Without waiting for a response, Miss Todd hung up the phone hurriedly.
My heart began to race. I had a feeling something bad was going to happen. Miss Todd had mentioned flowers-could there be something wrong with the flowers? Indeed, I felt its fragrance was strange.
Prince Rufus had been holding those flowers in his hands for a while now.
I looked at him, still surrounded by a crowd of werewolves, and walked over there without hesitation. But before I could get close, I heard a sudden shriek from the crowd.
“Ah! What the-?!”
“Run! Prince Rufus has gone crazy!”
Shell-shocked, I stood glued to my spot. Crazy? What was that supposed to mean? We weren’t about to have a full moon, nor was it even night time right now.
I was anxious to know what exactly had happened, but there were too many werewolves blocking my sight.
I tried to squeeze into the crowd, but chaos had already broken loose. Everyone tried to run away in a panic, causing a violent stampede. It wasn’t long before I was suddenly shoved to the ground and countless pairs of feet trampled on me. I had no choice but to curl into a ball and protect my head with all my strength. I had to stay where I was, not daring to move.
“You’re going to die down there! Get up and run!” A werewolf in his thirties helped me to my feet.
I grabbed his hand and managed to stand up. Having no time to say thanks to him, I continued to push against the crowd to reach Prince Rufus.
“What the-? Where are you going? Prince Rufus is crazy!” the werewolf shouted in disbelief from behind me.
I knew he meant well, but I didn’t care about anything else in the heat of the moment. I couldn’t believe my ears. Everything had been going well until just now. How could Prince Rufus go crazy in public at this time? No, it was simply impossible!
Finally, I managed to squeeze past the inner circle and saw what everyone was panicking about.
Papers littered the ground, flapping with the wind.
The elders who were always dressed formally in suits and ties were no longer as calm and collected as they usually were. They all lay prone on the ground, trembling, and their eyes were filled with horror, as if they had encountered some terrifying monster.
Following their gaze, I found Prince Rufus standing in the center, emitting a dangerously violent aura. And he was holding up a werewolf by his neck, strangling him, nearly crushing him into pieces on the spot.
Maya’s POV
Soon, a group of soldiers rushed over and surrounded Prince Rufus, pointing all their weapons at him.
This had obviously alarmed Prince Rufus. He threw the man to the ground fiercely, and his cold eyes swept across the soldiers around.
“Are you going to stay and wait to die here?” Someone behind me rudely pulled my clothes as if trying to pull me away. Perhaps because I stood too close to Prince Rufus, which was very dangerous in others’ eyes.
But I just ignored it. Instead, I plucked up the courage and took a big step forward.
“Prince Rufus…” I called out tentatively.
At this moment, Prince Rufus’ eyes were bloodshot, and wolf claws started to show up on his hands. Sharp teeth were faintly visible through his lips, and his body was emitting a beastlike aura. But he seemed to respond to my call. His ears flickered slightly, and his eyes turned in my direction.
Thank goodness he was at least still a little sober. He hadn’t totally lost his mind. With this realization, I felt ecstatic and had the urge to continue to move forward. But two guards suddenly stood in front of me, blocking my way. They obviously didn’t want me to get close to Prince Rufus.
“Let me go. I’m Prince Rufus’ maid, and I can help him calm down,” I said anxiously.
But one of the guards replied sternly, “No. For your own safety, we can’t allow you to get close to him.”
“You can’t stop me!” What were these people doing? I clenched my fists, wanting to rush over. Prince Rufus had led them to win many battles and guarded the safety of so many werewolves. How could everyone treat him as an enemy now?
Suddenly, a bright sword flashed. It turned out that one soldier raised his sword and was about to stab Prince Rufus, even if there was no order.
I was so scared that I immediately shouted, “Watch out!”
I saw Prince Rufus raise his arm to block the sword. The blade cut through his arm, causing it to bleed. The smell of blood seemed to make him more manic. The killing intent in his eyes burned even fiercely.
My legs started shaking involuntarily. I saw Prince Rufus had gone berserk a long time ago, but I still panicked when I experienced it again now. Such a panic came from my body’s self-protection consciousness. At the moment, Prince Rufus was too dangerous.
Before anyone could react, he slapped the soldier who attacked him, and the soldier fell to the floor, motionless. I didn’t know if he was dead or alive.
The other soldiers got so scared that they were about to attack Prince Rufus with their weapons together.
I didn’t have time to think too much. While the guards were still in a daze, I broke away from them and rushed into the encirclement of the soldiers.
There was only one thing in my mind. That was to protect Prince Rufus.
The soldiers didn’t seem to expect that someone would dare to rush in, so they were all caught off guard and failed to stop me.
“Hey, are you out of your mind?” shouted one of the soldiers in disbelief. “Don’t go there!”
I didn’t listen to him and slowly walked toward Prince Rufus. So what if he killed someone? For me, he was always the heroic and brave prince with a heart of gold.
It was not that he wanted to be cursed or go berserk today. Everything that happened was not his own intention.
So no one had the right to stand on moral high ground judge or blame him, let alone hurt him with weapons.
The crowd burst into screams and cries as if they were afraid that I would be killed on the spot.
But I didn’t care at all. I stood in front of Prince Rufus carefully and devoutly said in a trembling voice, “Prince Rufus, I’m Maya…”
Maya’s POV
I tried my best to be courageous, but I still couldn’t control my instinctive fear. My legs kept shaking.
I was about to say something when Prince Rufus suddenly grabbed my neck with his sharp claws.
His face clouded over, and his eyes were bloodshot. Then a low roar with dangerous killing intent came out of his throat.
“Prince Rufus, please hold on for a while. Miss Todd will be here soon.” I didn’t dare to struggle so as not to irritate him. I said with difficulty, “Miss Todd will definitely be heartbroken when she sees you like this. Please calm down.”
This time, Prince Rufus seemed to recognize me. He didn’t continue strangling me, and his grip on my neck loosened.
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