enture someone else leaked the video to the blogs. He feared how Odessa was feeling after seeing her collapse in school. His father had placed a heavy curfew on him and Zoe for the

t least inform her that I came?" Luca requested. He had never been obstructed from sneaking into Odessa's room before. Hence he concluded that it was either because Xandros always turned a blind eye or was never on duty. Xandros stood in front of the gate as he watched Luca retreat in defeat. He made up his mind not to keep her safe and sound even if it meant, lying to her, which he did with no remorse. Days passed slowly and the weekend came with a familiar jubilee. There is nothing the capital city loved more than the weddings of powerful people and Lyra's wedding was a mile stone that no one dared to miss. It was strictly based on invitation and the whole Tharros estate was seasoned with the marriage spice. "My mum spent 15 minutes twirling in place just because Alpha Tharros sent our family an invitation card." Whitney scorned. She visited Odessa every day after school, she came as a ferry bearing good tidings of gossip. Her frequent visits appeared to be the medicine to Odessa's sad soul. "Why do you act like you are not also excited?" Odessa probed as she let her fingers sync with the knitting pin. "How can I be? The wedding is just going to be a playground for the elites to rate each other's progress and release new gossip for headlines. You know how I hate it." Whitney nagged. "But how come you were not invited? Is it because of the scandal?" "No, Alpha Tharros handed me the card personally but my dad said no." Odessa said with a voice buried in gloom. "I think your dad is right. Those werewolves are no good and speaking of werewolves. One of them asked me to deliver a letter, although I feel it is an irrelevant one." Whitney scoffed. It was her own way of comforting Odessa. "Give it!" Odessa impatiently requested. There was a sudden flow of blood from her head to her toe. She knew it was from Luca. "Calm down, for all I know it may be part of his silly tricks again." "Whitney, let me have it!" Odessa impatiently requested. She had longed to hear from him. She deleted and banned his number from reaching her, but she still sat in front of the window every night wishing that he would jump in. Whitney passed her the sealed envelope, Odessa's fingers nibbled at the tip and dropped it abruptly. She wasn't ready for its content. "So all hassle was just for you to feel it? You are just as weird as they are. Anyway can I continue with my sizzling news now or should I deliver another letter?" "You can continue." Odessa approved in a meek tone. Whitney spent the day spreading all the gossips from the academy before leaving. As soon as the car drove out of the compound with Whitney, Odessa ran up the stairs to read out the content of the letter. Hey Odessa, I have no perfect words to say to justify what happened earlier in the week. Had my cowardice not left you with the heavy burdens of dealing with a scandal. I'm sorry that I have not been able to come see you