Chapter 23: Futile Effort

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

(Daniel’s P.O.V.]

“Pierce?!”

Who is Pierce? My body was still heating up as all of this was happening. This feeling had never happened before. I had no idea what was happening. An almost impossible thought appeared in my mind. I could not believe it at all.
Pierce… Could he be my wolf form?

How could it be?

On my 18th birthday, I tried hundreds of times without sleep to summon my wolf out. Without exception, I failed.

My father kicked me out of the pack because of this.

After coming to the human world, it was not that I had not used the moonlight to summon it on a full moon night each time, but all my efforts had only one result, and that was a failure…
Iwas almost resigned to my fate. I admitted that I was a werewolf that could not transform into a wolf, that I was not born with an inner wolf, and that I was trash.

Now, however, I could guarantee that I did hear Pierce calling me.

“Pierce, Pierce, answer me. Are you my wolf?”

When I was in the pack, I learned how to communicate with the inner wolf from the elders in the pack. I closed my eyes and meditated, calling out in my mind.

My body was still heating up. I was so focused on calling out that I felt my blood rush into my brain. I called out the name Pierce desperately, hoping that he would respond to me again.
However, even though I was so hot that my head and face were covered in sweat, Pierce still ignored me.

It was as if that sentence was just an illusion.

Ina trance, I seemed to hear someone calling out to me. It was a very gentle female voice, just like my mother. When I wandered in the forest for an entire day and returned home with a full load of spoils of war, my mother complained that I was covered in mud, at the same time, she praised me for being
brave and coaxed me to sleep.

“Mister Daniel, Mister Daniel, what’s wrong? Did you hear what I said? Your body is heating up. Are you okay?”

“President… President…”

“Miss Martina, please take care of the president. I’ll try my best and rush to the hospital as soon as possible.”

lay in a gentle embrace that felt like my mother’s. Although I knew that it was not my mother, I could not help but want to sink into the comfort.

really, really missed home!

I closed my eyes and allowed myself to fall into a deep sleep.

{Louis’s P.O.V.]

Madam wanted to find Martina. I searched for a few days and only managed to find some clues in the flower shop in Empress Lane. Because of this, I lost almost all my lackeys and even offended the Silver Mountain Group.
It was impossible to openly enter the shop and search for her. I changed into a new outfit and pretended to be the husband who planned on buying flowers for his wife’s birthday. With this disguise, I entered the shop again.
I could not help but laugh bitterly as I returned to the place I was beaten up in.

There was a surveillance camera when I entered the shop. Not only that, there was a surveillance camera above every blind spot now. Other than the four corners of the hall, there were even independent cameras at the top of many flowers. It was just that they were relatively small, the location of the
cameras seemed to have been specially designed, so, at first glance, they seemed to blend in with the environment and would not be that eye-catching.

However, as long as one had keen eyes and was not blind, they would definitely be able to tell that the shop was filled with surveillance cameras. Especially the flowers right under the surveillance cameras as they were not cheap.
What did this mean? It meant that the bodyguards were useless apart from scaring people and showing off. As long as one took one look at the bodyguards, they would not dare smash such expensive flowers.
Tused an old coat to disguise myself. There were even holes on it, so my regretful expression indicated to the shop assistant could not afford to buy flowers. She walked over to me with a smile, “Hello, I’m glad to be of service to you. May I help you?”

Although I did not see that powerful security guard again, there were surveillance cameras everywhere. If he heard my voice and knocked me out, I would not be able to complete Madam’s task, so I deliberately tightened my throat as I spoke in a low voice, “It’s my wife’s birthday, I want to buy her
flowers.”

“Sir, you have a good heart. Your wife will definitely be very happy to receive flowers.”
The shop assistant did not look at my shabby clothes nor looked down on me. She enthusiastically took me aside and asked, “Do you want to buy a tied-up bouquet or choose one yourself?”
I calmly took out Martina’s photo and showed it to the shop assistant. “This is my wife. What do you think will match her?”

“Wow! Your wife is beautiful. I’ve never seen such a beautiful lady before! Sir, don’t worry. I’ll definitely make the most beautiful arrangement for you to send to your wife.”

The shop assistant acted too naturally. It was obvious that she had never seen Martina before. I smiled as I took back the photo and embarrassedly replied, “This bouquet of flowers is extremely important to me. Can you please tell me what you want to do with it? I also want to ask for other people’s
opinions.”

“Of course, sir. This way, please.”

After a long wait, I managed to ask all the shop assistants. The previous shop assistant who had reacted when she saw Martina did not have any reaction either. She only said that it was inevitable for such a beautiful lady to receive such a stunning arrangement of flowers.
Everyone gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers, but they had never seen the person in the photo before.

The clue that I had worked so hard to find for was gone. I had a feeling that when I went back, I would be in great trouble…