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"I've prepared everything you need, Lucia."

Elijah suddenly muttered to me after calling someone. I turned my head in a quick motion to look at Elijah who had been holding my cell phone in his left hand. Elijah was also looking at me now.

"What kind of thing are you talking about? What have you prepared? And my cell phone?"

I immediately asked Elijah quite a lot of questions. Meanwhile, Elijah just smiled a little, and extended his left hand towards me, to be able to hand my cell phone back now. I was still looking at him with great curiosity.

"Hey, come on, say something Elijah. Answer my question. What have you prepared for me?" I asked Elijah the same question again.

Elijah said my head with slow movements, while continuing to smile there.

"You'll find out soon enough, Lucia. Everything will work out the way you want it to. But this is all a surprise."

And I was even more intrigued by the answer Elijah gave me. Even so, I didn't say anything else, and decided to just trust what Elijah had prepared.

"Then, let's go inside the restaurant. I got information that Harrison and Felicity will be coming to the restaurant."

Elijah immediately grasped my right palm and pulled it slowly, in order to quickly walk across to the other side of the street to the restaurant Elijah was referring to.

"Your people do work very quickly, don't they?"

I muttered with a feeling of slight admiration. After all, I myself hadn't even been able to get any information about the place where Harrison and Felicity would be having lunch. And Elijah, with his first surprise, said that the two of them would be having lunch inside this restaurant. Elijah and I had even arrived thirty minutes ago.

By the time Elijah and I were inside the restaurant, Elijah had already reserved a table that was quite far back. A table that would even be quite difficult to notice by other diners. I thought, that is indeed the right way to spy on others in secret. And I was happy with all the decisions Elijah had made. He's been a great help to me in carrying out my plan.

"I had no idea that you could prepare all this so quickly. We even had quite a bit of time. But you managed to help me to be much more prepared with all the plans I have now. Thank you very much, Elijah."

I smiled a little as both Elijah and I sat down at our table.

"I'm happy if you're happy too, Lucia." Elijah murmured and started to smile there too.

"I want to give you the help you need and want. What I can do is help you become better prepared for your revenge mission. It's been a long journey, and you... just need to say what things you have prepared for this revenge mission."

After listening to Elijah's words, I couldn't help but smile even wider now. I felt that there was something that could immediately make me feel very happy, in between carrying out my revenge mission to Harrison and Felicity. And that happiness came from Elijah. I tried to quickly avoid that feeling, but I thought that I wouldn't be able to do that easily. It's hard to avoid Elijah when I start to like him in a different way. Even so, I wasn't sure if the two of us would be able to come together in the way that I wanted in my life.

Love, and happiness. Those two things are what I've always wanted, and dreamed of. For a long time I dreamed of those two things to be able to enter my life. Together with my mate. But in the end, those two things were also the ones that made my heart turn cold. Those two things also made me have to live with a new identity, and start a new life.

Those two things had also made me realize that it was my own ex-mate, Harrison, that had destroyed my entire life, my entire family, my entire pack, just to be able to fulfill his obsession as the most powerful Alpha by obtaining the heirloom gem.

Because of those two things, I lost everything, and found it increasingly difficult to believe that there would be a great opportunity in my new life now, to be able to achieve everything I wanted now. I wondered if there would be a chance for myself to achieve those two things after I finished avenging Harrison, and Felicity.

I kept wondering when that chance would come. Would I be able to get it from Elijah? Or would I be able to get them from someone new?

"Lucia, are you okay?"

Elijah's voice instantly snapped me out of my reverie for a moment. Quickly, I returned a small smile and nodded my head in slow motion. I tried to focus and calm down my feelings now. I didn't want to let Elijah know what I was thinking, or feeling right now. It would be a very embarrassing thing, if only, Elijah knew my true feelings for him now.

Besides, I could be seen as a shameless person by asking Elijah for more things. Besides getting Elijah's help all this time, how could I ask for anything else related to my current feelings for him. It would have been too embarrassing for me to face and think about.

"I'm fine. I'm just a little anxious, waiting for Felicity and Harrison to arrive at the restaurant. After all, it's almost lunchtime, but the two of them still haven't made it to this restaurant yet."

I mumbled in order to answer Elijah's previous question. I thought it was a very logical answer. I didn't want Elijah to think about the many things that I myself was thinking about right now. And I, too, had to start learning to rid myself of those feelings for him.

"The two of them will definitely come soon. You shouldn't worry about anything. Everything will go according to the plan you have. Okay?"

Elijah, who was sitting right in front of me, gently rubbed my right palm now. And I nodded my head again with a small smile in response.

