Chapter 83: Forgotten

Moana

We returned to the penthouse after the incident with the creepy man, which unfortunately put a bit of a damper on the trip. However, I tried not to let the man get to me, and was instead grateful for Edrick’s quick thinking and protective demeanor. The entire ride home, I kept glancing at him by accident. I wasn’t sure if he noticed, but if he did, he didn’t say anything about it.

After parking the car, we took the elevator up to the penthouse and finally took our masks off once we were on the elevator. I was relieved to finally take the mask off after wearing it all day and let out a deep sigh as we set down our things.

Unfortunately, it seemed that our relief was short-lived. Selena quickly came into the foyer not long after we arrived with an expression on her face that was a combination of both concern and mild frustration.

“What’s wrong?” I asked before she even said anything. Already, just from the look on her face, I could tell that something happened.

She sighed. “It’s Ella,” she said. “She’s been moping in her room all day. I tried going in, but she even barricaded the door with toys. I’m not sure what to do.”

be thinking the same thing. “We’ll check on her,” he said with a sigh. “Go and take the rest of the night to

another word, Edrick walked off in the direction of Ella’s room. Selena shot me a brief glance that conveyed her shock at the Alpha billionaire’s suddenly generous demeanor, to which

the door. “Princess?” he called out. “It’s daddy.

voice yelled from the other side of the door. “Go away! No monsters are allowed in my

me with a confused expression on his face. I contained a smirk and brushed

game, “please let us in. We’ve been sent from another kingdom to make

stepping out of the way, revealing that her room was a complete mess. She was wearing a princess costume and a tiara from her costume chest, and had arranged all of her pillows and sheets into a makeshift castle on her bed. All of her toys were scattered around

sounding disappointed, “why did you

showing and her tiny fangs were protruding slightly. Her claws were extended as well, and I sighed, knowing that Edrick’s accusatory demeanor was aggravating her

was that he only wants to know what happened here in your kingdom,” I said gently, crouching to the little girl’s level. As I did, her face softened slightly, but

move my kingdom elsewhere,” Ella said. She pointed over to her closet, where a suitcase laid open on the floor. It was full of toys and other costumes. “This land is

of pleading behind his eyes. “Maybe the King and the

cleared his throat

“would you… um… be so kind

a moment. She tilted her chin up and stared angrily down her nose at Edrick, causing her tiara to flop backwards a bit on her head. I gently reached out

the only Princess in the land,” she said finally. “I don’t want to

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