Bound To You

|Chapter 15|

||Gorgeous: Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent; characterized by magnificence or virtuosic brilliance.||

"Arabella! It's great to see you!" Vladimir said cheerfully as he smiled at her.

Arabella could feel bile rising from her stomach as nausea hit her hard.
Firing back, her lips widened to form a smile as she contemplated if it was real or not. The King who stood beside Vladimir, stared intently at her.

"Vladimir! It's great to see you." She said happily. She had never actually called him by his first name alone before.

Vladimir's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she called him by his first name. Arabella looked at the King, who was wearing a body fitted grey shirt that displayed his muscular chest and wide shoulders with a black and grey striped tie. An elegant silver watch was honored to encircle his left wrist. He wore black suit pants and black dress shoes cloaked his feet.

Vladimir followed Arabella's glare to see she had been doing so to the King. His two apprentices now his two greatest stars. He knew that Vincent did not know he had trained Arabella and he was angry that Vincent didn't instate Arabella as Alpha of The Gardenia Pack but he knew there had to be some underlying reason. He understood Arabella and he could tell that she did not want the King to know the Arabella was his goddaughter.

Arabella had approached them and the crowd had gone back to mingling and chattering.
"Arabella dear, how have you been? When I heard you moved to England I had to request you to come." Vladimir said happily trying to keep off that specific topic. He had engulfed her in a hug which she happily complied with and returned.

"I have been well. Thank you for asking for me. How was your trip? Is Cassandra here?" She said happily as she released him form the hug.

"It was good, Cassandra is somewhere mingling. Now tell me how are your parents?" He said cheerily.

The King now stood awkwardly and was intruding in a very personal conversation, this Vladimir realized.
Arabella was feeling at ease that her uncle had caught on to her tactics and was grateful that the King had not told her Godfather.

"Vincent would you excuse me for a while. I wish to speak with Arabella privately." Vladimir told the King, it had not been a question.

"Of course." The King said politely as he walked away.

"Godfather, it's so great to see you!" Arabella said as she hugged him once more and she could feel herself feeling sorrowful as her head hurt and her eyes seemed to squint as they stung.

She was on the verge of crying but she quickly got a hold of herself as she contained her emotions.

"Oh Arabella," Vladimir said hugging her again, "its greater to see you. Your brother has returned to Canada and his training is going well." He said as he stroke her hair once.

"Mother and father are fine. Thank you for informing me about Benjamin." She said as she released him from her hug.

"Come now, let us go meet Cassandra." He said as she hooked her arm with his.

Parting through the crowd, a beautiful woman wearing a long maroon dress that had long sleeves, fitted her snugly was giggling with a group of women. A loud gasp was heard from Cassandra before Arabella heard her name being called and was engulfed with a hug she gladly returned.

"Godmother, you look amazing." Arabella said as she released Cassandra from her grip.

"Sweetheart you look stunning! Vladimir tell her she looks stunning." Cassandra said to a smiling Vladimir.