The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Crystal's POV:

'What did it say?" Rufus asked, turning serious now. "I deleted it," I lied without missing a beat.

That message was calling me out by my original name. Rufus must not see it, no matter what, or things would only get even more complicated.

"Do you still remember what it said?" Rufus frowned, his eyes never leaving my face.

I nodded. "I didn't recognize the number, and I have no idea who the sender might be. But whoever it was, they knew my name and made some threats. They even mentioned Beryl."

"Do you think you can recall the phone number?" Rufus asked, never doubting my words for one second. "I can have someone trace its IP address."

"Yes, I remember." I had pored over that message repeatedly last night, unable to sleep. Naturally, I had come to memorize the cursed number.

I cited the numbers without batting an eye, only for Rufus to hold up his hand. "Too fast, I didn't catch it." "Huh?" I frowned in confusion. This man had a photographic memory. How could he have missed a short series of digits?

Nonplussed, Rufus took out his phone and handed it to me. "Add me on your contact list and send me the number."

brief moment, I found myself at a loss. What was he up to? But our priority was to find Beryl, so

again, we finally had results.

he spoke, and I knew

moment to lose, Rufus barked at his men, and we all headed to the

was shrouded with a foreboding aura, just as

mist seemed to hover

side by side, our senses

special connection, after all, because he strode straight into a certain

ground beneath us was covered with thick moss

on massive tree

my first time coming to the forbidden forest, I was still as creeped out as any

a glance at Rufus. Sure enough, he was calm and focused, like he

realize until then that Rufus had brought us to the spot where

and I recognized it immediately. This was how Laura and

me and said,

forward, and I trailed behind him. My own intuition