"Can I seriously not wear sneakers? I don't think they will look that bad."

Emily once again tried to plea but as soon as she saw Bianca shaking her head as she took the beautiful silver heels out of the box and placed them near her feet, she knew that her pleading was not going to work.

"Bianca...."

Emily gave a last try but was immediately disturbed when a loud knock on her bedroom door pulled their attention.

A man clad in a black fitting suit with perfectly styled hair entered her bedroom. He looked so much different from his usual self and the two of them could do nothing but stare at the handsome creature standing in front of their eyes.

"What's taking you guys so long? Jackson has been waiting downstairs for more than an hour, Miss Bianca."

Shadow's voice was gruff as he kept his attention on the woman who was supposed to help Emily in getting ready.

Bianca was clearly not expecting to come across his angry mood as she hurriedly responded, "We are almost done. All that's remaining is for Me to wear her heels and then she will be ready to leave."

Shadow still did not look at Emily as he spoke to the witch, "I'll take care of the rest. You should go and check on your mate."

"Umm..., well....okay! I'll be taking my leave then."

Bianca said as she hurriedly picked up her purse before she came to stand in front of Emily and spoke in a serious tone.

"I'll see you at the banquet and don't you dare wear sneakers. You need to look perfect. Got that?"

Emily just replied with a little nose scrunch which made Bianca smile at her with warmth-filled eyes.

The woman planted a soft kiss on the young girl's forehead before she left the bedroom, leaving Shadow to take care of the rest.

A sigh left Emily's lips as she turned her attention towards the beautiful pair of heels that were resting near her feet.

Just when she was about to reach for them, she found someone kneeling in front of her.

Shadow's cold fingers pulled the heel out of her hand before he started helping her in sliding the heel on her feet and strapping it.

"Y-you...I'll do it myself.....you don't need to..."

Even before she could finish, he had already secured both of her heels in their places.

"Why don't you want to wear them?" He asked as he finally moved his eyes to look at her face.

She was looking so beautiful. Bianca really did a fabulous job in getting Emily ready for the banquet.

She was wearing a golden peach-colored tea-length dress with a square neckline. Her long brown hair was left loose in curls that bounced around as she moved.

She was wearing a long ear cuff in a light golden color that almost reached the top of her left shoulder.

A diamond bracelet, gifted by Daniel, was wrapped around her left wrist.

Other than mascara and lip gloss, there was no touch of makeup on her beautiful face. But even then she appeared as beautiful as an angel.

She was looking exactly like the elegant, rich, and educated Young Miss of a rich family that she was.

Her heels gave her height of five-three a little boost, making her realize that wearing her was definitely not that bad of an idea.

As Emily heard his question, she replied with a small smile, "I just feel like I'll be cursing them by the end of the banquet. That's why I wanted to wear my sneakers."

A small twitch appeared on Shadow's lips as he took out a small black velvet box from his suit pocket.

"Where's Daniel?"

She asked as she watched him taking out the mysterious box.

"There was an urgent call from some clients. He's in the study at the moment, attending to whatever important thing his clients have to discuss with him. We will be leaving for the banquet within the next ten minutes."

He informed her as he kept his eyes locked on the small box in his hands.

"What's this?"

She finally asked when the man kneeling in front of her did not seem to move or speak at all for quite some time.

Shadow finally looked up at her and there was a barely noticeable smile playing on his lips as he answered, "It's something that I've prepared for you. I hope you will not only like it but will also accept it."

After saying that, he brought the box in front of her face before he slowly opened it.

Emily was left speechless when her eyes landed on the beautiful ring that was sitting inside the box.

Even though she was not a big fan of jewelry, she could still recognize a masterpiece when she saw it.

As Shadow took the ring out from the box, she noticed its fine design. There were three small leaves made of gold with very fine diamonds lining them.

A huge emerald crystal set in the center of the ring and she noticed that there were carvings of some kind visible at the very bottom of the emerald.

Before she knew what was going on, Shadow took hold of her right hand as he slipped the ring down her finger.

***

"Master, this envelop is sent by the Secretary of the Supreme Sire."

A woman in a dark red knee-length official dress entered the office before she bowed to her master and placed the envelope on the desk.

Another woman with short blonde hair and hazel eyes was sitting at the other end of the table, clearly enjoying the chocolate cake that she had already finished.

The poor secretary could only stare at the empty plate with horror but did not dare to speak at all.

She just stood there in silence, waiting for her Master's command.

The said master licked off the last traces of the chocolate that was left on her spoon before she turned her attention towards her secretary.

"Tell the chef to increase the size of the cake. That old man is becoming more and more daring. Can you believe that he sent me such a small-sized cake? It barely took me five minutes to finish it! I could not even enjoy it properly."

The woman was half complaining and half reprimanding as she glared at the empty plate before signaling for her Secretary to take away that plate.

As her secretary ran to make the plate disappear from her office room, the blonde-haired woman used that time to open the envelope and look at whatever she had received from the man who ruled the world of the Supernaturals.

She took out the parchment and a pen drive, there was nothing else in that envelope.

She unfolded the letter and found a single line written in it - "You are going to become fat, supernatural or not!"

"Jeez!"

She crumbled the letter before she tossed it at the dustbin. She was about to do the same with the pen drive but she stopped herself at the very last moment.

No matter how unlikeable that man was, he would never waste his time in sending her a useless pen drive.

With that reminder popping up in her mind, she inserted the pen drive into her laptop and started looking for whatever secrets that little gadget held in it.

"Who's she?"

It was her secretary who had returned and was currently standing behind her chair, looking at the same images that she was seeing.

"Not sure! But she looks like someone in her teenage. And she's so pretty." The blonde-haired woman replied with a look of interest in her hazel eyes.

"Why would the Supreme Sire send images of a girl to us? Is he too free to waste his time like this?"

The secretary was clearly left surprised and confused by the images of the beautiful girl which were spread over the screen of her boss' laptop.

"Di you seriously think that he will do anything without any reason!" Her boss asked as she closed the pictures and searched through the other files.

The secretary was silent for a few seconds before she immediately shook get head in denial.

"No matter how unpredictable he is, there's still no chance that he would waste his time in such things. He thinks too highly of himself to do such childish things."

Her boss immediately turned around in her chair, scaring the freaking daylights out of the poor secretary.

"I knew that you are intelligent enough to judge his character perfectly. You are so intelligent, Marine."

And with these sweet words, the boss once again turned her focus on her laptop.

Only heavens knew if she was really praising her secretary or making fun of her.

"Oh my!"

The shocked voice of her boss made Marine look at the laptop screen and what she found there left her surprised just as much as her boss.

"Wait! Is that......Is the girl.......she's the one....."

Marine could barely complete her questions but her boss was already nodding her head with surprise and excitement filling her eyes.

"He found her! We found her, Marine! We found her! Let's go and get her before someone else grabs what is ours to claim!"