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.

I waved my hand,

glanced at me and waved the fan in her hand to get some air. "Get rid of

a name. It's Sylvia." I stretched back and cracked my knuckles

is a slave, after all." My mother snorted and threw her fan aside. "You are a prince of the royal family. Protecting a lowly she-wolf like this will only ruin the dignity and reputation

I've accepted her," I

face darkened even

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

feet and scowled at me. The corner of her mouth sank, revealing the wrinkles. "I will never allow

After all, bloodline and status were more important to them than anything else.

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 even

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 explain anything to my mother because it would only make

to marry Alina yet again. "Mother, stop it! Don't try persuading

I won't make our mate bond public until we

trembled. I