Julian's POV
I had to take care of some things before I could join Ophelia back at the house. I asked her to go ahead that I would join her later, I did not know how long I was going to take so I did not give her definitive time. She hugged me before leaving for the house. She meant that she was going to keep the maid company. This particular maid, Anaia, was a jovial werewolf who had been working for me for as long as I could remember. She was not mated yet and had no plans to. She spent her time working and reading classic novels. She was vibrant and barely asked for any sick day. I loved her except when she started treating me like a mother. She loved mothering me and sometimes it was exhausting. My mother had died when I was still young. She had been killed by a rogue wolf who had tur
