After taking a sip, Flora was able to calm down a little. She lightly crushed the water bottle in her hand as she recalled, “It was Tom. He was plotting against Warren. He was the one who pushed Warren off the cliff! The next time I see him, I swear I’ll gouge out his eyeballs!”
“Why would Tom do that to Warren? Did they quarrel?”
I was confused by this. Warren was always a loner and seldom quarreled with others. Whenever he would be involved in some conflict, he just turned the other way and ignored it.
“I’m not sure. We should ask Warren if he wakes up.”
Flora opened another bottle of water and brought it up to Warren’s lips, hoping he could drink some. She asked where Tom was.
“He came back with serious injuries as well and was sent to the hospital for treatment.” Rufus chimed in from his seat.
Flora scoffed. “That’s just karma for him!”
Soon enough, we landed on the helicopter pad of the Royal Hospital.
There was already a group of doctors waiting for us when we landed. Since Warren was the one with the most serious injuries, he was the one who was immediately wheeled into the emergency treatment room.
Meanwhile, I accompanied Flora to have her wounds treated as well. She was fortunate that the wounds and bruises were not serious, although she looked quite disheveled still. But it was nothing simple bandages couldn’t fix.
When Flora was done, we all came to the emergency treatment room to wait for Warren.
Flora had always been optimistic, but even she began to get anxious. In front of the treatment room, she crouched down and nervously combed through her hair.
“Hey, Warren’s going to be fine. He always is. He will be okay.” I bent down to comfort Flora.
But this only made Flora more anxious. Burying her head in between her knees, she said with a muffled voice, “If he gets out of there alive, I promise to be a vegetarian for a year.”
I sighed, not knowing what else to say.
Rufus leaned against the wall in silence, holding my hand.
Outside the emergency treatment room, every second felt like forever. Five hours had already passed, but the red light was still on.
My heart sank. This could not be good. It seemed that Warren was more injured than I thought.
Flora’s face paled even more. We were probably thinking the same thing.
Just when I was about to comfort her again, a group of men broke into the hospital, interrupting my thoughts.
They all wore black uniforms and held weapons that bore a special symbol. I recognized it immediately. They were from Ethan’s private army.
I squeezed Rufus’ hand and squinted at them. “What are you doing here?”
The one in front stepped forward and politely bowed. “The lycan king invites Prince Rufus and Miss Todd to the meeting hall. You must cooperate with the investigation.”
Sylvia’s POV
Rufus and I were directly taken to the hall, where King Ethan sat on the throne with a solemn expression.
Queen Laura was also here this time, which rarely happened. Sitting next to the king, she still looked noble and elegant, but her eyes lost their usual calmness. Her eyes had been fixed on me since I came in with Rufus.
On the sidelines were the elders and Alphas from various packs.
There was pin-drop silence in the magnificent hall as no one dared to speak. Everyone had a solemn face, and the atmosphere was depressing and heavy.
Richard’s neck and arms were wrapped in gauze. He seemed to be in bad condition. He was the first to make a sound. He glanced at me and quickly looked away with a trace of fear in his eyes. “Father, I think Sylvia should be handcuffed. She is a very dangerous she-wolf.”
Ethan had an unreadable expression on his face. He didn’t respond to Richard’s words. After a while, he asked, “Can you two tell me what happened in the forbidden forest? Where did the explosion come from?”
Rufus stepped forward to answer, but Richard interrupted him.
“Father, I can tell you.” He shoved Rufus away with his shoulder and walked straight to Ethan.
“Since Rufus dared to escape from prison, it means that he doesn’t take you seriously. And his lover, Sylvia, tried to kill me in the forbidden forest. She ordered the wild wolves and crows to attack the people I brought to rescue. These injuries on my body were caused by those wild wolves. Sylvia is a monster. She and Rufus are the jinx in our pack.”
I was confused. What crows was Richard talking about? I couldn’t understand.
I looked at Rufus subconsciously. He smiled reassuringly at me and said in a low voice, “He’s talking nonsense. Just ignore him.”
Rufus was right. Richard was always talking nonsense. He must be exaggerating to frame me.
At this time, Ethan looked at Rufus seriously. “Is it true, Rufus?”
Rufus was very calm. He raised his eyes and sneered, “Father, if we really want to kill Richard, do you think he still has the chance to stand here and distort the truth?”
His words pissed Richard off at once. “And what are you trying to say?”
“Quiet!” Ethan yelled at Richard reproachfully.
Richard shut his mouth sulkily and clenched his fists, looking very unwilling.
“Rufus, you must give me a reasonable explanation.” Ethan stood up from his seat and slowly walked down. “Whether it’s true or not, I have my own judgments. You just need to tell me exactly what happened in the forbidden forest.”
“The explosion was arranged by Richard. Then he brought some people to the forbidden forest, pretending to rescue the victims. But the truth was, their purpose was to kill Sylvia and me. We fought back to protect ourselves. That was how the conflict started,” Rufus said coldly.
“That’s nonsense!” Richard jumped to his feet and pointed at Rufus’ face. “It’s you who stopped the rescue team from saving people. It’s so ridiculous that you’re now trying to get away with it and framing me again.”
“It’s not a false accusation. No one is framing you up.” I couldn’t stand Richard’s hypocrisy anymore, so I blurted out everything I knew. “Peter works for Prince Richard. He and his men buried a lot of bombs in the forbidden forest to blow up all the soldiers there just because they are loyal to Prince Rufus.”
My words caused an uproar in the crowd. Even Ethan was shocked.
“Another nonsense! Keep making up stories to frame me. Just make sure that you have enough evidence. Otherwise, it’s slander. You know that, right, Sylvia?” Richard was still trying to defend himself.
At this moment, there was a commotion at the door. Then Blair came in with his men carrying a bloody werewolf in a stretcher.
It was Peter. The lower part of his body had been mutilated beyond recognition.
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