The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Sylvia's POV:

When Noreen explained how the black thorn grow bigger with love, I couldn't help but think about the nightmare I had about Rufus being penetrated by sharp thorns.

I trembled and grabbed the collar of my shirt, trying to calm myself down, but it was useless. I felt suffocated and couldn't breathe.

"When your mother saw the thorn forming on Leonard's back, she cried and begged me to remove her from Leonard's memory. As long as Leonard didn'tloveher anymore, he wouldn't die."

As Noreen spoke, there was a hint of remorse in her smile. "I ended up agreeing to your mother's request. In exchange, she needed to come back and stay with me forever. But Olivia betrayed me again!" Noreen raised her voice all of a sudden. The resentment in her voice made her look like a ferocious beast. "I shouldn't have softened my heart!"

emotions, I instantly put my guard up and carefully stepped back. "How did she betray you?" Noreen didn't answer me. Instead, she glared at me as though she was looking straight into the eyes of an enemy she'd been hunting down for a long

gaze sent a shiver down my spine, and goose bumps formed

me with glazed eyes as

knew she was talking about my mother,

pulled at her robe, revealing my mother's pendant on her neck. Her golden hair was as smooth

sound. It's even more suffocating than drowning," Noreen

moment, I could tangibly feel her hopeless loneliness. She was like an ancient well that

voice became high and shrill. She clutched at her heaving chest and her eyes turned red. "Your mother stabbed me right in the middle of my heart! I almost died! Even though I survived by luck in the end and finally recovered, seven years had passed! By the time I found her again, it happened

the pain and