Busted
Ralph finds Leo, another werewolf who tries to look for Arabelle. He was shaking from the corner with his eyes closed. It seems like he's crying begging to spare his life like a puppy that was left under the rain. The intruder situation from earlier seems to be an epic fail now. Leo told him that they were planning to rescue Arabelle. He told him everything that Justin told them earlier before they went inside the castle. It seems like one big misunderstanding because of Justin's lies.
“Justin said that the lady is his future mate and we are going to rescue her.” Leo told him which sums up the whole story why they are inside the castle.
“We have a treaty that you can't be here and I can't be in your territory as well. Are you aware of that?” Ralph mentioned it to the werewolf just to clear things up.
“Yes, sir! I'm really sorry for breaking the treaty. I was just following orders from the future alpha.” Leo explained.
“Okay, I'll let this slide just once. If anyone from your pack breaks the treaty again, I'll make sure that somebody will get punished.” Ralph warned the werewolf.
Leo seems to be telling the truth so he lets him go. He's sure that those cubs will never go back to his castle. In case their leader tries again, their alpha will hear it from him already. The treaty must be followed by both parties so that they will be at peace. Ralph seems to remember his youth all of a sudden. He was a rebel too back then when he was still human. Since he's basically royalty, he never dealt with the consequences of his wrongdoings.
Ralph was a duke back when kingdoms still matter. He was born rich, that's why he's used to having someone do everything for him. That's why he always needs an assistant or a maid. Although he doesn't look down on anyone with a lower status. For him, everyone must be treated with respect. Even his slaves before get the respect they deserve. It might be the reason why he remains in this good status even after all these years.
However, you can't be young forever even if you wanted to. When he turned twenty five, he thought that he would be in the position. He never thought that he would end up being young forever. The night he became a vampire seems to be his permanent look. As if he was frozen in time. He will never experience being an old man like others. As a vampire, he's not going to die even after witnessing so many deaths. He already lost everyone from his past, hoping that Sofia will get reincarnated.
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Arabelle wakes up early without any idea what had occurred last night. She's excited to go home after six days of working in the castle. Everything must be in order before she leaves. She doesn't want her boss to think that she's taking advantage of his kindness. It only takes her under an hour to make sure that everything is clean. She dust and sweeps daily so she's basically just maintaining it. The floor still looks polished so she will wax it again when she gets back to the castle tomorrow.
Once she's satisfied with how clean the ground floor looked, she decided to go to the kitchen. She needs to take the food home so she decided to defrost and clean the fridge. It's good to have it ready for tomorrow's food shopping. Just thinking about the things she needs to do when she gets back made her doubt if she should leave. It will be worth it once she sees her family again. They might be waiting for her arrival by now. She should stop thinking about her work for at least one day.
“I'm leaving now!” Arabelle shouted, hoping that her boss would hear her voice in his room.
She doesn't need to inform him that she will be going home. They already talked about it earlier and he even gave her a week's worth of her pay. She didn't see him around early in the morning. Maybe he's already asleep in his room since it's almost 8:00 AM. She noticed that her boss sleeps during the day since he's up all night. Although she never asked, she's observing closely. It helps her to understand him more without asking him. She doesn't want to be nosy since it's not her business.
“Mom, I'm home!” she called out the moment she arrived at their door.
“Sis, you'rehere!” Amie shouted excitedly.
“Hey, kiddo! Where's mom?” she asked as they hugged.
“She's inside the room.” Amie replied with a shift in her tone as if she suddenly got sad.
“Why is she sick again?” she can't help but to get worried.
Both of them hurriedly walk to the only room in the house. Arabelle sees her mom laying down on her bed looking sicker than usual. It seems that in just a week, she already lost a lot of weight. She doesn't know what happened but even Amie can't provide her an answer. According to her, she just suddenly had another seizure and after that, she can no longer stand up. As if she lost all her strength in just one day. She needs to do something about it as soon as possible!
“Ara, it's the curse. I don't know if I can still last that long.” Her mom tried her best to speak to her.
“Mom,I'll do whatever I need to do! Please, don't give up, okay?” she replied with tears welling in her eyes.
Arabelle needs to learn how to take off that curse her mom is under. As long as she has it, her body will only get weaker and weaker. Since she's the eldest daughter, she was told that she can do something about it. She needs to learn witchcraft as fast as she can. Both of them can't stand seeing their mother in that condition. All of a sudden, she emits a bright glow and Amie is dumbfounded. Her jaw dropped as if seeing a ghost.