Chapter 171 - Saving Her Cursed Lycan Prince

Sylvia looked at me silently but didn’t say anything. She seemed ready to submit.

Unexpectedly, just as we dropped our guard, Sylvia suddenly transformed into a wolf and leapt past the crowd with Rufus on her back, disappearing in the forest.

Sylvia’s POV

I struggled to balance Rufus on my back as I ran into the forest desperately, with pursuers close behind me.

The sun was dipping in the horizon, and it started to drizzle, which only made it more difficult to run along the perilous mountain road.

I was soaked to my bones. The rain fell relentlessly on the wound on my back, like tiny bullets, causing more severe pain.

Gritting my teeth, I did my best to ignore the pain and concentrated on finding a way out. Just then, a strong gust of wind started blowing against me, bringing with it dead leaves and dirt. Something went in my eye, distracting me from an obstacle in front of me. I tripped and stumbled, rolling down the mountain slope.

I held Rufus tightly in my arms and didn’t stop until I rammed into a big tree, knocking the wind out of my lungs.

I gasped for air desperately. Lying on the ground, I found I couldn’t get up. The pain in my back was so intense that it felt as though my bones were broken and reshuffled.

I could hear the pursuers getting closer and closer. I braced myself and tried to get on my feet, but I fell back on the ground. I couldn’t even stand straight.

I wanted to run, but Yana was completely exhausted. I had no choice but to return to my human form.

The pursuers made it to the hillside above me. If they just looked down, they would’ve seen Rufus and me.

Just as I was about to lose hope, a deafening wolf howl pierced the sky. Then, a giant grey wolf with mixed fur showed up, closely followed by its subordinate wolves.

It was Rin!

I cried out in pleasant surprise. Rin glanced at me, wagged its tail and greeted me briefly. Then it led the group of wolves to block the pursuers.

The pursuers seemed to be stunned and chaos broke loose.

“Where the hell did these wild wolves come from? Damn it! It’s biting my leg! Help me get rid of this wolf!”

“Help! We’re outnumbered! We don’t stand a chance!”

“Retreat! Retreat!”

“But what about Prince Rufus?”

“We won’t be able to bring him back if we’re dead! Retreat!”

The pursuers started running in panic while the wild wolves chased them away.

When they were gone, I heaved a sigh of relief. Then I struggled to sit up and checked Rufus’ body for injuries. Although I had carefully protected Rufus in my arms when I rolled down the slope just now, I couldn’t rest easy until I made sure he was okay.

At this time, Rin walked over gracefully. I spared a hand and touched its head gently. “Thank you, Rin. If it weren’t for you, Rufus and I would have been taken away by those bad guys.”

I smiled warmly. I didn’t expect that Rin would suddenly show up and save us. Glancing around at my surroundings, only then did I notice that we were somewhat near the forbidden forest. No wonder Rin was in the area.

Rin pressed its big wet nose against my cheek like a spoiled child.

I smiled and relented, scratching its chin. “It’s been a while, Rin. You still look the same. So, how’s your baby?”

Rin seemed to understand me. It suddenly lay down on its back and exposed its belly, as if inviting me to touch it.

It was so adorable that I couldn’t wait to touch its plump belly gently. The baby in its belly was much bigger than last time, and from the looks of it, seemed very healthy.

After I gently touched its belly, Rin got back on all fours and nudged me again, asking me to pet it. When I finally did, its tail waved like a tornado. Then, Rin bit my sleeve and whimpered, as if it wanted to take me somewhere.

“Do you know a place we can hide?” I asked softly.

Although the pursuers had fled, it was only a matter of time before they came back with reinforcements.

Rin nodded in a reserved manner. But then it glanced at Rufus with disgust and snorted. It turned around and swept at Rufus’ face with its big tail, as though it was sweeping away some pesky dust. Then Rin looked up at me meaningfully.

I seemed to understand what Rin was trying to tell me. It saw Rufus as a burden and wanted me to abandon him.

Sylvia’s POV

Amused, I didn’t know whether to burst into tears or laughter. Rin and Rufus had never liked each other, ever since the first time they met. It seemed the two still hadn’t reconciled.

“Rufus looks mean, but you’ll know how good a man he is as time goes by,” I said gently, rubbing Rin’s head comfortingly.

Rin whined and withdrew its head, as if it begged to differ.

Thinking for a while, I pulled out the whistle Rufus had given to me from under my collar. “Look. Rufus made this whistle for me so that I could meet you whenever I wanted.”

Rin’s beady eyes glanced at the carefully carved whistle in my hand. Without saying anything, it swung its big tail to the ground. I knew it was its way of telling me that its attitude was softening towards Rufus, so I added, “Rin, Rufus is my mate. If you can’t accept him, I’ll be very, very sad.” I pretended to be sad and wiped imaginary tears from my eyes. “Just look at him! He looks so pitiful. If I just leave him here, he’ll be eaten by a wild beast. And If he dies, I can’t keep on living in this world.”

Rin lowered its head and whined anxiously, as though to reassure me that it understood where I was coming from.

“So let’s take Rufus with us, okay? Don’t make me leave him here.” I buried my face in my hands, pretending to be sad, peeking at Rin from between my fingers.

Rin tilted its head to look at Rufus, as though it was weighing pros and cons. Finally, it rubbed its nose against the back of my hand, as if to say that it had agreed to my request.

“Thank you so much, Rin. But I still need to ask a little favor of you.” I smiled at it sheepishly. “You see, Yana is exhausted. I can’t carry Rufus anymore. Can you do it?”

Rin let out a high-pitched whine and stomped its big paw indignantly. Then, it took a step forward and approached Rufus pensively.

Seeing this, I thought it had agreed to my request. Just as I was helping Rufus up, Rin raised its front paw and stepped on Rufus’ limp hand. Then it raised its head and howled. A brown wild wolf suddenly ran towards us.

The two wolves lowered their heads and whispered for a long time before finally, the brown wolf walked to me and knelt.

Rin cast Rufus a sideway glance then raised its head proudly.

Well, it turned out that Rin was still stubborn.

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