I wiggled my fingers and gradually came back to my senses. The numbness in my heart was also slowly fading away.
“Rufus,” I called his name softly, my voice gruff. I choked with sobs.
At this moment, I couldn’t hold on any longer. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I was terrified of losing my son. As I thought about how his life was in danger, I wanted to charge at Lucy and kill her right now.
“Crystal, calm down and listen to me,” Rufus said, wrapping his arms around me.
“Let me go! I’m going to kill her! It’s her! She took Arron away!” My eyes turned red, and my tears dripped down onto the back of Rufus’ hands.
Rufus remained quiet and simply held my head against his shoulder to silently comfort me.
Suddenly, Firman rushed in. He cried out and rushed to Lucy.
I got my emotions slightly under control at that moment and gently pushed Rufus away. I was about to say something, but he interrupted me.
“The groom has confessed.”
I stared at Rufus in disbelief and fear. “So soon? Really?”
Rufus nodded and said in a firm and powerful voice, “Yes. I’ll take you to Arron now.”
The surprise arrived so suddenly that I was at a loss for what to do. I wanted to thank Rufus, but couldn’t find the words.
He sighed and patted my head. “I know what you want to say. Let’s discuss it once we get Arron back.”
“Okay…”
I lowered my head and calmed myself down. From the corner of my eye, I noticed that Firman was kneeling next to Lucy, crying sorrowfully and fearfully.
My heart softened. I shouldn’t have let the boy witness this scene. Firman had not committed any crime and he shouldn’t have been involved. Even if I’d threatened to hurt the little boy, I couldn’t follow through on it.
Firman was an introverted and sensitive child who didn’t easily open his heart to others. Now, this incident would likely cast a shadow over his life. I walked towards him, wanting to say something.
However, he was so terrified that he fell to the ground and gazed at me with fear and hatred.
I was his favorite teacher a few days ago. He would share all his delicious snacks with me. But now, we had turned into enemies.
We always experienced such moments in life where it was difficult to make a choice. Since Lucy had crossed this limit, Firman’s and my friendship was doomed to be damaged.
I inwardly sighed helplessly. I didn’t try to explain anything to Firman. Instead, I turned around and said to Rufus, “Let’s go and find Arron.”
Crystal’s POV
I got in Rufus’ car, and it drove slowly away from the imperial palace. I felt strange and uneasy, so I frequently turned my head to look at Rufus, who was resting with his eyes closed.
Rufus seemed to have noticed my gaze, so he rubbed my hair. He had behaved intimately towards me like this more than once in the past two days.
There were questions on my mind, but I kept quiet. The thought of my son sprang to mind.
Rufus opened his eyes, glanced at me, and said, “The groom confessed that he had secretly hidden Arron in a garbage truck and transferred him out of the imperial palace before it was locked down. The person behind this obviously wanted him dead, but the man’s greed led him to discreetly make contact with a human trafficker. He was hoping to make a quick buck by selling him.”
My stomach dropped again when I learned about the human trafficker. I had hoped that the groom’s confession meant my son was out of harm’s way, but instead, my baby boy had fallen into the hands of a human trafficker.
“Then we have to hurry up. Human traffickers are usually very cautious. They’ll probably use a bunch of go-betweens to make the deal. If we are late, we might not find Arron at all. ” Anxiously, I reached for Rufus’ sleeves absentmindedly.
Rufus sat up straight, held on to my trembling shoulders, and reassuringly remarked, “Don’t worry. I’ve sent my soldiers to the base of the traffickers. Arron should be safe now.”
After saying that, he paused and looked at me seriously. “I think you will want to bring Arron back in person, and that’s why I’m taking you with me.”
I really appreciated Rufus. I knew that I shouldn’t have made such a big scene at Lucy’s place. And he must have heard of it, so he came to prevent me from making any more mistakes.
If Rufus hadn’t come today, Lucy would probably have been dead. It would be too late to make up for it. “Thank you, Rufus. I would probably never find Arron if it weren’t for you.”
Many werewolf children went missing or were abducted every year, and only a small fraction of them were found again. If it weren’t for Rufus, perhaps Arron would be one of those lost kids.
Hearing my gratitude, Rufus leaned back in his seat and said in a lazy and elegant manner, “Don’t say that now. When we get Arron back, I still have a lot of scores to settle with you.”
I didn’t retort and instead stammered, “As long as Arron comes back safely, I will do anything. I will answer for all the reckless things I have done.”
Rufus snorted and closed his eyes again.
Looking at his handsome face, I suddenly thought of something and asked, “Does Laura know that Arron is in the hands of human traffickers? Do we need to tell her?” When Arron had gone missing, Laura grew very anxious, and her blood pressure had risen again.
Rufus coughed and said in a hoarse voice, “I’ve told her already. Don’t worry about it.”
Rufus didn’t look good. I figured it might be because of his wound, so I was worried. “You don’t look well. Did you catch a cold or have a headache? Do you need me to massage your head?”
Rufus coughed again and teased, “It’s rare to see you care about me so much. Don’t worry. I just haven’t had a good rest the past few days. You won’t have to worry about me, Alpha Crystal.”
I laughed awkwardly, realizing that I was being reckless. I had treated Rufus as my lover five years ago without realizing it.
A long silence then filled the car. Fortunately, we arrived at the destination soon.
Crystal’s POV
The car pulled up in front of a suburban factory building that was three stories tall. Several iron pails and abandoned cars littered on the open ground There were no other buildings around, only mountains and woods. The mountain road leading here was narrow and steep, making it difficult for others to find.
My heart twitched. Without Rufus, I couldn’t imagine what would have happened.
Title of the document The factory’s door was currently propped open. There were four male werewolves and a she-wolf held down on the ground by Rufus’ men. It seemed that they were the human traffickers.
Concerned about my son’s safety. I looked around anxiously and found the leader of the soldiers.
A shadow fell across when he saw me He looked over at Rufus, who had just finished a phone and was walking towards us.
“Our team has just arrived. This group of human traffickers seemed to have received the news ahead of time. They have evacuated the place together with the children, and only a few of them were caught by us before they could escape.”
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