The Lycan King's Fate Calling (Shawn Gibson and Sylvia) novel Chapter 1273

Crystal's POV:

Without a moment to lose, Rufus and I rushed to Laura's palace.

Since Ethan's death, Laura had been living alone in a smaller structure in a secluded corner of the garden.

Only a few lanterns were on, and there were no guards patrolling the palace.

It looked oddly quiet from a distance.

I couldn't shake off the bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.

I couldn't imagine what kinds of horrible things Noreen would do to Arron.

If Laura wasn't on her guard, Noreen could easily fool her.

I stopped in front of the door nervously and reached for the door handle, but Rufus quickly grabbed my wrist and pulled me behind him protectively. "Let me do it."

Then with a cold, dark expression, he decisively pushed the door open.

The faint sound of a child's laughter came from the end of the corridor.

It was undoubtedly Arron laughing.

There was a small garden at the end of the corridor. Arron liked to hide there whenever they played hide -and-seek.

Rufus and I exchanged glances and simultaneously sighed in relief.

Fortunately, Arron was okay.

But all of a sudden, we heard him scream.

My heart skipped a beat. I rushed to the end of the corridor and yanked the curtains out of the way. A delicate garden came into view.

I looked around and found that Beryl was approaching Arron with a strange-lookingbug in the palm of her hand.

"What are you doing?!"

act created by Noreen.

"Mommy, what's wrong? Why'd you get so mad at Beryl?" Arron wrapped his arms around my neck and looked at me in confusion. "Beryl was just playing. Besides, I'm not afraid of bugs. I wanted to make the crickets fight."

Laura didn't say anything, but she did cast me a reproachful glance.

Only then did I come to my senses, instantly regretting my impulsive actions. If my guess was wrong and Noreen wasn't in Beryl's body, then I would've hurt the child for no reason.

I set Arron down on the ground and walked up to Beryl, trying to apologize.

"Baby Beryl, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you just now. I just..."

Beryl's face had turned red from crying. She lowered her head, unwilling to look at me.

Rufus gave me a sympathetic look, telling me with his eyes that I had to calm down first.

I felt terrible. Just as I opened my mouth to say something more, I suddenly saw a weird smile on Beryl's face. Then I saw that she was about to place the strange-looking bug onto Rufus' chest...