So many years had passed, and a lot had changed. We weren’t the same as before. I would never get to see the gentle and kind Lena in my memory.
I wasn’t a saint to be okay after knowing she once betrayed my mother. The pain had left an indelible scar in my heart. I couldn’t just forget everything and move on.
If it weren’t for Lena, my mother wouldn’t have died.
But when I thought of how well Lena had treated me when I was a child, my sensibility and reason began to fight against each other.
I knew Lena was not evil. She just had her own selfish motive, like every other ordinary werewolf.
“Don’t worry, Sylvia. It’s reasonable even if you choose not to see Lena.” Rufus smoothed my brows and comforted me.
I pursed my lips and thought for a while. Then, I finally made up my mind. “I’m going to see her.”
Lena had received her deserved punishment. I will be seeing her for the last time today.
I wanted closure and to bury my past forever.
After hearing my answer, Rufus took me to the royal palace’s back gate.
I could see the soldiers escorting Lena from afar. There were several other sinners, along with Lena, who had committed other crimes and were exiled. The long troop extended outside the gate of the palace.
Rufus led me to the group.
As soon as we got close, the escorting officer stopped us. “You can’t see the prisoners now. We fear something might go wrong.”
“We only need ten minutes. I’ll take responsibility,” Rufus said coldly.
After a moment’s hesitation, the officer finally compromised. “Hurry up then. We’ll be leaving soon.”
Then, the officer brought Lena to us.
To my surprise, Lena’s gray pupils were dim; she was half-blind. Her eyes were red and swollen, with traces of puss in the corners.
Lena squinted to get a clear view of me, and her face broke into an ecstatic smile. “I didn’t expect you to come and see me, Sylvia.”
My heart broke at the sight of her. She looked weak and pitiful. “Your eyes…” The words choked in my throat.
Lena raised her cuffed hands and touched her eyes. “Well, I had been crying a lot.”
She smiled bitterly. “I deserve it. I’m guilty, Sylvia. I have ruined your life and your mother’s. I don’t know how long I’ll live, but I have no regrets now because I finally got the chance to hear your voice again.”
I wrung my fingers together, not knowing what to say. I couldn’t comprehend the strange emotions simmering in my heart.
“You will be happy, Sylvia. I wish you all the happiness in the world. I…”
The officer dragged Lena away before she could finish her words.
My heart sank as I watched her leave. It felt strange.
Rufus stood beside me and held my hand in silent support.
After a while, just as Rufus and I were about to leave, we bumped into a stranger.
He looked at me and shouted in surprise, “Olivia?”
Sylvia’s POV
Olivia was my mother’s name. Ever since she had passed away, I’d rarely heard her name being mentioned.
I looked up at this man in surprise.
The man looked to be in his forties. He was well maintained and elegant. It was obvious that he had an eminent personality.
He stared at me in shock. It sounded like he had mistaken me for my mother.
It wasn’t his fault. I looked a lot like her when she was young. Was he a friend of hers?
“Did you know my mother?” I asked him.
His expression became more peculiar. He watched me and was lost in thought for a long time.
Rufus pulled me behind him and asked in an annoyed voice, “Are you here for Leonard?”
The man snapped back to his senses and nodded. “Yes, I’m here for Alpha Leonard.”
His voice was low, and he liked to speak softly.
I blinked and my gaze bounced between the two of them. “Do you know each other?”
“He’s one of Leonard’s people. I’ve seen him before,” Rufus replied lightly.
This stoked my curiosity further. “How did you know my mother?”
The man had regained his composure and answered me mildly, “When I was young, I had a chance to fight a battle with an alliance of other packs. I had met your mother there, but we weren’t actually acquainted with each other.”
I scratched my head. He remembered my mother even after so many years though he had only seen her once. Was he a secret admirer of hers?
But that didn’t seem to be the case. The man had not displayed any other emotion besides shock.
The hair on the back of my neck prickled with a strange feeling. When I accidentally spotted Lena, who was at a distance, I noticed that she had frozen in her tracks and was staring at the man with a disturbed expression. When she became aware of my gaze, she spun around and walked away in panic.
Something was wrong. Obviously, Lena knew the man. But the escort team had left the palace gates, and I didn’t get a chance to question her.
I shifted my attention back to the man again and wanted to ask him more about my mother. However, Leonard joined us unexpectedly.
He hurried towards us with Owen, a big smile splitting his face when he saw the man.
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