But since I was in the human form, I could only dodge. What I was afraid of was that Richard would bring his men here. I tried to figure out how to sober Rufus up while dodging.
After a while, I felt that Omar’s movements slowed down. He must have fought with many werewolves earlier and exhausted too much energy.
I felt sorry for him, but there was nothing I could do. I felt helpless.
Gradually, Omar’s attack got weaker and slower. I took advantage of this opportunity. I rolled over forcefully and pressed him on the cluttered floor.
I grabbed a broken chair leg and stuck it into Omar’s mouth, forcing him to open his mouth wide. I tried to spare one of my hands, so I could bite my wrist and drip blood into his mouth.
Omar kept struggling with so much strength that he nearly knocked me off a few times. I was forced to use up all my strength to suppress him. I couldn’t get my hand free anymore.
“Good boy, please be patient, okay? You will be fine after drinking my blood,” I coaxed him softly, hoping he could calm down for a while.
I didn’t know if it really worked, but I felt that Omar actually calmed down a little. He stared at me with a pair of round eyes. There seemed to be a trace of confusion in his eyes.
To my delight, I wanted to continue coaxing him more. But at this moment, I heard some footsteps outside, and the sound was getting closer and closer to me.
It was only then that I remembered what those group of men who attacked me earlier said before they retreated. They said the army was coming. Since those men were Richard’s subordinates, the only ones who could make them retreat in fear were the lycan king’s men.
Damn! I was so focused on fighting with Omar that I didn’t notice when the army had entered the manor.
Knowing Richard, he must want to let the lycan king see Rufus killing someone crazily after he had taken so much effort to set Rufus up. He definitely wanted the lycan king to be totally disappointed in Rufus.
So it must be the lycan king who led the army to the break-in at the moment.
I couldn’t just wait for them to come here. I couldn’t let the lycan king take Rufus back in this condition. This would only prove that Rufus was really mad, and it would only make things worse. Besides, I also couldn’t feed Rufus blood in front of others. It would definitely bring myself some trouble.
When I heard that the footsteps had reached the door, my heart sank. I quickly made up my mind and turned into a wolf. Then I picked Omar up and broke out of the window.
Richard’s POV
As I followed my father into the manor, it was already quiet, as if the whole place was empty.
I felt my chest tighten. Did Rufus already kill Lucy and leave?
I continued to walk up the stairs with my father, but my heart was already heavy. Ever since I heard of Rufus’ secret, I had changed my mind. All I could hope now was for the baby in Lucy’s womb to be born safely and become my father’s first grandchild. That would give me more chances of taking the throne. However, if Lucy were still alive, she would definitely tell on what I had done to her. After all, we had fallen out with each other completely.
The whole journey, I had also been thinking of this problem. By the time my father and I had arrived at Lucy’s room, I still hadn’t come up with a solution in my head. I decided to just play by ear. To my surprise, the room was empty. No dead body of Lucy’s.
“Look, next door!” my father shouted, seeing the half collapsed wall, and immediately ran toward it.
I followed closely behind. As soon as we passed through the broken wall, we saw two wolves escaping through the window. Instantly, I recognized those to be the wolves of Sylvia and Rufus.
I rushed to the window and was able to see Sylvia’s wolf as it fell with its back still facing the ground, holding tightly Rufus’ wolf in her arms. When we locked eyes with each other, she did not hesitate to glare coldly at me.
Damn it! How dared she, a slave, glare at me? In my anger, I kicked at the broken chair near my feet. Pieces of the chair flew out and almost hit my father’s leg.
Slightly embarrassed, I calmed down and focused on the task at hand, putting on an anxious expression. “I didn’t see Lucy with them. I’m worried about her.”
My father snorted without even looking at me. He then ordered his men to chase after Sylvia and Rufus, following downstairs himself.
When he was far enough, I kicked the chair again. Damn it!
I felt like I was about to explode. I needed to do whatever it took to kill Sylvia and Rufus today.
Diego entered and reported, “We didn’t find Lucy anywhere.”
“Keep searching. Expand the scope and search outside the villa. Don’t let every corner go unsearched.”
“Yes, sir.”
While we were going upstairs a while ago, I had some observations about the surroundings. All the way from the room to the stairs, there were blood stains on the walls.
When I saw Sylvia just now, she looked intact and unhurt. It seemed unlikely she was the one who was bleeding. It could only mean that the blood was Lucy’s. I was glad enough that Lucy was able to escape the scene on her own, despite being severely injured. If my father found her first, then I would be in great danger.
No matter what, I had to find Lucy first before my father’s men did. I would still have the chance to keep Lucy from telling the truth.
“Wait.” I stopped Diego. I ordered him in a low voice, “As soon as you find her, take her back and don’t let anyone else know. Wait for me. And also… Try your best to keep her alive.”
“What if she doesn’t cooperate?” Diego asked.
“Then kill her,” I sneered. It was just a baby. I could have another one sooner or later anyway. Besides, the baby in her belly was fathered by another bastard anyway.
Without hesitating about my command, I headed down the stairs.
When I arrived downstairs, I saw the soldiers surrounding something in the lawn. It was Sylvia, holding Rufus in her arms. What was most surprising to me was that Rufus had seemed to return to his human form and was sound asleep.
I headed over to my father, looking quietly at Rufus. Aside from some bruises, he looked completely normal. There was no sign of madness on him.
How could this be? Hadn’t I used enough of the drug? How could he recover so soon? Mateo even said the drug’s effects could last for one day and one night. There was no antidote for it either.
But here Rufus was, perfectly normal again. Our father didn’t witness Rufus killing anyone. Lucy probably even survived. My fail-proof plan had almost completely failed. All because of this damned slave.
I gave Sylvia a cold look. At first I thought I didn’t mind sparing her life, but now I thought differently.
Sylvia’s POV
Every bone in my back was in severe pain. Although there was the lawn that served as a buffer, the impact of the collision was still too strong when I landed, causing a fracture on my back.
But I didn’t have time to care about the pain. I held Rufus tightly in my arms and looked around vigilantly.
“Girl, don’t be afraid. Just give Rufus to us,” Ethan gently said as he stepped forward.
I pursed my lips and shook my head in refusal.
I had already fed Rufus with my blood as soon as I landed on the ground just now. Although he had returned to his human form, he immediately fell into a coma. He must really be exhausted.
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