The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

The queen's hall was brightly lit. The servants were on their knees, fearing that they would be implicated.

I casually walked in.

Just then, a teacup shattered at my feet.

"What's making you angry, mother?" I smiled at her.

"How dare you question me?" My mother dramatically slumped on the sofa with a grumpy look on her face.

I walked over and sat beside her, ignoring her tone.

Like my father, my mother, too, liked smashing things when she got angry.

leave now." I waved my hand, gesturing

glanced at me and waved the fan in her

stretched back and cracked my knuckles

a slave, after all." My mother snorted and threw her fan aside. "You are a prince of the royal

I've

mother's face darkened

face. She was seething with rage. I poured her a cup of warm tea and slid it toward her. "Mother,

threw the cup onto the floor. "Ridiculous!" She sprang to her feet and scowled at me. The corner of her mouth sank, revealing the wrinkles. "I will never allow a she-wolf of humble status

all, bloodline and status were

are the heir to the lycan king. Do you want such a she-wolf to lead all the werewolves with you in the future? Everyone will laugh at you!" My mother's chest was heaving with rage. She took deep breaths and turned to look at me. "Richard has become more arrogant and aggressive off late. He has

mother because she didn't know the truth. She didn't know that I was cursed, nor did she know that my father had decided to give up on me and let Richard inherit the throne. But I didn't intend to

a good choice. I want you to marry her. Her father is an Alpha and belongs to the lycan bloodline as well. Only such a she-wolf deserves you," my mother tried persuading me to marry Alina yet again. "Mother, stop it! Don't try persuading me. I only want Sylvia in my life," I said, staring into my mother's eyes. When I said that,

bond public until we prove that

and her lips trembled.