The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

The she-wolf's violent reaction made me feel somewhat regretful. Just now, I had an overwhelming urge to see her real face.

But maybe she really cared about her appearance, more than anything. The second my fingers brushed against the cold metal of her mask, her eyes went wide with fright. I could've touched her head or anything else, but now, I had scared her, and I could see that she had her walls up again.

I was a little upset. I didn't want to scare her. I just wanted to see her smile...

"Sorry if I offended you." I lowered my eyes. My mood soured instantly because of the way the she-wolf looked at me with hostility.

Her earrings had gotten stuck in her hair again. Without thinking, I stretched out my hand to fix it, but withdrew it on second thought. Doing so might frighten her further.

"Your-"

I wanted to tell her about the stray earring, but before I could get another word out, she turned around and ran away.

that the first dance was over, people could choose their partners freely. The guests flooded on

again,

about Crystal. For a split second, I felt that she was

voices interrupted my thoughts. I felt incredibly

a sudden, I realized that this ball was a terrible idea. These boring she-wolves only made me feel like a fool. How could I have agreed to waste my time on such a boring

By the time I got rid of the she-wolves,

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I walked towards the garden in the back. Compared with the lively banquet hall, it was much quieter here and I felt more at peace. The guests who were mingling in the garden noticed me and greeted me one after another. Then they all went back to

gone, the garden became even quieter, leaving only the sound of

In fact, I was happy to see Crystal here, even though

so askew when

needed to find Crystal right away and apologize to her. If

my annoyance grew. She had to forgive me, no matter what. I was her king for crying out

looked around in the garden but there was no one else here. I was about to head back to the banquet hall when I heard the commotion coming from

were shouting, saying something