I was stunned for a moment. Then I exclaimed in shock, “This is impossible! How can she be so fast?”
Rufus’ POV
“How can that slave be so fast?”
I heard everyone around me exclaim. They were all surprised at Sylvia’s speed.
I pursed my lips, and my eyes closely followed the snow-white figure. Pride and joy involuntarily filled my entire body.
In her wolf form, Sylvia’s fluffy hair slightly shone under the sunlight. Her running posture was majestic. And with a few tufts of dark red hair on top of her head swaying, she looked more charming. I couldn’t help but want to hold her in my arms and touch her head.
Omar was also very excited, jumping up and down in my head. He kept expressing his incomparable appreciation and joy to Sylvia’s wolf. It took me a lot of effort to calm him down.
“I didn’t expect that a little slave like Sylvia can run that fast,” Richard suddenly commented. I sensed a trace of praise in his voice, which was very rare. Obviously, he was really surprised.
But I didn’t bother to pay attention to him. On the other hand, my mother snorted coldly, “This is just the beginning. There are still two more rounds in the competition. Isn’t it too early to praise her now?” Sitting in the main seat, my mother looked at the square with disdain. “If a slave can enter Class C, then the quality of this class is really worrying.”
“You’re right, Queen Laura. Participation is more important.” The dean immediately agreed to my mother and bowed to flatter her. “But don’t worry, all the talents we select are top-notch. There is no such thing as fishing in the troubled water.”
“That’s good to know. I don’t want one drop of poison to infect the whole tun of wine.” After saying this, my mother picked up the teacup and took a sip gracefully.
“Mother!” I couldn’t help but shout out a forbearing warning. I didn’t want to fight with her in front of many people.
“Rufus, are you warning me?” My mother immediately understood what I meant, and her face darkened at once. She was about to smash the teacup in her hand to the ground, but Alina was agile enough to grab it in time.
“Queen Laura, please calm down. Getting mad at such a trifle is not worth it,” Alina persuaded my mother in a soft voice, putting the teacup down on the table on the other side. “The military academy trains talents for the royal family, so where they come from is not really that important. It doesn’t matter if Sylvia is just a slave. As long as she is capable, she should be admitted to the school.”
Alina eased the atmosphere with just a few words. Then everyone quickly agreed with her, smoothly giving my mother an out.
I couldn’t help raising my eyebrows. And for the first time, I set eyes on Alina. All the while, I thought that she was just another pretty girl. But it seemed that I was wrong. At least she had some brains.
Alina must have noticed my gaze because she turned her head, looked at me, and smiled. I also nodded to her out of politeness.
“Alina, you are so sensible and considerate. Whoever marries you will be so lucky,” my mother praised Alina exaggeratedly, holding her hand.
Of course, she deliberately said those words for me to hear again.
But I only felt impatient. I ignored their tricks, turned my head indifferently, and looked at the arena.
Sylvia was already starting to get tired and gradually fell behind. I couldn’t help worrying that she wouldn’t be able to keep up. As her mate, I could feel that she was doing her best to hold on through clenched teeth.
There was no doubt about her speed as she was extraordinarily fast. But her weakness was her physical strength and endurance. It seemed that she needed special training in these aspects. Before I realized it, I was already making training plans for her in my head.
Alina’s POV
Looking at Rufus’ handsome side face, I felt unwilling to give up. But he didn’t seem to take me seriously at all.
“Alina, who do you think is the best among them?” Laura asked me, drawing my attention back to her. She looked at me kindly as if she had not lost her temper just now.
I pursed my lips and smiled gently. Then I turned to look at the arena and said, “In my opinion, Sylvia has the most potential.”
As soon as I said this, everyone looked at me with surprise and confusion in their eyes.
“Alina, you don’t have to praise her only because you’re afraid of making someone unhappy.” Laura’s words were full of underlying meaning. She glanced at Rufus and snorted coldly.
But Rufus didn’t seem to mind at all. He was still focused on the figure in the arena. I clenched my fists tightly, feeling a little jealous of that slave.
“My Queen, I’m telling the truth,” I said to Laura in a soft voice, acting like a coquettish child. I blinked my eyes and pretended to be too shy to look at others.
“All right. Then tell me why you think highly of her.” Laura was obviously amused by my behavior. She smiled and touched my nose. “You are still acting like a spoiled child, just like you used to be.”
“Well, Sylvia hasn’t received any professional training, but she can even run faster than those who have received training. She is a natural talent. I think she is amazing.” As I spoke, I observed Rufus out of the corner of my eye, hoping that he would notice me.
When I finished my last sentence, he glanced at me sideways. I gave him a gentle smile, but he didn’t respond. He turned his head away and looked back at the arena. I felt like he regarded me as a contemptible scoundrel. He seemed to have read through my inner thoughts at a glance and disdained me.
The feeling of embarrassment and anger ignited in my heart at once. Why didn’t he want someone like me, a noble lady who could understand him? Why did he prefer a lowly slave?
I looked at Sylvia in the arena, feeling disgusted inside me.
Since I was a child, I had never suffered such grievances. But for the sake of my pack and power, as well as my father, who was counting on me, I had to endure it.
At the thought of my father, my heart inevitably stung.
Ever since my father got seriously ill and his health deteriorated, our originally strong pack began to decline day by day. And when the surrounding packs saw this, they all wanted to annex our pack aggressively.
I was the only child and heir of my father. But the members of our pack thought that I was not strong enough to support them. So they all supported the Beta to get the position of the Alpha. The Beta had been coveting this position for a long time. In fact, he was just waiting for my father to die, so he could replace him. By then, I would lose everything.
I couldn’t imagine falling from heaven to hell, so I had to prevent it from happening. Now that my father’s serious illness and the embarrassing situation of our pack had not spread out yet, I was still the daughter of Alpha Leonard Quinn in everyone’s eyes. And he was still the powerful werewolf with a lycan bloodline. I had to take advantage of this time to bond with Rufus, the heir of the lycan king, to become his mate.
So when I first came here, I didn’t care about how cruel and bloodthirsty he was. I thought that as long as I could win Laura’s heart, my position in the pack would be secured.
But since meeting Rufus, my heart had been beating abnormally fast. From then on, what I wanted was far more than just a status. I also wanted this perfect lycan to be mine.
But I didn’t expect that Sylvia, an annoying slave, would come out of nowhere and get his favor. He even refused to marry me because of her.
Fortunately, Laura hated Sylvia as much as I did. Laura was my trump card, and it made me feel less worried. So this time, when I heard that Sylvia was going to participate in the placement exam, I specially coaxed Laura to watch it together.
I wanted to see Sylvia make a fool of herself in public. But I didn’t expect her to be so excellent.
“Alina, you’re right. That slave is indeed talented. I’m impressed by her,” Laura said.
I came back to my senses and smiled in agreement. Laura’s face softened, and she seemed to have changed her mind about Sylvia.
But this couldn’t go on like this. If Laura accepted Sylvia in the end, it would be terrible.
So I found an excuse to leave the table. I contacted the guard I had bribed in the dark and asked him to change the props for Sylvia’s strength test as originally planned. I would totally embarrass Sylvia in front of Rufus and Laura.
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