Chapter 253 #Chapter 1: The Path Of Fate

Book 2: Ella grew up and tried to earn an independent life in this dangerous city without her wealthy Alpha family’s help. However, as a rookie lawyer, she was treated as no more than an errand runner. She wanted to meet her mate one day, but she didn’t expect her mate would be someone who came from the biggest mafia family in the city…

Ella

It was well past midnight, and I was still stuck in the office. The glare of my laptop screen was almost a comfort, a sign that I was working hard, that I was progressing.

“Almost done,” I murmured to myself with at sigh as I rubbed my tired eyes. Such was life for me, though. At this point, I was getting used to spending all of my time here at the law firm.

As a rookie lawyer, I never expected to be treated like a queen, but surely they could see me for more than their errand runner?

“Could you get these photocopied for me, Ella?” James had asked earlier that day, handing over a stack of case files as if it was just assumed that I would be the one to do it.

And so I did, along with a dozen other tasks that didn’t particularly scream lawyer. But I believed, perhaps foolishly, that perseverance would earn me respect and better opportunities.

It was my first year out of law school, after all. What did I expect?

The soft hum of the janitor’s vacuum cleaner interrupted my thoughts. It was already almost one o’clock, and my body was reminding me of its need for sleep with every aching muscle.

I stretched and started packing up when my phone buzzed with an incoming call. The screen read Mom & Dad. Sighing, I picked up.

“Hey, you two.”

“Ella? Are you at home now?” my father Edrick’s voice came through, a mix of concern and mild frustration.

Dad,” I replied, my voice laced with exhaustion. “Ella! It’s way past midnight!” my stepmother

know, Mom, but I’ve got

time, but in a whirlwind romance, she and my dad got married and had my little sister. Moana was more of

voice on a night like tonight was a comfort, but I couldn’t deny the fact that I was a little annoyed at my parents’ overbearing tendencies. They meant well, but sometimes they forgot that I was an adult who was capable of taking care

from last

supermarket owner was held up at gunpoint. Gunpoint!

you, but I’m

dad paused with a chuckle. I could imagine Moana standing beside him, her freckled hand touching

dad,” I replied, smiling slightly as I

get an Uber, Ella. Don’t

I relented, smiling. “I love

managed to seep

in my dad’s penthouse. He was one of the most affluent

was always there, on the table. At any moment, I was more than welcome to go home, walk in my father’s footsteps, and work

I chose to go to law school, move to this new city that desperately needed

with no window, the night air was refreshing. As I stepped

scare me. They were simply part of

her voice echoing in my mind. She had been there ever

just as it was for most werewolves. My lips never even twitched. Sometimes, when I was little,

that she was growling at me, and I rolled my eyes

voice mocked. The Rogues. I could sense their intentions, the greed in their eyes. I tightened my

He

little girl.” They closed in on me. With lightning

an

my status. The realization hit me. They didn’t just see

were often confined to one district, which was typically guarded heavily by the police. Many of them were drug

addicts and petty criminals-but there was no ‘district’ to keep them in. They roamed freely, and the local law enforcement had their plates too full to keep watch

of the shadows. A whole gang of them. They were all sneering,

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