HIS HEART.

      Chen knocked on Ella's door, there was a heaviness in his heart that only grew each time he waited for the door to open.

     He could see her winter grey eyes peeping through the hole in the door.

After a few seconds, the door opened.

Her long black silky hair fell over her shoulders, and some strands of hair were on her face.

      She used her hand to tuck it away.

"Why are you here?"

Chen stood rooted on the ground, his heart was palpitating. There were a lot of things he wanted to say to her but as soon as she opened the door, he was tongue-tied.

    The cold breeze swirled around him, before going into the house, Rose shivered because the nightdress she was wearing was short-sleeved.

      His silence annoyed her.

"If you have nothing to say, I will close the door…..

   "I am sorry, I was an idiot, and I rejected you not because of Patricia but because I failed to protect and I was scared that I will fail to protect you too." Chen blurted out without stopping to breathe.

    Rose was dumbfounded by what he said but her frown only deepened.

"I don't know about Patricia but you protected me well, you protected me against that bastard that tried to r***e me, you protected me at the hospital and you protected me this morning when I was kidnapped. You have been doing a great job protecting."

     Rose said to him as she shivered because of the cold breeze.

    "Can we go in?" Chen asked and she moved away from the entrance.

The town was still bustling with people, the chatters, sounds of engines, and music filled the air.

      "Why are you all sleeping this early?" Chen wondered, it was barely nine o'clock.

"Simon is taking care of Elis, I was bored and decided to retire for the day.

     "I am sorry for everything I did to you."

Chen looked apologetic and guilty.

   "Because you think you would not be able to protect me."

   Chen nodded his head. The only source of light in the living room was the one coming from outside.

    But Chen's eyes adjusted well to the dark, he could see everything clearly like it was daytime.

   Rose wrings her hands,

She looked at Chen who seemed to be as nervous as she was.

         "Chen"

She called out and he looked at her, 

           "Yes."

"Would you mind telling me about Patricia?"

His body stiffened and his black eyes turned darker.

Rose regretted asking him such a sensitive question.

    "I am sorry, I asked."

   "You shouldn't be. Patricia, my sister, and I grew up together. Her father was my father's beta. It was about fifty years ago."

   Rose wondered how old he was.

"We always played together until I grew up and had to train with my father and go to meetings with him, he was preparing me to be the next alpha. But when my father died and I became the alpha I was not good at it. My elder sister was my beta, she challenged me."

   Rose smiled when she saw the wide smile on Chen's face.

   "She beat me, it was a disgraceful thing. I became the laughingstock, so I started beating up everyone who laughed at me, I didn't distinguish between men and women."

    Rose gasped in shock, she used her right hand to cover her mouth.

"You beat women up?"

"I was young and stupid then." 

Chen tried to defend himself but that made him feel guiltier for his stupidity back then.

Seeing this Rose decided to distract him from it.

    "Continue, I want to know what happened."

   " One day her young brother mocked me so I was beating him up, and his face was completely smashed. When Patricia arrived, she came and stood in front of me and said,  If you're going to kill my only family then you should kill me together with him.   *Chen recalled it with a smile*  

     Rose kept staring at him.

   "And she became my mate that same night. The moon goddess chose her for me. We dated for a year and began to plan for our wedding. I forgot to mention that our pack was with the rogues under my and my father's rule. Until my sister became alpha.

This didn't sit well with the other packs who were rogues.

They attacked us. We were all fighting, I was not by her side. She was killed and I failed to protect her." He choked on his word, tears threatening to fall from his eyes.

      Rose hugged him,

"Everything is going to be alright."

Rose caressed his back.

Chen raised his head and his black eyes looked straight into her winter gray eyes.

   And his lips smashed onto hers, His eyes were filled with hunger so were his kisses.

His wolf rejoices with the reunion.

He deepened this kiss and Rose kissed him back with the same hunger.

