CHAPTER 100. VALDEN KINGDOM.

EZRA'S POV "Again?" Caelen looked between us. I retracted my hand from Marco's and tried my best to keep my expression neutral as I had been caught off guard by this situation and I wasn't going to let it show fully. "Oh, Ezra and I met in Voss City," Marco said, smoothly turning to Caelen easily. "We crossed paths a few times and then, suddenly, he disappeared. I tried to reach him on the phone but couldn't get through." He smiled. "So when the opportunity arose to request this meeting, I may have had a secondary motivation."Caelan looked at him. "That's why you asked to see him specifically." "Forgive me for being slightly underhanded." Marco's smile had that quality of warmth and self awareness simultaneously. He knew what exactly he was doing and was comfortable owning it. "Your son is..." he paused, glancing at me briefly. "...difficult to forget. I wanted to make sure he was alright."I couldn't utter a word. Caelen looked at me for exactly one second with the exp

CHAPTER 101. ARGUMENT.

RIVEN'S POV.I leaned against the wall and waited for Dorian to knock on the door first. I was too lazy to do such a thing. Lucien was also on the other side. It was just normal that Dorian would take the lead here. "Come in," Father's thick voice came from the other side and I went through with Dorian, closing the door gently behind us. "Good evening, Father." We greeted. "Good evening. You can have a seat." He instructed and removed his glasses which I believed was performative. Father could clearly see without the glasses, he just seemed to be fascinated with the aesthetic. "How are you boys doing? How is the business coming up?" He started. "Not too much. From my angle, things are going well and there are no troubles regarding our security." "Things are also fine on my side." I chirped in quickly. "Same here." Lucien followed. "Right, I wanted to speak to Lucien majorly about the deal we are planning to make with Alpha Marco as regards expansion

CHAPTER 102. JEALOUS RIVEN.

EZRA'S POV "I wonder what burden you're carrying in mind this time around. I can feel your troublesome spirit from miles away."Riven said as he patted my head and then wrapped his hands around my waist. Honestly, I didn't have the strength to tell him whatever my problems were. I climbed on him the same way I had seen Kaola do to a tree. His hands supported me by holding onto my ass. "I am not carrying any burden." I mumbled. "I am just a bit tired." He chuckled, my body feeling the rhythm of the vibration and so I bit my lips, expecting the teases that were about to come thereafter. "Yeah, right. I will believe you on that." He replied and carried me to the window. "You haven't even started working fully in the company and now you're tired?" He continued and I wiggled my legs before he slowly brought me down from the position I had been. As soon as my face turned to the window, a cold wind blew against my skin, evoking some kind of nostalgic feeling in me. Riven put h

CHAPTER 103. DO YOU HATE ME?

EZRA'S POVImmediately I came out of the cab, I looked around the residence. It was one of the properties of the Lopez hence the feeling of familiarity. It was one of the guest residences the family had kept for visiting business partners and they all had the same specific quality of furnishings and layout. One of Marco's men opened the door and showed me to a sitting room without much conversation. I sat in the chair nearest to the fireplace. Caelen was nice enough to let him stay here. The irony was not lost on me. He appeared ten minutes later in a red robe with a kind of ease that showed he was entirely comfortable making a visitor wait while he finished his morning at his own pace. His hair was still slightly damp. "You look more like a vampire than a wolf," he said, by way of greeting. "Good morning to you too." I replied. He looked me over with amusement. "Good morning. I am just amazed...honestly, it's difficult to tell what you are." "I'm part of them," I answer

CHAPTER 104. YOU LIED TO US

AUTHOR'S POVMarco stood at the railing of the balcony with his phone pressed to his ear as he watched the city do its evening thing. He appreciated the fact that he got the quieter side of Caldenmoor. At least the vampires were reasonable in that aspect. "You sound well," the woman on the other end said. Her voice was warm and soft too as if that had always been her state. "That is because I am well, Aunt." He chuckled. "I expected no less from them anyway. They have the Alpha of Alphas visiting them after all so they would treat you well." Marco nodded and sipped from his cup. "It is just that the city is colder than I expected." "It's the land of the living dead after all. Caldenmoor is always colder than people think." There was a slight pause. "And how is the proposal progressing? Has Lopez given you anything worth considering?" Marco turned his phone over in his free hand. "I'm still thinking about it. I haven't seen enough yet to commit. The numbers are sound

CHAPTER 105. YOU OLD LIAR.

AUTHOR'S POVAldric set his tablet down and looked at both of them with the energy of a man about to deliver a lecture he had given versions of before but never quite in this specific version. "Have you had that word before, Ezra?" Ezra nodded at first but then moved his head sideways. "You're an omega, child. You should know more about your body system. I blame Caelen for this." He clapped his hand and cleared his throat, "In standard omega biology, knotting is the mechanism that fully opens the womb to the possibility of pregnancy. It's the biological completion of mating. It's not just the act itself but the specific psychological event that signals to the body that a full bond has been consummated." He looked at Riven directly. "Without it, the womb remains closed and its recipient is biologically protected." "The fuck." Riven's hands dropped. "Yeah. And in a standard pairing, that would have been sufficient, one Alpha and one omega, the knotting typically oc