Caroline’s POV:. That morning, it was the pain that jolted me awake. When I opened my eyes, I saw bruises all over my body, some of which had scabbed. My body shook in fury. Austin was a bastard! How dare he keep me prisoner and humiliate me like this? I had no choice but to swallow my anger and pride, and beg him to let me out. In order to escape confinement, I had to seduce him and lie to him that I would cooperate with him. I could take advantage of Austin to separate Anthony and Jennifer, but I would never really be loyal to a pervert like him. But I remembered that he said he had something that he could hold against me, so I had to tread lightly for the time being. Finally, I was released from the secret room that I was imprisoned in. I heard that Elizabeth had woken up, so the first thing I did was rush to her room to see her. There were many lycans stationed outside her room. Most of them were guards that had been selected to protect her. I knew that they were Anthony’s private guards. When I entered the room, I found Elizabeth taking her medicine. She glanced up at me and then looked away before lying back down on the bed, as if I didn’t exist. “Mom, what’s wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable? Or did I make you angry again?” I asked anxiously. She squinted her eyes at me, as if she was trying to see through me. “Caroline, why would I get kidnapped in the fitting room that day? It’s too much of a coincidence. Don’t say that it had nothing to do with you. How can I trust you again?”. Damn it! It seemed that she had begun to suspect me. This was not a good sign. If I lost Elizabeth’s trust, it would be even more difficult for me to achieve my goals in the future. “Mom, what are you talking about? How could I harm you?”. I asked, blinking my eyes innocently as if I felt wronged. Elizabeth was softhearted, so I knew that I could win back her trust. Her reaction to my words was lukewarm, so I decided to play my trump card. I cried, “Before, I couldn’t accept Jennifer being with Anthony, and I was fooled by Austin’s sweet words. After you disappeared, I went to Austin to ask him for help. Do you know what happened to me?”. I rolled up my sleeve, revealing a splatter of bruises on my forearm. As I expected, Elizabeth’s eyes widened in shock, and she seemed to let her guard down. “What happened to you? How did you get hurt?”. As she spoke, she leaned over with concern to check my bruises. I was secretly pleased with her reaction. I r olled my sleeve back down quickly, as if I w as scared to let anyone else see the bruises. “What di d he do to you?” . As soon as Elizabeth said t hat, I knew that her attitu de towards me had softened

I had to squeeze as much sympa thy as I could out of her at t his moment, so I began to cry. While wiping my tears away, I replied, “He locked me up in secret a room and raped me many times. You’re the only pers on I can turn to. If you refuse to help me, I’d rather die. I channeled a look of desponde nce on my face, so as to evoke even more pity from Elizabeth. Sure enough, she bought my act a nd thought that I wanted to comm it suicide. She hugged me tightly. I knew that she truste d me again. “Don’t worry. Soon, we won’t need to be afraid of Austin any more. Everything will be fine once Anthony and Jennifer com e back,” Elizabeth said comfortingly as she stroked my hair. But what did she mean? Why would everything be fine once Anthony came back? Had he finally made up his mind to usurp the throne? There was a time when I had l ooked forward to it, and I had thought that I would be by his side as his queen. But now that Anthony was with Jennifer , I knew that even if he succeeded, I w ouldn’t be the one standing beside him. It left a bad taste in my mouth. Nevertheless, if Anthony had ind eed made up his mind to overthrow Austin’s rule, it was a huge d ecision. It was so shocking that I still needed time to digest it. And with everything that had happened recently, I h ad almost forgotten about Jennifer. I raised my head to look at Elizabeth, keeping my expression neutral. “Mom, where is J ennifer?” Elizab eth smiled at me. “She’s with Anthony, of course. I forgot to tell you. If everything goes well, the two of them will be eng aged soon. This will be a big deal for all the packs. What? Had I heard her wrong? . Jennifer, that bitch! Was she really goi ng to marry Anthony? As long as I was al ive, I would never allow that to happen. Anth ony’s POV: . The news th at we receiv ed was true. Colored Flowers Pack was indeed being inv aded by the vampires. When Jennifer and I arrived t here, we happened to see many vampires besieging the pack. When it came to battle, Jennifer and I had developed a good taci t understanding with each other. We each led a small gro up of elite werewolves to take on the vampires. With us attacking the m from both sides, we managed to trap them. It turned out that these vampires were not at all strong. The werewolves of this pack had only been at their mercy till no w because they were outnumbered. But since Jennifer and I attracted the m ain force of the vampires towards us, th ose werewolves were soon able to escape. I was afraid that, having gone withou t training for a while, Jennifer woul d not be as strong as she used to be. But to my surprise, she charge d right into the vampires’ cir cle and attacked them head-on. “Anthony, I haven’t fought for a long time

I feel so alive. It’s their bad luck to meet me t oday. ” Jennifer looked over at me and grinned. As a result of the fierce battle, her hair had come undone, and was falling loose over her shoulders. She looked m ore beautifu l than ever. “Jennifer, be ca reful. Don’t get y ourself injured. While fighting against the vampires, I couldn’t help b ut keep an eye on Jennifer. She had gone thr ough too many pr oblems recently. Maybe it was a good thing for her to take this opportun ity to vent her emotions, but I was afraid that she wou ld disregard her own safety while fighting the vampires. But after a while of watching Jennifer, I realized that she wasn’t as re ckless as I feared, and still remembered the skills she had learned throu gh training, so I withdrew my gaze and let her have the main battlefield. It didn’t take long for us to turn the tables. After a few minutes of battle, the remaining vampires didn’t even dare to approach Jennifer. The werewolves of the pack who had bee n trapped before also turned into their wolf forms to support me and Jennifer. Realizing that they were outmatched, the vampires finally chose to run away. “Jennifer, you were so reckless just now. What if you’d hurt yourself?” . After the battle was over, I took Jennifer’s hand and looked at her with concern. She stuck out h er tongue and ma de a face at me. “Don’t worry, honey. It’s just this time. I won’t do it again. “You…” I reached o ut and poked her n ose affectionately. Just as Jennifer and I were about to leave, the werewolv es of the pack approached us. One of them ask ed, “Which pack are you from?” . I was about to speak when they all start ed praising Jennifer. “Miss, you are so powerful. I have never seen a she- wo lf as strong as you before. “Yes. Watching you took my breath away. Those werewolves spoke one a fter another, not giving me a chance to chime in at all. “Which pack are you from? Do you have a mate yet?” . “Excuse me, I’m h er mate,” . I finally interjected , pulling the werewol f closest to Jennifer. Then, I looked at all of them and announce d loudly, “Her name is Jennifer, and she is with me, Prince Anthony of Osman Kingdom. When those werewolves heard that, they were d umbfounded. They bowed their heads respectfully and didn’t dare to approach Jennifer anymore