Chapter 31


    Everyone looked at ke in surprise after hearing his deration.


    Except n. He nced at my direction with a strange expression.


    My heart tightened upon meeting his gaze. I quickly moved my nce away and avoided meeting his


    eyes.


    As for the rest of the people, they were quite hesitant and doubtful about ke’s deration, after all


    they just heard that the poison came from me as ‘Chloe’ and that there is no way that they could obtain


    the antidote.


    ke, like the king that he has always been, was not bothered by their suspicions and just indifferent


    said, “My trusted aid and doctor is before you, Arthur. He is the most talented doctor in the Silver Pack.


    You can rest assured that he would be able to produce an antidote and cure Alpha Dean.”


    “Me?” Arthur, who was just minding his own business and being entertained with all the farce that was


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    going on, stiffened.


    He stared and me and ke with wide eyes, totally caught off-guard that his name was suddenly being


    sold off.


    “Yes…” ke nodded without a change in expression.


    Seeing ke giving him the look, Arthur immediately recovered to a calm expression and backed up


    ke’s im with a stiff smile on his face, “Yes… It is indeed as my King has said... I can research an


    antidote in time as long as I am given all rted information about the poison and Alpha Dean’s


    condition.”


    Vanessa’s eyes sparkled, she looked so happy hearing Arthur’s statement. She looked at ke


    tenderly and said, “Thank you for your grace, Lycan King Bluke.”


    I could not help but frown upon hearing Vanessa using her coquettish and charming voice.


    The farce finally ended and the three of us walked out of the study room.


    Arthur chased us with a cheerful smile and a proud expression while he asked, “Hey, hey… did you see


    how quick witted I am? Whew! The Moon goddess knows that if it was another person, you two would


    be in trouble! Hahaha! I’m so intelligent I can get ke’s meaning in an instant right?!”


    ke on the other handpletely ignored him and gestured for me to continue walking as well.


    When he was ignored by ke, Arthur turned to me and asked with a sheepish tone, “Hey, Chloe…


    Oh, dear Luna! Hehehe… About that poison, it is notpletely unsolvable right? Could it be that you


    know how to create the antidote?”


    I pursed my lips and remained silent. He was clearly interested in the poison and as a doctor, it would


    really make him excited just to know about something that peculiar.


    Or perhaps, he was feeling pressured after hearing ke volunteering his name?


    “Hehehe… our dearest Luna… Would you tell me how the poison works?”


    “I have a brilliant mind and am a natural talent in medicine, you could rest assured that I would easily


    “Please… maybe I can even help you in creating the antidote, yeah? I really wanted to study the poison


    and the antidote that is so impressive.” Arthur continued to go and pester me, but I refused to say any


    word about it.


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    We arrived in the room, but when I told the production process of the antidote, the atmosphere I can


    use ice to describe.


    ke sat on the chair and had an angry expression on his face, while Arthur choked and did not dare


    to open his mouth any longer.


    I looked away before taking a peek at ke to make sure he was really giving me an intense re.


    I turned to look at Arthur pleadingly, asking him to help me out of this matter. My heart started beating


    wildly.


    But Arthur trying to save himself, he let out an awkward cough and made up an excuse,


    “Eherm… I just remembered… I have to ‘research the antidote’ and put on some show for the Red


    Moon Pack to see… Well I must go out again to ask for aboratory and start to research…”


    Just like that, Arthur managed to sessfully escape, leaving me alone and helpless, while I face the


    angry ke.


    “ke…” I called out but he immediately interrupted.


    “No… just as I have said before, I won’t allow you to get hurt,” He dered firmly as his gaze fell upon


    me. The determination in his eyes was so intense that I could not help but feel warm yet conflicted at


    the same time.


    “But… the ingredients for the poison are too strong for a normal carrier to hold them together. Only my


    blood had the ability to stabilize all its effects and be the perfect antidote… Besides, it won''t hurt


    me that much… so please.” I answered with pleading.


    “He…only needed to drink the concoction for three days in a row then he will be all cured," I tried to


    exin softly.


    Despite his anger, ke patiently listened to me. The frown on his face deepened, he was clearly


    refusing to agree on my decision in silence.


