Chapter 995   - JUST THIS ONCE...

The scent hit all of his sense. He clenched his jaw and balled his fists, as his eyes turned hard with every step that he took when he entered the room.

This was impossible! What was she doing here?!

Jedrek halted his movements when he heard a faint whimper coming from behind a shelf, which was filled with things that could be used to explain about human organs. He couldn't see her, but it was definitely her voice.

Or, maybe Jedrek could be totally wrong and this was just another trap by the devils to lure him?

Whatever it was, Jedrek needed to see it by himself and learn what exactly was going on here.

Whoever it was, they stopped whimpering when they realized that someone was coming in their way, but their breathing became heavier, seemingly this person was trying to suppress their presence.

The echo of Jedrek's footsteps stopped when he stood still in front of Serefina, who was lying on the dirty floor, clutching her chest with one hand, while her other hand was covering her mouth.

The witch's red hair had sprawled all over her face and Jedrek didn't need to see her face to know that it was her, except if one of the devils transformed themselves to look like Serefina, which Asmodeus had done once in the past.

Sensing someone standing close to her, Serefina opened her eyes with difficulty and tried to sit down, but whatever pain that she was suffering now, prevented her from doing so, as she curled her body into a fetal position.

"…" she tried to say something to Jedrek, but it was hard to discern her words.

On the other hand, Jedrek was stunned to see Serefina in this condition. What happened to her? Was she hurt? Did the devils do something to her?

"What happened to you?" Jedrek immediately got on his knees and scooped her body. Her skin felt very cold against his.

Serefina mumbled something again, but the pain that washed over her being, forced her to stifle a scream.

"Serefina…" Jedrek held her body and let her head rest against his chest. "Where does it hurt?"

Serefina shook her head weakly, she struggled to free herself, but she was too tired to do so and it was only a vain attempt, since Jedrek held her tightly.

"…away," she mumbled between her sobs. She hated it that Jedrek found her in this condition. "Stay away… from… me…." she said with much difficulty.

"No!" Jedrek growled, he was annoyed that Serefina was trying to push him away again and again.

On the other hand, hearing their king snapping at someone, the four lycan warriors outside the room immediately entered.

"Your Majesty! Are you all right?!" they asked, as they burst inside.

However, Jedrek stopped them in their tracks before they could see Serefina or the way he held the witch against his chest.

"STAY PUT!" He growled loudly, making them froze in their spots. "GET OUT!" he snarled at them.

"But… your majesty…" they looked hesitant when they were ordered to leave the king alone. They didn't need to see, to know that someone else was inside this room, but they also didn't dare to disobey a direct order.

Hence, they stayed in their place in confusion about what they had to do next.

But, Jedrek made it clear for them immediately.

"SCRAM!" he yelled his order with his Alpha's tone and this left them shuddering in fear, leaving them with no other choice, but to flee the scene.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #..._51663651140074693 for visiting.

Serefina, who heard the way Jedrek chased his people away, curled her body against his chest, as tears fell on her cheeks silently, she bit her lower lip, until she could taste the blood.

Just this once… she wanted to feel the sense of protection from the man that she loved.

Just for this once and all of her pain would be worth it…

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"I can't do this…" Stephan stammered when he watched four dragon beasts approaching them while flapping their wings vigorously. "I don't know how to fly…" he shook his head again and took a step back.

However, Kace held his shoulder to hold him in his place, not allowing him to run away.

"If you don't fight them, all of us will die," Kace stated the fact harshly. "Do you really want to run in front of your own people? Don't you feel any tiny bit of shame?" his brows creased deeply when he said that.

Yet, Stephan was too afraid. Those beasts were very big. Well, he was too when he shifted into his beast form.

"But, I will definitely die if I fight them head on!" Stephan half- screamed at Kace.

Leaving the fl.u.s.tered dragon lord to Kace to convince that they didn't have any other choice but to fight the four dragon beasts or else they wouldn't be left alive the second they set them on fire, Lilac walked toward Torak with Sebastian in her tow.

"I think I can subdue them once they were close enough to the ground," Lilac spoke to Torak, her dark eyes lingered on the dragon beast that was flying ahead the other three.

Torak contemplated for awhile. "I can bring them close enough to the ground." He glanced at the guardian angel beside him. "You can attack them from a long distance, so you better stay behind."

"Don't worry, I can protect myself," Lilac said defiantly, she didn't want to be left behind.

"I know you can, but no one can guarantee that and anything could happen." Torak turned around and glanced at Kace, who was now trying to talk to Stephan hastily while asking him to be more brave, which was almost next to impossible, given the short time that they had. "If something happened to you, we will be doomed."

What Torak said was right. The clash was inevitable and this was not the time to act reckless.

"I will back you up," Lilac finally agreed. She heaved a deep sigh and saw that Stephan also yielded on the other side and was ready to shift, though from his expression, he seemed unperturbedly unsure with himself.

"You, stay with her." Torak nodded at Sebastian. "If anything happened to her, I will have your head."