Carl's POV:
Eager to see Jennifer again, I drank several bottles of wine to give me some liquid courage.
But every time I reached the gate of the palace, my confidence vanished into thin air.I wandered alone
outside the palace for a long time, trying to calm down, but in the end, I couldn't pluck up the nerve to
find Jennifer.
Maybe it was time for me to accept reality.I had no right to covet her.
After a long time of dilly dallying this way, I returned to the hotel dejectedly, intending to pack my things
and return to my pack.I couldn't afford to keep moping around like this anymore.
After all, the werewolves of my pack needed me.
As the Alpha, the responsibility to protect the pack fell on me.
While I was here, the elders of my pack had been sending me messages every day to inform me about
the developments of the war.
Ever since King Anthony sent the reinforcements to help us, the situation was much better.
But until the vampires gave up, my pack wouldn't be in the clear yet.
While I was packing up my luggage, I suddenly sensed a figure appear in front of me.
"Who are you?"
I was so startled that I blurted out those words before even looking up.
When I saw the man standing in front of me, I couldn't help but take a step back, as if I was facing a
formidable enemy.
How had he appeared out of thin air? Had he been hiding in this room all along? Why hadn't I noticed
him before? It was terrifying to think that he could slip past my defenses so easily.
When I took a closer look at him, I realized that he looked a little familiar.
Wasn't he Larry, the wizard who had come to see me once before? His witchcraft was very powerful,
since he could appear and disappear out of thin air.
I didn't expect to see him again.What the hell did he want from me?
"Why are you here again?" I growled, putting up a bold front.
Thinking of what he had said to me before, I was embarrassed to the point of being furious.
How did he know so much about me? Had he been stalking me? Fuming, I added, "Don't you have any
regard for privacy?"
"I'm not here to discuss such trivial things with you, Carl," Larry drawled, slowly approaching me.
"Don't you like Jennifer? Don't you want to take her away from the so-called king?"
"How can I like her? She is the queen!" I retorted without thinking.
"You do like her.What's more, you are jealous of Anthony.You are jealous that he has Jennifer and not
you," Larry sneered.
This damn wizard! Was he trying to bewitch me with his stinging words? Covering my ears, I shouted,
"Stop talking nonsense! I don't like Jennifer in that way! She is our queen! All I have for her is respect
and admiration!"
"Stop lying through your teeth, Carl.I can see right through you.You are such a loser that you don't
even dare to admit you like someone.You're nothing but a coward,"
Larry continued, provoking me further.
"Enough!" I yelled.
Larry's words managed to touch a sore spot, making me tremble with anger.
"Okay, okay.You're right! I'm a loser.I do like Jennifer.I have loved her for many years.I lost her the first
time, and I've been looking for her ever since.I never thought that when I met her again, she would
have gotten married to the king."
As I spoke, I threw the clothes in my hands aside and clutched my throbbing head with my hands.I
really hoped that Larry wouldn't continue to prod at my wounds.I did like Jennifer, but what did it
matter? I could do nothing about it.
"Don't give up so soon!"Larry said.
"I'm here to help you.You still have a chance.You can take Jennifer back.It's not too late, Carl!"
That glimmer of hope made me waver, but I still shook my head fervently.
"No, I don't want to be a third party.Besides, Jennifer doesn't have feelings for me."
As an upright Alpha, I couldn't break up the relationship between Jennifer and Anthony.
But Larry just scoffed at me.
"You are so naive, Carl.You can never win in love unless you fight for it.As long as you cooperate with
me, I can bring Jennifer back to you."
What was he talking about? My heart raced wildly at the prospect of actually getting Jennifer, but I
quickly shook those thoughts out of my head.
Although I didn't stay in the royal palace, I did hear some rumors that Anthony had arranged to close
the garden of the royal palace in order to deal with the grand wizard Larry.
"Don't make me laugh, Larry.You can't even protect yourself, but you claim that you can give me want
you want," I said crossly.
"Go back to your place!"
