Sylvia's POV:

The charcoal stone soon turned black, looking harmless.

But then a local soldier threw a piece of beef onto it. We all instantly heard a sizzling sound and the beef was roasted in a matter of seconds.

Seeing this, the group of local soldiers began to jeer at Ashley to start dancing.

Ashley hesitated slightly, but finally she lifted her injured foot.

Harry clenched his fists. He was so angry at the scene that he let out a string of expletives. "Fuck!"

But his voice was drowned out amidst the chaos.

Flora nearly rushed to the vampire slave to put a stop to this, but I stopped her quickly. "Calm down. Geoffrey is looking at us."

Something told me that we needed to look into this matter further, but we needed to do it subtly. We couldn't attract attention to ourselves now, lest it alert the enemy.

Besides, everyone here seemed to hate Ashley with a passion. It wasn't appropriate for us to stop them without knowing why they hated her. The music and the drumbeats picked up the pace, as though it was urging Ashley to step on the stone.

I could see that Ashley had broken out in cold sweat. She stepped one foot on the edge of the iron tray where the charcoal stone lay, while the other foot dragged behind her hesitantly.

"Hurry up!" one of the soldiers shouted impatiently.

Gritting her teeth, Ashley stood on tiptoe and twirled around gracefully.

"Bravo!"

"Go on. Show us more ass!"

"Hurry up! Don't try to make us feel sorry for you. You owe us for last night!"

The soldiers burst into laughter.

The deafening cheers all around me made me want to explode. I clenched my fists tightly. It took all of my willpower not to rush over and tear these fiends in werewolf clothing apart. But fortunately, I didn't have to.

"Enough. I don't like this show. She can leave now."

Rufus' words made Geoffrey sober up immediately. He looked at Rufus with fear in his eyes and asked, "Are you dissatisfied, Your Highness?"

Rufus cast a cold glance at Geoffrey in a domineering manner, which made Geoffrey shrivel on the spot.

The man had no choice but to wave to the guards, hinting at them to take Ashley away.

A hush fell over the banquet hall. Nobody dared to make a sound.

Geoffrey played ignorant and kept trying to flatter Rufus.

"Your Highness, if you need anything, just tell

me, okay?"

But Rufus' eyes were as cold as ice. I could tell he was doing everything he could to suppress his anger. He put his glass down and said loudly, "Let's call it a day. Everyone, go get some rest." After saying that, he gave Geoffrey a bonechilling glance. "I need to talk to you alone."

I breathed a sigh of relief and shot Rufus a grateful look before hurrying to take Flora and others away

When we came out, it was already dark. Jerome led us to our temporary accommodations.

Flora and I put down our luggage and quickly changed into casual clothes, ready to sneak out.

However, as soon as we walked out of the residence, we were stopped by a masked figure.

Both Flora and I were startled. Just as we were about to fight back, the figure held a finger to his mouth. "Shh, it's me. Calm down."

The figure took off his black mask, revealing Warren's familiar face.

Flora punched him angrily. "Why would you wear black at night? Did you want to scare the living shit out of us?"

"Keep your voice down. There are soldiers patrolling the area," Warren lowered his voice and whispered cautiously.

I looked at him helplessly. "How did you know that we were going to sneak out?"

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