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Chapter 150

[Arthur’s POV]

Liam was willing to give me a chance…Which meant that I was going to have a chance to get better acquainted with Ella.

I knew better than to allow myself to get too excited over the matter. Truth is, he was completely right. There was far too much going on around us, I needed to stay focused on what was happening.

For the time being, I hid my smile and followed Liam into the dormitory where we were met with a frantic–looking Bonnie. Much to my surprise, Olivia was still hanging around the room as well. I would have surely thought that the moment Liam had left earlier, she would have made off as well.

“Alright, Bonnie. What’s this update?” Liam asked.

Bonnie moved to her laptop and swiftly went about pulling up the account. When she turned the screen around, I could collectively say that all of our jaws nearly hit the floor.

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” Liam growled.

“Motherfucker,” I breathed.

My heart thudded madly in my chest as my eyes stretched over the captured image of Ella’s turning. This person, whoever the hell they were, had snapped another photo of Ella in her wolf form.

She really does look beautiful in this form.

I remembered the frightened look on Ella’s face, it made my heart clench with sympathy and a sense of compassion I didn’t know I was capable of.

As stunning as the picture was, it was a total invasion of her privacy and needed to be taken down as soon as possible.

“This person is as good as exposing Ella’s identity with this picture.”

“Is there any idea who’s behind the account?”

I turned to glance at Olivia who only shook her head. “I’ve asked around with everyone in our inner circles. None of them know who owns the account.”

I raised a skeptical brow. “What about anyone outside of your social groups?” Liam asked dryly. Olivia crossed her arms. “I don’t exactly interact with those other people.”

“I could ask around,” Bonnie suggested.

“But for now, I’ve been spending a lot of time looking through this account to see if there was anything that would give away the owner. Nothing. But there is something that I did notice. There is not a single photo on here that makes Ella look bad.”

“You mean this person is capturing Ella’s good side on purpose?” Olivia snickered.

I graced her with an unappreciated sneer. “It’s not like Ella has a bad side,” I pressed.

“So what are you getting at, Bonnie?” Liam asked.

“What I’m saying is, there is a very good chance that this person admires her. They’re willing to take the time to properly snap the perfect picture of her each and every time. That has to hold some kind of significance here.”

“Jesus Christ,” I said to myself.

That theory left an awful taste in my mouth. Unfortunately, it was entirely plausible.

“Hey, check out the angle at which the photo was taken,” Liam said. “Since the camera was obviously facing Ella, that means that whoever was taking the picture was literally standing behind us.”

I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose in aggravation. “You’re telling me that we were that close to this psycho and we didn’t even know it?” This problem just kept getting worse and worse.

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“But it has to be a student, right?” Olivia questioned.

Bonnie, Liam and I all shared a look among ourselves.

“Not necessarily…” Bonnie said quietly. “If you take a look at these pictures and I mean really look at them, you’ll notice that they’ve been taken in public places, Even here. While, yes. Eastwood is considered to be a private school, the grounds are generally open to the public.”

“So, anyone could be behind this,” Liam groaned.

“Precisely.”

“Wait a minute…Oh, shit,” I hissed. A sudden thought came to mind which sparked an unpleasant feeling to spread down my spine. “Liam, we need to talk now. In private.”

I made my way over to the door and gestured for him to follow me next door to my own room. As soon as we were alone, I allowed my resolve to drop. “This is a huge fucking problem.”

“I’m well aware of that.”

“No…I don’t think you are,” I stated. “Think about it. Every single one of those photos is It’s basically been allowing anyone who’s seen this media page to know exactly where Elia is.

“And we know that there is someone who’s currently hunting her,” he added.

o some kind of location tag.

“These recent photos have exposed a lot more than just Ella’s identity. They’re revealing her location and making it easier for her to be tracked down.”

Liam stepped closer with an underlying look of panic in his eyes.

“That’s it, isn’t it?” he asked pointedly.

A feeling of ongoing dread started to seep into the room.

“All this time, we didn’t know why someone would want to harm Ella. We had no motive in mind or a connection to use…The Moon Wolf Tribe. The pendant-”

“Her birthmark,” I added solemnly. “It has to be connected.”

“This ‘hunter“…He must have known about Ella and her possible connection to the Moon Wolves this whole time.”

I nodded my head. “Yes. Don’t you remember when he was talking to Ella and he referred to her as ‘your kind‘? He must have been talking about the Moon Wolves,” I concluded.

Liam fell silent for a moment. “Arthur…This hunter is still out there. And there’s a very likely chance he now knows where Ella is because of this damn media

account.”

This caused my stomach to knot and churn. “Do you think she’s safe being at home right now?”

If I were to detect even the slightest tone of doubt in Liam’s voice, I was going to race to my car and head back to Ella’s house.

“I don’t think this so–called hunter would be so daring as to make an attempt to attack while she was at home,” he said.

I wanted to feel more reassured than that. All because this guy hasn’t made the attempt in the past didn’t mean that he wouldn’t try to now. Especially, because now it was being made as public knowledge that Ella was just a mere human.

For all we know, this asshole could be planning on doubling his efforts to go after her and make sure that he succeeds the next time around.

“Do you believe in things you’ve read about the Moon Wolves?” Liam asked. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

I pulled my brows together. “What? You mean, do I believe that this selective group of people possess some sort of unearthly power? I…I don’t know.”

At that point, I wasn’t sure what to believe. I considered myself to be many things–superstitious was never one of them. However, at the rate things were going, I wasn’t certain what I believed in.

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“Well, it’s been made clear that our little hooded friend does,” Liam remarked. “He believes that Ella possesses some sort of

power

and views her as a threat.”

“What’s your point, brother?”

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He clenched his jaw and folded his arms over his chest. “My point is, I think one of us should be close to Ella at all times until we understand the full severity of this situation. My parents are planning on coming by tomorrow, which prompts me to ask this. Would you be willing to stay with Ella until she feels ready to return to campus?”

Oh my God.

My lips parted in utter surprise. The feeling of pure elation spread through me like wildfire.

“Yes.”

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