The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Rufus' POV:

As soon as Crystal opened the coffin, Noreen's dried -up skeleton came into sight. The greyish-white bones stood out sharply against the coffin's black velvet interior.

It looked as though Noreen had died holding a crystal ball, because her skeletal hand remained outstretched.

I was confused. Didn't it take a long time for rigor mortis to set in after death? Why did Noreen's body stiffen immediately after she died?

Was this what happened to black witches when they died?

With a grim expression, Crystal walked around the white coffin.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew, and the crows lurking on the tree branches took off.

Only then did I realize what Crystal meant when she mentioned that things were looking ominous.

Anything related to Noreen was ominous.

Using my flashlight, I studied Noreen's skeleton carefully from afar. It was no different from a skeleton of a human being. But one thing stood out to me the hair.

noticed that the ends were charred and black from the attempted burning. I could only imagine how much effort was put into

pair of tweezers from one of my men and plucked up a strand of hair. However, when the

the air outside the

possible that Noreen's actually completely

existence was completely eliminated from

hair-which refused to burn when she was buried five years ago-disintegrated as soon as it came into contact with a gust of wind. Didn't that mean that Noreen was really gone? Crystal walked up to me and looked at the skeleton worriedly. "I still don't feel good

my arm around her shoulder and kissed her on the forehead in an effort to comfort her. "Don't worry. We'll figure it out. Trust me. Even if Noreen has been reborn, she can't possibly be as powerful as she was before.

head against my chest and whispered, "I know. I'm just afraid that

her. "You underestimate me! I'm the king of the werewolves. What can a rotten witch

hand a reassuring squeeze, I turned around and ordered the soldiers to re-seal the

Crystal suddenly stopped them. She bit her lower lip and looked at me. "Can I have a closer look

her to the

reached out to touch the skeleton, but

her. "It's

look." Crystal shook off my hand and

the wind picked up again. The whole forbidden forest fell into darkness, and only the area surrounding the coffin was illuminated by our lamps. I held the flashlight high. Crystal's slender fingers slowly stretched

she touched it, the skeleton turned to ashes and scattered

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