  His hand squeezed her butt as he pushed his tongue into her mouth, Rose let out a moan.

   She broke the kiss breathing heavily.

     "Let's go to my room." 

Rose suggested and Chen flashed her a flirtatious smile.

"Are you sure about that?"

She could hear the danger lurking behind his words but Rose found herself nodding.

   He carried her upstairs and his wolf kept rejoicing.

      A loud clattering was heard in Fiona's room. She was dressed in a candy pink off-shoulder dress with a long front split, the split exposed her long smooth slender legs to her thigh. She sat on a soft cushioned chair with a frown and folded arms.

    She stretched out her long slender legs, the beautiful silver strappy heels that complimented her dress.

    "You cannot call off the wedding, it is too late."

  Gaia informed her stubborn daughter.

    "Why can't I, my heart belongs with Trent. I regretted listening to you!"

    She threw the box of tissue from the table next to where she was seated.

      "He still loves me, I know he does." Fiona's eyes reddened with tears as she slouched on the chair she was seated on.

     My dear daughter, I know you're not blind, Trent's heart does not belong to you anymore. Gaia thought to herself as she sadly looked at her daughter.

      Ella eagerly waited for Fate to arrive. Then she saw pink glittering butterflies appear in her room and took a form of a person. The person was none other than Faterial.

     "You're finally here." Ella beamed

And we only have thirty minutes before Gate takes over. So what dress should I make for my sister."

     "Sister?" Ella looked confused.

"That is because tonight you're Cinderella and I am your fairy godsister."

Fate giggled as she placed her hand on her mouth.

        Ella couldn't help but laugh too.

"So, what color of the gown does the princess want to wear?"

Fate asked.

     "Black." Ella bit into her lips as she smiled.

"Then I know just the design." Fate jumped in glee.

     The guests have all arrived at the venue all chattering as the orchestra played a fancy soft tune.

The people laughed and chatted as they picked drinks from the tray offered by the waiters.

The vampires drink blood or the blood grape wines.

Even the werewolves enjoyed the blood grape wines.

But other creatures just drank their normal wine.

    Trent was wearing a dark blue suede suit, it has not been long since he got out of the room of solitude a punishment bestowed on him by his father.

     Since he was done greeting the guest as per tradition.

He decided to walk Ella to the birthday ball but Acher blocked his path.

   Archer looked scattered and the rim of his eyes was blood red.

"I was the one who just came out of solitude, looks still affected since last night." Trent mocked.

    "Is Mila," Archer said, looking around.

"You won't find him, he does not appear in public." Trent carried a cup of blood grape wine from the waiter who offered.

   Archer did the same, he immediately gulped down the drink and it burnt his throat. Archer started to choke, and Trent just stood there watching him.

    "You should be careful how you drink, Acher." 

Trent said as he tried to walk away he wanted to go see Ella, he hadn't seen her all afternoon.

   But Acher grabbed his jacket.

"He called me Dad, he hugged me. He is up to something bad, I can feel it." 

Archer narrowed his eyes in thought before shivering.

    "Can you feel it, elsewhere, I want to go see Ella."

Trent became impatient.

   "Hi, Trent, Acher." Courtois waved his hand as he worked over with a beautiful lady that looked a lot like him.

   She was wearing a green deep V-neck ball gown, it was so deep they could see the upper part of her flat tummy.

  Half of her huge soft D-cup breast was exposed to the eyes.

      "Nadiyah, fancy seeing you," Acher said but his sight was on her breast, and the person she was trying to get his attention was looking at his wristwatch.

      "Good evening Trent." Her sultry voice got his attention, she blinked her hazel eyes and stretched out her hand, she did so seductively but she realized that Trent's line of sight was not on her but behind her.

The guest gasped in shock,

"Is that?"

they began to murmur.

     She turned around and saw who he was looking at, then she looked at him again. His eyes looked lovingly at the human lady.

And that moment Nadiyah realized something, That Trent's heart had been taken.