The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Richard's POV:

As I followed my father into the manor, it was already quiet, as if the whole place was empty.

I felt my chest tighten. Did Rufus already kill Lucy and leave?

I continued to walk up the stairs with my father, but my heart was already heavy. Ever since I heard of Rufus' secret, I had changed my mind. All I could hope now was for the baby in Lucy's womb to be born safely and become my father's first grandchild. That would give me more chances of taking the throne. However, if Lucy were still alive, she would definitely tell on what I had done to her. After all, we had fallen out with each other completely.

The whole journey, I had also been thinking of this problem. By the time my father and I had arrived at Lucy's room, I still hadn't come up with a solution in my head. I decided to just play by ear. To my surprise, the room was empty. No dead body of Lucy's.

"Look, next door!" my father shouted, seeing the half collapsed wall, and immediately ran toward it.

I followed closely behind. As soon as we passed through the broken wall, we saw two wolves escaping through the window. Instantly, I recognized those to be the wolves of Sylvia and Rufus.

window and was able to see Sylvia's wolf as it fell with its back still facing the ground, holding tightly Rufus' wolf in her

I kicked at the broken chair near my feet. Pieces of the chair flew out and almost hit my father's

embarrassed, I calmed down and focused on the task at hand, putting on an anxious expression. "I didn't see Lucy with

looking at me. He then ordered his men

I kicked the chair

needed to

reported, "We didn't find Lucy

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"Yes, sir."

we were going upstairs a while ago, I had some observations about the surroundings. All the way from the room to the stairs, there were blood stains on the

and unhurt. It seemed unlikely she was the one who was bleeding. It could only mean that the blood was Lucy's. I was glad enough that Lucy was able to escape the scene on her own, despite being severely injured. If my father found her

father's men did. I would still

low voice, "As soon as you find her, take her back and don't let anyone else know. Wait for me. And