The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Crystal's POV:

I was so scared that I couldn't help but shout, "Rufus, get away from Beryl!"

Rufus' eyes darted from Beryl, who was in his arms, and then at me. With a serious look on his face, he asked grimly, "What's wrong?"

Then I looked at Beryl again. The devious smile from earlier was completely gone, and her childish face was full of grievance and sadness. She wrapped her arms around Rufus' neck and looked at me in fear, as if what I saw just now was just an illusion.

This was ridiculous!

I stepped back in a trance, not knowing how to explain.

Even if Rufus believed me, Laura was here and she didn't know what was going on. Naturally, in her eyes, I was being unnecessarily harsh with Beryl.

Neither Laura nor Arron noticed Beryl's abnormality, which meant that Noreen's disguise was flawless.

If I didn't notice the weird smile just now, I too would've fallen for her little act.

Noreen was so damn cunning!

Rufus seemed to sense that I was in a terrible mood, so he put Beryl down and pulled me into a warm embrace. He kissed my forehead and whispered in a voice only I could hear, "Calm down. We'll talk about this later."

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Sniffling, Beryl wiped her tears with the back of her hand and looked at me pitifully.

I returned her gaze and said nothing.

sadder. Tears streamed down her chubby cheeks, and her nose turned red. She squatted down and buried her face in her hands, sobbing, "Mommy, you don't

made everyone present

sting in my eye and a lump in my throat. For a

I couldn't believe her. Noreen was a master at deceiving people. She knew how

was not my

I said coldly,

then she started crying even

pit of my stomach,

I'm here for you." Laura picked

stopped crying

took Beryl to the small round table and gave her a slice of cake. Arron also followed them to help cheer

distracted, I whispered to Rufus, "When you were holding Beryl just now, I saw her trying to attack you

understand," Rufus said gently, but then he gestured

cooling down, we

couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you today?

al health

still in the rut,"

covering for me flawlessly.

recovery. Don't worry about the kids.

wasn't fit to take care

and I decided to stay the night in Laura's palace. After all, if anything happened, at least we were already in the area. The following morning, I woke up to an

had already gotten

If it weren't for what happened last night, I

too anxious to enjoy the thought of sleeping