Chapter 603

---- Gritting his teeth, his elongated canines sank into his lip, blood dripping, his body trembling, hugging himself on the ground, resisting the shift with all his strength, even if it tore him apart.

"m normal.

Im an elemental.

My mother is an elemental.

I cant be that monster.

Im the Duke...

Im normal," he repeated to himself over and over, over and over, for what felt like an eternity.

Eventually, he managed to suppress the surge of adrenaline and the primal call that had been triggered by the raw excitement of being next to Rossella.

Elliot squeezed his eyes shut.

He had to stay away from her, just like before.

Could Rossella have something to do with witchcraft? Was she casting something dark on him, enchanting him? Her father had carried that enchanted pendant.

Elliot had even thought of blackmailing him back by exposing him, but he had far more to lose.

That man had told him he would anonymously send the proof to the palace inspectorthat he had an accomplice and another copy.

The recording showed his transformation back into a human.

His face was unmistakable.

his body still aching from the aftershocksbut more

The crisis had passed.

walking back,

run like a

The moonlight barely pierced through the forest canopy, casting eerie

sound up ahead, like footsteps on dried leaves,

it be a wild animal? He wondered, ducking behind a bush,

eyes locked onto the dark path between the

The whispers had stopped.

in the next instant,

underbrush, rolling into

the darkness, but his sharp nose quickly

Relax, Mr.

Elliot.

voice came from the shadows as Aldos

hands, showing there was no threat, but Elliot sensed another presence and shifted his focus to the

Icame with

Tomas, come out already.

Theres no danger.

staying at my house, Aldo called back, and another man,

are you doing out here at

same thing, dont you

He wasnt used to being

all calm

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