Ethan's POV:

Rufus' words pierced my heart like sharp daggers. It was my fault he had become like this.

Many years ago, there was a witch who I had an entanglement with, and she had fallen deeply in love with me. But I refused to promise her anything. This made her so angry that she cursed me and Rufus, who at the time was only seven years old. She cursed his bloodline, saying that he would never bear any children and that every full moon, he would transform into a vicious monster.

It was my debt that I owed, but my son was paying the price. I would always be ridden with guilt whenever I was reminded of it.

At the same time, one of my mistresses was already pregnant with my child, but fortunately the witch did not know of it.

just in case, I had brought in my newborn illegitimate son and named him Richard, announcing that he was the queen's second son. After all, I was going to

with a backup plan. If Rufus' curse still had not been broken by the time I died, I would have no choice but to bequeath the throne to

queen did not know. Fortunately, she was sensible enough to accept my illegitimate son as her own eventually, although we had quarreled about it many times. Deep

just as much as the queen. He had been excellent since childhood. I was impressed by his talents and courage even at a young age. If he were to end up on the throne, I had no doubt he could

had no clue as to how to undo Rufus' curse. I had to consider the future of the royal family

expect Rufus to find out that I

was afraid this would make Rufus distance

daughter of a traitor. I'm going to find out the truth," Rufus said

defense of a she-wolf like this. A part of me was relieved, but I was also

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