Chapter 149: Ajax’s teasing

"Lyla! Lyla!"

At first, Inez didn’t stop because she didn’t register that someone was calling her. It was only when Jules reached out and caught her by her elbow that she realised that the woman was calling her.

"Are you angry at me?" Jules asked nervously. She had been calling Inez for a while now, and with the woman ignoring her, she just couldn’t help but wonder if the woman was angry at her. Jules had to admit that her sister was truly rude to Inez, and if she were in her shoes, then she too would have been furious with her.

Inez pursed her lips. She shook her head and said to her, "I am not angry, but I think it will be better if we discuss what happened earlier."

When Jules noticed her serious expression, she became even more worried. She asked, "Is everything alright?"

"I appreciate that you are trying to befriend me, but" Inez sucked in a breath and continued speaking, "You should be well aware that your cousin doesn’t seem to like the company that you are keeping. The pure-blooded shifters have always looked down on latents; I think you should look for someone whose company would be appreciated by your family. For your own benefit and peace." And hers as well.

Inez didn’t want to be pulled into the murky waters. If Jules were one of the last dragons, then getting close to her was nothing less than walking down a rickety bridge.

me; you are the only one who truly cared for

at the woman because this was the first time someone had told her

hurt by her lack of reaction. She thought that Inez would agree with her almost at once,

to become

don’t want to." After she finished speaking, she lowered her

her sides. She said, "I have nothing against becoming your friend." Apart from Selene, no one had truly tried to become her friend, and Inez had no idea what to make of the current situation. "However, I don’t think your family

lips as she tried to digest

bad – it’s not that she looks down at you; she just likes to mollycoddle me in her own patronising, condescending way." And of course, the fact that she was trying to befriend her was going to make her ten times worse, but Jules really didn’t want

Jules’ lie to heart because she knew that the woman was only saying it because she

Inez as if she were a witch who had hoodwinked her sister. Seeing that the latter

behind Inez. One look at her sister, and she flinched slightly, but soon she recovered

of relief and went down the path that headed to the lodge where she lived. However, just as she arrived at her lodge, she

standing outside on the porch of her lodge, holding

asked as she made her way towards

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