Chapter 182: Dreams

Alexei scratched his cheek. "Yeah. I met someone in New York but let them go. I mean, you're kinda right that people like us prefer not to be disturbed. Plus she looked like she was already content with her life."

"So it was a girl?"

"Why did it matter if it was a girl?" Alexei frowned.  "But yes, she was a girl who seemed to have lived her life under the radar without knowing the full extent of her powers. I don't get how she'd be here if she was in New York… but then again, she did live in a very nice penthouse."

"It may be fate," Baron remarked.

"What?" 

"The beauty of being reunited with someone you crossed paths with." Baron looked at Alexei. "There must be a reason for it."

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It was around midnight that Loriel woke up in cold sweat and quickly sat up, making sure not to disturb his wife. Loriel looked at the slumbering face of Elise and knew that his life was complete and now had a purpose.