35. Destiny. President Leo pov

We retreated early to base. Forlornness gripped each of us, not only had we found Lila's Tiara and confirmed our theory that she was somewhere in the forest, we were also afraid she must've been hurt, worst still, probably dead.

 But Mario kept optimism at bay. She wasn't dead, she was somewhere out there feeding off…I didn't know. Morrey wanted more mobilisation, cops, hunting dogs and hunters who knew every nook and cranny of the forest but I insisted we did our search, alone.

 Okay, I might've been a little jerk about that…involving the police meant involving my company, I couldn't take that risk, but in the end, if things proved to go south, I'd gladly give my statement. Everyone had something to say anyway.

 Mason, whose sinful eyes and stupid legs followed her out of the ball, Ophelia, who lied about Lila attending some family issue in New York, failing woefully at her job at keeping her mistress safe.