Lycan King's Regret: Punished The Wrong Daughter novel Chapter 81

Chapter 81: 81- Our Paths

Arabella Toussaint

I wrapped both hands around the warm coffee mug and looked around the little apartment. It was small, but it felt peaceful. A faded couch stood against the wall, a tiny bookshelf leaned in the corner, and the smell of fresh coffee drifted up from the café below.

I looked at Maya, "How did you manage all this?" I asked her, "This café, the apartment. It can’t have been easy."

She let out a quiet laugh and shook her head, "It wasn’t," she admitted, "And this?" She gestured around the room, "It’s only temporary."

I frowned, "Temporary?"

A small smile tugged at her lips, "I was waiting for you, chipmunk."

Her words caught me off guard.

She reached over to grab my hand across the table and squeezed it, "I have enough money for both of us. Once I found you, we were supposed to leave the place and open a café in one of the safe zones."

"Is it not safe here?" My question made her purse her lips into a thin line.

"No, silly. This place is near the border. If they ever decide to look for you in the human world, they’ll start from here."

Look for you. Not look for us.

She was safe, and she knew someday the lycans might start looking for me. My friend must have read my thoughts because she placed her coffee cup on the table and got to her feet to come around the table and sit beside me, "Don’t worry. With all the precautions we’ve taken, they won’t reach you, Aria."

She had already started calling me by my new name. To keep me safe.

"For you, I’ll change my name too. To reach you, they might start searching for Maya..." She thought for a moment and then eyed me with a thoughtful expression, "How about Mia?"

I nodded at her with a chuckle, "Mia sounds nice." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

We were both happy with our new identities. While taking a sip of coffee from my mug, Lucien’s face popped up in my head. He must have gone crazy and must have started searching for me.

Because if that was the case, we couldn’t afford to stay here for long. I quickly lowered my eyes, hoping Mia hadn’t noticed the change in my expression.

Thankfully, her attention shifted behind me.

"Where did you find those two?" She asked with a funny face. I turned to see Toby and Tessa standing near the tiny kitchen.

"Don’t you know we are guests here? And you burned the toast!" Toby argued, pointing an accusing finger.

"It’s not burned," Talia shot back, "I toasted it. There’s a difference."

"It’s black. A toasted one is supposed to be golden brown!"

I couldn’t help the smile tugging at my lips, and I turned back to Mia, "They just happened to cross my path," I murmured, "They helped me find you."

She watched the siblings for another moment before laughing softly, "They’re too loud," she whispered.

"Exhausting!" I whispered back, and we both laughed.

But then her brows knitted together as her gaze shifted to my neck, "The mark."

My heart gave a sudden jolt, "What about it?" I raised my hand and touched the spot where it used to hurt.

I’m sorry, my king. Maybe someday you’ll understand why I had to leave. Please don’t come looking for me.

And if you’ve started hating me, then perhaps this goodbye was for the best.

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