“Are you alright?” asked Zachary. He had walked over to help Charlotte up.

“Fifi had always been an obedient pet. It has never behaved this way before.” Charlotte frowned. She later complained, “You must’ve frightened it.”

“I saved you. It’s bad enough that you’re not thanking me, but now you’re even blaming me?” challenged Zachary with his brows raised. “Isn’t that a little too much?”

“It won’t have acted this way in the first place if it hadn’t been for you!” insisted Charlotte, who looked furious.

Zachary turned speechless. He examined the bird and quickly found the cause for its rampage.

“This eagle is the most aggressive type of eagle. It may look like it has been tamed, but it would revert to its aggressive self if it saw human blood.”

“You’re right. My brother mentioned that it can’t be exposed to human blood,” blurted Charlotte as revelation hits. “It must have been acting so wild because it injured you and some of your blood got onto it!”

blind if it wasn’t for me,” reminded Zachary as he examined her wrist. “Go treat your injury

spun on his heels

That was when she realized that Fifi had clawed

shouted Lupine and Morgan

“Take Fifi home.”

she heard a car engine starting. Zachary had

was still staring at Charlotte from the car. The truth was that he was still worried,

Ben. “You rushed over just to save her, but

at that

equally shameless and coquettish, though,”

on her words all those years ago, and

Zachary suddenly thought of something and instructed,

“Understood.”

the eagle. They were heading to the villa

and the navigation system couldn’t get any signal. Morgan almost lost her way as she drove, but the Nacht family’s car was right in front of them, so she simply followed them

in front of us. We would’ve been lost otherwise,” said

show,” scoffed Lupine. “Zachary was fooled by Ms. Lindberg, after all. Not to mention Fifi injured

word, so

had her eyes tilted down as she caressed Fifi’s injured wings. No one could tell what

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