"Ladies and gentlemen, we are landing in Los Angeles. Please fasten your seat belts and get ready for the landing."

Feeling the slight weightlessness of the descent, Cecelia's heart began to race.

17 years ago, this was the starting point for her escape. At that time, she never thought that one day, she would come back voluntarily.

Slap, whip, baseball bat, even hot soldering iron... The grim picture of her mother brandishing these weapons at her flashed through her mind like a slide.

Why did mother hate herself so much that she drank and abused her day after day. It was a question Cecelia did not wish to pursue.

Because after they get off the plane, there are bigger problems waiting for them!

Cecelia's body swayed slightly as the fuselage shook up and down, and the clouds outside the porthole turned into low, dense buildings.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived in Los Angeles. It's 6pm local time and the outdoor temperature is 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Please disembark with all your luggage..."

"Damon, come on. Your uncle has come to fetch us.”

On the plane, Cecelia introduced Damon about her brother Sam, stressing that he is the only person in the world she can call family. So even though he's now Nathan's Beta, Cecelia doesn't want Damon to be hostile to his uncle.

Damon is non-committive. Cecelia was frustrated, but didn't want to push her son too hard.

Cecelia only took a handbag with a few changes of clothes. Damon is even simpler, wearing only a backpack. As soon as the mother and son walked out of the airport, Cecelia clearly felt several unfriendly stares at them.

Jacques' promised 24-hour protection was less than an hour away. A lone mother and son is like a pair of long-legged gold bricks to anyone who cares.

Damon, sensing the hostile stares, tensed. "Mother," he whispered, "who are those people?"

Cecelia clenched her teeth and said quietly, "Whoever they are, they are not a good person. Let's go!"

Cecelia took Damon to Parking Lot 3, a five-story building outside LAX. It was her rendezvous with her brother Sam, but a search up and down the parking lot showed no sign of him.

"Mother," Damon asked, "didn't he say he was coming? Where is he? How unreliable he is!"

Cecelia, sweating, tried to defend her brother, but was speechless.

Sam knew exactly how Cecelia and Cecelia were going, so he was late for such an important moment.

A strange man's voice came from behind.

"Gentlemen, how can I help you?"

As he spoke, the man's hand was on Cecelia's shoulder, and at the same time, a hard object was pressed against her waist.

It’s a gun.

Cecelia's nerves suddenly tightened.

The man leaned in to Cecelia's ear and whispered, "Beautiful male wolf, don't fight if you don't want you and your son to get hurt. I'm a gentleman. I promise, I'll treat you right."

It's a hunter!

Cecelia swallowed, but before she can do anything else, Damon turned on the hunter.

“Keep your dirty hands off my mother!”

With a roar, Damon hit the hunter hard on the shoulder. The hunter screamed in pain, fell on his head, and rolled a few meters.

Cecelia was surprised and secretly glad.

What a newborn!

"Damon, good boy. Let's get out of here!"

With that, Cecelia quickly pulls Damon out of the parking lot. Her goal was simple: to get to a place where people were gathering, where those with malicious intentions would not dare to be so bold.

Unfortunately, Cecelia overlooked one possibility, that is--

She and Damon might not be able to leave the parking lot!

"The bitch! Brothers, no mercy, as long as to keep her face and body are intact! As for the wolf cub, it doesn't matter if you just kill him!"

The hunter shouted at the top of his lungs, and the whole parking lot, all floors, actually came out of the response.

Oh, my gosh!

Cecelia was secretly surprised. From the sound of it, there wre at least five hunters in the parking lot!

This was definitely not the number they can handle!

Cecelia began to shake with fear. The words of the hunter just now echoed in her ears.

"As long as to keep her face and body are intact!"

"It's doesn’t matter if you kill him!"

If they do fall into the hands of these people, she can’t imagine the consequences...

"Mother, don't be afraid. I will protect you!"

Cecelia's heart warmed as she watched Damon's back in front of her.

"Damon......"

