Although Flora was usually impulsive, she had always been good at emotional management.
I nodded and decided to let it go, too. “You’re right. Since Ashley has chosen to run, she’ll probably go back to the castle. That means I’ve fulfilled my end of the bargain with her mother. I doubt we’ll cross paths again. Let’s think about how to get out of here now.”
Flora looked around and muttered, “This isn’t the same room we were in earlier.”
“Go there. Ashley escaped in that direction.” Layla pointed at one of the paths.
I glanced at her wound and said worriedly, “Don’t you need to bandage your wound? It’s still bleeding.”
“No need. Let’s get out of here first. This stone chamber is probably filled with traps. The longer we stay here, the more danger we’ll be in,” Layla said firmly.
I had no choice but to agree. So we walked in the direction she had pointed out and eventually came to the place where we first came in.
I figured we should thank Layla. We wouldn’t have been able to get out of here without her.
Now that Flora had accepted Layla, she was very enthusiastic about her. This time, having witnessed Layla’s strong sense of direction in action, Flora admired Layla even more. She became an avid fan in the blink of an eye.
“You’re amazing, Layla! When we get out of here, I’ll buy you an entire roast chicken!”
“Okay. I look forward to it.”
“Ha-ha…”
Watching them interact, I felt grateful. We had made a new friend.
After walking a while, we made it to the hole in the wall where the pendant was placed. We tried to pull it out, but we couldn’t.
“Let me try.” Flora rubbed her hands and planted her feet firmly on the ground. She pulled the tail of the pendant with both hands and tried to yank it out with all her strength. “Ow! Come out!”
But the pendant refused to budge. Flora’s face turned red from the effort. Unwilling to give up, she kept trying to pull it. “Move!!! Come out, little pendant!”
But the pendant refused to budge. Flora’s face turned red from the effort. Unwilling to give up, she kept trying to pull it. “Move!!! Come out, little pendant!”
Layla couldn’t bear to watch her any longer. She stepped forward and patted Flora on the back. “Let me have a try.”
“Go ahead.” Flora sighed in resignation. Then, her legs buckled slightly. “I think I used too much energy just now and my brain lacks oxygen.”
I hurried to support her. “Rest first, Flora.”
Layla took Flora’s place and stood in front of the hole in the wall. She looked at the pendant closely first, then reached out to rotate it.
A bang exploded in our ears.
Flora and I were stunned. It turned out that we didn’t need to pull the pendant out… We just needed to rotate it.
After the loud bang, the rotated pendant shone red again, and black mist began to rise around us. The stone chamber gradually disappeared from our sight.
The three of us held our breaths and slowly walked out of the black mist.
When we made it out of the mist, we happened to run into Rufus, who was looking for us with his men.
Sylvia’s POV
“Rufus!” I was so happy that I waved at him excitedly.
Rufus practically ran towards me and threw his arms around me. His tone a mix of shock and anger, he demanded, “Where did you go?”
I hugged the potted plant protectively. “Be careful of the flower.”
Rufus let go of me. Looking down at the potted plant in my arms, he frowned. “Why does this potted flower smell like Noreen?”
“Because this is Noreen’s flower!” I said to him proudly.
He took the potted plant from me and looked at it carefully. “What’s going on?”
“We entered Noreen’s domain by accident just now and found a lot of things that could be useful to us. This potted plant was one of them,” I explained excitedly.
“And there were so many other strange things!” Flora chimed in. She began to show off. She pulled out colorful gemstones from every pocket she had and threw them to Warren. “These are all good luck gemstones. Since you’ve been so unlucky, I got them all for you. Take them.”
Warren stared at the gemstones in his hands in bewilderment. “Thank you…”
“You’re welcome. I also found something good for romance. Do you want it?” Flora was very generous. She reached into her shoes and pulled out two coins.
“No, thanks. Give it to Harry. He needs it more than I do.” Warren smiled bitterly.
“You’re right.” Flora pursed her lips but she dutifully put the coins back into her shoes.
I happily reached for Rufus’ hand and whispered, “This flower could save Blair. Perhaps it can also remove your curse.”
“Really?” Rufus looked up in surprise. It was rare to see him so shocked.
I smiled at him reassuringly. “I’ll explain everything in detail when we get back. Let’s get out of here first.”
Rufus and his men had already managed to get rid of those pesky zombies and vampires. We took out the map and studied it carefully, rearranging the route back. After trudging on for a little while longer, we finally made it out of vampire territory and made it back to the werewolf pack.
After everyone settled down, I followed Rufus to his temporary residence, the potted plant in tow.
As soon as I entered the room and put down the potted plant, Rufus scooped me onto the table and kissed me.
When he finally pulled away, he murmured, “I almost went crazy when I couldn’t find you earlier. I was so scared that you might’ve been kidnapped by Hobson again. I almost went back to the vampires’ base camp.”
I wrapped my arms around his neck and looked into his eyes lovingly. “If I really was kidnapped by Hobson, you wouldn’t have to worry about me. For you, I wouldn’t allow anything bad happen to myself.”
Rufus stroked my cheek affectionately and said hoarsely, “If something bad did happen to you, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself-“
I quickly pressed my index finger to his lips and interrupted him. “Don’t talk like that. It will never happen.”
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