The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

I saw right through my mother's act the moment she hit the floor. Her acting skills were so poor, it was all I could do not to laugh outright.

But what could I do in this situation? Since she had gone to such lengths to try and hoodwink me, I felt obligated to pick her up and carry her to bed.

"Guards," I called out to the men stationed outside. "Call for the doctor and tell him to get here as soon as possible." sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

I watched as my mother's eyelids fluttered. She probably wasn't expecting me to call a doctor over.

But I let her be. She was still my mother, after all. If she didn't want to divulge her secrets to me, then I would not force her hand. I would just have to wait for Crystal to wake up and ask her. And if that didn't work still, I'd just have my people investigate the matter. I didn't think I would come up empty-handed in the end.

I sat by my mother's bedside and waited for the doctor to arrive. She was doing her best to stay still.

Not wanting to make things difficult for her, I stood up and went outside.

No sooner had I gone past the door than I heard the rustling sound of her turning over in the bed.

smiled and said nothing. Life had not been easy on my mother. She had been depressed ever since my father died. It wasn't until Beryl and Arron came that

arrived shortly after, and I ushered him

at the fan, which had fallen on the floor. It was on the nightstand when I exited the room. She must have used it at some

and set it back to its

doctor turned to me and said, "It's nothing serious. I believe she is a little distressed. I'll prescribe her some medicine, and

on my mother. She has been fainting a lot these days. I'm

doctor scurried away, presumably to fetch

by my mother's bed

Mom. You can explain everything to me when you wake up. Crystal's condition is still uncertain. I can't leave

yes, you may go.

told

an

she would be up

I dropped by the children's room. They were sleeping soundly on the same bed, their heads pressed

on a stool beside their bed and reached out to touch their

sense of contentment