Chapter 95: Price of disrespect

There was silence on the other end before a displeased voice answered her. "Mind your speech, human. I’m only doing this because you mentioned Supreme Beta Ethan. Do you have any idea what he would do to me if he discovered that I had touched his heart? He might remove it before I even had the chance to explain myself! I may change my mind about helping you."

Anita’s expression darkened, but she quickly smiled again. "Do you want me to give him the phone?"

The silence that followed was enough to tell her that she had won.

The poor vampire seemed to have imagined Ethan standing in front of him, ready to tear out his heart, because his voice suddenly became much less confident.

"Fine! I’ll come tomorrow and turn you into a vampire. Just stop threatening me with that man!"

The call ended immediately.

Anita lowered her phone and let out a happy laugh. Finally, she was going to become a vampire! Once she was no longer human, she would have a better chance of staying in the immortal world and getting closer to Ethan.

But a small worry soon entered her mind.

What if Ethan still didn’t want her? Doris had told her that Ethan didn’t care about anyone outside his own race, and that was why Anita had been desperate to become an immortal. However, Ethan had saved her when she was in danger, and that had to mean something, didn’t it?

Her cheeks turned pink as she remembered the day they met. She had deliberately looked for trouble with the demons, hoping that an immortal would come to her rescue. She had presented herself as a human researcher with the right qualifications to study the immortal world, and thankfully, Ethan had been the one who found her.

What if he had been watching her ever since then?

Anita pressed her hands against her cheeks, smiling foolishly at the thought. She now understood why their government had forbidden humans from discovering the existence of immortals. Their beauty alone was enough to make someone lose their mind.

Then she remembered Caius.

Her smile faded for a second as she pictured his long white hair, his handsome face, and those cold silver eyes that seemed capable of looking straight through a person’s soul.

How could someone like him even exist?

No wonder Doris was willing to do anything to get close to him. If Anita hadn’t already fallen for Ethan, she might have been tempted to admire Caius herself.

Suddenly, another thought came to her mind. She glanced at her phone, and a mischievous smile returned to her face.

She needed a picture of Caius. If she could get one, she could admire him whenever she wanted, and perhaps she could even use it to tease Doris later. After all, it wasn’t every day that someone got to see such a beautiful man in person.

Anita turned around, ready to leave the sitting room, but she froze when she saw Janet standing in a corner with her arms folded across her chest.

Janet was staring at her with one eyebrow raised, and from the look on her face, she had clearly been watching Anita for a while.

Anita’s heart jumped.

Had she heard the phone conversation? For a moment, she considered asking, but she quickly dismissed the thought. Even if Janet had heard something, what could she do about it? Anita wasn’t doing anything wrong by wanting to become a vampire.

Besides, it wasn’t as if Janet had a chance with Ethan. "You’ve been blushing ever since I arrived," Janet said with a chuckle.

Anita released a quiet breath of relief. At least Janet hadn’t mentioned anything about the phone call, which meant she probably hadn’t heard it.

Anita lifted her chin and crossed her arms, refusing to let the older woman make her feel uncomfortable.

"What about you?" she asked with a mocking smile. "What are you doing here? Are you afraid I’ll take him away from you?"

Janet chuckled as she turned to leave, but Anita was not ready to let her go just like that. The human girl had been embarrassed in front of everyone, and she was not willing to accept it without doing something about it. Her eyes followed Janet’s back, and before she could think twice, she rushed forward and tried to grab her hair.

Unfortunately for Anita, Janet was not someone she could attack and expect to get away with it. The moment she felt someone pulling her hair, Janet turned around and yanked Anita away without showing her any mercy.

The force was so strong that Anita flew through the air before crashing against one of the pillars with a loud bang. Her back hit the hard surface, and she fell to the ground, coughing and vomiting blood as pain spread through her body.

Janet stared at her without showing any sign of fear or regret. "What are you trying to do? Did you think your opponent was a human like you? You really thought you could pull my hair and walk away as if nothing happened?" she asked, shaking her head in disbelief.

"What have you done, Janet?" Doris shouted as she rushed toward Anita, who was lying on the ground and struggling to breathe. She quickly knelt beside her, but when she tried to check her injuries, she found it difficult to understand what was happening to the girl. Anita looked badly hurt, yet something about the situation did not feel right.

Doris raised her head and looked toward Ethan and Alexander, who were walking three Alphas out of the area. "Look at what is happening! Are innocent people no longer safe around werewolves? She’s just a human, and you people are treating her like this!" she shouted, hoping someone would take her side.

Everyone turned to look at Janet, but the werewolf remained calm as if nothing serious had happened. She looked at Doris with an expression that showed she was not impressed by her performance.

"Don’t play any stupid tricks with me, Doris. I didn’t even touch her," Janet said firmly, pointing toward Anita. "She hit her own back against that pillar and started vomiting fake blood. How exactly is that my fault? Since she knows how to lie, she should at least learn to do it properly. No problem!"