The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Crystal's POV:

After leaving the imperial palace, I went to the place where the group of merchants should have been stayed.

I searched the underground parking lot of the most expensive hotel in the imperial capital thrice, but couldn't spot the vehicle I'd seen in the surveillance video.

I took my phone out and opened the maps app. I retraced the route of the caravan and searched the road inch by inch.

Finally, in a forest near the suburb, I stumbled upon the remains of the car and saw the bloodstains that covered the ground. The surrounding area had been cordoned off, and soldiers were cleaning up the

scene.

I stopped a soldier and asked him about the situation.

At first, he was stunned. "Are you a family member? The dead bodies are not here anymore. They have been taken to the hospital morgue."

at the dried blood on and around the car. It was not difficult to piece together what had

My kids...

to finish that thought. The soldier quickly steadied me and

hesitation to keep their mouths shut. Very few people have survived this incident. The dead bodies have been sent to the morgue, where their family members can claim

grabbed the soldier's arm

across the corpse of any child while I was cleaning up the scene, but I don't know if

soldier, my body sagging with relief. If he hadn't seen a body, there was still hope. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Findɴovel.ɴet

soldiers' obstruction, I broke through the cordon, intending to search the area

later, I spotted candy wrappers tied around several branches and bushes, as if they were used to mark the

one candy wrapper and studied it carefully. This candy was a specialty of my border pack,

I was certain that they had been

to

soldier claimed that he hadn't seen any

I was searching the forest, I kept calling my kids on their smart

day broke. Because of the chill in the air, my phone's screen was