Sylvia didn’t give him a chance to say anything more. She rushed to him and launched another attack. Antoine was not a match for Sylvia, a top student from a royal military school. The poor man was subdued so quickly without much effort on Sylvia’s part.
The members of my pack all cheered when they saw this.
I exhaled deeply and felt relieved. Finally! Someone helped me take revenge.
When Antoine’s henchmen saw this, they wanted to besiege Sylvia, but her fierce stare was enough to deter them. “Whoever dares to come up will leave the Black Moon Pack feet first today.”
Her mere words rendered Antoine’s men so terrified that they retreated.
“What a bunch of losers!” Antoine yelled out in pain as he lay on the ground.
I swallowed and was also taken aback by Sylvia’s imposing manner. Damn it! Her intimidating demeanor alone could make anyone surrender to her feet. She had undergone a significant transformation.
It was clear to me that Sylvia was no longer on the same level as us. She was far high up there now.
Although Antoine wasn’t convinced, it was apparent that he was still afraid. He stood up awkwardly and spat something harsh before running away with his subordinates in fear.
At this time, the rest of the pack members came to recognize Sylvia. They were both surprised and pleased upon seeing her.
“Isn’t this Sylvia? She has changed a lot.”
“I heard that she is now the mate of Prince Rufus. Perhaps she’ll someday rule as the queen.”
“Oh my God! A slave becomes a queen? What a twist!”
“Shh, keep your voice down. She is not a slave anymore. Her mother was just framed by Gamma Mateo, but the case has been cleared now.”
“Oh my God!”
The crowd was becoming increasingly rowdy, so I backed away and watched Sylvia from a corner. She didn’t look well.
I could understand it. When Sylvia was still a slave in the pack, none of these people had helped her.
I cleared my throat. Afraid that these people would offend Sylvia, I quickly drove them away, leaving only a few of my followers.
Then, I calmed myself down and walked up to Sylvia with joy. “Why are you here, Sylvia? Are you finally going to accept my proposal to be the Beta?”
Sylvia sneered and eyed me with evident disdain. Her hard, piercing gaze gave the impression that she could read through my mind.
Somehow, I didn’t know what to do. I instinctively stretched out to touch her shoulder in an effort to get closer to her.
However, my wrist was firmly grabbed before I could reach for her clothes.
A tall werewolf with his face covered grasped my wrist.
Sylvia’s POV
Shawn’s legs started to tremble from fear. Subconsciously, he assumed Rufus was the one who grabbed his wrist, so he hurriedly explained, “I’m sorry, Prince Rufus. I just saw a bug on Sylvia’s shoulder and wanted to help her get rid of it! Please forgive me!”
“He is not Rufus.” Shawn’s action rendered me quite surprised. I looked at him with contempt and said, “Are you so weak that you can’t even smell his scent?”
Shawn wasn’t that powerful back when I was still in the pack. He would always mess around and indulge himself in lust. But now, he was so weak that even his sharp sense of smell as a werewolf had degenerated.
Shawn finally straightened his back and let out a sigh of relief when he heard what I said. Then he asked curiously, “So who is this then? Your bodyguard?”
I furiously rolled my eyes at him. “It’s none of your business.”
Shawn didn’t give up. He attempted to remove Blair’s mask, but the latter shoved him to the ground.
“I won’t do that again. Please let me go,” Shawn immediately begged for mercy.
His voice was harsh and unappealing. I could no longer stand it. So I patted Blair’s hand, indicating to him to let go of Shawn.
Snorting, Blair let go of Shawn and eyed him from head to toe.
Shawn’s face was covered with dust and dirt. His face, which had been relatively clean, was now in a mess.
“You might refuse to tell me, but I know you must have eloped with your lover behind Prince Rufus’s back!” Shawn had never changed; he was still as mean as before. I threw a punch at him out of anger.
This caused him to behave better this time. “Since you didn’t come back to accept the position of Beta, why are you here?”
“I want to go to Gamma Mateo’s room when he was still alive.” I didn’t want to keep it from Shawn, so I told him straight up what this trip was for.
“Oh.” Shawn nodded as if he understood what I was about to do. “Did you come back to take your mother’s belongings?”
“How did you know?” I asked out of surprise.
Shawn touched his nose awkwardly. “The main reason why Gamma Mateo insisted on occupying that room after your mother died was because of the things she had left behind. But he had already sold a lot of them to the black market. The only thing remaining is a book. He couldn’t understand a word, nor could he move it and destroy it, so he had no choice but to leave it behind.”
I had a hunch that Gamma Mateo must have known my mother’s true identity. But since he was now dead, I could not confirm it.
“Let me take you there,” Shawn offered and led us to the room. It was rare to see him serious and not goofy like he usually was.
The place my mother used to live was very spacious, with many small rooms inside. The biggest one was the master bedroom, with a smaller guest room. I used to live in that guest room when my mother was still alive.
Inside the master bedroom, there was also a large study room, where the secret room was located.
Shawn skillfully pulled a book from the bookshelf and pressed one of the tiles on the wall.
With a click, the massive bookshelf was opened from the center and turned into an entryway.
The light in the secret room was broken. So we each took a candle and walked inside.
After descending roughly a dozen steps, we reached the secret room.
It was neither big nor small. The wall was painted white, and the floor was covered with a thick cashmere blanket, alleviating the coldness of the underground room.
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