The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

Just when I was about to satisfy my curiosity, the door of the lounge opened with a bang. It caught my attention; I turned my head towards the intruder, the one who cut my momentum short. "Stop!"

Crystal crossed our distance and managed to catch my hand just in time before I totally removed the bandages from Arron's face.

Then she rushed over to the other side and grabbed Arron away from my reach. She held him tightly in her arms and shot at me the deadliest glare she could muster. "What the hell were you trying to do to him?"

How she acted and how blurred the previous scene was baffled me altogether. But I gathered myself. "Arron is injured. I'm just checking on him. What's wrong with that?"

However, Crystal snapped at me. "Arron is my child. Whatever happens to him is none of your business."

She seemed to be forgetting her place, raising her voice at me. Besides, she knew nothing of what transpired before she got into the picture. That irked me. I was getting riled up inside. What was worse, the way she was holding Arron protectively and away from me suggested as though I was close to hurting her son. I was just concerned, that was all!

"Do you even have the slightest idea what's going on here? Do you really think I would hurt him?" I mirrored the glare that sparked from Crystal's eyes. Wherever I looked, this situation and her being unnecessarily protective were just absurd and exasperating. What an ingrate she was!

heat between us nearly sparked into fire, Arron gently tugged Crystal's sleeve and whispered, "Mommy, there were a lot of people surrounding me earlier. If it weren't for him, I would've been thrown to the

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What was now plastered across her face was a mother's worry. She examined Arron's body in a swift, and when she was

gaze from them as she did so, still keeping my lips sealed. My mind was still surging on a wave of

argument with me without knowing what my intentions were towards her son. I had an inkling how women

asked the doctor to check up on me." Arron snaked his arms around Crystal's neck and kissed her cheek to

her eyes across Arron's injuries and said softly, "I'm sorry, Arron. I should've been there;

how he phrased his statement, I could say he was a good boy. He didn't mention anything about the people who really hurt him. He instead consoled his mother who was supposed to

give them a bleak look. Imagine them having a mother and son moment while I stood there, watching; I felt like an intruder

stood. An innocent smile cracked on his lips as he fluttered his lashes. He then looked proudly at his mom. "Mommy, you know what? Those bad people were so scared

me, but I didn't let it show on my face. Doing so would mean I had let Crystal get the upper hand again this time. She was rude to

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he peeped at me. It seemed that the apple really didn't

what kept me in the scene. Why hadn't she said anything about apologizing to me? Why did she look away? Was it because of shame? Pride? Embarrassment? She should have been begging for my forgiveness, but why was