Alpha's Rejected Mate Returns as Queen

Yarin’s POV:

It was the first time in my life that I had faced such a tense situation. All my courage and pride seemed to have disappeared into thin air. All I could do was stand rooted to the ground like a frightened deer as I watched the criminals rush straight to our hiding place. Heller was not much better than me. He was shivering.

“Run, idiots! Run!” At the critical moment, Lily stepped forward. She jumped down from the messy wooden boxes like a light bat and knocked the smugglers to the ground. With a crack, I heard a bad sound coming from the tall man’s leg.

The big guy cursed loudly, but his accomplices did not come to help him. The hard cement floor cracked the suitcase, and the shiny gold bars jumped out of the square prison. The thin man was busy picking up the gold bars, ignoring his wailing companion.

However, he would soon realize that this was a dead end. The back door of the warehouse had rusted. No matter how hard he pushed, he could not open it. The man who tried to escape with the box had long failed. The box slowed him down, and he was pressed to the ground by the police after a few steps.

Lily punched the tall guy who tried to resist and knocked him out. Looking at Heller and me, who were scared stiff, she was disappointed.

“I hate children!” He grabbed us by the collar and led us toward the police. I saw familiar badges on them.

Soon, the smuggling came to a dead end. The police caught the smuggler and the buyer and seized the golden gold bars and the box of goods.

There were also a few unexpected gains.

When I saw Aunt Eve, I knew that my judgment was coming. As expected, seeing Heller and me in Lily’s hands, Aunt Eve couldn’t believe it at first. Then, she immediately walked over with a stern face.

“Good evening, Miss Balotte and the two princes.”

“Good evening, Captain Eve,” Lily answered sourly. “Also, I’m not Miss Balotte. Just call me Lily.”

She handed Heller and me to Aunt Eve as if she were handing over two bags of flour, which left us nowhere to run.

“This is not a place for small talk, so everything will wait until we return to the werewolf pack.” Aunt Eve looked at us calmly, which reminded me of the calm before my mother got angry. “His Majesty and the prince are going crazy. Although I always agree with following the natural development of children, this time, you have gone too far.

“And Miss Lily, although I know you’re a kind girl, letting the princes run away from home is still too dangerous. If anyone were to accuse you of kidnapping a prince, you wouldn’t be able to tell even if you had a thousand mouths. Even Mr. Balotte or Lady Silvermoon won’t be able to save you.”

“I don’t need them to save me,” Lily said expressionlessly. ‘Til take responsibility for what I did.”

Heller and I pestered Lily to take us out. How could we let Lily bear the consequences? I immediately stood before her and told Aunt Eve, “It’s not Lily’s fault. Heller and I asked her to take us out. She couldn’t refuse a prince’s request. Please don’t blame her, Aunt Eve.”

Heller also stood up with Lily behind him.

“You two are pretty brave little men,” Aunt Eve said. “I know what’s going on, and so do His Majesty and the Prince. I’m glad you’re taking responsibility, but your merits can’t offset your faults, Your Highness. Now, please follow me back to your parents.”

Thus, this adventure, which had nothing to show but a thrilling ending, ended hastily. Aunt Eve took us out of the warehouse and helped us block the curious gazes of the werewolves and humans.

The box of unknown smuggled goods had fallen apart in the fierce battle. The broken wooden box could no longer hold the goods. The police had to individually put the fallen smuggled goods into the evidence box.

When I passed by, I glanced at it curiously. Aunt Eve tried to catch my gaze, but it was too late. I saw the ‘goods’ spilling out of the wooden box.

The true appearance of this thing gave me a huge impact, so much so that I forgot to walk for a moment and stood rooted to the ground.

The goods in the wooden boxes were all ‘humans’.

Or were they even still humans? They look young, much younger than Heller and me. Their small bodies were already as pale as snow, and their bodies were covered in ferocious stitches that looked like centipedes.

Two police officers were moving one of the ‘people’. The stitches on her arm had broken, and bags of white powder fell to the ground along the crack. Under the dazzling searchlights, they shone with a chilling luster.

The police immediately put down the ‘person’ and quickly picked up the fallen transparent plastic bag. A detective’s reproach came from not far away, which made the rookies even more flustered. A few bags of white powder fell from one of their hands and lay quietly on the dirty cement floor. They looked ordinary, like white sugar in the supermarket.

Aunt Eve sighed and picked me up, covering my eyes.

“Let’s go,” she said..