Chapter 0011
Just then,
the door swung open, and a woman entered. She was tall and sharp–featured, her brunette hair pulled back tightly.
“I’m here to collect Luna Olivia’s belongings,” she announced, not even really looking at me.
I felt my pulse quicken.
“You can’t take anything until Elijah returns,” I stated firmly, trying to maintain my ground.
“How dare you defy your Luna?” she said, raising her voice. I braced myself for whatever cruel words she had to throw at me.
But before she could say another word, Elijah walked in. The moment he entered, the atmosphere shifted, just as it had with the housekeeper.
“Luna? Olivia is in the past,” he said. “The future Luna is right in front of you.”
The woman’s mouth dropped open, shock plastered across her face. I could practically see the anger bubbling up beneath her skin, but she quickly masked it with a tight smile.
“Of course, Alpha. My apologies,” she said, looking at me like I was a bitter pill to swallow
“Is that all you came for?” Elijah asked.
She swallowed hard. “As I was telling this wo–I mean, your Luna, I’m here to collect… Olivia’s belongings.
Elijah’s eyes narrowed. “Olivia has no belongings left here.”
“But-”
“Tell Olivia that if she wants to spy on me and my new Luna, she can at least try a little harder,” Elijah said before waving his
hand and moving past her, effectively dismissing her.
The
woman stared at him for a moment, caught somewhere between being stunned and terrified. “Yes, Alpha,” she finally
replied. With that, she turned on her heel and practically sprinted out of the room.
I didn’t know what the hell had just happened, or even what to say. But it seemed I didn’t need to come up with anything, because
Elijah turned to me.
“Have you made any headway?” He nodded toward the list of names.
My cheeks heated a little. “I, uh… There are a lot of names,” I said. “But I’m working on it.”
Elijah blinked at me, and for a moment I thought I would get a scolding like he had just given that woman.
But to my surprise, his face softened.
“I know it’s a lot,” he said, walking over to me and taking the pen from my hands. “If it helps, sometimes I write down a brief
blurb or a doodle to represent each person. Like this one: Malcolm Blanchard.”
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As he spoke, he pointed to a name and a picture of a man with a rather impressive mustache. I didn’t expect what he did next, but it was nearly impossible to hide my snort.
He doodled on the picture, extending the mustache until it curled up all the way around the guy’s head and connected into an “M” at the top.
I almost lost my shit. In fact, I had to turn away and bite my knuckles to keep from laughing
“What?” Elijah asked, looking up.
I shook my head, my face reddening to an impossible shade. “Nothing, it’s just… I can see where Thea gets her talent for drawing
from.”
If Elijah was embarrassed or flattered, he didn’t show it. He just nodded and stood, checking his watch. “I have another meeting.
Good luck.”
And just like that, he was gone again.
Only once I was alone did I let out the shaky breath of laughter I’d been holding, I sat down in the chair,
names for interesting ones to start with.
Best of
Soon enough, I’d filled half the page with little notes and doodles, finding the task much easier than I expected. Turning people into little caricatures or jotting down a single word that described them really did help to memorize the names.
But then I got to Ava’s name, and my lip curled.
“Evil stepsister,” I wrote next to that one.
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