Rejected Luna: Untamed Desire Of The Lycan Alpha-Chapter 188: Running into Scarlet.

Inez choked, as she couldn’t understand where this question even came from. She turned and looked at the woman beside her and questioned, "How come you even got that idea?"

"Did you not say that I should show my strength? What’s better than burning down this mall?" Jules spoke as if it made all the sense.

Realising that the woman had taken it literally, Inez shook her head and corrected her, "What I meant to say was that you should think of doing something grand, something that would make others respect you. Like fighting in a pack battle and winning or saving someone’s life. There is more than one way to show your strength rather than a literal massacre."

Jules frowned as if she could not understand what Inez was trying to say. She pursed her lips and then said to her, "Well, I guess you are right. But my papa doesn’t seem to agree with it. He believes that as a princess, my only job is to find a powerful mate and give birth to another dragon shifter who would become the heir to the throne."

"And do you think he is right?" Inez asked.

"I—"

"Miss Drakos." The attendant of the shop, who obviously knew Jules, stepped forward and greeted her with a smile on her lips. "It’s a really pleasant surprise to see you. Are you here to buy a new dress?"

"Yes, I would like to see Tracy, if you please," said Jules while looking at the many dresses that were hanging on the racks. "I am used to her recommendations, and you know she gets me better than the rest."

Inez didn’t know if the attendant was offended by Jules’ refusal to let her accompany them. But even if it did, the attendant didn’t show it on her face; she nodded and conceded to the demand that Jules had put forth. "Alright, please wait for a while. I will ask Tracy to come out and attend to you."

After speaking, the attendant turned around on her feet and walked inside the shop. Inez watched the woman disappear behind a curtain that must have led her to a room because a second later, the woman appeared with another woman.

This woman appeared to be the owner of the shop. She had her hair tied in a tight bun and a measuring tape hung around her neck. Her eyes were so tired that Inez could even see the sleep in her eyes, even though they were hidden behind a pair of glasses.

"Tracy," Jules greeted the woman, who nodded at her crisply.

"How are you doing, Miss Drakos?" said the woman with a smile. "Are you here to buy another dress?"

"Yes, show me the best dress that you have," stated Jules, and Tracy nodded. She turned around when her gaze fell on Selene. "It can’t be... Miss Sokolov?"

Selene was a bit uncomfortable when she saw Tracy looking at her as if she were a treasure chest. However, she still nodded and replied, "Yeah."

"It’s an honour to meet you," said Tracy as she walked over and took her hand in hers. She spoke to Selene with admiration, "I have heard a lot about you. We have still not forgotten your performance in the last pack battle, the way you took down ten hyenas alone."

When Tracy praised Selene, the woman’s face turned red.

Jules looked at the two women and turned to Inez. She asked, "Is this what you meant by saying that I need to show my strength?"

Inez hummed, and Jules turned and took a few more glances at Selene.

Tracy spoke a bit more to Selene before she cleared her throat and said to the three women, "I think I have something for you all." Her eyes fell on Inez, but they moved within a second, and Inez wasn’t bothered by it because that was how it had always been. No one cared about her; she had always been invisible.

The owner of the boutique walked inside with sheer elegance, and the rest of them followed her.

Inez was looking around the shop, trying to find a dress that would suit her well enough to get by the party without blowing a hole in her savings, when —

"How many times have I told you that I am tired?"

She whipped her head and turned to look behind her, and her gaze fell on Scarlet. She was holding a bunch of bags in her arms, and in front of her stood none other than Evelyn. The woman was trying on a new dress, and from the looks of it, she was dragging Scarlet around with her.

Unlike her, Scarlet was a fully dominant shifter. The fact that she was being used like a submissive wolf must be hurting her even harder than it did to her.

"You don’t get the right to get tired," snapped Evelyn as she threw the dress into the hands of the attendant and continued speaking. "If you are tired, then just tell us where Inez is. If you do, then we will stop everything." She glanced up at Scarlet, who looked mutinous. "You know that Dom and I only need Inez. We don’t want to do anything to you, Scarlet. You are a dominant shifter; either way, you are of some use to us. We wouldn’t want to do anything to harm you. But you are making things hard for us by hiding where Inez is."

"I have told you that I don’t know," snapped Scarlet, her anger getting the best of her. "I only helped her get away from the pack, and after that, I have no idea where she went or who took her in. If you are so eager to find her, then you need to work hard to search for her. Why are you wasting your time by making things difficult for me?"

Eve curled her lips in a twisted sneer and spoke coldly, "You want me to believe that? Your mother said herself that if there is someone who knows where Inez is, it’s you. You want me to believe that your mother is lying to us?"

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