Rufus' POV:

Geoffrey had sent a lot of men after me.

But they didn't wield any weapons. It was clear to me that they were just trying to stall for time, preventing me from saving Sylvia.

I was getting more and more irritable. I was so anxious that my instinct to slaughter everyone nearly reared its ugly head.

It was Warren, the constant voice of reason, who stopped me. He said that I had to take the interests of the whole into consideration.

Fuck the interests of the whole! I just wanted to see Sylvia safe and sound!

Thinking about Sylvia, I channeled all of my energy into my fighting and attacked the damned guards with all of my might.

But there were so many of them. With every minute that passed, I grew more anxious.

All of a sudden, the sounds of fighting from the other side of the wall stopped.

Flora and Warren seemed to have noticed this, too. We all exchanged nervous glances.

standing outside

enough." Geoffrey beckoned at his

feeling that something

asked his men to open the gate to the

fast as I could. Warren and Flora followed closely at my

outside the wall was a

the ground. Seeing this, I almost lost control of

might not be Sylvia's." Warren grabbed my

him, at least not yet."

if I was telling the truth. Finally, he nodded and

to Geoffrey as calmly as I could. "Where is

would I know? Prince Rufus, she's your mate, not mine."

any longer. In a flash of red anger, I grabbed him by the neck and shook him. "I'll ask you one last time. Where is Sylvia?" Geoffrey remained stubborn. "Think hard before you kill me. If I die, you'll

now, but all of a sudden, only you know of her whereabouts?" I couldn't stand it anymore. Gritting my teeth, I tightened my

cunning old fox was toying

called me and pointed to a corner

and pulled out someone hiding in the

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