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ad forbidden anyone from talking about it in the mansion. He had loved once and simply refused to love again. That is no

lling in love with him, and I am to call him "master" at all times. A man like him

had recently been assigned to tend to me after

llow her, and I did. I got up from the chair in

ough he had been a jerk and denied me

ly maid as we descended the stairs that led all the

d the Alpha doesn't take kindly to that," she resp

he would harm

at is entirely up to hi

ted, Aeros was seated at the top of the table, a table long enough to accommodate a whole pack.

rom him if he invited me for dinner?" I grumbled

top of my lungs. He didn't even glance in my direction, keeping himself busy with whatever he was reading on his pho

ing at my dinner with no intenti

dn't respond, and neither did he look up at me, so I repeated my words ag

he plan. You're supposed to remain s

ing me come down here? I could

ng you don't like," he growled. Even though I had many things on

up," he suddenly added with a gruff voice. I hadn'

back, and every hair on my skin stoo

n't food," he added with a smirk, and I felt my cheeks h

ght at me and didn't

a chance to complete my sentence when he sudde

uddenly walked out as if whatever we were doing meant not

so I pushed the food away a

dining hall. So, I decided to take this opportunity and embark on a personal, self-guided tour

d room, though, as I thought to my

, so I stuck to the places closer to the dining ha

ised. The elderly maid had informed me that Aeros gave her specific instruction

hered over the years from his travels around the globe. I found a room on my left, f

already been added to the golden list on the w

the mansion. I got lost and couldn't recognize the rooms and hallways I now fo

ar end was a room. The wood of the door was slightly different from the rest, and for

behind me. It was surprising to find that the room was covered in pitch-black

t switch, and eventually, I found one. I turned on th

s... a

I wasn't entirely sure if this was indeed the red room, but the red l

ictures that had just been cleaned and hung up

the pictures. I had never seen someone so beautiful, with

gh most of the pictures were of her alone, in a few of them, she was with A

er. He loved her deeply; the fact that he kept a whole room filled with

examined the pictures. One after the other

f Aeros after she died, she probab

ed to her?

apped around her, and she was laughing heartily, her head thrown back. Her ha

s was filled with r

ever see me as he saw her? Even in death, she

e door suddenly flew open, revealing Aero's deep, cold eyes

ion in his eyes, and the rag

pped my arm and dragged me out. His hold on me was so tight that I yelped in

mean to..." I tried to apologize fo

angry that even I could sense his rage. His eyes had darkened, and th

rry, pl

the elderly maid appeared from a corner

sight of Aeros and the deadly look on his face. She stepped away from his path, an

hind us but at

but you couldn't even do that," Aeros

n the dining hall, and the next minute, she wasn

lp but feel that he had hurt the other one. So I took it upon myself to protect this

re I headed back to my room, but I got lost and couldn't find my way back. I accidentally st

he suddenly came to a halt. I took the opportunity to loo

land on my rear end. The pain shot through me, but that didn't both

iedly got back on my feet and began banging on th

takable sound of the lock turning, and I knew I had

pped backwards and colla

st gone straight to my room after dinner," I thought aloud

t make any difference if I see them or not," I said out

lone, but f

maid who brought my breakfast the next

y all hate you now for s

elderly maid as he did to the young one b

?" I asked the current maid, des

happens to anyone who doesn't meet the Alpha's requirements," she r

that don't meet the

tion conjuring gruesome imag