Chapter 184: Who Is the Traitor?
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[Margaret’s Perspective]
I felt something begin to gather in my eyes. I remembered that I was in the forest now and that many people were looking at me. I tried to keep my eyes open so that they wouldn’t fall out.
[Donald… ]
[Donald!]
I kept shouting Donald’s name in my heart to express my surging emotions.
[Margaret! Where are you? How are you!]
Donald sounded agitated too.
[I’m fine. I’m in a cabin and I don’t know where I am.]
I looked around at the others blankly.
[Are Elliot and the others with you? I’ll…]
Donald’s voice stopped abruptly. I heard a noisy commotion.
[Donald? Donald!!]
I looked at Elliot with wide eyes. “What happened to him?”
Elliot looked a little grave. He and Eric whispered to each other and then they walked out of the cabin together. Anthony, who had been left behind, and Elizabeth looked at each other. The feeling of panic in my heart returned.
“Give me a minute,” I said to Anthony and Elizabeth as I followed Eric and the others out of the cabin.
“What happened?” I looked back and forth between Eric and Elliot, trying to see something in their expressions. “Why did Donald suddenly lose contact? What happened to him just now?”
“Some kind of violent wave just hit our new communications system,” Eric said.
“From our brief canvass earlier, it was an inside job,” Elliot added.
My heart tightened further. Donald still had traitors around him.
“I want to contact him,” I said without hesitation.
“If His Majesty is in any real danger now, you’ll only disturb him,” Elliot said to me.
“What are you going to do now?” I looked straight at Elliot and asked. “You can’t stay here. Donald needs help. Hurry up and support him!”
“Our orders were to bring you back in one piece,” Elliot said.
“But you’re his beta. How can you not be by his side when something goes wrong?! If none of you are going, I’ll go.”
At this moment, I couldn’t care less. I only thought that Donald’s life might be threatened now. No matter what, I had to get to Donald’s side.
Elliot grabbed my wrist and pulled me in the direction of the cabin. Anthony and Elizabeth came out because of our argument.
I pulled my wrist out of Elliot’s grasp and stared at him.
I couldn’t stay here and wait for news of Donald’s death. I would definitely go crazy.
Elliot’s expression didn’t waver. I turned my attention to Eric.
“You’re all Donald’s people. Someone has to help him instead of just standing here.”
“The duty of the personal guards is indeed to protect the Lycan King…” Eric said slowly. “But we came here under His Majesty’s orders. This is what we have to obey unconditionally.”
“F*ck!” I reached out and grabbed my hair, unable to stop myself from cursing.
How could the people around Donald be so inflexible and stubborn? Donald is the one in danger now. What are they hesitating about?! If something happens to Donald, does my existence mean anything to them?
“There’s no need to explain, Eric,” Elliot said. “We’re not leaving here. For now, let’s search this cabin. Once we’re sure it’s safe, we’ll send them back.”
“That’s your decision? Are you the leader of these people?” I glared at Elliot and said, “Don’t forget what Angel did. You helped Angel shake off her responsibility back then. Now look what happened! Angel kidnapped us. She might have planned all of this alone. How dare you say you didn’t know anything about it? You also said that there was a traitor among us. I think you’re the most suspicious person among us!”
A look of pain crossed Elliot’s face. He gripped the dagger at his waist. “Lady Margaret,” he said, “when we return, I am willing to prove my loyalty to the Lycans and His Majesty in any way I can. But now His Majesty has given me the task of protecting you. That is the only thing I have to consider.”
Eric took a step forward, trying to ease the tension between Elliot and me. He changed the topic and said to me, “You were connected to our communication system normally just now. What was that about not being able to establish a Mindlink with anyone?”
“When I was still at home, I was forced to drink something that smelled very strange. Then I lost consciousness. Although I’m not good at Mindlink usually, I could still feel that some connection in me had been cut off,” Elizabeth added.
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