Fated To The Cursed Lycan Prince

Crystal’s POV:

“Yes, madam. I’ll arrange it right away.” The subordinate acknowledged the order and was about to leave.

I was struck by a thought and stopped him. “My trip to the imperial capital needs to be kept a secret. Don’t tell this to anyone, especially my kids.”

Something seemed to dawn on the man and he displayed a surprised expression. “You aren’t going to take the children to the imperial capital?”

“Well, they are quite naughty at this age. I’m worried I won’t be able to look after them if I get busy.” My explanation was only partially true.

The subordinate nodded and left.

I returned to my room to pack my things. Every time the ceremony ended, the Alphas of all the packs would stay behind in the capital for a week to attend some meetings and banquets. I only needed to take some clothes and my daily toiletries.

The kids were fast asleep. I quietly packed my stuff and put my suitcase in the store room, afraid that they would discover I was leaving.

As these thoughts ran through my mind, I began worrying again. I couldn’t come up with a plausible excuse to leave. My intuition told me that if my kids found out I was going to the imperial city, they would definitely ask to go with me, especially Beryl. She has always been so curious about the outside world.

Besides, I had never been away from them for such a long period since they were born.

The truth was, I didn’t want to leave either.

I sighed and lay beside them, not sure if I should take them with me or not.

If I wanted to sneak away, it would be difficult to find a time they were not near me. Arron clung to me all the time. And now that the kids didn’t have a nanny, they would definitely visit my office in the city hall frequently to see me.

It was only the next day that an idea struck me when I passed by a school.

After dinner, I was about to narrate stories to Beryl and Arron as usual.

Before that, I pretended to suddenly remember something. I took out a paper from my pocket that was covered in hand-painted cartoons and handed it to them. “The school has organized a camping activity for three days and two nights. Do you want to go? They are going to take you to see some monkeys and have a picnic.”

I tried my best to make it more appealing. As expected, Beryl’s eyes lit up.

“Monkeys! I want to see monkeys! And feed them bananas!”

“Are there any peacocks?” Arron muttered. Although he didn’t display much enthusiasm like his sister, he still studied the pamphlet carefully.

“Of course there are. You will get a chance to visit a big zoo during the trip.” I felt a little proud that I knew them inside out.

I was the one who had arranged this activity. For the safety of my children, I would especially send a group of elite guards who would work undercover as their teachers.

“Do you want to go there? You will get to see many cute animals.” I observed them with a smile. As I watched the excited expression on Beryl’s face, I was certain they would agree.

Although Arron hadn’t shown much keenness, he would follow his sister as long as she went.

Ha-ha, these kids were no match for me.

“Yes! Yes!” Beryl was so ecstatic that she wanted to pack her bag and leave for the camp this very minute.

“Okay, you guys just behave yourselves. You can go tomorrow. Now, you should go to sleep.” I suppressed my laughter, took back the pamphlet, and tucked them in.

“Okay.”

“Okay!”

Two childish voices answered at the same time.

Beryl and Arron lay down on the bed and shut their eyes obediently.

I didn’t leave the room until they were fast asleep.