The ripples on Stella's face was much more pronounced than Asael's. It seemed as if the Alpha wasn't affected by their blatant nonsense. However, the same wasn't to be seen on Stella. She was stimulated when Raphael kidn*pped her out of nowhere. Knowing that he had a deal with these people to kill Asael, she was already too angry to think. Malory's act infuriated her even more. If not for Asael holding her back by the arm, she would have stormed and flipped her underground. "Go upstairs and rest." He said. Stella refused, "No. I'll stay. What if -" "Go ahead and rest, sweetheart. I'll handle them." He assured. Stella had no choice but to leave. She kept glancing back on her way upstairs. Asael kept his gaze on her, urging her to leave. Once the soft click of the door reached h

