The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

I looked coldly at the masked she-wolf in front of me. When faced with my questioning, she was hesitant at the beginning, then guilty, and then later she became sharp-tongued. She was shamed into anger. She was arrogant and held contempt towards royal power. In a word, she looked down on me.

I just wanted to ask her why she didn't come to the imperial capital to pay her respects to me, and she had so many excuses.

The most frustrating thing about it was that every excuse sounded just reasonable, rendering me speechless.

"If I had left the border pack, the vampires would've harassed the civilians. The border is so far away from the imperial capital; it would've taken over a week to make the journey back and forth. What if something happened during my absence? Nobody else could've protected the people." This hateful she-wolf was still making excuses! Worse yet, she was wearing a mask. I could only see her eyes and mouth. I could see the cunningness in her eyes, which made her look rather proud.

But I couldn't do anything to her. After all, I was the king. As a king, I had to be magnanimous.

Besides, I also felt that the strength of this she-wolf was... unfathomable. Perhaps she also held the same lycan power as me, but I wasn't too sure.

to find

we can even have a friendly sparring match. You can show me your power," I suggested in a seemingly casual

spar with each other. When my father was young,

glanced at the

my lips unhappily. "It's not even ten o'clock. Is that too late for

be cornered. After a split second, she came up with yet another reasonable explanation. "I got carsick earlier, and I'm not acclimatized to the local environment here. If you didn't come to see me, I would've been

so? But you look wide awake."

voice and said defensively, "I'm telling you, Your Majesty, I'm really tired. If I spar with you now, I won't be able to use

the more I felt that this she-wolf was strange. Not only did she not fear me, but she even dared to provoke me.

my anger and smiled.

anything more. She then began to praise me in an effort to curry favor, I suppose. She praised me for my handsomeness, valor, and for my proper governance. She said it was a great honor to

If it was such an honor, why didn't she come to see

was such