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Seven

Damien

I walked to me and Verly's meeting point , a private room in a restaurant I was a bit absentminded , the discussion I had with my mother replayed in my head .

I looked at my mom , who looked extremely beautiful and young for her age , sometimes i wonder how my father was fortunate to have her as his mate , I smiled at her and she smiled back and said

“Son from the dark circles in your eyes I'm guessing you didn't have a good night sleep, what's wrong, having issues with the company?” I touched her hand that was on my face and said .

“ No mom I'm not having any issues I was just a bit drunk last night so I'm kinda hungover but I will be fine after taking an hangover soup from the kitchen, so don't worry about me , so tell me mom what brings you here this early?”

Her face suddenly become serious and she said “Damien have you made a decision concerning your mate , the annual ball is tommorow and the last thing I want is for you and your father to have issues or for the people to he disappointed in you”

I smiled and said “ oh mom and here I was thinking it's something extremely serious” I could see her face becoming extremely serious “ so you think this is a joke Damien ?” She said

“ No mom i don't think it's a joke , I already made a decision that's why I'm laughing, don't worry I promise I won't disappoint you or father tommorow” I tried to assure her even though my mind was currently in turmoil .

I needed to find out the truth about that night from Verly as soon as possible, I could see my mom's face brighten up immediately “really son that's great o guess I was worried for nothing, I gues I tend to a forget you are no longer my little Damien”. She said with a bit of sadness

I immediately hugged her and said “it's fine mom , I'm really happy you still look out for me like you always do ,I would really love for us to catch up but I have alot of things to finalize before tomorrow, so please go and rest I promise we will have plenty of time to talk after the ball”

She just smiled and said “ I know son let me be on my way , go do whatever you need to do but always remember no matter the decision you make tommorow I love you and you will always be my little Damien”

I came out of my thought and to the present when I felt someone peck my cheeks , my wolf purred in disgust and I immediately knew it was Verly who pecked me .

Because she is the only female I'm close to and my wolf totally hates her and I dont know why which is why even after close to two years of us dating the highest we have done is kiss on the day I saw Alana enter the palace last year

Which makes me wonder if what Adrian said is true , but either ways I plan to find out the truth today . I looked at Veryl and smiled at her saying “Good morning milady, I believe your night was good because you look beautiful as always”

She blushed and said “stop teasing me Damien , you're making me shy and a very Good morning to you too, and yes I slept well , but it seems you didn't”

I knew she was referring to the dark circles under my eyes , so I just smiled and said “ that's just because I was at the bar till very late last night so I'm a bit hungover , and I was supposed to take soup from the kitchen but o totally forgot because I was rushing to see you”.

She blushed again and said “did you miss me that much” I immediately frowned and said “No I just have something important I need to clarify” she was extremely shocked when she heard my reply and she looked like she was at the verge of tears but I didn't care I just had to find out the truth.

I looked at her and said “ I'm only going to ask you this once Verly because I already know the answer but you owe me to at least tell me the truth , and im also giving you an opportunity to try and redeem yourself, understood?”

She looked extremely anxious but she still nodded slowly indicating she heard what I said so I continued “ two months ago you claimed I forced myself on you when i was drunk”.

I could see fear in her eyes when I mentioned two months ago and I already knew that Adrian was right but I still wanted to hear it directly from her mouth so I continued.

“ So here is my question did I force myself on you or not Verly” she started trembling and as she was about to answer I stopped her and said “ think before you speak as whatever you say at this moment will determine your fate and you dare lie ,you know the consequences will be dire”

She looked at me with pitiful eyes but I pretended not to notice and only waited for her reply after what felt like forever she finally answered while crying “I'm sorry Damien I didn't mean to lie to you , I just didn't want to lose you that's why I said that”

She tried to hold my hand but I yanked it away and yelled “What did you lie about, say it Verly” she didn't reply and only continued crying and seeing her like that only fueled my anger and I yelled loudly.

“Answer me Verly what did you lie about don't make me repeat myself” she she shuddered and moved back a bit , with fear in her eyes before she slowly replied me

“ I lied about you forcing your self on me Damien , you didn't force yourself on me , I thought if you knew it was really Alana you might actually accept her as your mate forgetting your promise to me. I'm sorry Damien I really am”

She feel to the floor and continued sobbing but I'd I didn't even feel an ounce of pity for her I stormed out of the room , entered my car and drove to the palace.

I got to the palace and stormed in ignoring all the greetings from the servents, I headed to Alana's room , why? I didn't know but Adrian's words about it been too late kept echoing in my ears and my wolf became restless

I pushed open the door and it was empty which is unusual because I knew Alana hardly left her room , I went to the bathroom and checked but it was the same .

I immediately went out and grabbed one of the servent and asked him to bring me the maids assigned to Alana

He brought her to me and I asked her “where is Alana ?” she bowed and replied “my prince I haven't seen her today , i have searched everywhere but still no sign of her and I wanted to inform you but you weren't around so I told Beta Adrian and he told me not to worry about it that she is fine”

Immediately the words left her mouth I understood what Adrian meant the previous night, she had left , and I was supposed to be happy since that's what I wanted but for some reasons I was sad ,angry and my wolf was angry as well at me precisely, I dismissed the maids and slumped on her bed inhaled her scent which I somehow found to be very nice and yelled aloud “ oh fuck what have I done”.

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