Fated to the Cursed Lycan Prince by Dark Knight
Chapter 1052 Spies
Crystal’s POV:
I took my son out for a walk that evening when I received a call from Blair. I declined without a second thought, not wanting to get involved in any trouble.
But Blair was persistent, and kept calling me for the next few minutes. In the end, I had no choice but to find a quiet place to take the call.
“Hello, what’s up?” I asked in a low voice. “Do you have any news about Ian?”
“Why are you whispering like a thief?” Blair teased, chuckling to herself.
“I don’t want Rufus’ men to find me talking to you,” I spoke under my breath, cupping my hand over my phone’s speaker as I did. I glanced around and sighed in relief when I saw no one. Even so, I knew that there must be someone out there who was spying on me in the dark.
“Don’t worry. Rufus won’t tamper with your phone.” Blair sounded confident as he rea*s*sured me.
“I sincerely doubt that. Rufus is already suspicious of me. I have no idea what he’s thinking. In any case, I need to take extra precautions and be more careful at this time.”
Blair sighed, and then her tone became serious. “We haven’t found Ian yet. I have something important to tell you, though.”
“All right, go ahead.” His manner was infectious, and I grew somber as well.
“It’s true that Rufus is suspecting you. The main purpose of this investigation on the border pack is to dig up information about you. I intended to brush him off, but I unexpectedly ran into some other complications while I was investigating.” Blair paused for a moment, and when he continued, his voice seemed to have gone deeper. “My men caught two spies hidden among the pack. They work for the vampires.”
This surprised me. Since the union of the border packs, we had maintained a relatively peaceful relationship with the vampires. They were still people who liked to make trouble every now and then, of course, but they were easily taken care of. And thankfully, they were wise enough to keep in line after going through severe punishment. The border packs even did business with the vampires, sometimes.
Then again, the vampires at the border only behaved because Hubson was cursed by the black witch, and his power was significantly reduced. If it came down to a full-on battle right now, there was a good chance he wouldn’t be able to protect his clansmen. He was right to keep a low profile.
Which was why I was taken aback to learn that they had planted spies in my pack. If the vampires attempted to break the peace, the werewolves would definitely not sit idle and did nothing.
“Where did you find the spies?” I asked, still keeping my voice low.
“One was in the army, while the other was among the guards stationed at the city gate.”
I frowned. My heart felt heavy inside my chest. Both the barracks and the city gates had a constant influx of people. It wouldn’t be easy to sneak your way in. Those spies must have been well-prepared. Who was behind this? There was only one person I could think of—Hubson.
But Hubson was practically on the verge of death because of the curse on him. He wouldn’t have had the strength to hash out such a covert plan, much less put it into action.
I clutched my phone and fell into silence. On the other end, Blair said nothing, either. He was waiting for me to speak first.
“What do you think about all of this?” I finally asked.
Blair gave it some thought before saying, “It must have something to do with Hubson. Some of the spies’ immediate family members have been transformed into hybrids. That makes them easy prey for pure-blooded vampires. They can be manipulated into doing anything, even into supporting vampires instead. As a matter of fact, it isn’t so hard to figure out their reasons for doing this. The problem is that I have no way of knowing just how many of Hubson’s men have infiltrated our pack.”
“But Hubson is still suffering from the curse. He—No, wait. Wait!” No sooner had I mentioned this than something else occurred to me. “He was cursed by Noreen… Has the curse been removed upon Noreen’s death?”