Chapter 19

Noelle looked back and saw Marcus. She asked coldly, “What are you doing here?”

“If I weren’t here, were you going to use that on him?”

Marcus’ heart pounded wildly. If he was half a second late, things would have gone terribly.

Aside from the fact that he could never arrange for his daughter to meet the Wolf King, torturing the Wolf King alone would put his daughter in a dangerous position as the million Lycantroops would certainly retaliate.

The thought fueled his nervousness. His forehead was glistening with sweat and his expensive

shirt was drenched.

“Why are you two standing there? Release him!” Marcus shouted at the other two officers in the

room.

“Release him?” Noelle glared at Marcus and grumbled. “He is a suspect in a gang fight. Eight men have been injured…”

“Nonsense!” Marcus stopped her right away. “He is someone with a special identity. He did not do whatever you claimed he did, so release him immediately!”

“Special identity?” Noelle scoffed. “Tell me, how special is his identity?”

“He’s the W-”

The words were stuck in his throat.

“Heh! What’s wrong? Can’t speak?” Noelle continued provoking Marcus. “Or did he bribe…”

Slap!

Before Noelle could finish, Marcus slapped her on the face.

silenced the noisy interrogation

towards them in

slapped me?” Noelle covered her swollen face and questioned

“I…”

stammering prevented

were just an unqualified husband and father, but now it seems that you are also unqualified as mayor!”

then strode out of

explained,” Sir, I am so sorry

want to,” Marcus bowed and

to get along well with your daughter,” Andrius said as he exercised his

I was in service, my wife passed away due to illness, and

with a bitter expression, “The girl has always hated me. To her, I was never a good husband or a good father. It’s

Marcus‘ shoulder. “I’ll let this go for

“Thank you, sir.”

Dream’s Waterfront. When he arrived at the

sent

“Yeah.” Andrius nodded.

was removing his shoes

“You do?” Andrius frowned.

lucky guy, saving Mayor Freely in the mountains,” Luna

tacitly knew that Marcus did not

once, don’t go to him anymore

“Why?”

more powerful the person, the heavier they viewed debts of gratitude. You saved Mayor Freely once, and he introduced you in front of some of the most influential figures in the city. I take it as

bothered. “Marcus and I

city people do things. It’s not like in

could think so simplistically about human nature. He really

How naive!

to you whether you

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