Chapter 98 - Saving Her Cursed Lycan Prince

As Lena called my name, I couldn’t help but be confused. Why was she begging?

Could she really be the witness? She had to be. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have appeared before me like this.

“What happened to her?” With tears in my eyes, I looked at Rufus.

Rufus bent down and pried Lena off of my leg. “Ever since she left the pack, she’s been hunted down.”

Lena lay still on the floor with madness in her eyes. She seemed as though she was living in her own world, unable to hear everything around her. Trembling, she mumbled, “I was wrong. I was wrong.”

I couldn’t bear to see her like this, so I turned away in disbelief. “How is she the witness? What does she know?”

Although I already had a feeling of the truth, a big part of me was too afraid to confirm it. Something inside me told me I couldn’t bear it.

Rufus placed a steady hand on my shoulder. “All these years, she’s lived her life in fear and hiding. Since her family got implicated in the matter as well, they were also killed. Even her only son had gotten assassinated just last week. We were fortunate enough to find her in time, or else she wouldn’t have been able to survive on her own anymore.”

Lena’s son, Micah, was only a year older than me. He was one of my childhood friends. I did not expect that the next time I would hear about him was of his death.

My heart cried out for Lena, who was heaving and sobbing so hard she was about to suffocate.

“What does she have to do with my mother’s case?” After taking a deep breath, I finally asked the question I was afraid of.

Rufus made sure to hold my cold hands before answering. “She was the one who testified against your mother, saying that she had always been rebellious against your Alpha.”

I bit my lip hard and shook my head, not wanting to believe the truth that Rufus had just said. “No… Why…”

I crouched down and pulled Lena up with my trembling hands. “Why, Lena? Tell me.”

Lena had a blank expression. Her dry lips moved subtly. “Miss Todd, I’m so sorry…”

“Don’t call me that!” I burst into tears.

Lena always called me Sylvia. We were that close. Her calling me Miss Todd was like ripping out a piece of my heart.

“Please, just tell me. Why did you do that?” I shook her by the shoulders, holding back my tears.

Lena closed her eyes helplessly and cried. “I had no choice! Gamma threatened to kill Micah. My only child! I couldn’t just give away his life like that.”

“And so you chose to give my mother’s away instead… You know, she had always thought of you as the most trustworthy one.” I gritted my teeth. “How could you do that to her, Lena?”

“You don’t understand. I didn’t want to lose my son!” Lena pulled her hair in frustration.

I released her from my grip and sobbed. “But in turn, I lost my mother!”

“I’m sorry, Miss Todd. I had no choice. If it would make you feel any better, you may as well just kill me right now. Micah’s dead anyway. There’s no reason for me to stay in this world any longer.” Lena clasped her hands and lowered her head, begging me. The desire to live could no longer be seen in her eyes.

Seeing this, my heart softened. I saw Lena as a mother myself, but it was obvious that the most important thing in her life would always be her own son. Nothing could ever compare to him.

“No, Lena. You can’t die yet. You must live on. For now.” Wiping my tears, I found my reason and calmed down.

Rufus’ POV

Sylvia’s face was pale, and her eyes were filled with tears. She was like a broken glass doll.

I stepped forward and wrapped her hand with my big palm. Her hand was cold. It was as if it had just been taken out of a cold cellar. I tightened my grip on her and rubbed her slender fingers.

She lowered her head and held my hand back. It was her response to my comfort.

Lena had already stopped crying. Her wet hair stuck to her ravaged face. Her eyes were out of focus, and her whole body was like a broken bag.

“Lena, I want to know everything that happened back then,” Sylvia asked in a soft voice. Her lifeless appearance made my heart sink. I couldn’t help holding her in my arms.

Lena didn’t answer immediately. She slowly stood up from the floor and limped towards Sylvia. “Alpha and Luna were framed by Gamma Mateo.”

“Then how did you frame my mother?” Sylvia asked, looking confused.

I looked at Sylvia, feeling sorry for her. The calmer she was, the more I felt her violent emotional turmoil. I could sense that she was just restraining herself.

Lena’s dark purple chapped lips trembled. She couldn’t even say a complete sentence. It seemed that she was suffering from great pain. “We…”

“My mother has been dead for so many years. Don’t you think it’s too late for you to feel guilty now? If you remembered how good she was to you, you wouldn’t hide for so many years. I’m not interested to know about the difficulties you have gone through. I just want the truth.” Sylvia looked down at Lena. She seemed a little tired because she leaned her body slightly and rested her forehead on my shoulder.

“I…” Lena was so agitated that she suddenly coughed violently. Her gruff wheezing sounded like a dying animal.

Sylvia pursed her lips tightly and glanced at her.

After coughing for a while, Lena finally stopped. She took a deep breath and said, “That day, the pack was celebrating a festival. Gamma Mateo first killed Alpha and Luna when their guard was down. Then to frame your mother, he asked me to let her drink a drug that could make wolves go berserk. After that, he locked her up with the corpses of Alpha and Luna. Later, he pretended to come to their rescue and caught your mother in the act.”

“My mother was such a cautious person. How did you manage to deceive her?” Sylvia asked through clenched teeth. Her hands were trembling slightly.

“I… I lied to her. I told her that it was you who pour the juice for her.” Lena’s body bent lower, showing the roots of grey hair hidden in her scalp that was in stark contrast to her brown hair tail. She seemed to have aged several years in the blink of an eye.

“What? Lena, how could you do that?” Sylvia couldn’t hold back her anger anymore. Her trembling voice was filled with anger as she added, “My mother treated you well. How could you betray her? You were the one she trusted the most. And Mateo… I will definitely kill him.”

Sylvia’s full red lips had turned bloodless at once. She bit her lower lip hard as if she didn’t feel any pain, even if there was already a faint streak of blood on it. I felt so sorry for her that I held her in my arms and touched her lips. “Don’t bite yourself. If you feel bad, bite me.”

She didn’t say a word. She just threw herself into my arms and whimpered like a wounded cub. Her tears seemed to fall on my heart, making it sour and swollen. I lowered my head and kissed her tears away and her thin eyelids. “Sylvia, I’ll help you with this. Let me take care of everything. Killing Mateo is not enough. You have to expose him in front of everyone to prove your mother’s innocence and clear her name.”

“Sylvia…” Lena timidly called Sylvia’s name. When she saw that Sylvia didn’t show any antipathy, she continued, “I’m sorry for you and your mother. Now that my poor son is dead, there is nothing in the world that I care about anymore. Since Mateo has harmed us to this extent, we can’t let him continue to get away with it. Please let me use my remaining life to make up for my mistakes. I will cooperate with you to expose his crimes.”

Although I clearly heard her words, I didn’t look at her. I just kissed Sylvia on the forehead and said, “I’m afraid it’s not enough to just have a witness. We also need some critical physical evidence.”

“I have all the evidence hidden,” Lena said.

Sylvia’s POV

I broke free from Rufus’ arms in pleasant surprise. “You still have the evidence? Where did you hide it?”

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