Rufus’ POV:


    Now that the spell had beenpleted, I staggered over to check on Crystal and Beryl.


    Crystaly in my arms, her skin as cold as ice. She weakly inteced her fingers with mine and croaked, “Check Beryl.”


    I held her tightly and didn’t want to let her go, but I managed to tear my gaze away from her momentarily to look at Beryl. Beryl’s skin had turned red, and she was out cold. The force surrounding her seemed very unstable. But she looked a lot better than before. The wound on her neck seemed to be healing, and the bleeding had stopped. It seemed that Crystal seeded. As I held her in my arms now, I could feel that there was only werewolf power left in her body.


    “Because Beryl now has tremendous ck witch power in her, the unstable power fluctuation is normal. She might have a fever in the next few hours, Murray exined. Then he put his finger on Beryl’s forehead and murmured a spell.


    “I’ve temporarily sealed a portion of her strength. She’ll recover slowly as her body adjusts. It may take a long time, but her life won’t be in danger. At most, she’ll be irritable when her strength starts to get chaotic.” As he spoke, he pulled out a potion he had prepared and poured it into Beryl’s mouth. A few secondster, Beryl’s face slowly returned to normal and she fell asleep


    Crystal loosened her grip on my hand andy limply in my arms. Seeing her slowly close her eyes, I shouted, “Crystal, don’t go to sleep. Beryl hasn’t recovered yet. Don’t you want to see her again?”


    Crystal struggled to peel her eyes open and cracked a smile at me. “Silly boy, I’m just exhausted. I’m trying to get some rest over here.”


    “R-really?” I asked her with difficulty, kissing her trembling eyelidsN?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content.


    Crystal didn’t respond anymore. Her breath became lighter and lighter With a sigh, Murray picked up Beryl and said to me, “TIl take care of Beryl. You can take the time to say goodbye to Crystal…”


    He looked at me and shook his head sadly, as if he couldn’t bear to say anything


    more.


    1 couldn’t believe it. My hands trembled uncontrobly, as though they weren’t mine. My heart seemed to stop beating in my chest. It was as though some kind of invisible force was squeezing the life out of me.


    “Honey, please don’t close your eyes. I’m scared you’ll… You’ll…” I had never felt so fragile and vulnerable before in my life. Now, I was at the peak of power as king of the werewolves. I protected my people, but I couldn’t even protect the one loved.


    How pathetic!


    ‘Rufus, don’t be sad. Even if I die, I’ll always be with you.”


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    face with her fingers. Her breath was so light and her body was freezing cold, and she just kept getting colder.


    “No, no, no, no. You’re not going to die. You can’t! How could you leave me alone in this world?” I refused to ept the notion. Just imagining a world without Crystal made me want to break down and cry like a child.


    I rubbed her hands to warm her up.


    “If you die, I’ll die with you,” I threatened her, begging her to stay with me.


    “Rufus, I love you. Please. I don’t want you to die,” Crystal said weakly, looking at me affectionately through her half-closed eyes. “Live on. They need you…”


    “Crystal..” I called her name helplessly. “Tell me what I need to do to save you.


    Please don’t die. I need you. Please don’t die. Please don’t be so cruel!”