    “ke. I am not doing it forcingly. I am doing it because after all the things I suffered, I still cannot just


    watch my father die…” I answered, my voice started quivering as my mind reyed my father’s


    situation. No matter what happened… even after everything he did to me… I still could not watch


    silently as my father die.


    ke’s eyes flickered and a helpless expression appeared on his handsome face. My heart trembled


    seeing him like this, unsure and conflicted. But I also could not back down and stood on my ground,


    patiently waiting for him to agree.


    “If I only realized that this involves you hurting yourself again, I would have just kept mum and not


    announced such a thing to them," ke muttered with self-me. But when I notice his expression that


    hinted to me of his reluctant agreement, my heart started to feel warm.


    “Please don’t me yourself, besides, it won’t hurt me that much…” I reached out, taking the initiative


    to touch his clenched hand.


    With a pained expression, ke closed his eyes and nodded. Clearly, he was fighting over his


    protective feelings and trying his best to respect my decision.


    I did not waste any moment. Afraid that he would change his mind in a second, I stood up and took a


    sanitized bowl and knife.


    I raised the sleeves of my clothes, my arm that was ridden with scars were revealed.


    ‘I have done this many times. I never would have thought that I would be willing to do it once again for


    a family member…’ I thought as I stared at the pointy edge of the knife falling into a daze.


    The first time when I stretched out my hand and allowed my blood from it, I genuinely thought that it


    was the key for me to be finally valued by the family.


    Everytime I see the blood flow, I put on a hope that one day my affections towards them would also be


    reciprocated. I grew and as the number of scars on my hand numbered… but I did not receive the love


    and eptance I was craving from my family. What I experience was my hope and my heart slowly


    dying down.


    I realized the harsh truth, I was just a human blood bank, that was all the value I have in the family…


    I could not help but feel the irony. I never thought that there would be a day when I would be picking up


    the knife again for the sake of them.


    “Chloe…” I was woken up by ke’s worried voice, his warm hand was ced gently on my shoulder. I


    turned around and met with ke’s sincere eyes.


    I smiled, telling him not to worry. Then I looked at my wrist and finally used the knife to cut through my


    skin.


    I grunted in the searing pain as the blood started to flow, dripping in the poison bowl.


    On the side, ke looked at me with his face filled with distress. It was as if he wanted to stop me at


    once so that I would not be hurt any more, but at the same time trying his hardest to remain by my side


    and support me.


    I could not help but chuckle upon seeing his nervous face. Then, I told him, “Don’t worry, once it’s cut it


    doesn’t hurt anymore.”


    Finally, the bowl was filled and the antidote was ready. ke immediately pulled the first aid kit, which I


    did not notice that he carrying.


    He looked at my wound and used tender movements to bandage my hand once again. In an instant,


    my hand was now very neatly bandaged.


    “You did it so well…” Imented, “Back then, I used to bandage myself but it always ended up so


    ugly…”


    “This will definitely be thest time…After everything is done and your father is cured, I will never allow


    you to hurt yourself again,” ke firmly said as his brows firmly furrowed.


    “If there’s a next time, no matter who it is, I will directly kill them instead so that you would no longer


    feel obligated to offer your blood anymore,” he added. There was anger in his eyes and a killing intent


    on his aura.


    I took his clenched hand once again and said, “I promise you… this is thest time.”


    It was rather amusing and moving at the same time. Who would have thought that I would fine


    someone like ke who would vehemently refuse to use me and my blood?


    “Thest time my blood was drawn, father personally took the knife and extracted it so that he could


    take it to Vanessa. Maybe this time, it could be considered that the blood I would give him would be a


    mean for me to return the blood flowing in my veins as his daughter.”


    “He did that to you?” ke said in a low angry voice, as if any time, he would burst out of the room and


    I could only chuckle and feel warm, rubbing his hands to calm him down.


    It was rather effective as I saw him immediately rxed. Then, his gaze moved to the bowl and asked,


    “Are you going to personally deliver the antidote to him?”


    Taken aback at his words, I was speechless for a moment. But in the end, I answered, “Yes, I have to


    see it through… as a way to end our rtionship, and a beginning for my freedom.”