The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

Sylvia's words left me at a loss. It made my heart ache. I knew my possessiveness would sometimes make her think I wasn't giving her any sense of freedom, so I had been trying my best to restrain myself. I didn't want to frighten her.

But even after all my efforts, it still didn't work.

I slowly let go of her hand and looked down. "I'm sorry..."

Sylvia lowered her head as well and simply went silent.

My heart ached when I saw her like that. I kept silent for a while too until I decided to compromise.

"Let's go. I'll walk you back to your dormitory."

I didn't look back and simply went ahead. Although I wasn't looking at her, the sound of her footsteps let me know that she was following me at a distance.

I felt terrible, but I didn't want to take her back to the palace by force like I did before. I was afraid of the possibility that she would hate me more.

until we

I paused for a moment. "Just call

she grasped the edge of

clenched her hand into a fist while she tugged on my shirt. It seemed as if she was afraid that I would leave her

cheeks were stained with tears. I could tell by the look in her eyes that she felt guilty. "I didn't mean to say that and make you sad.

almost incomprehensible. She probably couldn't hold

forward and raised her chin before

met, the misunderstandings and

kiss by loosening her grip on my shirt and closing her eyes as she wrapped her arms around

and gently

steadied her breathing before she whispered, "It's not what you think. I've been in a bad mood recently, and I just want to be alone." "I understand, baby," I said as I kissed her forehead. It was normal for her to be like that. So many things had happened recently, and I would have trouble wrapping my head around what was going on too if I was

my shoulder for a while before reluctantly backing away

I stroked her hair gently and

was on. I stood there for quite some

Sylvia tried to clear up the misunderstanding, I couldn't help but feel like she was still