Chapter 163. Dressing up to Meet the Guests

Everyone parted and found their respective places in the castle. It was almost time for dinner and Alpha Knight had called for an informal one in the Circular Cabinet within an hour.

Olive sank into a sofa in their bedroom and shut her eyes.

Three months in a secret place? Without Wayne? Without this family she had come to love so much? It felt like The Vrek Cult all over again.

A twisting sensation wriggled in her gut and she groaned and turned uncomfortably.

She didn't want to leave. She didn't want to be separated from her family again. What if she never reunited with them... Just as she never reunited with her parents?

“Don't freaking think that again,” Wayne snarled, his features darkened and hardened.

“I'm scared, Wayne. A lot of things could go wrong. I don't want to do this,” she cried out and hugged her legs. Wayne was right in front of her in a second. He crouched down and gripped her hands firmly in his.

“I know, babe. I'm... I'm scared