Chapter 1287
Crystal’s POV:
When I heard this familiar voice, I was so shocked that I grabbed Rufus
” hand and blurted, “Beryl’s still alive!”
Rufus, on the other hand, wasn’t as excited as me. He hesitated and whispered, “Could it be a trick?”
“No, I don’t think so.”
I didn’t have the time to overthink things. I rushed up and threw my arms around Beryl’s little body. I wished I could hold her like this forever so that no one could hurt her again.
“My sweetheart, you must be in so much pain,” I sobbed, tears of joy streaming down my face.
I cupped Beryl’s cheeks and looked into her eyes carefully.
Beryl pouted. Tugging my sleeve, she whimpered, “Mommy, I’m scared.”
As soon as she finished speaking, her expression suddenly changed, and Noreen’s voice appeared again. “Go away, brat! This body is mine now.”
* “No, it’s mine! You go away!” Beryl’s childish voice replied.
“I’m your senior. You should be respectful. I took your body, so let me use it. Why are you so stingy?”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!
“I won’t let you hurt my mommy!”
The two voices kept switching, as though Noreen and Beryl were fighting against each other in one body.
Beryl’s childish face was covered with sweat. She suddenly burst into tears and sobbed, “Mommy, help me! It hurts!”
Seeing Beryl like this felt like a knife was stabbing into my heart. I anxiously held her up and asked, “What should I do? Baby, tell me what I can do to help you..
“B***d…
” Beryl whispered weakly
I thought I heard it wrong, so I leaned closer to her and asked, “What did you say?”
“B***d!” Beryl burst into tears, her body contorting in pain in my arms,
“Mommy, I need to drink your b***d. Drinking your b***d will help me fight the bad woman!”
“Okay, here! I’lI give you my b***d. I’ll give you as much b***d as you want!” I rolled up my sleeve without thinking and reached for the dagger on the ground, ready to cut my own wrist.
But Rufus quickly snatched the dagger out of my hand. Looking at me grimly, he barked, “Crystal, wake up! That’s Noreen! The second you give her your b***d, everything will be over.”
“Noreen? How could it be Noreen? It’s Beryl…” As I spoke, I looked down at Beryl again. Only then did I see the unmasked greed and desire in her eyes.
That was something that only Noreen could exhibit.
I came back to my senses in an instant. I pushed Beryl away and stepped back in disbelief. “You lied to me, Noreen! You lied to me!”
Fortunately, Rufus had seen through Noreen’s trick in time. She dropped the act and cursed us angrily. “Damn you, lycan king! Just you wait! Once I get my full strength back, I won’t let you live!”
Rufus snorted coldly. “You couldn’t defeat me when you were alive. What makes you think you can do it now? Dream on.”
“You-|” Frustrated, Noreen gave up on arguing with Rufus and shifted her focus on me. “See, Crystal? Beryl is still alive. Now only you can save her.
I took a deep breath and asked her in a low voice,
“Why are you doing
this to Beryl?”
“To revive my full soul, of course,” Noreen answered naturally. Smoothing her messed up hair, she said lightly,
“You killed me and desecrated my
body. Now you have to pay for your sins. Because Beryl carries my b***d in her veins, I was able to occupy her body. It’s you I have to thank, Crystal. You gave birth to such a strong daughter who inherited both the black witch bloodline and the lycan power, just like you. Her body is perfect!
Just then, a thought occurred to me. 1 walked up to Noreen and asked, You want a body, don’t you? Use my body. Just leave Beryl out of this.