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

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

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

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

mate. I've

face

with rage. I poured her a cup of warm tea and slid it toward her. "Mother, I hope you understand." Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of

corner of her mouth sank, revealing the wrinkles. "I will never allow a she-wolf

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

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 begun to interfere in political affairs. If you don't marry a mate from a powerful background, he

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 explain anything

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, my thoughts instantly wandered to Sylvia. If

I won't make our mate bond public

haven'tyou?" Her face turned livid, and her lips trembled. I could tell that she was trying her best