CHAPTER THIRTEEN...

Today I was on a mission, and that was to confront Vladimir as to why he brought me here, since he practically ignores my very existence. So why bring me to his pack when he could have just left me in mine and simply rejected me, at least we both wouldn't have to keep seeing each other's faces.

Even as I thought about rejection, I knew I couldn't take him rejecting me. I just couldn't. I just don't know what I'll do if I lose my only chance at happiness, even though it didn't seem like it right now.

So with my mind set I left my room in search of him. I just had to find either his room or office and I'd find him there, seeing as that could be where he'll probably be.

On my tour around the house with Gracie few days after I had arrived, she had told me that my room, Vladimir's room and his office were the rooms in use on this wing but she didn't show it to me, and I didn't see a problem with that seeing as there was only three rooms that were in use, but now I was confused as to which door was either his room or office, there were different doors on this wing making me wonder what they do with all these extra rooms. There were a lot of doors like up to seven. I guess I'll just have to open each door then till I found the right one.

I was just about ready to start doing that, opening every single door till I opened the right door but stopped as I saw Henry in the hallway. He must have probably been coming from Vladimir's office which confirmed that Vladimir was in his office.

Thank goodness he hasn't left to go to one of his meetings, I had specifically woken up early to catch him before he left for any meeting. I stood in front of Henry stopping him from going. He just arched an eyebrow at me. I knew I could have just called out to him and he would have stopped, I just had to go and make it over dramatic. I quickly stepped out of his way.

"Sorry, I just wanted to ask you if you knew where Vladimir is, and which of these doors is his office and room that would really save me the stress of having to open every door till I found him". He smiled and pointed to the door at the end of the hallway.

"That's his office and where he is at the moment, and the room across it is his room". I thanked him and moved to go when he stopped me.

"Wait, right now he is with a couple, actually Selena's parents, but they were rounding up just before I left". I nodded and moved towards the room at the end of the hallway. It was really convenient his room was opposite his office. If he liked working so much he could have just turned his room to his office.

I decided to wait in front of his room which was across his office for them to finish up. I was looking around and stomping my feet when a big shining lock on the door to the right next to the office caught my attention.

Strange.

It was weird to see a lock on the door when the door probably locked with a key as other doors on the hallway. I was curious as to what could possibly be in there that it had to be locked with a padlock. I went forward to inspect it when the voices from Vladimir office said goodbye. Thank goodness the meeting was over.

I stood back in front of his room door. I would probably just check the room later. A man and a woman came out of the office who I'm guessing were Selena's parents from what Henry had told me. They were around the same age as Vladimir's parents and were beautiful people, so I'm sure Selena was very beautiful.

The lady, with a sad smile approached me and stretched out her hands towards me for a handshake.

"Hello, I'm pretty sure I haven't seen you around here before. I'm Stephanie". She said.

"Hi I am Gianna". I said smiling. I didn't want to introduce myself as Vladimir's mate because I didn't know how they would react or feel about it. But I guess there was no need, seeing as her face had paled then hardened, which probably meant that she already knew who I was. I didn't know what to expect or what to say but her husband saved me from having to say anything.

"Hi I'm Stephen. Would you please excuse us we have to go as we are running late"? He didn't wait to hear what I had to say before he left with his wife. I didn't blame them though I'm sure seeing me reminded them of their daughter. I sighed and proceeded to knock on the open door.

"Come in". Vladimir grunted from inside his office. I was pretty sure he knew that it was me. I took a deep breath which was a mistake because his scent immediately engulfed me making my wolf howl in excitement. She hadn't seen her mate in a while.

I entered inside the office which was very big and spacious. The only color in the room was black, except for the big oak desk, which was what I had totally expected. The only white things in the room was the piles of files and papers on the big black shelf and on the big oak desk he sat behind.

Looking at him I swallowed deeply. He was breathtakingly handsome. His white dress shirt stuck to his broad upper body like a second skin, highlighting his broad chest and the first two button of it was opened which revealed smooth hairless fair skin.

A throat clearing brought me out of my thoughts. I realized that I had been gawking at him. My cheeks immediately flushed in embarrassment. He stood up from his chair, grabbing his suit jacket that had been draped on his chair and picked up his phone looking at his watch on his wrist.

"Since you came here to just stare at me. I am sure you have accomplished that, so I'll be leaving for my next meeting. Close the door behind you when you leave". He brushed passed me and left. I was shocked by his behavior but I guess I shouldn't have been surprised since he behaved like an asshole to me most of the time.

What a jerk.

Why on earth did I have to embarrass myself like that. Staring blatantly at him really. I face palmed myself. I wanted to put all the blame on my wolf but I'd just be deceiving myself. I found him attractive. Who wouldn't.

I left his office closing the door behind me and was about going back to my room when once again the room with the lock caught my attention. I guess I could keep myself busy before he came back from his meeting I was determined to talk to him today.

I went towards it and grabbed the lock to inspect it, but I immediately noticed that it was not jammed lock. Maybe he had thought he locked it after he went in. I just hoped I wasn't about to enter some sort of red room.

I pushed the door open and it creaked all the way. That was the first clue that it wasn't opened frequently. I moved to enter but was immediately engulfed with dust from opening the door.

The room was very dusty and looked to be some sort of storage room, with white sheets covering some things in the room and others were boxed up which was to help prevent the dust from affecting the things but it didn't work because the white sheets were brown from dust and immediately I lifted one up, dust filled the air. I had to cough a few times to clear my throat from the dust that was practically choking me.

After I was done with my coughing fit, I looked to see what I had revealed by removing the white sheet, and saw a big book. I cleaned the front of it with the cloth to see clearly and noticed that it wasn't a book but an album. A photo album.

My curiosity got the best of me and I opened it. The first picture was of a girl, a really beautiful little girl with pigtails. She was about 5 and was holding a lollipop smiling widely at the camera. She was really beautiful

Smiling I opened the next page and this time there was a boy around the same age as her and the both of them were smiling at the camera holding hands. The boy looked familiar, but that was just crazy I wouldn't know anyone in this album. I didn't even know who had it, as I was about turning the next page a thought crossed my mind and I looked at the picture again immediately recognizing the familiar deep green eyes and raven hair. The little boy and girl in this picture was Vladimir and Selena.

Suddenly, I felt like I was invading his privacy, my subconscious told me to drop this album and leave this room, but I squashed that thought and proceeded. My curiosity getting the best of me.

Flipping through the pages of the album, all I saw were different pictures of Vladimir and Selena looking very happy right from the time they were little to when they were about 18 or so. Some of it included his parents, her parents, Jo, Gracie, Henry, a girl I haven't seen before, Cora, John and even Shawn when they were little, some even included all of them on vacations. One particular picture was of them kissing, and my breath hitched. You could clearly see their love for each other in their eyes and I wondered if Vladimir would ever be able to feel that with me.

Again the thought that I was invading his privacy crossed my mind but I didn't stop I continued flipping through the album, till I reached the last one which was of Vladimir and Selena, he was looking at her with a look that I had seen Liv give Jacob and he held her stomach which was flat. I guess that was when he found out he was going to be a father, and that just had to be taken away from him.

They were all so happy and I wondered why fate decide to take Selena from their lives. It wasn't just Vladimir who was affected by her death all of them where. They lost a mate, daughter and friend. I wiped a few tears that had fallen on my cheeks.

I couldn't replace her and I didn't even want to. This here was a happy family so why was it taken away. I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn't even notice when the door slammed open until a very familiar voice gravely interrupted my thought.

"What the hell are you doing in here!".