? Fuck no, he was not under a spell. Lucien shook his head and stared at Rowan. Then he tried to recall what just happened but to his surprise, he couldn't remember anything. He frowned and forced himself to recall but he couldn't recall anything.

"Who did you see as the shadow?" The question Rowan aimed at him stunned him. Who did he see as the shadow? He waited for a while and lowered his head wanting to recall. But he couldn't recall anything, not even a strange feeling he had a few minutes ago.

"A woman. It's… " all he could remember was that. His mind only showed the profile of the woman whom he saw as soon as he turned around. So because of her hair, he didn't see her face and he didn't know who that woman was. He clenched his jaws, his heart felt weird but he somewhat knew that he felt love for someone all of sudden and it was so strange but he couldn't remember anything.

"Don't remember anything?" Rowan chuckled and asked. Then Lucien gave him a cold stare and looked away not wanting to start a fight with him. He was furious with Rowan because of Arabella.

"Take care of yourself Lucien. I don't think you are in a good condition. Seeing a shadow means…. You know it."

"Keep this in your mind! Seeing a woman from the shadow you saw means that a woman is doing something to you. Be careful! Maybe that woman can be someone who so fucking closer to you" with a smirk, Rowan spoke before walking away.

Seeing him leaving, Lucien clenched his fists and watched him as he suddenly remembered the powerful growl he let out. Wait… did Rowan chase a shadow just by one growl of him? Lucien's mind went numb, he looked at Rowan who was walking and clenched his jaws along with his muscles. How come Rowan is this powerful? No one can do that easily.. But he….