Chapter 1059 The Letter Opener


    Crystal''s POV:


    The Alpha of the Cherry Bay Pack was called Sorrell Estrada. He was unable to attend the parade because he was ill. so the Beta of the pack had


    come in his stead.


    Sure enough, Sorrell did appear to be a seriously ill person. His face was as pale as a sheet, and there was barely any color in his lips.


    I picked up the tea cup I was served, but did not drink its contents. I sat there. smiling as I spouted halfhearted praises for the development of the


    Cherry Bay Pack.


    Not once did Sorrell betray his emotions. Even his voice was monotonous. If I didn''t know better, I would have thought he was a robot. Strangely,


    though, he looked straight at me when he spoke. I felt as though he was peering into my soul, and I bristled with unease.


    Another odd thing was the fact that he never asked about my identity, nor did he seem inclined to do so. Instead, he ushered me inside without even


    asking why the royal family had sent me.


    After some consideration, I decided to breach the subject first. "The royal family sent me here to meet with the lycan king,” I said slowly.


    "His Majesty is not here," Sorrell said in a low voice as he turned his listless eyes out the window. He looked like his soul had somehow been cleaved


    from his body.


    "The king is not here? When did he leave?" I pressed.


    I was getting miffed by this old man''s attitude.


    "I haven''t seen the king for a long time. It looks like you''vee to the wrong ce.” Sorrell turned to face me, his lips automatically curling into a


    smile


    Rage and anxiety roiled inside me. I knocked the table over without thinking and demanded, “What do you mean by that? After the surprise attack


    against your pack, King Rufus set out to investigate the incident himself. How can you say that he has note?”Material ? N?velDrama.Org.


    Sorrell remained calm, almost indifferent. He acted like everything I had just said was none of his business. "There was no surprise attack.”


    I stared at Sorrell''s nk face,


    growing more livid by the minute:


    “You aré lying! All the soldiers from


    the Reyal Army who hade here


    to ait you are missing. The least you


    car do I is give me an exnation."


    "What exnation? King Rufus did


    note to.the Cherry Bay Pack.


    This is thettuth. It is up to you to


    believe itor not. As for the missing


    ced I daresay that there isavo


    sucht ing." To my horror, Sorrell''s


    expression shifted, and he suddenly


    tashed me an eerie smilé Content


    belongs to


    "You!


    didn''t have many expectations


    before I camé here, but I never


    imagined tr this pack''s Alpha to be like


    this. My iniui ion told me that x


    something was not right. Sorrel:


    mustpe lying. If the Royal Army''s


    soldiers had not gone missing,


    Rafus would have never Game


    himself.


    But since it seemed like I wasn''t going to get any useful information from Sorrell, I turned on my heel and made to leave.


    "Let me see you out." Sorrell instantly got to his feet.


    I wanted to scoff his offer away, but then I spotted a letter opener protruding from a crack in the floor tile just beside the overturned table. The de


    was pointed upward, and Sorrell was about to step on it.


    It was toote for me to warn him. Sorrell stepped on it, piercing his foot in one, steady motion.


    I sucked in a breath and looked at his face. It remained stiff and emotionless, as if he didn''t feel any pain at all.


    My heart caught in my throat. The scenes from a while ago yed back inside my head, and I finally understood what was wrong.


    "Why have you stopped? Is there anything wrong?" Sorrell asked like nothing had happened


    I could feel the coldness of my gaze as it met his. "As a matter of fact, there is one more thing I had yet to deal with.”