“What’s this now? Rufus himself said he wanted to come with me!” Richard raised his voice and motioned for more guards to hold us off.
I stood my ground in front of Rufus and declared, “But we still haven’t confirmed the truth yet. Rufus is not a convicted sinner. Why do you have to put him in handcuffs?”
“And what a big disrespect to Prince Rufus!” Flora cursed at him. “You might be a prince too, but you act like nothing of the sort with your dirty tricks!”
Richard’s chest heaved in anger and finally, he snapped. “Get them all! Don’t let any of them go!”
Chaos had ensued. Just when the fight was about to begin, all of a sudden, many soldiers appeared. They seemed to be from the army.
Rufus and I looked at each other in confusion. Before we could figure it out, the soldiers parted in the middle and made way for Ethan.
He walked straight to Richard and looked at him sharply. “Who allowed you to make these decisions?”
As soon as Ethan appeared, Richard visibly shrank and his confidence faltered. “I… I…”
“I’ll deal with you when I get back.” Ethan used his authority to rebuke him.
Richard was now too scared to even raise his head.
Flora, who was behind me, snickered.
Ethan then turned to us and approached. There was a complicated expression on his face when he looked at Rufus. Finally, he sighed. “You’ve been through a lot. Let’s go back.”
Rufus didn’t respond and only pursed his lips. With an indifferent glance, he simply nodded at Ethan.
Shortly after, Rufus, Flora, Harry, and I got in Ethan’s car and was driven back to the palace quietly.
But as soon as we stepped out of the car, Ethan ordered that Rufus should be imprisoned.
I glared at Ethan and tightly held Rufus’ hand, refusing to let anyone take him away.
“Don’t worry. Rufus will be perfectly safe here. No one is allowed to get close to Rufus without my permission. Not until everything is made clear,” Ethan promised.
As he said this, Ethan shot Richard a look of warning.
Hearing Ethan’s word, I felt a little more relieved. I let go of Rufus’ hand, although reluctantly.
“Wait for me,” Rufus whispered.
He then gave me one last affectionate look before allowing the soldiers to take him away.
Dejected, I was rooted to my spot and didn’t know what to do next.
Flora gently embraced me and said, “He’s going to be fine.”
“The two of you may return to your school,” Ethan said, but he seemed to only be looking at Harry and Flora.
“But what about Sylvia?” Flora asked in confusion.
Harry also looked at Ethan in confusion.
With his hands clasped behind his back, Ethan replied curtly, “Sylvia is a wanted criminal who interfered with official affairs. She will be interrogated in court for her actions.”
Sylvia’s POV
“Guards, take Sylvia away as well.” Two soldiers immediately came up to my side and seized me.
Flora and Harry anxiously tried to stop them, but other soldiers had driven them away.
“Go! Go back to school. You are not allowed to stay here any longer!” Even pointing their weapons at them, the soldiers threatened to drive Harry and Flora out.
Harry tried his best to stand his ground, but he ended up with ripped clothes from getting dragged away by some soldiers. Stubbornly, Harry tried harder. “I also interfere official affairs by assaulting the guards. Take me as well!”
But Ethan didn’t say anything. In fact, he didn’t even look back at Harry. Instead, he waved his hand in dismissal with impatience.
The guards ignored Harry and Flora and continued to drag them out.
Flora crouched down like a spoiled brat and weighed down the guard. “No! I won’t go!”
The guards didn’t know what to do, since they were not allowed to use violence in the king’s presence. Harry and Flora had gotten the guards in a stalemate.
“If you keep making any more trouble like this, you will just implicate Sylvia all the more!” Ethan bellowed.
“You can’t do this!” Flora protested.
Ethan sharply looked at her, which was enough to frighten Flora and shut her up.
“Flora, Harry, just go back to school.” Without Ethan seeing, I winked at them. The face of the lycan king was already getting gloomier by the second. If he got even more pissed off, I was afraid that no one would end up leaving safely.
Flora frowned. She didn’t say anything, but I could see the unwillingness in her eyes still.
Harry also looked like a defeated rooster. Slumping his shoulders, he removed himself from the guard’s grip and stood up obediently. “Okay, Flora and I will wait for you in school.”
“Good. I’ll be fine; don’t worry.” I tried to comfort them.
Flora and Harry walked away, looking back a few times. The guards then took me to the meeting hall.
Inside, the hall was filled with werewolves, some even looked to be the leaders of packs. When I entered, they all looked at me as if they were ready to skin me alive.
The most obvious ones were Shawn and Gamma Mateo. They didn’t even bother to disguise their gloating smiles.
I simply paid them a small glance and didn’t bother to give them any more attention. Right now, they were insignificant to me.
The guards walked me all the way to the center of the hall.
Ethan walked over to the main chair. He looked dignified as he scanned the crowed with his eyes.
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