Elias summoned the warriors and held a meeting out on the training field. Everyone gathered, and he began to exin what had happened to Karl and Cart. Soon enough, warriors were voicing their own theories about what could have caused it.


    “That covert government agency working with Lyra’s father–they’ve clearly started developing new weapons designed to eliminate us,” Elias said.


    “But Lyra was hit too. Why didn’t it affect her?” a woman questioned.


    “I know. Maybe it’s because of her heritage–her bloodline,” Elias replied.


    “I think we need to learn more about our Luna and figure out why she was immune. Maybe there’s a way to use that to our advantage,” another added.


    “We’re not turning Lyra into a test subject. She’s not here to be poked and prodded. Look, we’re probably not going to remain here much longer. Lyra knows about a castle the royal family once owned, which technically means it belongs to her now. We believe relocating there might be our best shot at staying protected,” Elias exined. <fndcea> Discover more novels at f?ndnovel</fndcea>


    “Where is this castle?” a woman asked.


    “We don’t know yet. She’s still trying to locate it. It’s been abandoned for decades, and no one knows exactly where it is,” he said.


    “Well that’s not helpful, is it? You keep bringing up all these ideas, but they’re all just talk. Having a princess here hasn’t helped anything. It’s only brought more trouble,” she snapped.


    At that, Elias stepped forward and released a thunderous growl from deep in his chest. His Alpha aura rippled out, dropping everyone around him to their knees in agony.


    “If you so much as speak another word against my Luna, you’ll be exiled. Do I make myself clear, Mona?” he snarled.


    “Yes, Alpha,” she whimpered, barely audible. And with that, he withdrew the aura from his pack.


    I could sense their pain–but I wasn’t too concerned. I turned and caught Elias’s eyes just as he nced over at me.


    “Another one of your groupies? Let’s hope this one’s not carrying your child,” I said, walking away toward Luke’s house.


    While I could still hear the voices from the meeting drifting from the training field, I entered


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    the spare room, sat down on the bed, and opened theptop, determined to find this damn


    castle.


    When the meeting ended, I heard the front door creak open and footsteps echoing down the


    hall.


    I looked up and saw Elias standing in the doorway. I let out a long breath.


    “Let me guess–you think I’m being a childish brat,” I said.


    “No. I don’t think that. You’ve got every reason to be angry. And yeah–she’s an <i>ex</i>,” he


    admitted.


    “You seriously need to start dating outside your pack,” I muttered.


    “Why would I, now that you’re here?” he asked.


    “Beats me,” I replied.


    He came into the room and sat beside me on the bed. When he noticed what I’d been


    working on, hey down and gently rubbed my back.


    “Stop stressing over this. We’ll track down the castle eventually,” he said. I reached for the book on royal bloodlines.


    “I know. There has to be something–a clue hiding in here somewhere,” I said.


    I flipped through the pages, scanning them for anything useful, then turned back to myptop to search the inte again.


    I was trying <i>to </i>find anything that might bear our family’s crest, but I wasn’t having much sess. The book didn’t even contain a photo of the castle itself. It did show the crest, sure -but I’d been hoping to see an actual image of the castle, even if it didn’te with a


    location.


    Eventually, Elias took the book out of my hands and shut theptop. I stared at him in


    confusion.


    “What are you doing? We still need to keep searching,” I said.


    “The castle isn’t going anywhere. We can look againter or tomorrow. You need to slow down a little,” he told me.


    “I don’t have time for that. I need help learning to control my powers, and Noir’s the only one who can help with that,” I insisted.


    “I get it. But you’ve got more time than you think,” he replied, leaning in to ce a kiss on the


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    back of my shoulder.


    “What do you think you’re doing?” I asked.


    “What do you think it looks like?” he said in return.


    “Elias,” I said, barely holding back.


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    “What’s the matter?” he asked, his lips moving along my neck up toward the ce where he’d marked me, pulling a soft moan from me before I could stop it.


    “Elias, I really think you need to stop that,” I said.


    “And why is that?” he murmured, not taking his mouth off my skin.


    “Because you already know why,” I replied.


    “You don’t need to be afraid. You know I’d never hurt you,” he said gently.


    “I do know that. But that doesn’t mean the fear just disappears,” I said.


    “I understand,” he said softly, his mouth still brushing along my jaw and neck.


    Then he gently took my face between his thumb and forefinger, turning it so that I was looking directly at him.


    I could feel my heart pounding wildly in my chest, and I was sure Elias could hear it too. He leaned in and kissed me, deep and full of intensity.


    My hands were starting to sweat, and I could feel my nerves kicking in hard. He definitely


    noticed.


    “It’s okay. <i>You </i>know I won’t hurt you. If you want me to stop, just say so,” he whispered.


    “I don’t want <i>you </i>to stop… I just honestly don’t know what I’m doing,” I admitted.


    “I don’t care<i>,</i>” he said. <i>So </i>I pushed him back just a little, needing space.


    “Elias, I’m not like those other women you’ve been with. I don’t have the experience they do. I’m not anything like them,” I told him.


    “And honestly? That’s one of the things I love most about you. No one else has kissed you before. No one else has touched you… I get to be the first man to make love to you, and don’t know how much I love that thought,” he said.


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    I couldn’t help but let a smirk form on my lips. I wanted to be mad at him–I really did. I wanted to still feel bitter over Hailey and the rest of those girls–but then it hit me: the only


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    reason they were being so awful to me was because they were jealous. I had something they desperately wanted. And instead of feeling ashamed of that, I should be proud–should show them exactly how little I thought of their games.


    As I sat there, looking into Elias’s face, all I could see was raw honesty. And so, I leaned forward and kissed him again.


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