ALPHA'S ENDLESS REGRET: After The Barren Luna's Leave novel Chapter 109

To his credit, Merhold looked pretty remorseful about the whole thing. "I understand what you mean. The blame is on me for that."

My other brothers didn’t look one bit moved by him accepting responsibility for me. I cleared my throat, forcing all of them to turn to me.

It was hard to miss how their eyes seemed to soften as they saw me. Merhold was the first to come towards me. "I think it’s high time I come clean."

I cocked my head, wondering what he could be going at. There was a look of guilt swimming in his eyes as he watched me.

"I’m actually a real estate mogul," he confessed, "I own the condo that you tried showing your client today. I should have just told you from the onset. I let my negligence put you in danger. I’m so sorry, Giselle."

I remained silent processing his words. It all made sense now that he had confessed. The way he had seemed to hold back in what he wanted to say. Now I understood it more clearly.

"It’s okay," I finally said. "You can’t audit every employee. There’ll always be some bad ones that keep their true identity low."

Merhold nodded, though the guilt was still evident in his eyes. The sight of him looking so down didn’t quite sit well with me. I wanted to cheer him up in whatever way I could.

"But I really thought you were a builder." I let out a laugh.

"I’m not really the artsy type." Merhold replied, a hint of embarrassment in his tone. "I’m better suited to business."

Greyven and Olavir began to laugh at Merhold’s words. The atmosphere in the house seemed lively now. So how the words just blurted out of my mouth still shocked me.

"I’m cursed."

The whole room was so silent that you could probably hear a pin being dropped. It only lasted for a few seconds. Then the chaos ensured.

"What the actual hell?" Olavir walked up to me, his eyes brimming with confusion and anger.

I proceeded to explain everything that Arthur had told me. The more I went on, the angrier some of them seemed.

"So you were cursed and that’s what’s keeping you from being able to see your wolf?" Merhold finally asked.

"I’m already on it." Halven hurriedly took out his phone and dialled a number.

"Lance," He said as soon as he put the phone to his ear. "I want you to look into the cities of the outskirts. There’s something fishy going on there. I want you to find out something for me."

Halven proceeded to explain the situation to Halven. After talking on the phone for a while, he put the phone back in his pocket.

"We’ll get to the bottom of this soon enough." He finally sighed.

My gaze fell down as various thoughts ran through my head. I appreciated the way my brothers were going out of their way for me, but it didn’t still the fear that seemed to rage through all parts of my body.

There was always the possibility that this could fail. What then? What would happen if even after Halven’s efforts in making some findings over there, we are still unable to find out the origin of this curse?

My brothers must have noticed my silence as they all came closer to me. Olavir put a hand on my chin, his eyes softening when he saw the look in my eyes.

"Come on, now. I don’t like seeing you so sad." He tried to make me smile.