Sylvia's POV:

"Rufus! What's wrong?"

I sprinted to Rufus and pulled him up as quickly as I could, but he was already unconscious. Blood came out of the corners of his mouth while he grimaced in pain.

Flustered and outraged, I raised my head at Noreen and demanded, "What did you do to him?!" Noreen blinked innocently. "I didn't do anything." "Liar! It's you! Otherwise, how could Rufus end up like this?" I roared, and once again, my emotions were on the verge of getting the best of me.

After noticing that Rufus' breathing became increasingly shallow, I was so anxious that I almost wanted to kill Noreen.

"I've warned you before to stop using your power, but you didn't listen to me. That's why Rufus became like this," Noreen explained coldly. Her vile face was adorned with a smug grin of triumph.

With trembling hands, I quickly undid the button on Rufus' shirt and ripped open his collar, only to find that the black thorns had spread into his nape. The sharp tips had even stretched to his neck,

spine. I was beyond shock. "How could this be? Every day, I secretly inspect the thorns

to strengthen the curse. It's fine when your black witch bloodline was suppressed by the lycan bloodline before. But now that you've gradually unleashed the power of the black witch, it will only accelerate the growth of those thorns." While talking, Noreen came around to the side where Rufus and I were standing and squatted down. She looked at the thorns and clicked her tongue. "Rufus does love

the thorns wouldn't have suddenly grown out of control. No wonder you asked me to release all my

make people fall into decadence. You have such strong power, and you shouldn't be confined to the imperial palace. Worse, you've been living a painful life for the sake of a werewolf. Is

as hard as I could. I withdrew all my power, not wanting to talk to her for another

still showed no

myself to calm down and racked

Calm down, Sylvia," I murmured

It must hurt a lot to watch

rendered Noreen silent. As I watched Rufus' breath grow weaker and weaker, I lost all composure

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