Chapter 283 The Knock at the Door

Third Person POV

+ Peats

Aubrey didn’t spare Justin another glance. Coldly withdrawing her gaze, she scooped the orange cat into her arms and turned, leaving without hesitation.

Her poise was effortless, as if she had brushed aside nothing more than a speck of dust.

Perched on her shoulder, the fat cat looked back at the still–frozen Justin. Its round amber eyes glimmered with mockery and disdain, as though to say: You? Worthy?

But as Aubrey’s figure disappeared into the trees, Justin’s fear and humiliation twisted, reshaping into something far more deranged. His gaze burned, feverish and hungry.

That overwhelming aura–that cold, irresistible dominance—it didn’t scare him. It intoxicated him. It ignited something poisonous in his chest: a hunger to conquer, to claim, to destroy.

“So beautiful… this is the power of a female alpha…”

He lowered his head to his hand, where he clutched a single strand of reddish–brown hair. He had plucked it from Aubrey’s clothes in that fleeting instant.

short, perhaps.

reverently, he slid the hair into a small clear pouch and tucked it away. Then, without hesitation, he turned toward the North Mountain

there. A witch who could craft a potion from hair. Mixed with his own, the draught would bind them–make

willingly, but he wouldn’t give up. Not on the chance to cage, break,


keep walking. She carried

door, warmth and fragrance rushed out to meet her–toast browned to perfection, eggs sizzling in oil, the faint sweetness of jam. It washed away the

when Charles poked

once. Relief softened his face into a smile. “You’re back? You were gone a while. I was just about to call you.” A spatula was in his hand, and a plain dark apron

his waist.

air,” Aubrey said vaguely, setting the orange cat down. It

sharp eyes noting the strands of orange fur clinging to her clothes. He chuckled ruefully. “Long–haired cats shed a lot. Look at you, covered already. I bought you some fresh clothes- change into

The Knock at

glanced down, unconcerned. “It’s fine.

at

her. They ate in quiet,

But it didn’t last.

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