Sylvia's POV:

After hesitating for a moment, I slowly made my way towards Rufus, reaching out to hold his outstretched hand. Rufus stared at me unblinkingly, as though he was scared I'd disappear in the blink of an eye. My mind seemed to stop working. All I could think about now was him. At this moment, I was about to compromise.

Just as my fingertips were about to brush against Rufus', a fierce gunshot rang out.

I looked at Rufus in horror as he slowly knelt down on one knee. Then I saw a bullet hole in his shin.

"Rufus!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. The blood all over my body seemed to run cold and my heart seemed to stop beating in my chest.

Without a second thought, I threw myself at Rufus. I didn't expect that Blair would pick me up and run away at that moment.

senses, Blair had managed to drag me to a hidden cave. I struggled to free myself from Blair's grip and saw that he was

I grabbed his collar and

organs and just hit his leg. A werewolf's body is already strong, let alone a lycan's. He'll recover in a few days. I'm the one who was almost beaten to

gasped in pain as his wounds were torn open again. His face was beaten black and blue, and it was so red and swollen that it almost looked like a pig's head. Rufus clearly didn't show him any mercy. Even so, I gritted my teeth and cursed him. "You deserve

no choice but to give him the ointment I'd brought

could hear birds chirp from time to time. Sitting there in a daze, I

and groaned in pain. "If I hadn't grabbed you away, Rufus

Rufus had been shot with just an ordinary bullet, he'd still be hurt. Moreover, the fact that Blair brought a pistol with him and even shot at Rufus so decisively

I knew in that moment that everything was going south. Rufus was probably

heart ached again. He was in pain and I wished I could be there for

you were taken back, you'd never be able to leave the imperial palace for the rest of your life." Blair turned

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