Selthia? So she had returned. That’s good.

"Tell her I’ll come see her in a minute."

I wanted to go see her now, but leaving after what Sylvie and I just shared last night would’ve been a bad move. I didn’t want her to wake up and see me gone.

"Yes, Alpha."

After sneaking in one more glance at me, the werewolf bowed her head and left. The discussion with the werewolf must’ve woken Sylvie up because she began to stir from her sleep. The moment she opened her eyes and saw me, an embarrassed blush crept up on her face. She must’ve been remembering what happened last night.

"Good morning, Sylvie," I greeted her.

She lowered her head and smiled bashfully.

"Good morning, Lee. Umm... about last night, it made me really happy..."

Before she could finish speaking, I planted a kiss on her lips. The moment I began kissing her, she lay on her back and spread her legs.

"You still want more after last night?"

After last night, I thought she would’ve been tired out, but no, she was still slick and wet to the point where her juice was seeping all over her leg. I decided to tease her a bit by kissing her neck and working my way down to her breasts, but before I even got there, she orgasmed and made the cutest sound when she did.

[Bond with fated mate: 100%

Congratulations! You and your mate have been blessed by the moon. You have now unlocked your wolf transformation.]

"Sorry," she said, looking embarrassed.

"It’s fine. How about we continue this tonight? For now, let’s get ourselves cleaned up by the river."

She half covered her face and nodded along. After we were done getting cleaned up, I went back to the office while Sylvie decided to go hunting. The moment I arrived in the office, I was greeted by Selthia.

"Darling!" She wrapped her arms around me and hugged me tightly. "I missed you."

"I missed you too. How did the talk with your sister go?"

"You don’t have to worry about her anymore, darling. I set her straight and told her to leave."

"That’s good. I’m sure you must’ve been happy to see her."

A small blush appeared on her face. In front of her sister, she must’ve put up quite the mean girl act, but I knew how happy she was that someone came looking for her.

"My sister Aqua was basically begging on her knees for me to come back. She’s always been a child and is the biggest copycat. She always been followed behind my heel, wearing the same clothes I wore, styling her hair the same way I decided to style mine. She even followed me here. She’s the reason I was late in returning. I had to secretly watch her while she returned home so she didn’t get lost."

"I see." I smiled at her and patted her head. "That’s good. You did a good job making sure she returned safely."

She blushed and tried to brush it off as if it was nothing.

"Yeah, she’s always forcing me to help her. Anyway, I wanted to ask if we could go hunting. I haven’t been coping well since I’ve been away from you."

"Hmm... You mind if we do it later? I still have to check up on the pack."

"Of course." She smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck, getting on her toes. "Thank you, darling."

After Selthia left, I continued the work I had for the day, getting debriefed about what issues arose in the pack since I was gone and coming up with solutions to solve them.

Just as I thought I was just about done, the green-colored ring on my finger began glowing, and the projection of Ember appeared.

"Ember? Why the sudden visit?" I asked in a calm, cool voice.

"I just came here to inform you that the preparations are already set for me to take you to Purgatory."

"I see."

"When do you wish to leave?"

Seeing as the Veylmont clan has already begun making moves, it’s best to leave as soon as possible.

"I wish to leave tomorrow."

The witch looked a bit surprised, though she tried to conceal it.

"As you wish, and remember to keep up with your end of the deal."

"I will, don’t worry. As long as you take me to Purgatory without us being harmed, then Khalissi will give you your mana stones."

"Just make sure you follow your end of the deal."

"Same to you," I countered, which caused a small chuckle to escape her lips.

"It doesn’t matter if we aren’t the ones who bring you to the Veylmont clan. You’ll get caught sooner or later. You can’t enter the lion’s den and expect not to get bit. They’ll make an example out of you and everyone you ever knew."

With those cold words lingering in the air, the witch disappeared, leaving me in the quiet room by myself.

Sigh.

I guess it’s time I go hunting with Selthia. After that, I’ll have dinner with my family to celebrate my and Liora’s birthday yesterday. Speaking of, my office was cluttered with gifts I knew I would need. The biggest one was from Selthia and took up half the room.

She had gotten a giant painting of me, her, Sylvie, Isabella, and Kumo to decorate the office. It was awfully nice of her to include the other girls, although the others didn’t have enough effort put into their characters as me and her. Their appearance looked quite funny.

Kumo got me something, and also Eira. The other presents were from female werewolves in my pack pushing their luck. After my dinner, I’ll spend the night with Sylvie again.

...

The rest of the day went just as I planned. I went hunting with Selthia where I fed her anything I caught. After that, it was dinner with my family to celebrate. Then I went home and made Sylvie the happiest woman in the world.

The next day, I gave Eira instructions on how to handle the pack while I was gone. So along with Sylvie, Selthia, Kumo, and Khalissi, I prepared to finally enter the supernatural city Purgatory.