In the blink of an eye, all the vampires regrouped.
Then, the blonde vampire slowly walked towards me with an evil, toothless smile on her face.
Rufus’ POV
Geoffrey had sent a lot of men after me.
But they didn’t wield any weapons. It was clear to me that they were just trying to stall for time, preventing me from saving Sylvia.
I was getting more and more irritable. I was so anxious that my instinct to slaughter everyone nearly reared its ugly head.
It was Warren, the constant voice of reason, who stopped me. He said that I had to take the interests of the whole into consideration.
Fuck the interests of the whole! I just wanted to see Sylvia safe and sound!
Thinking about Sylvia, I channeled all of my energy into my fighting and attacked the damned guards with all of my might.
But there were so many of them. With every minute that passed, I grew more anxious.
All of a sudden, the sounds of fighting from the other side of the wall stopped.
Flora and Warren seemed to have noticed this, too. We all exchanged nervous glances.
Geoffrey, who had been standing outside the encirclement, suddenly spoke up.
“Everyone, stop. That’s enough.” Geoffrey beckoned at his soldiers to retreat.
I had a sinking feeling that something bad was about to happen.
Sure enough, Geoffrey asked his men to open the gate to the outside.
I immediately rushed out of the gate as fast as I could. Warren and Flora followed closely at my heels.
To my horror, outside the wall was a complete mess.
Blood stained the ground. Seeing this, I almost lost control of myself.
“Calm down. It might not be Sylvia’s.” Warren grabbed my arm urgently.
“Let go of me. I won’t hurt him, at least not yet.” I cast Warren a cold glance.
Warren looked deep into my eyes to see if I was telling the truth. Finally, he nodded and let go of me.
Taking a deep breath, I walked to Geoffrey as calmly as I could. “Where is Sylvia?”
“How would I know? Prince Rufus, she’s your mate, not mine.” Geoffrey smiled that same infuriating smile and pretended to know nothing.
I couldn’t control myself any longer. In a flash of red anger, I grabbed him by the neck and shook him. “I’ll ask you one last time. Where is Sylvia?”
Geoffrey remained stubborn. “Think hard before you kill me. If I die, you’ll never find your Sylvia again.”
“You said you didn’t know where she was just now, but all of a sudden, only you know of her whereabouts?” I couldn’t stand it anymore. Gritting my teeth, I tightened my grip around his neck. This cunning old fox was toying with me!
“Wait, Prince Rufus. Someone’s over there!” Flora called me and pointed to a corner nearby.
“Wait, Prince Rufus. Someone’s over there!” Flora called me and pointed to a corner nearby.
Warren quickly walked over and pulled out someone hiding in the corner. It was a dirty, young boy.
“Isn’t this the boy we saved that day we found the hole in the wall? He took us to the sewer!” Flora exclaimed in shock.
Warren asked him coldly, “How long have you been hiding here? What have you seen?”
“Did you see the beautiful lady who gave you biscuits the other day?” Flora added excitedly.
The boy was so scared that he didn’t dare to look up. “I… I happened to be hiding here when the hunt was over. I saw the vampires attack a she-wolf, but they didn’t kill her. They just knocked her out and took her away.”
Flora quickly took out her phone and showed the boy a photo of Sylvia. “Is this the she-wolf you’re talking about?”
The boy looked at the photo carefully and nodded. “Yes, it was her.”
Flora breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank Moon Goddess.”
Knowing that Sylvia was still alive, my sanity came crawling back. I threw Geoffrey to the ground.
“Cut the bullshit. What do you want?”
Rufus’ POV
Geoffrey didn’t even bother to tidy up his messy hair and clothes. Instead, he pretended to be humble and knelt down in front of me. “Prince Rufus, I went through all this effort…”
“Can you just drop the act? It’s pissing me off!” Flora cut Geoffrey off. She was just as anxious as me. “Cut the crap and tell us what this is all about!”
I somehow managed to restrain the bloodthirsty killing intent in my heart and stared at Geoffrey coldly. “I’m giving you two minutes to explain yourself. If you don’t tell us what you want by then, I’ll kill you myself.”
Geoffrey nodded slowly. “Okay, Prince Rufus.”
I pursed my lips impatiently and waited for him to continue.
Geoffrey cleared his throat and smoothed his oily hair before he started speaking. “If you can promise not to interfere in the affairs of this pack and report nothing out of the ordinary when you get back, I can promise you that everyone you brought here will make it out of this ordeal alive-including Miss Todd.”
“That’s it?” I surveyed him calmly.
“Yes. That’s it.” Geoffrey smiled again. “I’ve heard a thing or two about what happened in the imperial city. Prince Richard is out of the picture. If everything goes well, you’ll be the next lycan king, Prince Rufus. I’d never be so stupid as to go against the future king, right? So that’s it. I really wouldn’t do anything to hurt Miss Todd. On the contrary, I vow I will treat her well.”
I chuckled. “Do you expect me to grateful?”
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