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.

waved my hand,

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

I stretched back and cracked my knuckles without taking her

and threw her fan aside. "You are a prince of the royal family. Protecting a lowly she-wolf like this

I've accepted her," I

face darkened

of warm tea and slid it toward her. "Mother, I hope you

and scowled at me. The corner of her mouth sank, revealing the wrinkles. "I will never allow a she-wolf of humble status to be your mate. My daughter-in-law must be a she-wolf from a

parents to accept Sylvia like I do. After all, bloodline and status were more important to them than anything else. But it didn't matter because

with rage. She took deep breaths and turned to look at me. "Richard has become more arrogant and aggressive off late. He has even begun

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 explain anything to my

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

bond public until we prove that Sylvia's mother is innocent," I continued, ignoring

face turned livid, and her lips trembled. I could tell that she was