"I don't understand," Aurora sighed looking around, as she did not usually linger in boutiques. "Why other women enjoys shopping! I'm literally tired and bored...." Shopping was an indulgence she rarely allowed herself, everything in her life was scheduled, purposeful, and strategic. But that afternoon, she found herself drifting through the quiet halls of an upscale designer store, her assistant following behind with a polite distance without disturbing her.She wasn’t even looking at the dresses properly. Her mind was still revolving on the rumor her aide had whispered a few days back.Since it's especially about her role model Rosaline Valemire, entangled in something as trivial as romance with the hideous Sargent heir.A part of her had dismissed it immediately. Rosaline isn't someone who would be involved in petty things, she is a kind of woman who commanded respect with a glance, she couldn't imagine a woman wh

"A small correction," Luna smiled sweetly, her voice slicing through the tension like a blade wrapped in velvet. "It’s not working together, Chris, it’s assisting. Him.... I mean… Oliver is assisting you."The words dropped into the silence with perfect precision, enough to attract everyone's attention.Andrew nearly fell off his chair trying to control his laughter. Tanya’s hand shot up to cover her mouth, shoulders trembling as she fought the grin pulling at her lips. Even Kira, usually the cool-headed one, bit down on her pen, but her eyes sparkling with amusement, because of what Luna has said.Coming to Christian… for once, the aloof mask cracked, and a quiet chuckle escaped him, low and effortless, but enough to drive Oliver insane.Oliver’s ears turned crimson, the color creeping up his neck as if Luna had publicly stripped him of every ounce of dignity. He clenched his jaw hard, but no words came, as he couldn’t create unnecessary drama that too when Edward’s shadow loomed t

"My little prince," Mary's voice whispered, carrying both love and warning. "Soon… the danger is near, war might break out, it's the time many lose their loved ones, including you.... Your father… you must… reach him… for help… He is coming..." The world wavered like smoke caught in a sudden wind. Christian tried to move, to speak, but his body felt heavy, unresponsive. The corners of the room ignited into flickers of red and gold. He reached for her hand, desperate to hold onto her presence, but it dissolved into nothing."Mom…?" He gasped, in a trembling voice, "Don’t leave me… please, I want to be with you."He could feel her lips on his forehead, "I'm always with you, we will meet soon, the time has come already and everything is in your hands my dear little one!" The firelight flared around him, and suddenly, everything went blank, all he could recognise the warmth of his mother's lap which he always loved."Ummm…"Almost hours later, when subtle light sparks disturbing him e

“Ummm…” Christian tried to come up with an answer but ended up being silent, while Ezra crossed his arms raising an eyebrow, “you're not normal, your mother is not by your side to guide you, if you don't allow your father as well to help you, how on earth are you planning to control this power? Only the one who has a blood relationship with you can help you… We can't be ignorant though we are very well aware of everything!” The room fell silent after Ezra’s words, his ghostly glow dimming against the cold light of the monitors.Christian sat frozen, his mind spinning. “You already know,” Ezra had said the reason Christian to consider, but how could he? How could he seek out a man who had abandoned him and his mother?He stared at the ceiling, his heartbeat going on unevenly, his thoughts running wild.“My father…” he muttered, the word heavy and frustrating on his tongue. “Why now, after all these years? I don't know what reasons he has to be away from us, still, I and my mother suff