With a smug smile on his face, Harry put his arm around my shoulder and said knowingly, “I knew you went on a secret mission the other day, yet you still tried to lie to me. Unbeknownst to you, we were also on a secret mission. In the end, we had to clean up your mess.”
Warren also came over and hugged Harry for the first time, simultaneously swatting Harry’s hand away from my shoulder. “Thank God you’re back.”
Harry’s eyes went as wide as saucers. “Oh, my God! What’s gotten into you, Warren?”
Excited, Harry wanted to put his arm around my shoulder again, but Warren slapped it away once more.
“Possessive,” Harry muttered under his breath begrudgingly, but he obediently withdrew his hand.
I didn’t have the time to catch up with him. I turned to look at the tall figure amidst the crowd.
It was indeed Prince Rufus. He looked unhurt. That was great!
Rufus’ POV
When my eyes met Flora’s, I nodded to her. Then I shifted my gaze to the culprit-Geoffrey.
Not only did he make this place a living hell for some werewolves, he also put Sylvia in danger. I still didn’t know where she was. Damn him!
Not knowing whether Sylvia was safe or not was a thorn in my side.
The vampire race had always been cunning and ruthless.
I had been worried sick about Sylvia these days.
But now, I had no choice but to deal with Geoffrey first before I could rescue Sylvia from the vampires.
Even if it meant I’d have to kill all the vampires around the border, I would do it at all costs.
“Hold on, Rufus! You have to calm down. That’s a terrible idea.” Omar stopped me immediately. “Once the killing starts, there will be severe consequences.”
I ignored him. He had been trying to calm me down these days. But my anger and distress had accumulated for days. I was afraid I’d go crazy.
Turning to look at the frightened citizens, my heart sank. Most of them were in a bad condition. Some of them had their hands tied, while others lay on the ground, unable to move because of serious injuries. Their families knelt next to them, crying loudly.
“Tend to the injured first,” I ordered the military doctor beside me in a low voice.
The military doctor nodded and promptly led a small logistics team to treat the wounded.
“Harry, untie them.”
I glanced at the elite team and gave the order.
I didn’t even acknowledge Geoffrey until I made the necessary arrangements first.
Geoffrey glared at me, his face livid. “Where did you come from?”
I sneered at him coldly. “Did you really think I’d agree to your bet? I never pinned my hopes on that ridiculous bet.”
“You were… pretending?” Geoffrey gnashed his teeth and glared at me murderously, as if he wanted to tear me into pieces.
“I was just giving you a taste of your own medicine.” I looked at him as if I was looking at a dead man, and my tone was extremely plain and matter-of-fact. “Do you think that everything you’ve done is flawless? Cleverness has its limits, Geoffrey. You shouldn’t have been careless.”
The real reason why I had sent the army away was not only to relax Geoffrey’s vigilance, but also to circle back from the periphery and catch him off guard.
It never occurred to Geoffrey that I had seen through his scheme from the very beginning.
“Impossible! You’ve been cursed. How the hell did you find the strength to do this?” Geoffrey asked in disbelief. He still couldn’t accept that he had lost.
I frowned deeply. How did he know about the curse?
In fact, the night I had sex with Sylvia, I found that she had secretly left some of her blood to me regardless of my obstruction. I couldn’t stop her, so I just pretended to be asleep and unaware that she had done this for me.
Little did I know that the blood would come in handy in the end.
But I didn’t understand how Geoffrey, who lived so far from the capital city, knew that I was cursed.
It was impossible…
My father had made sure not a soul would find out about my curse. Even my mother had no idea that her son had been cursed. How could an Alpha like Geoffrey get the news?
Certain that Geoffrey had no evidence, I denied it. “If I were really cursed, how could I still stand here and talk to you like this? Enough with the bullshit, Geoffrey.”
“No, no, it’s impossible!” Geoffrey looked at me in horror. “Why are you all right?”
“I said, there is no curse,” I said through gritted teeth.
“My information cannot be wrong.” Geoffrey suddenly raised his voice agitatedly. “Today should be your weakest day. Noreen told me this herself!”
Rufus’ POV
I was shocked to hear that witch’s name come from Geoffrey’s mouth.
Indeed, my men had reported to me that they had found traces of Noreen at the border. Maybe Geoffrey had something to do with her sudden appearance.
But why would Noreen tell Geoffrey about the curse? At the time, Geoffrey and I weren’t involved in each other’s business.
The only possibility was that Noreen had approached him after I had come to the border.
“Where is Noreen now?” I stared into Geoffrey’s eyes unflinchingly and asked him.
Not to be outdone, Geoffrey stared back at me steadily. After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly burst into laughter. “You look anxious, Prince Rufus. It seems to me that you care a lot about Noreen’s existence, so it’s true that you’re cursed! Such being the case, I’m curious why today is an exception.”
I grabbed his neck and growled impatiently, “Tell me where Noreen is.”
Geoffrey was forced to raise his head and laugh like a broken accordion. He said in a hoarse voice, “The more you ask, the less I will tell you. If you insist on going against me, then I’m afraid you’re going to have to go down with me.”
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