She was neither angry nor upset. Her silence made me feel terrible. I would rather she cry and get angry at me than see her like this.
But she had always been like this. Whenever she felt wronged, she would swallow it and say that she was fine.
“I didn’t mean to do that, Alina. But please don’t hide my illness. I need to know what’s going on with my own body. You’re my daughter. If there’s something bothering you, just tell me,” I said, awkwardly scratching the back of my head. Seeing the scalded part of her hand, I wanted to apologize, but I couldn’t get a word out. I was her father. How could a father apologize to his child?
Alina didn’t say a word and picked up the broken shards in silence.
“Don’t touch the broken bowl. Let the servants do it.” I tried shouting to call the servants in, but no one came.
My anger flared up again. What was happening? Why was everyone ignoring me?
“I said, put it down. You might cut yourself,” I warned Alina.
But she simply ignored me. She picked up all the shards and threw the debris into the trash can.
I couldn’t help but frown helplessly. What a stubborn child!
But it was my fault. It wasn’t wrong of her to ignore me.
I coughed and wanted to say something, but then someone knocked on the door.
Before I could respond, the uninvited guest outside opened the door.
Unhappy, I looked up and saw a woman in a black cloak striding in.
I immediately recognized the woman. She was the one who kidnapped Sylvia!
There was no mistake. She had the long blue tassels on her sleeves. Sylvia’s captor wore the same thing.
I immediately leaped out of bed and stepped in front of Alina protectively. “Who the hell are you? How’d you get in here? Where’s Sylvia? Where did you take her?!”
Edwin should’ve strengthened the security before he left. How could this woman have gotten in so easily a second time?
The woman didn’t say anything. She wasn’t even looking at me. Her eyes seemed to be fixed on the person behind me.
My heart tightened and I tried my best to stand my ground. “Don’t you dare hurt Alina!”
Since she had taken Sylvia away, I thought she was going to do the same thing to Alina.
Damn it! What the fuck was going on? Why was this crazy old bat so hell-bent on taking my two beautiful daughters away from me?
“Let me tell you, whatever you came here for, you won’t succeed!” I glared at the woman in the black cloak and was on full alert. Although I wasn’t feeling well now, I had to put up a fight.
I tried to summon the guards, but again, nobody responded.
The woman in the black cloak laughed and waved her sleeve, revealing that she was carrying something in her hands.
My eyes went wide in shock. She was holding a corpse!
The woman tossed the corpse in front of me casually. Almost instantly, the pungent smell of blood flooded my nose.
When I recognized the corpse, my blood ran cold. It was Alina’s groom, Chet!
Leonard’s POV
“What have you done?” I asked in a trembling voice. How on earth was she able to kill Chet without anyone noticing? This meant that Sylvia might be in danger too!
I didn’t dare to entertain that thought. I had to focus on finding a way to capture this mysterious woman.
She snorted and turned a deaf ear to my questioning. “What have I done? Don’t you see, Leonard? Your son-in-law is dead, and I was the one who killed him. He kept calling Alina’s name before he died. How touching, yet pathetic!”
I was furious. If Alina wasn’t here, I would’ve killed this woman on the spot. But now, I couldn’t act so rashly.
The woman raised her hand and slowly smoothed the blue tassels on her sleeve. She seemed to be in a good mood, because she smiled and said, “Calm down, Leonard. It’s not good for your health. Besides, it was your daughter who begged me to do it. And I helped her out of the goodness of my heart.”
“What the hell are you talking about? How could Alina even think about a ridiculous thing like this? Chet was her mate!” I shouted at the woman in black angrily. However, as I spoke, I glanced at Alina, only to find a guilty expression on her face.
My heart sank, but I didn’t have the time to deal with Alina right now. The woman in black was the real enemy, not my daughter.
But I took this as an opportunity and pretended to question Alina aggressively, “What the hell is going on?”
Eyes wide in fear, Alina didn’t say anything. She simply lowered her head guiltily.
The woman in black looked at us with a crazed smile. She seemed to be enjoying a show.
I sneered in my heart, but I continued with my act and glared at Alina. “Say something, God damn it!”
The woman in black sighed and interrupted my tirade. “Oh, don’t be so angry with her, Leonard. Alina had no choice.”
I didn’t say anything and feigned an annoyed expression.
The woman laughed gloatingly. Just when she was about to say something more, I took advantage of her distraction and instantly turned into a wolf to attack her.
But as soon as I approached her, a sharp pain suddenly overwhelmed my body. I couldn’t even stay in wolf form and collapsed to the ground breathlessly.
“What happened? How come the once majestic God of War is now like this?” The woman in black crouched down and looked at me, pretending to be shocked.
I couldn’t stand her bullshit, but the pain was so excruciating that I couldn’t even breathe. All my strength had left my body, and I couldn’t even get up from the floor.
My wolf, York, whined, “Leonard, I’m dying! It hurts like hell!”
Cold sweat broke out on my forehead and back. I tried to comfort York, but I couldn’t even make a sound.
“What a pity, Leonard. You look like you’re in a lot of pain.” The woman in black chuckled, clearly still enjoying the show. She stroked my cheek and whispered, “You don’t know yet, do you? This is all because of your precious daughter, Alina.”
I was shocked.
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