Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

With his assurance, she carefully placed the hatchling on his palm; she saw him hold the bird and walk toward the tree pole. Seeing that he was about to climbi the tree, she hurriedly said, “Be careful.”

She had to admit that his tree climbing skill was quite good; in a blink of an eye. he had already put the bird back to its nest, and from that position, he jumped to the ground.

Angela was dumbfounded. Is he a monkey?

“Let’s go back!” Richard glanced at her and walked along the path that would lead them back home. It was only then did she realize the reason he was angry just now; he was worried about her safety and took his anger out on the hatchling; instead, she blamed him for being cruel.

“I’m sorry about what happened just now,” she apologized and hung her head in shame. As he heard that, he halted his steps and turned around, causing her to bump into him.

Just as she was about to take a step back, his arm wrapped around her waist domineeringly. She raised her head, and her eyes met the gaze of another pair of eyes that were as deep as night. She could almost see the glittering light at the bottom of his eyes.

so easily next time,” he commanded in a deep voice, serious

that it imprinted onto

life is very important,” said Richard,

like he was

lips, the woman

life that

as he said

heard that, so Angela threw herself into his embrace and hugged him. “Alright, I will make sure to be safe and

he paused for a few seconds but quickly looked down at the girl in his arms and gently caressed her head. His dark eyes were filled with conflicting thoughts of restraint,

seen the emotions in his eyes. Right at that moment, footsteps were heard behind

ahead as his two teammates walked in. When they rounded the corner, they were scared upon seeing Richard and Angela standing there. After noticing the glower on Richard’s face. they let out a dry laugh. “W-We’ve made a wrong turn. We’ll be on our way now!”