Fated To The Cursed Lycan Prince

Crystal’s POV:

I’d been searching for Arron for a long time. At last, I spotted Beryl and him arguing with the guards in front of a banquet hall.

I became anxious when I realized that this was the venue of Rufus’ ball. A continuous stream of Alphas and noble ladies of various packs were entering the hall. Rufus would arrive at any time. I couldn’t let him see Arron.

I called out to Arron, wanting to take him with me. He obviously heard me, but he charged into the banquet hall with Beryl without a backward glance.

I was puzzled. Why was he suddenly rebelling? Arron had never disobeyed me.

I hurried to get to him, but was stopped by a guard at the entrance of the hall.

“You can’t go in without the invitation.” The guard scrutinized me with sharp eyes.

I awkwardly pulled my knee length thick coat tighter around me. I had stepped out of my accommodations in a hurry and was wearing my pajamas and pink wool slippers. I was obviously inappropriately dressed for the ball. If I were the guard, I wouldn’t allow someone like me to go inside.

“I’m the mother of the two kids who just went in. I want to take them back with me,” I tried to explain to the guard, but he ignored me. He just asked me to show him my invitation and stated that he could allow me inside as long as I had an invitation.

I colored with embarrassment. I had no intention of attending the ball at all, so I wasn’t carrying the invitation with me when I rushed out to look for my son. I hadn’t expected that Arron would come here by himself.

“If you don’t have an invitation, you should leave.” My pleas left the guard unmoved.

I had no choice but to reveal my identity. “I am the Alpha of the border pack. The mask I’m wearing is enough to prove that.”

The guard’s expression remained unchanged. He reiterated that no one was allowed to enter without an invitation.

I was so agitated that I was very close to losing my mind. I stood on my toes and poked my head in the hall, trying to see where the kids had gone.

The passing guests gave me strange looks. Eventually, the guards lost their patience and shoved me.

“If you don’t leave now, we will use f0rce!”

One guard pushed me back. A hand landed on my shoulder and someone pulled me behind her. I turned my head and saw Flora! In a frosty voice, she said to the guard, “We have invitations.”

As she spoke, she winked at Warren, who was standing behind her. He immediately caught her hint. He took out two invitations and showed them to the guard. He had the same icy expression as Flora. “Can we enter now?”

The guard recognized Warren and didn’t dare go against him. He nodded and said, “Of course, you can go in.”

When I heard that, I was overjoyed. Just as I was about to enter the hall, Flora stopped me. With a heavy sigh, she said, “Honey, look at you. It’s not appropriate to go in like this. Do you want to become the target of everyone’s stares?”

She lowered her voice so that only I could hear her. “You don’t want Rufus to notice you, do you? He will become aware of you if you wear such out-of-place clothes.”

I pursed my lips and considered her words carefully. Flora was speaking sense. The ball was about to start and the kids wouldn’t likely to coincidentally bump into Rufus. I prayed hard to Moon Goddess that they wouldn’t!

“Don’t hesitate. Let’s go and get you changed!” Without giving me a chance to refuse, Flora grabbed my arm and led me away.