Chapter THIRTY-THREE

GABRIELLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The rest of the day went by in a blur, Lucian left after dinner. He told me that he still had some work left to be done. I left Loretta and took a stroll in the garden which had become my favorite spot outside the mansion, but this time, I wasn't here to for the peace I usually get from the fragrances of flowers. I was here to meet Anya. After checking around, I concluded that this would be the safest place around the house. He was just one of my father's men, why would Lucian carry out such a detailed background check on him? Devin had brought that report file just before I entered, that was something that reassured me that he wasn't dead. I stared at my phone screen, unable to fathom the numerous questions running through my mind. Why was Derek's last name here different? The Identity photo in this file looked like it had been taken a long time ago, perhaps even before I met him. The Derek I knew had lived with his uncle after the death of h