Free Web NovelChapter 264: Finding Regina (1)
"Greetings to the young alpha. I am honored to have you in my home. It is a pleasure to meet you too, my lady. My name is Claude or as many of my old friends must call me, the deserter." freёwebnovel.com
"It is nice to meet you, Claude," Aurora greeted the werewolf they would be staying with for the time being. He was quite small with a head full of white hair like her own. However, she knew it wasn’t a good idea to underestimate him because of how he looked. "Thank you for taking us in."
"It was no big deal. How could I not accept someone like Vincent’s request to stay in my home? I was thrilled and awaited every second of your arrival so much that it annoyed my grandson," Claude closed the door behind Vincent.
"How is your grandson? I remember the last time you sent a letter to me, you spoke of how he wanted to join other werewolves. Where is he now?" Vincent asked.
"Probably causing trouble or somewhere in the forest hunting for food. I told him to be careful because if he is seen my identity will also be exposed. He goes away for a long time since he is upset. I didn’t let him leave to live with werewolves. His mother was a werewolf but his father was human," Claude informed Aurora.
"It is my fault for taking my daughter away from other wolves and raising her amongst humans. It is not surprising that she fell in love with one of them. The boy is much weaker than an average werewolf and I would rather him live with humans as his mother wanted. Children never listen and I am too old to keep warning him."
"One day he will see you were only trying to protect him. It would take him meeting another werewolf for him to realize how strong you must be to live in our world. However, I will welcome and protect him if you wish to send him. All werewolves belonging to our pack are welcomed back at any time," Vincent extended the offer.
Claude left his pack not because he had done anything wrong but because he was tired of his life in the community and wanted to try living amongst humans. He was welcome to come back whenever he wanted.
"Thank you. I have done as you asked and kept an eye on the Hamiltons. It came as a huge surprise to learn they were witches all along. The once active socialites seem to be keeping to themselves these days. It is only a few times I caught the old woman leaving the home with her son. There seemed to be some trouble last night as a lot of men left the home searching for the young lady, Regina Hamilton."
Claude had been following after the men who left the home in the dark shadows and overheard them talking about the young girl.
"Regina ran away from home," Aurora didn’t find it surprising considering Regina wasn’t in the best place with her family these days. The hard part would be to figure out where Regina had run off to in order to find her before Minnie and the others would. "We have to find her first." freeweɓnøvel.com
"Did you see her leave, Claude?"
"No," Claude shook his head. "I didn’t smell anything either, which is odd because I am an excellent tracker. After following those men, I returned and sniffed out the house but I didn’t smell a young woman’s scent. There was a faint smell of blood nearing morning but I saw no one taking out a body. There might be a secret exit leading somewhere."
"Claude’s nose is better than anyone I know when it comes to picking up scents from far away. If he did not smell her scent when he surrounded the home and there is a dead body that no one took outside to get rid of, there definitely has to be another way into there. Do you think you might have seen this way out?" Vincent asked Aurora as she was the only one who had once been inside the home.
"There are many rooms which are off limits. It would take forever to know which one holds a secret door. If Regina used it to get out, we must find her to learn where it is so that we might sneak in. We have to find her first," said Aurora.
She wanted to know that Regina was safe and also, to get any piece of information from Regina about what she had seen her family doing while Aurora was away.
"Where on earth would Regina go to hide from her family? She wouldn’t go to a friend’s house nor would she go somewhere to rent a room. She would need to go somewhere where she could be protected. Somewhere-No," Aurora shook her head as the place she thought of wasn’t a place Regina would go so soon. "Could it be possible she would run to the man she was planning to marry?"
Aurora knew Timothy was powerful enough to protect Regina if she ran to him thanks to his family ties but what would Regina say to make him what to hide her from her family? It wasn’t like they were married yet and Regina couldn’t expose her family to being witches unless she trusted Timothy. Timothy was family to the same people who went around burning witches.
"If it is your only clue we have to try there. Do you know where this man lives?" Vincent questioned as he was ready to head out and search for Aurora’s sister.
"Yes, but it won’t be easy to get into his home. We’d have to take a risk by telling a guard that I am here to see Regina. There is also the possibility that if I am thinking Regina is with him, her family might think the same and have their people watch Timothy’s home. Claude, can you find us some servant clothes?" Aurora came up with an idea.
