Zuri didn’t have any recollection of her mother, she had never mentioned her at all because she didn’t feel like she knew her. She was a missing figure that she had never tried to find.
Since no one around her had ever brought up the topic of her mother, it had never crossed Zuri’s mind at all either.
She simply accepted that she didn’t have a mother, because her early memories were only filled with her father’s figure and apart from that, there was nothing...
“If your father is not a white wolf, then it must be your mother,” Chaos concluded. It was easy to conclude that and the reason why Zuri was not among the white wolves.
The white wolves were not allowed to have a mate outside of their race, therefore, it was easy to guess why her mother did not appear in her life before this and why she was not with her father.
“Why is every love story that I know will have a tragic end?” Zuri leaned her body against the back of the sofa and then looked at the street outside through the window.
She watched as people walked and bicycled around this village, while children ran around their mothers and everyone of those people would smile at each other every time they met with someone that they knew. They even stopped for a while to have a quick chat with them.
How peaceful this life was...
“We need to find a place to stay if you want to live here,” Chaos said, as he followed Zuri’s line of sight and noticed what was in her mind.
.....
He couldn’t give her a peaceful life, but at the very least, he could give her this, even if it wouldn’t last forever.
“I want an apartment in a higher place,” Zuri said. She shook her head. She didn’t want to think about that at all, it would only ruin her new life with Chaos that was waiting for her.
“Sure, let’s find that kind of place.” Chaos stood up and then took her hand, as they both walked toward the cashier, who didn’t stop stealing a glance or two at Chaos every now and then, her actions very obvious.
On the other hand, Zuri could only sympathize with her and let the woman adore his man, since that was the only thing that she could do.
Even when they walked out of the door, Zuri still could feel her eyes on her back.
“It will not do,” Zuri mumbled.
“Hm?” Chaos opened the door and held it for her. “What is it?”
“You will be the most handsome village boy in this place,” she said and then glanced at him mischievously, which made Chaos laugh softly. He looked relaxed and laid back right now, even though the color of his eyes were still dark.
Zuri wondered whether it was possible or not for Chaos’ dark side to become weak after the onset he faced in Kalee city.
Maybe right now, Chaos could still appear like this because his dark side was too weak to control him. But, for how long? How long would it take for Chaos’ dark side to be a threat again?
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“May I know how long you will rent this place?” a young lady asked Chaos, as she looked at him with a spark in her eyes. She was clearly smitten with this long haired man that was so pleasant in the eyes.
She was the daughter of the landlady of this apartment and lived just one flat below the one she was showing to them, thus if they lived in this place, they couldn’t avoid bumping into her very often.
Though Zuri was just right beside him, she didn’t think it made Chaos less attractive in her eyes.
“How long do you want to live in this place?” Chaos leaned his body, as he watched Zuri look around this flat, gliding from one room to the other. She looked like a little girl, who just found her favorite toy.
But for Chaos, not even once he let his eyes stray to the other girl. He didn’t even remember her name and let Zuri deal with her and all the documents that they needed to sign, as he handed her the money, enough for her to pay rent for this place for a year.
“I think we will pay for six months,” Zuri said, poking her head from the other room and then stared at the young lady sharply. “Just in case we need to move if it is not comfortable here anymore.”
The young lady lowered her head, as her face turned red because she was caught staring at Chaos. She fiddled with her fingers. She didn’t mean to be rude, but this man was very attractive and anyone would vouch for her for that statement.
“May I know what the relationship between you two is...” She then scrambled to get the papers for them to sign. “Because I need to fill this column.” She pointed out the column that asked about the relationship between the tenants.
Zuri was trying to find a way to answer that, but Chaos beat her to it, as he casually gave her an answer.
“She is my wife,” Chaos replied very smoothly, as if he had answered this countless times already.
Of course, the poor young lady was taken aback by that answer. “Oh.” She could only mumble that word. “You are so young, both of you look so young...” she stuttered as she tried to regain her composure, but she couldn’t hide her disappointment in time.
On the other hand, Zuri laughed without sound, as she hid herself back in the room.
Zuri didn’t know what else Chaos told the girl, but a moment later, he followed her into the bedroom, where he found her sitting on the bed.
“She has gone,” Chaos said, as he sat down next to her.