Chapter 892
Fated to the Cursed Lycan Prince by Dark Knight
Chapter 892 Be Prepared For Danger
Laura’s POV:
Rufus rushed to clean the spilled tea and the nicked cup and sported a frown as he said, “Mom, be
careful. The tea is hot.”
The chipped tea cup flew out of my mind. It was the least of my concerns right then. More precisely, I
threw it aside and spoke for Sylvia, “The pack on the border pays their taxes in time every year, and
they even fulfill their quota more than what is demanded of them. They seldom ask for resources from
the royal family. They behave themselves just fine.”
But no matter how convicted I spoke, Rufus and I could not meet eye to eye. His brows furrowed even
more deeply and replied, “I am aware, and that’s exactly why it’s strange. The border is far away from
the imperial capital city—far from our eyes, if you can imagine—and the resources are scarce.
However, the poption has been increasing in the past few years. In fact, the rift that had long divided
the three packs for years are now actually mended, and they’re even united! Whether they’re currently
on truce is still unclear, but all the more uncanny that is. The way I see it, their merging doesn’t, in any
way, benefit the royal family anything; the packs just relied on themselves. I’m afraid they’re only
deceiving us, and they’ll attack when we’recent.”
“What kind of reason could they have in mind? I think their action reflects that of the Alpha’s. Think of it
this way: the she-wolf in charge manages her subordinates well. Look around Rufus! The pack’s
economy has progressed. That’s why more people moved in.” I began to fidget my hands in anxiety as
I fumbled for a way to exin it to Rufus and make him see the situation in my perspective. Once
Rufus had settled his mind that something was suspicious, it was always difficult to convince him
otherwise. This was the case unless he could meet Sylvia and find out the truth.
But wouldn’t that rendezvous risk Rufus regaining his memory? It was too high a stake.
“As the lycan king, you should be happy to have such a capable Alpha to share the burden of your
worries. Why can’t you shake off that fear and doubt?” I wanted to scream profanities at him to
appease this ineffable frustration overwhelming me. I began to wonder who he inherited such a weird
character from. Even Ethan back then wasn’t as paranoid as Rufus was now!
“That Alpha is indeed very capable,” Rufusmented coldly as he finished cleaning the mess I made.
His eyes fell on the table.
A sigh of relief escaped my lips on his deration. Just as I relished the thought that Rufus had finally
seen things the way I did, him changing the subject all of a sudden reminded me that I did no good in
persuading him.
“But at the same time, she’s also very ambitious. All these years, she’s been keeping to herself and
has nevere to visit me, to the point that it’s making me wonder if she’s trying to avoid getting under
my radar. It seems as though she just wants me to forget that she exists, hoping it’ll eventually make
me let my guard down,” Rufus analyzed. There was patience as he did so something that was not there
when he argued with me earlier. It sounded kind of reasonable that he almost seeded in persuading
me.
Little did he know that the reason why Sylvia hadn’t been to the capital city for so many years was
indeed to make him forget her. However, instead of nning a rebellion, she was doing it for his sake.
I f0rced an awkwardugh out of my throat at the irony of the situation. I tried my luck again in speaking
for Sylvia. “Maybe it’s just because it takes quite a journey toe here, so she hasn’t, perhaps,
considered paying due respects to you.”
“Distance is not a problem if it meant she’d be able to visit me.” Seriousness masked his face as I
reckoned him already treating Sylvia as an ambitious traitor—all because she hadn’t paid him a visit. I
didn’t know whether to think of him as petty or simply guarded up.
I felt all my energy draining with the kind of conversation we were having, all before I could even
convince him otherwise. It wasn’t like this when I talked with the others. Perhaps it cost too much to
persuade him. Now I ran out of ideas on how to bring him around. “As I try to connect the dots, it’s
more likely that this particr Alpha is training private sold*iers at the border.”
“How is that even possible? Keeping private sold*iers is not like keeping a pet. People will know, and
they will talk. Don’t you think you should be able to find out about it by now if that’s the case?” I resisted
the urge to roll my eyes at him but failed. My annoyance shot through the roof. I had to take back what I
said before. Rufus wasn’t a quiet and reticent man at all. The moment he talked about something with
finality, he had the tendency to be very long-winded.
“Mom, I’m not being over-suspicious over nothing,” he leaned forward. “Think about it. The border
separates our territory from the vampire’s, and so does the pack there. If they decide to collude with the
vampires near the border, the consequences will be unimaginable—and you know there’s a fat chance
of it happening. When we fought with the vampires back then, there were spies among us who leaked
all our battle strategies. That’s how they stood a chance against us. I have to put my guard up against
something this serious. I won’t allow something simr to happen again—not on my watch,” Rufus
stated seriously.
Another sigh escaped my lips. I understood where he wasing from. It was not unusual for him to
have doubts. He was the lycan king, so it was normal for him to think more about something than
others: a bare minimum demanded from him. If he wasn’t prepared for danger in times of peace, the
empire would easily be at stake.
The war brought nothing but pain. I knew that Rufus was in a dilemma. After all, he had the entire
empire’s burden on his shoulders now.
But the problem at hand was that Sylvia couldn’t see Rufus at all! It was entirely a different picture.
An unspeakable anxiety was gorging me whole.
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My head throbbed. How did I get myself sandwiched in this situation again? Anyway, I had to at least
assure him that what he was thinking was far from happening. “Rufus, don’t worry. Anyone else can
betray you, but not that Alpha.”
Rufus shot at me a baffled look. “Why are you defending that Alpha, Mom? You’ve never spoken for
anyone like this before.”
For a moment, I didn’t know what to say.