The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Crystal's POV:

The more I noticed how similar Arron's face was to Rufus', the more helpless I felt. And while I was immersed in that thought, there was a sudden soft knock at the door.

With my brows slightly furrowed, I went to open the door, wondering who would come.

As soon as I opened the door, I caught Flora outside, looking around vigilantly.

In a delighted surprise, I quickly pulled her inside and asked, "How did you know I'm here?"

Flora removed the scarf covering her face and said in a low voice, "I noticed Rufus' car and followed it here." Not long after you left the palace, I learned that Rufus knew you had escaped and went to catch you. We were freaked out at that time. So we took turns to keep an eye on the palace gate, in hopes of getting some updates. Coincidentally, I saw Rufus' car, so I followed it here."

I felt guilty and said, "Sorry for making your efforts in vain."

glared at me and pulled me to sit on the sofa, "Don't say that. Tell me what

illegally possessing arms and stopped me at the

as she exclaimed, "Wow! He deliberately

he was!"

"Exactly! What's worse is that I couldn't defeat him in a fight! After five years, I thought I'd be past the rookie stage. But I didn't expect I'd still be so

surprise, Flora asked, "Did... Did you

we fought. It was a fierce fight." I clenched my fist and pounded on the couch cushion. I

too weird. Rufus' behavior was completely out of the ordinary. Does he still love you?" Flora began

sharp squeeze on the mouth and warned

to show that she

has started to doubt. He's now very suspicious of

frustration and asked, "Do you have any photos of Rufus when he was a kid? Let me

started searching through my gallery. I came upon an old photo of Rufus when he was only four years old. Even down to his dimples, the boy in the photo looked exactly the same as Arron. The only difference