The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Crystal's POV:

The wire boy's performance drew widespread applause. My fingers were tightly curled around the armrests of my seat and I was scared out of my wits.

I instinctively turned to Rufus, who pressed his lips into a thin line and shot me a reassuring look.

I responded with a nod and turned my attention back to the stage.

The armless boy walked on the wire and did a dangerously exciting somersault at one end before making his way back up the wire. When he returned behind the curtain, I realized that the back of my shirt was soaked in cold sweat.

After the boy walked off the stage, my anxiously racing pulse slowly calmed down. Although he had been the one performing, I felt as if I had walked the wire myself and my heart was still thudding with nerves. The deafening applause around me made me feel uncomfortable, and I reflexively bent over.

As my seat was very close to the stage, I could sense his fear while he was performing.

I slightly narrowed my eyes to watch the next few performances.

The dark red curtains parted again, and a lion tamer with only one leg appeared on the stage with a lion.

It was a strange combination, and the lion tamer didn't have any crutches. After hopping twice, he regained his balance and stood beside the majestic golden-maned lion.

tamer put his head

from which saliva was dripping.

cheers and screams from nearby people seemed to ignite the air, and a few cruel

in my head, waiting for the lion tamer to pull

lion chomped down hard, and a few screams rang out, followed by

that the next

tamer's limp hand, which hung on the side, reached up and patted the lion's head. The lion's nose

huge cheer went

and the lion tamer

bowed to

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to acknowledge the

sigh and vowed to myself to thoroughly investigate this weird place if I ever got the

clearly observe the whip marks on these children's bodies. No

seemed like an ordinary circus performance hid a great deal of evil behind

mind flew back to the human traffickers we

deeply, I turned my