Chapter 2
As I cleaned the final drop of blood on the floor, the wound on my chest healed thoroughly. At the same time, a new day
dawned for the Moonshadow Pack.
Cyrus emerged from the bedroom, carrying Emily’s scent, and saw the rag soaked in dark red blood.
He frowned. “Why is there so much blood?”
I didn’t explain, only lowering my head. “I’m sorry, I’ll deal with this dirty thing immediately.”
Outside the window, a maid was watering the garden, and she deliberately raised her voice, “That monster asked me how to please a werewolf and what gifts to give to a werewolf mate before! Goodness, is she trying to seduce the Alpha King?”
“Gosh, does she think that a witch like her can be with the Alpha King? How delusional! Doesn’t she know that those dirty merfolk are the reason why the Alpha King’s parents disappeared? She should be spending her entire life repenting!”
Hearing those words, I immediately sensed danger and tried to retreat back to the basement, but Cyrus moved faster.
He dragged me straight to the interrogation room, pressing me down on the chair that was carved with lightning runes.
With a mana stone that could activate the runes in hand, he looked down at me darkly.
“I just remembered that it was time for me to interrogate you… Now talk. Where did you bring my parents?”
I closed my eyes, flashes of excruciating pain that I’d experienced in this very chair flashing through my senses. Shuddering, I replied, “I don’t know…”
The moment I finished speaking, strong electrical currents surged through me, making me scream in agony.
My entire body convulsed violently, and the wounds that had scabbed over split open once more.
When it ended, I was so weak that I could barely even breathe.
Cyrus‘ breaths became heavy, and he leaned in to press his ear on my chest, confirming that my heart was indeed still
beating.
“Just tell me! Why won’t you tell me?!” His voice was on the brink of breaking down, as if he was experiencing excruciating pain as well. “I just want to know where my parents are, Marina! If you tell me, I’ll let you go…”
Blood flowed from the edge of my lips, every fiber of my being screaming in pain. “I… I won’t tell you…”
I could never let anyone know where Cyrus‘ parents were–this was a matter of their safety:
“Well, be that way!” Cyrus stared at me for a very long while, before scoffing and ordering for his underlings to bring the mermaid pearls that I thought I’d kept hidden.
