Hobson disconnected the call after this short simple sentence. It took a few seconds for his message to sink in.
The color drained from my face as fear settled inside me.
Damn it! How could Sylvia escape?
My mind was muddled up and I couldn’t figure out a solution to this issue.
I hadn’t expected Sylvia to get away. After all, Hobson’s castle was a mysterious maze. It wasn’t easy for anyone to get in or out of there.
“Why do you look so pale? Did you get your retribution?” Flora gave me a gloating look and said in a hostile voice, “I’d warned you that this day would arrive.”
I was in no mood to argue with her, so I turned to fix my attention on the crowd.
“Since this is the current state of things, my only option is to eliminate those of you who refuse to stand by me. I will stage a scene with the vampires and make them responsible for your deaths.”
“You should be ashamed of yourself!” Flora was enraged.
My lips curled up in disdain and I glared at Warren and her viciously. “I have an interesting piece of news for you. Your Sylvia has escaped.”
When Flora heard me, her expression changed into one of pleasant surprise. “I’d told you that you would fail.”
“Really? So what if Sylvia escaped? I will still send my men to hunt her down. She will not survive.”
“If anything bad befalls Sylvia, I’ll fight you to the death. And so will Prince Rufus. He will certainly cut you into pieces!” Flora was so furious that she was seeing red.
“You still haven’t realized why Prince Rufus entrusted you to deal with something as important as collecting the public opinion and finding out the wishes of the people, have you? Why do you think he hasn’t shown up despite the commotion happening here? That’s because he is incapable of being present,” I said slowly and smugly, looking pointedly at Flora and Warren. “This is his weakest day every month, so he can’t be here.”
Flora froze in shock, as if she was wondering how I knew this.
Warren’s eyebrows furrowed and he still tried to protect Rufus. “Prince Rufus just has some other matters to deal with. You are not speaking the truth.”
I chuckled and was intrigued by these young werewolves. Were they still naive or just plain stupid?
“You’re deceiving yourselves. Anyway, I’ve already arranged for my men to surround Prince Rufus’ room to ensure today’s situation goes in my favor.”
“Son of a bitch!” Flora clenched her fists, her anger overwhelming her. She shoved the soldiers aside and was about to charge at me.
With my hands behind my back, I said calmly, “Don’t be so angry. Anyway, you’re destined to die soon enough now. Why don’t you let me escort you to hell? Besides, it’s too late to do anything now. I had issued the order to kill fifteen minutes ago. I think they must have succeeded by now.”
Flora’s POV
Geoffrey’s dirty tricks infuriated me. If Warren hadn’t pulled me from behind, I would’ve rushed at him and beat the living crap out of that man.
While I refused to believe that Geoffrey was really controlling Rufus, it was true that Rufus never showed up.
This made my heart sink.
Just then, Geoffrey’s subordinate ran over in a panic.
“Alpha Geoffrey! Prince Rufus’ room was empty. Our mission failed.”
Geoffrey was visibly shocked. He grabbed his subordinate by the shoulders and shook him violently. “How could it be possible? Didn’t I tell you to keep an eye on him? How could you fail me like this? Rufus should never have left that room!”
Fear written all over his face, the subordinate trembled and stammered, “B… But Prince Rufus wasn’t in the room…”
I exploded into crazy laughter on the spot. “So this was your plan, Geoffrey?
Geoffrey let go of his subordinate and his domineering facade finally crumbled. He looked at me and Warren and pulled a long face. “I wanted to take my sweet time playing with you, but now, I’ve run out of time.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” I had a sinking feeling about this and grabbed Warren’s arm subconsciously, trying to find a sense of security.
A vicious smile played at Geoffrey’s lips and he gestured at his soldiers to act. “Kill them.”
Warren immediately stood in front of me, poised to fight anyone who came near us.
My heart sank to the pit of my stomach. It seemed that Geoffrey didn’t care if he fell out with us.
I looked at the restless citizens in the distance. I knew that Geoffrey was now in such a hurry to deal with us not only because of Rufus, but also because he wanted to intimidate these citizens.
After all, what with everything that had happened recently, everyone was somewhat dissatisfied with Geoffrey’s ruling method. In order to secure his position, Geoffrey needed to display his power to the people today-by killing us.
The soldiers soon surrounded us. Warren and I fought tooth and nail, trying our best to break through the encirclement.
But we were outnumbered. It didn’t take long before Warren and I were subdued.
Just then, several groups of werewolves rushed in from outside the gate. They all wore the same uniform as us.
Warren and I exchanged glances and guessed something.
In the blink of an eye, these soldiers soon surrounded Geoffrey.
Geoffrey looked around at his unexpected enemies, visibly confused. “What’s going on?”
His men were also confused and momentarily paused. “They’re not one of us.”
“Isn’t it obvious? They’re soldiers from the imperial capital!” When Geoffrey realized what was going on, he kicked his subordinate angrily.
Soon, the imperial soldiers surrounded Geoffrey and his men. Several familiar figures approached us from the end of the line.
“It’s Prince Rufus!” I screamed excitedly.
Warren’s tight frown finally loosened and he showed a small smile. “I knew Prince Rufus wouldn’t just sit and wait for death.”
Rufus wasn’t alone. Harry and John were with him.
I strode over excitedly and threw my arms around Harry and John. “Oh, my God! What the hell happened to you two? Didn’t you go on a mission outside the city?”
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