Chapter 55

• We were back on the jet the very next morning as we went home. I spent most of the trip asleep and when I closed my eyes, I heard the name Aurelian haunting me. He was said to be a Lycan, a being that preceded werewolves, the goddess’ first creation. Lycans were said to be a failed project so the goddess experimented again with wolves who turned out perfect. We were the beloved of the goddess and the lycans had gone extinct.
• Why did the old butler mention that name and why did it strike such a fear inside me from nowhere?
• On getting home, I realized there was a marked difference between how I was treated now and how I had been treated before leaving the palace. Whispers trailed my movements and I got the stink eye more often than not. At first, I thought it was my imagination and I was too busy getting on my feet with the teachings I had to receive in etiquette and the likes, but it soon became obvious that it wasn’t just my imagination.