Suddenly, Cecelia had a great deal of courage. She grabbed Damon's hand and said, "Damon, I'll cover you. Get the Silver Moon Pack for help!"

Damon is shocked. "What? Mother? No, I won't go!”

Five hunters gradually closed in, has Cecelia mother and son blocked in the parking lot on the third floor. If we don't go, it will be too late.

Cecelia gritted her teeth, grabbed Damon's hand and dragged him to the fence.

Damon immediately realizes what Cecelia is trying to do.

'No, mother, don't push me down! I'll stay and protect you!"

"Damon, you're a good boy..."

With tears in her eyes, Cecelia is about to push Damon off when an oncoming Hummer rushes in, knocking the two hunters through the air.

"Cecelia, get in the car!”

The driver of the Hummer drifted to a side stop next to Cecelia and opened the door.

It was Sam!

Cecelia was stunned until Sam asked for it a second time. She woke up and dragged Damon into the car.

Without waiting for the door to close, Sam put his foot down on the gas and the car flew like an arrow.

"Go get them!”

The frantic cried of the three remaining hunters were flung further and further away. Cecelia looked back and saw that they were nowhere to be seen. She was relieved and said to Sam, "Brother, why are you late?"

Sam looked ashamed and apologized: "Sorry Cecelia, I was sent on a mission by Alpha and was delayed a little bit..."

Damon sneers. "Haha. So you're Nathan's loyal henchman, risking your own sister's safety just to be seen by him!"

Sam changed his face when he heard it.

"Damon!"

Cecelia sobbed and apologized. "Sam, I'm sorry Damon was rude. Damon, apologize to your uncle!"

Damon sneered. "Why should I apologize to Nathan's flunky? I'm not from Silver Moon Pack and I don't have to bow to Nathan and his minions!"

Sam's face turned very serious.

Cecelia thought he's offended by Damon's rudeness and was about to explain, then he replies, “Cecelia, Damon, it looks like those bastard hunters haven't learned their lesson."

Cecelia turned around with a thump in her heart to find a silver Toyota following them all the way!

"Sit still!”

Sam jerked the steering wheel and the car drifted into another corner. Damon and Cecelia were thrown together, and Damon took the opportunity to grab Cecelia.

“Mother, don't be afraid!”

Following them, the Toyota sped up to catch up. Sure enough, they followed Cecelia and Damon.

As the two cars were chasing each other, Sam suddenly started talking.

"Cecelia, I have two pieces of news for you. Bad news."

Cecelia was silent.

"One is about father. He got sick and weak and is in the packhouse now."

"The second thing is... Mother ran away from home. So far, I haven't heard from her."

Sam said, clenching his teeth. She could see that his heart was heavy.

Cecelia gasped. In her surprise, she felt a little... Easy.

Yes. Cecelia didn't want to admit it, but she was relieved by both bad news.

Her mother abused her from an early age for unknown reasons, and her father was always an absent figure. He was so busy with Pack's affairs that he didn't ask or even know about her mother's abuse.

Cecelia has always had a delicate relationship with her parents. She had tried to convince herself that they were, after all, her parents, that they loved her and that she should love them too. But she slowly learned to accept the truth through countless painful experiences.

If there's a mother and a son who love each other as much as Cecelia and Damon, there should be a mother and a son who don't love each other as much as Cecelia and her parents. This is not surprising.

Sam then said, "Cecelia, so that's why I want you so much to come to my weeding. Because I hope that on the most important day of my life, even if mom isn't here, at least you were. And, there is a thing always existing in my mind and I think it’s time to get it done.

Sam's face was calm, but the veins in his arms betrayed his anger.

"I want to find the bastard who rejected you and made you run away, and beat him so hard that he's banished from Silver Moon Pack forever! But first, I want to help you get rid of that truckload of jerks that are following us!"

Sam, Cecelia, and Damon were all caught up in a shocking moment.

They saw a red Ferrari, which was going to crash the Toyota behind them!

At the same time, a magical smell, like a wave, flooded Cecelia's senses.

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