The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Sylvia's POV:

The landslide trapped me so fast that I didn't have the time to react.

Just as I was about to be swallowed up and lost forever, a strong hand wrapped itself around my arm tightly and pulled me from the surging mud. Before I knew what was happening, I had fallen into a warm embrace. It was Rufus!

I looked at him in shock. "What? Why are you here?"

"Saving your life, obviously." Rufus frowned but held me tightly.

Only then did I realize that we were standing on a high branch. The landslide surged below us violently.

I steadied myself on the branch and looked at him with a smile. We had just been apart for a short time, but it had felt like a lifetime.

Rufus's hand reached up to cup my cheek. He looked terrified. "Sylvia, I almost lost you."

his big hand and pressed it to my lips. Then I rubbed his palm against my cheek. "But why are you

out of

"What?!"

calm, as if he was

the forbidden forest and was planning to kill you all, I went crazy. So I broke out of prison regardless of anything." As he explained, Rufus looked into my eyes

breaking out of prison is still a crime! What if-" I couldn't help but bite my lip anxiously. After all, Rufus was in a precarious situation to begin with. Now that he had broken out of prison, I was scared that the public would have

Rufus shrugged indifferently. As he stared at me, his lips pursed slightly, as though he

I found myself at a loss for

pinched my hand slightly, bringing me back to reality. Frowning, he asked,

"What? No-"

cut in, "I came here as fast as I could. I couldn't imagine what would happen to you

my body went limp, as though I had been electrically shocked. Rufus was stunned at first, but he quickly came to his senses and kissed me back passionately. He held me tightly in his arms, as though he wanted to

around his neck and just

around my