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.

her, but the music started playing again. Now that the first dance was over, people could choose their

at me again, which made me feel

couldn't stop thinking about Crystal. For a split second, I felt that she was very familiar, as though

interrupted my thoughts. I felt

idea. These boring she-wolves only made me feel like a fool. How could

took me a long time to excuse myself. By the time I got rid of the she-wolves, Crystal was nowhere

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I felt more at peace. The guests who were mingling in the garden noticed me and greeted me one after

became even quieter, leaving only the sound

was happy to

my emotions so askew

ran my fingers through my hair and felt even more depressed. I needed to find Crystal right away and apologize to

to me, my annoyance grew. She had to forgive me, no matter what. I was

the garden but there was no one else here. I was about to head back to the banquet hall when I heard the

shouting, saying something about a