After that, Elijah and I ordered some food and drinks, as we would be able to keep an eye on Felicity and Harrison's movements in the near future. Besides, by ordering food and drinks, Elijah and I wouldn't be easily suspected by others now. Either way, we both had to remain vigilant. Until after thirty minutes of waiting,

I could see the arrival of Felicity and Harrison who entered the restaurant together now. Harrison didn't seem to be smiling much, and in contrast to Felicity who was smiling very widely, while holding Harrison's arm very tightly there. And I felt even more certain that if Harrison had decided to make up with Felicity, it must be for a reason.

There was a hidden reason behind Harrison's desire to make up with Felicity. And it could all be seen clearly through the different facial expressions between Harrison and Felicity. That makes me even more curious about Harrison's reasons.

"They're already here... act casual, no one will recognize us."

Elijah muttered telling me at once. Even more so, recalling that both Elijah and I were wearing ordinary clothes, with very different appearances. Indeed, the two of us would not be easily recognized by others now, as I had also used a bit of my magic power to be able to change our appearance.

"Of course. Besides, I feel curious about that thing they're going to talk about."

I muttered there, and began to concentrate on listening in on the conversation between Harrison and Felicity, using my werewolf powers. And sure enough, I was still able to use it even though it had been a while, I didn't often use my power as a werewolf now.

"I'll also come listen to what they're talking about now."

Elijah muttered and started doing the same thing I was doing.

"I'm so glad that we can finally get back together, Harrison. I can't even believe that you apologized to me in the end. I know that I shouldn't have been angry with you either, but you made me feel so bad back then."

Felicity muttered with an apologetic face now.

"I know, Felicity, I am also guilty of all the things I said. It's just that I don't know how to make up for all the things that have happened between the two of us in recent times. I'm really sorry. But now, you've accepted me back, and I'm very happy."

Harrison replied with the small smile that was now on his lips. Then they both fell silent, as their orders arrived at their table. I could see how tense Harrison was there. But I still can't find a clue that leads directly to Harrison's reason for making up with Felicity suddenly like this now. In addition, Harrison also looked nervous with his own body movements there. This is the first time, I have seen Harrison like that.

After all, with his title as a strong Alpha, he shouldn't have this kind of behavior right now. But if I recall, I never even had the chance to know who Harrison really is. I found out Harrison was my mate, right on my birthday, right when he decided to ruin my life. I never knew who he really was before that.

"But there's something else I want to tell you, Felicity."

Harrison began to speak again in a tone of voice that sounded very serious there. That instantly made the smile that had been visible on Felicity's lips disappear, and was replaced with an expression on her face that was beginning to be confused by Harrison's attitude now.

"What was that about, Harrison? Why do you look so uncomfortable right now?"

Harrison brought himself closer to Felicity and began to look around him now. Harrison must have wanted to make sure that no one would be able to hear the conversation between them there.

"You won't believe a thing I say, but I want you to know that I saw Luciana's ghost last night."

"What?! What are you saying, Harrison? You saw Luciana's ghost. What kind of joke is that?"

And sure enough, Felicity couldn't even believe what Harrison had just said. Meanwhile, Elijah, who could also hear their conversation, quickly looked surprised right at me now. I just looked at Elijah, and gave an isyrata, 'that I will explain about everything later to him'.

"It wasn't a joke, Felicity. I really saw it."

Protested Harrison. As for Felicity, she remained silent. I thought that Felicity would want to hear Harrison's explanation now.

"My two warriors told me that if they felt the power of the Crescent Moon Pack, they told me that they didn't actually drop Luciana's body that night from the edge of the cliff. They both left Luciana's body there. So I decided to go to the same ravine last night, where Luciana's body was lying that night. I tried to find out if there was any possibility that Luciana was alive and well that night. But all I got was nothing. When I decided to go home, I saw Luciana's ghost at the edge of the ravine. She told me that I had entered into a karmic circle for all the things I did one year ago. She terrified me. Luciana's ghost showed me what she looked like last night. Half a burnt face, long disheveled hair, and the same dress covered in blood."

"What... is that really Luciana's ghost? How could you see her?"

"I'm sure it's Luciana's ghost. But, I'm also starting to wonder if there's a possibility that someone else saw what I did a year ago, and started terrorizing me using the fake Luciana ghost. So that I could confess to all the crimes I had committed back then. And if that's true, then I don't want to be punished myself."

"What do you mean, Harrison?"

"You and I must be punished together, Felicity. Because after all, you also know about the deeds I did one year ago to The Crescent Moon Pack. Because I did all that to make you believe that I only want you. Not Luciana, who is actually my mate. Indirectly, you are also involved in my plan to destroy them all, Felicity."