Chapter 221

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Audrey

Edwin kicked the door open-or at least, that’s what I thought he did, but my eyes were covered by his tie-with his boot, sending it crashing against the wall so hard I thought it might break something.

I gasped, clutching my mate tightly. “Edwin, what are you-”

Before I could finish, I felt myself being lowered to the ground, Edwin’s hands steady on my waist to keep me balanced. Then, with a gentle tug, he pulled his silk tie away from my eyes.

I blinked, adjusting to the light, and frowned when I saw the second ‘surprise’ that Edwin had been talking about all day.

“A… cereal box?” I asked, picking up the box of Frosted Flakes, which was adorned with a big red bow, and turning to him. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love cereal as much as anyone. But…”

My mate smirked and placed his hands on his hips. “Why don’t you try opening the box first, smarta***

With a quirked eyebrow, I flipped the lid of the box open and overturned it onto the coffee table. A moment later, several slips of paper fell out. Ten, to be exact.

I picked one up and nearly dropped it again.

Hidden inside the cereal box, the sly bastard, were ten first class tickets to Italy.

“Edwin,” I breathed, staring down at the scraps of paper in disbelief. “What… how…?”

He came up behind me, wrapping his warm arms around my waist and resting his chin on my shoulder. “They’re not scheduled until next year,” he explained. “I bought them in advance. But I wanted to do something special.”

I picked up another ticket, confused. “Ten tickets?” I asked softly, glancing up at him over my shoulder.

“Two for us, of course,” Edwin explained. “And four for your friends. Then one each for Claudia, Peter, Charles, and Eliza. I’ve booked a villa for everyone for an entire month next summer.”

I turned fully in his arms. “A whole month? Edwin, this is… this is incredible. But it must

as if it were nothing. “It’s a drop in the bucket to me,” he replied with a small smile. “Besides, this… this is our family. I

“Our… family?” I echoed.

family. Even your friends… They feel like family to me now.

allow myself to cry, Lturned back to the tickets, running my fingers over each one in

dream.

that was too good to be

found myself asking. “Is it safe for us to

stiffened for a moment. The lines of his broad shoulders turned hard, his hand halfway to the coat

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and turning to face me again. His expression looked pained, but he managed a small smile. “Hopefully, by then, we won’t have any issues with Coldclaw anymore.

do…”

harden with determination. “I won’t let them

again-family-filled me with a fierce sense of resolve. Edwin was right; we were a family. And family was one of the few things that I had ever truly, deeply wanted; aside from succeeding

anyone-rogues, Fiona, anyone-tried to get between me and my

Edwin’s voice pulled me out of my reverie, and I turned to see him staring at me with a hopeful look in

“I love it,” I murmured into the tender skin of his

to press a gentle kiss to my lips. Already, I was aching to feel him again when we pulled apart, thinking about that day

finger tracing my cheekbone. “We’ll take care of Coldclaw.

think that they’ll believe that I shifted?” I asked. “And

Wordlessly, he scooped me up into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist as he carried me to the sofa. I was still wearing my graduation gown, a baby pink dress underneath, and I shivered a little as

to say yes, especially once we catch Fiona and bring her back here,” he mused, those gray eyes of his wandering the bare skin of my shoulder. “A

couldn’t help but frown at that. “It feels like you’re assuming that they won’t do anything. We don’t know that.” “You’re right.” He sighed and leaned back on the sofa, although his hands lingered on my waist. “But right now, all we can do is hope and try to get Fiona back before she can stir up more

don’t know, send some scouts out or something like that?” I asked. “There has to be more

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