The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

The moment I caught sight of Crystal, my heart wrenched violently inside my chest. Then anger took over.

Damn that Lee! I would never let him go for this!

I hurried out of my coat and wrapped it around Crystal; then I picked her up in my arms. It was a blur, but I managed to bring her back to the imperial palace in less than an hour.

The doctor was already waiting when we arrived. As soon as he saw the state that Crystal was in, his face changed drastically. "Your Majesty, how did she get hurt this severely?" Crystal looked like I had just pulled her out of a sea of blood. Her hair and fingers were dripping with it, and she was barely breathing. Anyone who saw her would understandably be horrified. But I didn't dare to waste any time on trifles. I handed her over to the medical staff. "Treat her immediately."

Before long, the doctor came up to me and shared his diagnosis. Crystal was suffering from power strife. Three forces were rampaging unchecked inside her body. She could explode from the sheer power of she contained at any given time.

"I'm afraid there is no medicine that can help her. All we can do is to administer some painkillers. The rest is up to her." The doctor lowered his head, his expression torn between panic and helplessness. "You can't help her?" I roared. "Then what the fuck is the use of having you here?! All of you, move and

treat her!

dropped to their knees in fear as my

spoke again, gently this time. "You must save her, no matter what. I don't want to hear such ambiguous nonsense from you again. And be sure to

develop like this. I couldn't even begin to imagine the kind of torture she had had to endure by herself. Regret washed over

think Lee would turn out to be a vampire. It looked like their legion had infiltrated the werewolf packs

life. I didn't want her to die. Her children were still so young, and she couldn't

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Thad already guessed that Crystal must be something of a hybrid of witch and werewolf. These two powers were difficult to balance as it was, and now, the vampire's blood

situation even worse.

pray that she would

from inside the room. I barged through

things were scattered all over the floor. Crystal was

groaning in