Chapter 45



45 The Secret

Dorothy’s POV:

‘Selma, Selma! I beg you. Please be okay.’

I couldn’t help but recall every little thing happening while I was with Selma. Without realizing it, I fell into a strange situation.

Time seemed to have stopped. I could see the butterfly’s wings on the flower flapping slowly like an old clockwork toy. The wind and air seemed to have frozen. Some people who shouldn’t have appeared began to appear in reality. They moved forward as if they had 100 times the normal speed, but I strangely observed everything.

I realized that my prophetic ability had appeared for the first time.

Complicated information gushed into my head, making me feel dizzy. I only managed to grasp a few key details before the prophecies disappeared like the wind.

“Selma… I repeated. “And, Sir Aldrich.”

“This is a soul-stirring love story.” I smiled bitterly.

‘It was so shocking that you might lose your lives for it.’

Selma Payne’s POV:

I slept until dusk. It had been a long time since I felt so refreshed, and the fatigue accumulated over the past few days was swept away with my sleep.

“Miss Selma.” A servant came to ask for my permission. “A young lady by the name of Dorothy Hyeres wishes to see you. She says that she’s your classmate at Sivir Academy.”

“Of course. Please take her to the guest room, and tell her to wait for a while. I’ll wash up first.”

From what I knew, Dorothy wasn’t a girl who was very keen on socializing. She was quiet but delicate and sensitive, always isolating herself from the outside world.

I wanted to be friends with her, but it had not been going very well. So why would she suddenly come to me?

I quickly washed my face and gargled, then rushed to the guest room.

Dorothy sat on the sofa uneasily. When she saw me, she whispered, “Good evening, Selma,”

I was surprised as she had never said a word before, at least not in front of me.

“Good evening. I heard that there was an accident at school last night. Are you alright? Did you get affected?”

Dorothy was not very popular in school. Amid the chaos, I wasn’t if anyone had thought of pulling her to safety. I hoped that that night had not traumatized her.

“I’m fine. I’m fine,” Dorothy lowered her head and stammered a few words in response. Suddenly, she said, “I have something I want to talk to you about in private, can I?”

I gladly agreed and asked the servants to leave for the time being.

“What’s so secretive about what you’re about to tell me?” I sat down beside her. “It’s just us now. Don’t worry.”

Dorothy pursed her lips tightly and avoided my gaze as if she was still hesitating on whether she should say what she was about to say.

I wasn’t in a hurry. It was usual for this girl, who had always been silent, to be inarticulate.

Finally, she seemed to have made up her mind and said, “Can you keep what I am about to tell you a secret? Please don’t think that my request is rude. It’s just that… it might be too shocking. ”

I laughed. “How is this a rude request? We’re friends, and friends should keep each other’s secrets.”

After saying that, I asked uncertainly, “We’re friends. This isn’t one-sided, right?”

Dorothy did not seem to expect me to say that. After a long while, she nodded slightly. “Yes.”

“Before we start, I have something to tell you,” she said. “In fact, I’m not a pure werewolf. My father iwass a wizard, and I’m of mixed-blood. I was the one who caused the riot at school last night. The witch’s blood and my wolf had a fierce fight. I fainted and caused everything.”

Woah!

I didn’t expect to this on such a peaceful day.

It was so unbelievable that I took a long time to find my voice. “But, you are in the palace now… Could it be that they… ?”

I suddenly came to a realization. Could the elders have ordered Dorothy to be captured and executed in secret?

This was not fair! Even if Dorothy could be considered half a witch, even if the relationship between the werewolves and the witches was tense, Dorothy had not done anything wrong. She should not have suffered this unexpected punishment!

“I’m going to please my father and uncle. They can’t treat you like this!”

I stood up indignantly. Dorothy was shocked and quickly pulled me back. “No! Don’t go! I’m fine. The Lycan King has been very good to me. He was afraid I’d be exposed, so he brought me to the palace to hide for a few days!”

Realizing that I had mistaken, I sat down in embarrassment.

Dorothy took a few deep breaths and said with great difficulty, “My father’s bloodline can predict the future. This means I can also predict the future when I become an adult.”

“And my first prophecy happened today. It is about you.”

“About me?” Her serious expression caused me to become serious as well. “What is it about?”

“You’re dating Sir Aldrich, right?” she asked.

I didn’t expect our relationship to be exposed so suddenly, and I panicked for a moment. However, this kind of panic was harmless in the face of friends and not parents. Young people always stood on the side of young people.

“We want to keep it a secret for the time being.” I tugged on her sleeve. “Only you know about this. Please don’t tell anyone else.”

Dorothy nodded. “Of course. We’re friends. Friends should keep each other’s secrets, right?”