Chapter 174
J buried her face into her palms and stayed like that for nearly one minute.
Then she looked up and wiped her tears away.
She had made up her mind.
She would not go after Daran.
Daran had his own thing to do. She wouldn’t be of any help to him.
Plus, she never agreed with Daran’s approach in the first ce. If he decided to be the martyr and
risk his own life for it, so be it.
Though she made the rational decision, she still could not ignore the splitting pain in her heart.
Despite all the harm that Daran had caused her, she truly wished that he could survive it this time.
J stood up and put on her jacket, slipped on her sneakers.
She wanted to leave her room immediately after, but then she heard the sound of Wendy knocking
on every maid’s door, driving them to go upstairs and clean the
mess.
She didn’t want to be seen by anyone. So she stayed in her room quietly with the light out and
waited for Wendy and the others to go away.
About 40 minutester, the hallway finally became quiet again.
J opened the door a crack and swiftly dashed down the corridor.
Edwin told her to meet him in the woods near the South Gate.
She knew a shortcut, which went through the West Wing of this pce and led to the
pce’s back door. She could avoid being seen by the others.
J took the staircase and quickly came up to the ground floor.
Most guests and maids were still gathered in the ballroom on the other side of the pce.
The West Wing waspletely empty when J entered it.
She picked up her pace, heading straight towards the back door.
Yet just then, the floor shook violently beneath her feet!
J was almost knocked to the ground.
She regained her bnce and looked around in panic.
…What was that?
An earthquake?
Another wave hit right after the first one. The pce rattled, its floor trembling, the once–steady
walls quivering as if shaken by an unseen force.
A loud, rumbling noise filled J’s ear as though the foundation of this pce was being torn
apart!
An astonished gasp escaped J’s lips as the fragile artifacts chattered to the ground. The next
second, the chandeliers swayed dangerously overhead, and then came crashing down to the floor!
She dodged just in time. The chandelier didn’t hit her. But the flying sses chipped her skin.
…WHAT THE FUCK!
J struggled to pull herself up. But the waves just kept getting stronger and stronger.
The wooden floor sunk and cracked up. J stumbled and fell through the huge crack in the
ground!
“AHH–!!!”
She let out a terrifying scream as the darkness underneath swallowed her.
After a 10–second fall, her back crashed hard to the ground, almost causing her to throw up.
She slumped on the ground, groaning painfully, as the thick dust and crumbles kept. falling onto her
face.
Two loud wolf howls came behind her back.
J jerked around.
The silver moon shone from above, illuminating the scattered pirs and fragments of the pce,
creating an otherworldly battlefield.
In the middle of this battlefield stood two giant wolves.
One wolf had silky ck fur like the color of the night sky; the other wolf was smaller, looking rather
sickly and bony.
It was Daran and Lance!
J rounded her eyes in shock
Daran said that he was going to meet with Lance about the ritual.
Looked like things fell apart and they started fighting. The fight got so intense that it
destroyed the entire pce!
But what happened?
What did they talk about exactly that led to this fight?
“You lied to me, Daran!”
J heard Lance’s voice growling
“You said that you are my friend, my ally and we are going to aplish great tangs together. But
you FUCKING LIED!”
Lator’s woll lunged at its ck adversary, teeth bared
Daran dodged swiftly
“You just want the power for yourself,” Daran’s voice was cold, echoing through the
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The bony wall, not to be outdone, retaliated with a barrage of swift strikes, creating a chaotic dance
of fangs and ws.
This was getting out of control.
J quickly retreated behind a partially copsed wall and evaluated the situation. Daran was
clearly stronger.
But no matter how many wounds he created on Lance’s body, they just would not kill Lance.
The Rogue King was immortal in this ce.
And since Lance had nothing to fear, he attacked fiercely. There were already a few deep cuts on
Daran’s body left by Lance’s paws and fangs.
Daran couldn’t win this!
J’s eyes scanned across this ce urgently, looking for a solution.
She spotted a giant pir, leaning against a crumbling wall. One gentle push and the pir and the
wall would topple down together.
They could use it to trap Lance and win time to get out!
Made up her mind, J dashed out of her shelter and ran towards the pir.
“DARAN!”
She cried as she ran.
“OVER HERE!”
Daran jerked around. They locked eyes.
Anger and disbelief flickered across his eyes as though he was wondering what J was doing
here.
J pointed at the pir. And she could see that he understood her n immediately.
It was amazing. They didn’t need words tomunicate.
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They knew one another so well that they could read each other’s minds with just one
look.
Daran dived at Lance again and sunk his fangs into Lance’s neck. He picked Lance up with his
mouth, shook his head, and threw Lance at that crumbling wall!
Lance snarled furiously.
His back hit against the wall.
The great force caused the wall to crush down along with that giant pir and fell right on Lance’s
body…
A huge cloud of dust rose. Lance was buried in the ruins.
“LET’S GO!!”
J yelled and rushed to Daran.
The ck wolf lowered its back and let J climb up.
Its rear legs pushed against the ground and leaped upwards. It jumped between pirs and rocks
and climbed up to the top.
sificent pce was now a ruin of stones and dust.
The once magnificent pce was now a ruin of stones and dust.
J could hear horrified screams and cries from the distance.
“Go to the South Gate!” she clenched onto the ck wolf’s fur and cried to its ears.
The ck wolf paused for a brief moment and turned on its heels, heading to the South.
The wolf ran at its highest speed. The destroyed pce quickly receded into the background.
The night wind gushed on J’s face. She could hardly keep her eyes open. Roughly 15 minutes
later, they arrived at the woods near the South Gate. J saw torches and lights in the distance.
“Stop…We are here.”
She slipped off Daran’s back and rushed forward.
Edwin just came out of the woods to wee her. He looked astounded.
“Hey J, are you OK?” He cried to her, “I heard a huge noise from the pce like there was an
earthquake or something…Wait, you brought Daran with you?”
J grabbed his wrist and hissed, “He is hurt! He needs help!”
Edwin raised an eyebrow, “Helping him is not part of the deal.”
J’s heart was seized by anxiety.
“This is fucking urgent-” she cried.
“What is going on?”
A tall figure stepped out of the darkness and walked up to them. His golden hair was brighter than
the afternoon sunshine.
It was Westin.
“Westin! I know it is a lot to ask but…” J’s voice started to tremble. “…but please help Daran-”
A low groan came behind their back.
Daran had shifted back to his human form. He held his stomach and swayed on his spot, his face
pale as a piece of paper.
Blood was gushing out from the wound.
He stumbled forward and crushed onto his knees.
“Daran-!!” J screamed.