Larry narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Only then did I realize that I made a slip of the tongue.I shouldn't have said that.I didn't know what the
conflict between Anthony and Larry was, but as the Alpha of a pack, it wasn’t good for me to make
trouble for the king.
"Mean by what? I'm just talking nonsense.I'm drunk," I grumbled, pulling a long face.
"Get out, Larry! You are not welcome here.If you don't leave, I'll call for help."
"You coward!"
Larry's face darkened, but he turned around and left, slipping into the darkness.
He must have left completely, right? After waiting for a few seconds, I breathed a sigh of relief and
slumped back onto the sofa, covering my head irritably.
To be honest, Larry's offer had been almost irresistible.
Of course I wanted to way to get Jennifer.
How could I let Anthony have her? I was the one who had met her first.He had just taken advantage of
my absence.
Damn it, why did my mind keep wandering this way! I knocked my head to stop myself from thinking
such evil thoughts.I had to go back to my pack as soon as possible.
Larry's POV:
After being chased away by Carl, I had no choice but to go back home empty-handed.
"What an idiot! I helped him out of kindness, but he didn't appreciate it," I muttered to myself, sitting on
the bed to have a rest.
However, I couldn't get Carl's words out of my head for some reason.
Just now, he clearly said that I couldn't protect myself.What did he mean by that? Did he know
something that I didn't? It was possible.
After all, he was the Alpha of a werewolf pack.
He might have heard that Anthony and Jennifer were planning something to deal with me, so he had
mocked me for not being able to protect myself.In fact, I hadn't originally planned to leave so easily just
now.
I had wanted to use an illusion skill to bewitch Carl and make him work for me, but my condition was
too weak.
After failing several times in a row, I could only give up.
But I couldn't let things go on like this.If my suspicions were right, Amelia's invitation to meet her
tomorrow must be a trap.I had to prepare in advance.I got up from the bed and began to look through
the magic books I had collected, hoping to find a solution in one of those pages.I couldn't let Anthony
win.
With every book I checked, I grew more and more desperate.I couldn't find anything useful.
The books were just filled with curses that I couldn't use at the moment anyway.
Flinging the books aside, I looked through the rows and rows of magic medicine that I had stored in the
cabinet.
Finally, when I was on the verge of losing my head, a bottle of purple medicine caught my eye.
"Aha!" I laughed happily and kissed the bottle hard.
"This is the one!"
I was surprised that I still had this bottle of forbidden medicine.
It never had any use for me before, but it was perfect for this situation.
This medicine could quickly enhance the magical energy of a person in a short period of time.
Even if a person with no magical energy drank it, they would be able to perform magic, let alone a
wizard who already possessed strong magical energy to begin with.
If I drank it, it would make my energy increase by several times.
However, the reason why this medicine was forbidden was because it would have a strong side effect
on whoever consumed it.
The enhancement of the magical energy would only last for a day.
Once the effect wore off, it would take a large toll on the drinker.
In some cases, they would become paralyzed, and even their mind would become scrambled.
I knew the consequences of taking this medicine very well, because I was the one who had made it in
the first place.I had kept it aside thinking that I could use it on another wizard one day, but I had never
had the need for it.
That turned out to be a good thing, because now, I needed it for myself.
This bottle of medicine was the only thing that could help me face my predicament, at least temporarily.
If I found out that Amelia had really colluded with those werewolves to deal with me tomorrow, I would
definitely make her and all of them pay a heavy price.I was Larry, the grand wizard.I was not someone
to be trifled with.
As for Amelia..for her sake, I really hoped that she hadn't betrayed me.
Because if she had, I would lock her in the darkness forever and make her be my slave.
Pursing my lips in hatred, I put the bottle of magic medicine on the table in front of me and stared at it.
Amelia's sweet smile appeared in my mind.
My heart tightened painfully.
The memories of the past made me suffer.I tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
Deep down, I prayed that tomorrow's meeting with Amelia wouldn't turn out to be what I fear.I loved her
so much.I hoped that she wouldn't let me down.
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