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Stacey's POV

King's mansion...!

I pressed the doorbell and waits for someone to come get it.

Soon the door opens revealing aunt wearing a lovely smile, her smile grows bigger when she sees it's me at the door.

"Stacey, darling, do come in!" She said taking my hand.

"Good morning, aunt!" I greet her as we walk in.

"Good morning, honey!" She replies cheerily.

We step into the living room, uncle is sitting on a couch with lots of files scattered on the table.. a pen in his left hand... I guess he's left handed.

"Uncle, good morning!" I greet.

"Morning, dear. You are finally here!" He drops the pen.

I frown. I'm finally here? Was he expecting me too?

"Your aunt wouldn't let us eat unless you're here!" Uncle said.

"Oh!"

Aunt slaps his shoulder lightly and wears a small scorn.

"What are you saying?" She scolds him.

"What am I saying?" Uncle scoffs. "I'm complaining about you to your daughter-in-law"

I bite back a laugh at aunt's face as she mimicks him...she rolls her eyes.

"He always complains like a sisi!" Aunt said.

Uncle massages his forehead and puffs out some air.. he look tired... Hmm, even werewolves gets tired.

Maybe he's being working on this files for some time now.

"Stacey, you must be hungry... come let's eat, breakfast is ready!" Aunt told me.

I look towards the dining table and my mouth watered at the feast that welcome my eyes.

But I don't think I can eat, I already ate something before leaving home.

"Finally, if we wait any longer, the food will get cold" I hear uncle say.

"Shut up, we just waited for 20minutes!"

I sigh. I guess I can't say no now, they've been waiting for me to join them.

I throw my purse on a couch and wear a big smile... time to fake enthusiasm!

"Thank goodness! I thought I would die of hunger today!"

I quickly link my arm with aunt's and pulls her with me to the dinning area.

"Uncle, come on... I can't wait another minute!" I call aunt.

Uncle gets up and follows us, he sits at the head, aunt sat at his left hand side... while I sat next to aunt.

"Wow!" I exclaims.

My stomach growling quietly. Ok, I admit, I wasn't hungry but seeing this feast.. I suddenly feel hungry.

"Stacey, what do you want to eat first?" Aunt asked me.

Looking at the table it's pretty hard to make a choice.

"Er... I'll start with the crabs!" I said.

"You read my mind!" She said.

She puts a crab on my plate and also puts one on her own plate.

"Eat, eat and tell me how it taste!" She said.

I pick the crab and brings it closer to my mouth... But my hand stops midway as uncle clears his throat.

"Well, your daughter-in-law is here, don't care about me and don't ask me which one I'll start with..." He trails off.

Oh no, don't tell me uncle is jealous of me! Now I know where Ray inherited his jealousy from!

"... but just so you know, I'll start with the spicy tunas!" He said.

Aunt and i exchange looks, we rolled our eyes, shake our heads and burst into laughter.

Like father, like son!

"You're too old to be jealous" aunt said.

Uncle scoffs.

"Jealous?! Who?! Me?!"

Aunt raises an eyebrow at him.

"I'm not jealous, who should I be jealous of? My daughter-in-law?"

"Hmm?" Aunt hums.

"I'm not jealous!"

"Oh, I didn't say you're!"

"I'm really not jealous, Stacey is my daughter"

"A father can also be jealous of his daughter!"

"But I'm not!"

I groan mentally.

They don't look like they're gonna stop anytime soon, I better stop them now.

"Aunt, uncle is not jealous.. he only wants your attention!" I said.

Uncle turns to me with a smile.

"Right!"

"That's called jealousy!" Aunt said.

"No, it's not!" I told aunt and winks at her when uncle is not watching.

She seems to understand what I mean, she smiles and nods her head.

"Let's just eat, we have a very busy day!" She said.

30 minutes later...!

"Aunt, you put your foot on the food!" I compliment her.

She blushes and waves me off.

"Oh, please! I just tried my best to impress you"

I smile at her statement.

"You don't have to impress me, aunt, I'm your daughter... You wouldn't try to impress Anna, right?"

She and uncle stares at me for a few minutes, then nods in agreement.

Aunt calls for a maid and instructs her to clear the table... She gets up and we walk towards the living room.

We both sit on the same couch, uncle sits on the couch he was sitting and continue working on his file.

"I'll go get change and we'll go get your dress!"

I nod.

"We'll be fast as we are going out of town!" She said.

I nod again, even though going out of town doesn't sit well with me.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid because of that seer's prophecy.

"You're going out of town?" Uncle asked.

"Yeah" aunt replies.

"To do what?" He drop his pen and gives his attention to us.

"We're going to get Stacey's induction dress!"

Uncle frowns slightly and does a little thinking.. he shakes his head.

"You can't go out of town!" He said.

"Why?" Aunt asked.

"Nothing, but you can't go!"

Aunt narrows her eyes... drawing her brows together.

"What do you mean I can't go?"

"I'll tell you later, just get someone to bring the dress to the palace... I don't think it's safe for you guys to go out!"

Hmm... I know I'm just being paranoid because of the seer's prophecy.

But why does uncle doesn't want us to go out? Is he just being paranoid too?

"What is it that you can't tell me now? If you don't tell me, I won't listen to you and I'll go out!" Aunt said.

Uncle sighs.

"It's Alvarez, he's back!"

Aunt doesn't say anything for a brief moment, she look shocked.

Which makes me wonder who Alvarez is... Is he a bad person?

"If he's back, why haven't he come home?" Aunt asked in a calmer tone.

"I don't know, I don't what his motive is.. so for now, we all have to be careful"

Aunt nods and turns to me... her enthusiasm gone.

"Stacey, go back home for now... we'll continue our preparation tomorrow!"

I didn't argue because I'm honestly happy that we aren't going out of town now.

But I'm slightly worries too... I mean, who's Alvarez? Why does his name alone affect aunt's mood?

I get up and pick up my purse.

"Aunt, uncle, I'll get going now!"

They simply nod absentmindedly.. I sighed and walk towards the door.

I'll ask Ray about Alvarez later... I wanna know why uncle makes him sound like a bad guy.

Writer's POV

Raymond's mansion...!

Ray stares at the food on the table, he's hungry and the foods are enticing... but he's too angry.

Angry that his mate doesn't love him.

He walk towards the fridge and takes a bottle of chilled water... He finishes it and throws the empty bottle in a trash can.

"Human, I need meat not water!" Zeus growls at him.

"Wolf, your mate doesn't love you and you're not angry?" He growls back.

"That's no problem, we can make her love us"

Ray rolls his eyes at his words... He shuts Zeus off and head to the door.

"I better go do some sparing!" He said.

"Karl" He called through his mind link.

"Yes, Alpha" Came Karl's quick response.

"Get some fighters ready, I wanna train them personally"

"Train them personally?! Alpha are you OK?"

"Just get them ready" He growls and blocks his mind link.