“It was me who made trouble for you. And about what I said last night…” As he spoke, Warren scratched his hair. “Don’t get me wrong. I only wanted to help you get rid of Prince Rufus immediately. I was just afraid that he would force himself on you.”
I breathed a sigh of relief and patted him on the shoulder. “I understand. Don’t worry about me. Prince Rufus is a good man, and he will never force himself on me.”
Warren didn’t say anything more. But I found that he was still staring at me with a worried look on his face. It seemed that he wanted to say something, but he was hesitating.
After class, I went to see Rufus. But the door of his palace was closed, and there were many guards outside.
I wanted to get close, but the guards stopped me.
“Prince Rufus ordered that no one is allowed to enter.”
Rufus’ POV
The palace was cold and lifeless. The heavy curtains blocked the last ray of light, so it was extremely dark inside.
I sat against the wall, still trying to suppress my surging emotions. Countless cigarette butts littered the floor around me. I lit the last stick of cigarette in my hand, and a faint light of my lighter flashed past. Then the room immediately sank into darkness again.
I raised my head and took a sip of the whiskey in my other hand, trying to numb myself with alcohol. But I was still sober. My mind was very clear and full of Sylvia.
“Rufus, what is wrong with you? You can’t even handle such a matter to get your mate. Look at you. You’re not someone who will drink alone in depression like this. You only make me look down on you,” Omar said, sounding irritated. “You’re just frustrated. Why do you have to run away? Since you like her, why don’t you just tell her? If she doesn’t accept you, just sleep with her.”
I ignored him and took a deep drag on my cigarette. The mania in my body started to get restless again.
“I always believe that you can solve everything, Rufus. But finally, you fail.” Omar was gloating a little. He even hummed for a while before he returned to his normal voice.
I snorted coldly but still didn’t speak. I closed my eyes, forcing myself to calm down.
“Don’t be so upset, okay? Just listen to me. Tell her about your feelings. Kiss her, possess her, and conquer her with your charm. A brave werewolf doesn’t just back down because of a single rejection.”
“Shut up!” I snapped. I got really annoyed by Omar’s nagging. “Since when have you become so talkative?”
Omar chuckled lewdly and suddenly sounded shy again. “It’s because I can feel that Sylvia’s wolf is very extroverted and lovely. I have to make myself the same as her so that I can match her better.”
I was rendered speechless. I stared blankly ahead for a long time without saying anything.
“But seriously, I really didn’t expect Sylvia to say those words. And, I also didn’t expect you to turn around and run away. It sucks!” Omar sounded very anxious. It was as if he wished he could take action for me. “If you were more resolute at that time, maybe Sylvia would have accepted you.”
“The moment Sylvia said that we would no longer have anything to do with each other, I felt an uncontrollable madness surge up in my body. It was about to be out of control. You felt it too, right? If I didn’t immediately leave, the curse would probably strike again in advance. I didn’t want to scare or hurt her,” I explained in a low voice.
Thinking of Sylvia’s distant and decisive expression at that time made me feel very sad.
Omar fell silent for a moment. Then he said, “I’m sorry, Rufus. It’s all my fault. I’m not strong enough resist the curse, and I always end up losing sanity. Last night, I was also irritable and almost lost control of myself.”
“It’s not your fault. Don’t blame yourself.”
“Why don’t you just tell Sylvia? She can actually comfort you. It’s the reason why you took her here with you, right?” Omar said in confusion.
“Even you also think so. No wonder Sylvia misunderstood me,” I said with a bitter smile. When I recalled what Sylvia said, I vaguely understood what she was worried about.
While I was deep in thought, a familiar scent filled my nose and calmed me down a lot. It was Sylvia. Why would she be here?
The sky was clear, and the full moon shone tonight. As usual, to prevent my mania from hurting others, the door had been locked from the outside and couldn’t be opened until sunrise.
I couldn’t help but walk to the window. I peeked through the drapes, trying to get closer to Sylvia. But it was far from relieving my lovesickness. I badly wanted to hold her tightly and kiss her.
I saw Sylvia outside, seemingly arguing with the guards. After a while, she left. Then there was dead silence. I became restless again. I was afraid that Sylvia might misunderstand me and think that I didn’t want to see her.
“Sylvia, wait for me. I’ll come to you after tonight,” I muttered to myself in the dark.
This time, I would never let her go again, no matter what attitude she showed me.
Sylvia’s POV
No matter how much I begged and even argued with the guards, they still wouldn’t let me in to see Rufus. At some point, I knew I couldn’t afford to come into a full-blown conflict with them, so I just had to return back despite all my efforts being in vain.
On my way back to school, I hung my head low and sighed in despair.
“Rufus is probably still angry with me. Perhaps he heard my voice from inside and still didn’t want to see me. I guess I really let him down this time.”
“Are you seriously giving up that easily?” Just like me, Yana was not the type to give up easily, which was why she was surprised by my defeatist attitude. “You can’t give up, Sylvia. If you failed to see him today, then just come back again tomorrow. Sooner or later, he’ll have to see you. I don’t believe Rufus can avoid you forever.”
“It’s not that I’m completely giving up, Yana. I just hate having to wait to try another day because I can’t do anything right now.” I pulled on my hair stressfully. If I had known this earlier, I would have never said such harsh words to Rufus in the first place. I was so regretful.
I tried calling Rufus up again, but it seemed that his phone was still off.
I wasn’t in the mood to eat at all. When I got back to my dorm room, I quietly sat on the chair. Afraid that I would be too sad to care for myself, Flora even made sure to call and check on me every thirty minutes when I refused to go out for dinner with her.
For a long time, I just stayed sitting there and did not move until there was a knock on the door. Numbly, I finally stood up and opened it.
Outside the door stood Maya with a familiar bag in her hand. Seeing it brought back the life in my eyes and I instantly pulled her inside.
“So, is Rufus not angry with me anymore? Is he willing to see me now?” I asked with expectation.
Except that I was disappointed in the very next second. Maya opened her mouth to say something but stopped on a second thought and shook her head instead, sighing.
By that reaction, it seemed that Rufus still didn’t want to see me. Maya had just come by to bring me my routinely soup.
“Well, did he tell you anything at least?” I asked, refusing to give up.
I knew Maya didn’t want to see the disappointment on my face, so she looked away and turned her attention to the thermos bottle instead. “I… didn’t see Prince Rufus today.”
My heart sank and I had lost all the desire to speak again.
Maya stayed until I finished the soup before leaving. Once she was gone, I was back to my lifeless state, unable to cheer myself up at all.
I turned off all the lights and lied down on the bed. The moonlight was brightly streaming through the window, gently illuminating my bed’s head board. I turned over and put my hand under the soft glow of the moonlight. I felt like I had forgotten something important, but I couldn’t pinpoint what it was exactly. I got an uneasy feeling.
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