Save for the rustle of some leaves as the wind blew around, the garden was quiet, too quiet.

Despite the two werewolves who stood in its midst.

Aria had long since frozen, her mind blank as a mix of shock and confusion rushed through her.

Around them, Sylvia’s incomprehensible words still lingered,

“Is it true that you have been sleeping with a human?”

Even now, minutes after the words had left her lips, Aria couldn’t quite process what she had just heard. At first, she ...