I was scared, but there was a rule for strong men. Strong men didn’t cry or scream even when they were in danger, because that’d just make the attacker attack more fiercely.
“Can’t you speak? Are you mute, boy?”
“You must be ugly. Why else would you have bandages all over your face? Poor boy. Not only is he mute, but also ugly.”
“You didn’t apologize for stepping on my shoes just now. Is this how your mother raised you?”
“Let me go!” I glared at the she-wolf and struggled to free myself from her grip.
Just now, I was separated from Beryl and couldn’t find her. So I sat in the corridor and waited for her. Unexpectedly, these drunken she-wolves were so excited that they didn’t notice me in the corner and directly ran into me. It wasn’t my fault, but they decided to gang up on me. She not only tore my scarf, but also stopped me from leaving.
“Actually, this kid looks familiar. Do we know his parents?” The one speaking was the she-wolf without a mask. She had short hair and long nails, and she pinched my mouth so that I couldn’t say a word.
I wanted to cry. These grown-ups were so mean, but I was too weak to fight back.
“I think he came with the she-wolf who had the first dance with the king. When I first saw them, the she- wolf was fixing up the little boy’s clothes. She has to be his mother,” one she-wolf said.
Her words made the she-wolf with the butterfly mask even madder. She slammed me against the wall.
“Sure enough, that bitch has a fucking child, and her boy is a little monster.”
“I can’t believe she seduced the king. What a slut! I finally had the chance to get close to the king, but it was taken away by that fucking bitch!”
“She’s a whore. It’s said that her face has been disfigured, so she’s probably as ugly as this little bastard. Like mother, like son!”
My head hurt from hitting the wall, but their mean words made me stand up from the ground. I clenched my fists and rushed to the bad she-wolf in the lead, beating her like crazy.
“Shut up! You can’t talk about my mom that way! You should say sorry!”
The short haired she-wolf started pulling away the bandages on my head and said casually, “Why should I apologize to an ugly monster? You’re a little boy, so I’ll go easy on you. Take off the bandages and show us your face, then we’ll let you go.”
“No! You’re the ugly one! My mommy is the most beautiful lady in the whole world!” I shouted at them angrily.
The short-haired she-wolf sneered, “Your mommy’s just a disfigured slut, and you’re her ugly son of a bitch. Ha- ha!”
Then she pushed me to the ground.
“Hey, I have an idea. What if we throw him into the lake outside? No one will see anyway,” someone suggested.
I was so scared that I stood up quickly even though my buttocks hurt. The short-haired she-wolf grabbed me. She had a scary smile…
“That’s a good idea! He’ll drown before anyone even notices he’s gone!”
I struggled madly and shouted for help, but they quickly slapped me to shut me up. It hurt so much that I wanted to cry. I pouted and tried to hold back my tears.
All of a sudden, the she-wolf that was holding me suddenly stiffened. She immediately let me go. Her face looked weird, as if she had seen a ghost.
I rubbed my aching buttocks and got up awkwardly. I found that all the she-wolves looked very scared because of something behind me.
I turned around vigilantly and saw a man standing not far away. He was tall, handsome, and looked a little familiar. But his face was too scary. Even the grown-ups were scared. The short-haired she-wolf who had been hurting me just now was shaking like a leaf.
Rufus’ POV
The child looked so pitiful. The bandage on his face was loosened, his cheek was swollen and red, and his bare arm was covered in pinch marks.
I was already in a bad mood, and when seeing this, I felt like killing someone.
There were five she-wolves surrounding the child. The one in the lead had very short hair and was bizarrely dressed. She was wearing a bunch of metal jewelry all over a frumpy black dress. She looked like a free-thinker, but in fact, she bullied the weak and feared the strong. Otherwise, why did she tremble violently as soon as she saw me?
I took the child’s hand and pulled him towards me, and then ordered the five she-wolves to kneel down and apologize to the child.
The she-wolves didn’t dare to refuse. They all fell to their knees and apologized to Arron profusely.
To my surprise, Arron didn’t accept their apology. He was such a little boy and his voice was very childish, but he was quite articulate.
“You should apologize to my mommy, not me. You hurt her favorite baby and you said bad things about her. You said that my mommy is ugly!”
My mood soured even more when I heard that. How dare these she-wolves say such a thing? They were courting death.
The she-wolves weren’t expecting Arron to call them out like that. They exchanged anxious glances, and no one was willing to take the initiative to apologize first.
“Crystal is the Alpha of the border pack. You can’t badmouth any Alpha behind their back. Or else according to the law of our empire, those who reproach an Alpha for no reason should be sentenced to exile.” I looked coldly at the she-wolves kneeling on the ground, and the anger in my heart kept brewing. I was furious at the thought of these she-wolves’ belittling of Crystal. After all, it was my father who selected Crystal to be the Alpha. How could they slander her so flippantly?
Only then did the she-wolves realize the gravity of the situation. They apologized to Arron profusely, “We’re sorry. We shouldn’t have said that about your mommy. Please forgive us.”
Arron stuck out his lower lip and looked at them stubbornly. “Do you really mean it?”
“Of course, we mean it. Your mommy is the most beautiful person in the world, and you’re her beautiful baby.” The she-wolves smiled at the child flatteringly. Although they kept apologizing, I knew that they didn’t really mean it. There was still undisguised pride and disgust in their eyes.
It was so obvious that even little Arron also noticed it, though he didn’t point it out directly. Not knowing how to deal with them, he hid behind me.
I stood in front of Arron protectively. I sneered at the she -wolves kneeling on the ground and said, “It’s too late to apologize now. Tell your fathers to come see me later.”
The she-wolves were so scared that they cried out and begged for mercy.
I was not in the mood to listen to their grating wails, so I waved my hand and the guards dragged the she- wolves away.
When they were gone, I squatted down, picked up the dirty scarf, patted the dust off it, and handed it to Arron. But Arron was so depressed that he kept his head lowered and didn’t say anything.
I looked at him for a while and then subconsciously reached out to touch Arron’s head gently. “Come. Let’s go inside and eat something yummy, okay?”
Hearing this, Arron cautiously stole a glance at me like a scared kitten.
My heart inexplicably softened. I never found children cute before, but ever since I met Beryl and Arron, I couldn’t help but want to take care of them.
“Or… Shall I take you to your mommy?” I suggested.
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