The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Crystal's POV:

Laura's eyes lit up at the sight of the two kids. Unlike the noble and elegant queen that she usually appeared to be, she didn't look aloof and distant to them at all.

Beryl and Arron liked their Grandma very much. They both scrambled to tell Laura what had happened this week.

Arron always restrained himself and patiently waited for Beryl to finish her words first.

Listening to the children's innocent chatter and silly stories, Laura laughed heartily.

I felt somehow comforted watching them talk so happily like that.

Upon giving birth, I had secretly contacted Laura and asked for her opinion about their names. However, after that, I barely spoke to her.

There were two reasons for that. One was that I had just taken over the position of Alpha and thus had little free time. The second was that the kids were still too young to recognize their grandmother. However, I frequently snapped images of them and forwarded them to Laura.

kids. Every time I received a big package, even without checking, I just knew they were from her. Unfortunately, Ethan passed away at the start of this year. Worried about Laura, I then often asked the children to video chat with

lot of people for corruption, and many councilors and ministers had been replaced. Those who had been granted a reprieve from their death sentences were put to execution without any delay. Rufus once again became the cold-blooded, ruthless, and tough man

rumors around him never died. They used to paint him as a terrible monster, so I was wary and skeptical of him at first. But after getting to

of that experience, I didn't believe

felt a stirring in my chest as I overheard Laura chatting with the kids. Deep down, I'd also wanted to talk to Laura and

big part of me had been struggling, and I felt like I shouldn't even mention him. Sᴇaʀch

I had decided to break up with him,

eyes and stared absently at

is your mother?" Laura

and waved at the screen. "She is here! She is

pinched her face gently and said reproachfully with a

ceremony this year?" "No. I'm afraid there will be too many people and it'll be

didn't say anything, but she did drop a tidbit of

acted like an arrogant, pompous woman and she never showed her