Chapter 189

Scarlet clenched her jaw. Of course, her mother would do this; she was the kind of woman who would do absolutely anything to make sure that her precious mama boy doesn t lose his precious position as the enforcer. Which was foolish if someone asked her; Ricky was not weak enough to be kicked out of that position just because his sister ran away from the pack.

Their Alpha might be half cuckoo, but he is not a fool.

"Right, and you believe her?" Scarlet scoffed. No one in their right mind should be trusting her mother. That woman was a sucker for attention, no doubt a trauma reaction that she received after Inez s father dumped her. That woman didn t do well when she was not the centre of attention, and it showed.

Even now, she was trying to get as much attention as she could with Inez gone. She didn t care that Inez was part siren and a latent, a combination so deadly that she might lose her life before any of them could even find her.

Evelyn looked at Scarlet. Her eyes were pinned eerily on her. For two seconds, the woman didn t say anything and simply looked at her. But then she parted her lips and said sternly, "Of course, I don t. But time is running out, Scar. The competition is right around the corner, and with Inez gone, what do you think I can even do?" noveldrama

"Maybe you can use your brain and try to make a draft on your own for once," Scarlet remarked with her eyes rolling in their sockets. She glanced at the woman who was smaller than her and stated in a quiet voice, "You have worked together with my sister for so long; you should at least know something, right?"

Red blotched Evelyn s cheeks as she glared at Scarlet. She said to her, "You better hope that we find her, Scar. Dom s patience is wearing thin, and I don t believe he will wait any longer unless you tell him where Inez went."

"How many times do I have to say it, damn it?" Scarlet snapped. "I don t know."

Evelyn scoffed as if she did not believe it. She then returned to checking out more dresses, and Scarlet let out a long-suffering sigh. She wished she could return home and do something worthwhile. But with her job taken and put on hold, she had nothing to do other than sleep and read books on healing.

She glanced at the woman who was still looking for a new dress and turned to sit down on the bench that had a plush couch. Scarlet had hardly sat down when another person walked over.

With a raise of her head, Scarlet looked at the redhead who was looking down at her.

"Can I sit next to you?" the woman asked.

Scarlet frowned but nodded as she shifted to one side.

The redhead sat down next to her. She didn t speak for a while, and Scarlet didn t expect her to, as the two of them were nothing but strangers. But then

"The weather is being a bit witchy, don t you think?"

Scarlet s head snapped up; she turned and looked at the redhead with shock in her eyes.

"I "

Inez raised her hand and placed a finger on her lips. She pointed at Evelyn, who was discussing the measurements of the dress with the attendant. Seeing this, Scarlet shut her mouth, but she was still curious. She lowered her voice enough to make sure that Eve wouldn t hear her and then asked Inez, "Where were you? Do you know how worried I was?"

Inez winced at her accusatory tone. She blinked her eyes and shot Scarlet a flattering smile, which only earned her a growl. Sighing, she said, "Don t get angry at me like that now. I didn t mean to go missing, but..." She dropped her voice even further. "But you can see that things are not as simple as you think Dom was supposed to stop looking for me in a few weeks so I can contact you, but it seems like he is not going to do that any time soon."

"Yeah, he seems to have gone crazy," Scarlet snorted. "But there is no need for you to worry about that; as far as I know, he deserves it."

Inez looked at Scarlet, who seemed to be under a lot of strain. She reached out and placed her hand on her thigh before questioning, "Are you alright?"

"I am," Scarlet replied. She looked at Inez with her upturned gaze and remarked, "I would have been better if my dear sister had told me that she is a part siren; that way, I wouldn t have been blindsided like that."

When Inez heard her remark, she flinched. So her mother told Scarlet about her being a siren? She sighed and then said to Scarlet, "I wanted to tell you, but mother didn t want anyone to know that I was a monster."

"Do you seriously want me to believe that?" Scarlet hissed. Her eyes darting towards Evelyn, who was now looking at them, sensing that the woman was looking at them, Scarlet stopped moving her lips. With her lips barely moving, she said to Inez, "When have you listened to our mother, Nessie? The only reason you stayed quiet was that you were worried that I would change. That you will face the same criticism in my hands as the rest of your kind face in the hands of the rest of the dominant shifters."

"Just be honest, Nessie."

Inez parted her lips to say that it wasn t true, but when she saw Scarlet looking at her with a gaze that dared her to say no , she sighed. She said to her, "You are right. I was afraid that you would treat me differently if I were to tell you the truth I didn t want our relationship to change, Scar."

Scarlet stayed quiet without saying anything. She exhaled heavily and remarked, "You are an idiot. You know that?"

"I C"

"And who is this?"