Dad, at his wit’s end, turned to me.
“Scarlett, what do you think?”
What did I think? This wasn’t my kid. I just
came to watch the drama, not get involved.
Xavier offered a suggestion.
“I’ve always heard about the Phoenix clan’s
secret family identification technique. The wolf
clan has always been close to the Phoenix clan.
Why don’t you ask them to verify it?”
Bethany immediately shot down the idea.
“No way! The child is Blake’s and mine. We
don’t need the Phoenix clan to confirm it.”
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Blake nodded in agreement.
“Do as he says.”
News of the Phoenix clan’s invitation spread
like wildfire. Everyone was curious about the wolf clan’s newborn half–breed.
Three days later, they flocked to the wolf clan’s territory, crowding in front of the hall to watch
the Phoenix perform the ritual.
Under the Phoenix’s magic, five red marks flew
out of the little red wolf’s brow. One landed on
Blake’s hand, and the other four flew towards
the wolf clan’s residential area.
“Blake, you are the child’s father… one of
them.”
The crowd erupted as soon as the Phoenix finished speaking.
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“What do you mean, one of them? Does this
child have several fathers?”
“But the child looks completely red wolf! Isn’t
Blake a purebred white wolf?”
“This White family’s second daughter is really
playing around. She should have married a fox
instead of a wolf.”
Xavier shielded me as we squeezed through the
crowd to watch the show. I almost burst out
laughing when I heard the crowd’s comments.
I’d been wondering how Bethany got pregnant.
If the child had more than one father, it made
sense.
Bethany had found multiple lovers in the wolf
clan in order to get pregnant as soon as
possible.
She’d used a concurrant pronaration nlan
She’d used a concurrent preparation plan,
greatly increasing her chances of pregnancy.
But Bethany had miscalculated. She hadn’t
expected one of the red wolf genes to be so
strong that it exposed her secret.
I didn’t know whether to call her smart or
stupid. If she was going to take the risk, why
didn’t she pick all white wolves instead of a red
wolf?
Blake’s face was dark as he clenched his fists
and roared at his subordinates.
“Bring all the people in the clan with red marks
on their hands!”
Soon, four wolf shifters were brought in. Three
were white wolves and one was a red wolf.
When I saw the red wolf’s face, I couldn’t help. but gasp. The enchanting face was comparable
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Bethany had always valued looks. No wonder
she took the risk of sleeping with the red wolf.
“Do you have anything to say, Bethany?”
Blake was furious as he looked at the four
wolves who readily confessed.
“Is this what you promised me when you
climbed into my bed, to bear me a child?”
Bethany picked up the child, wiped the tears
from her eyes.
“If you hadn’t kept telling me you wanted a
child right away, would I have resorted to this?
If you weren’t so useless, would this child have
looked like a red wolf?”
As she spoke, she gradually became more and
more justified.
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“Besides, the Phoenix said the child is yours
too, isn’t he? Isn’t that enough?”
“The next alliance leader will be from the wolf
clan! What right do you have to blame me?
Shouldn’t you be thanking me?”
Hearing Bethany’s words, the heads of the fox
and dragon clans immediately stood up from
the crowd.
The two of them sang in unison, denying
Bethany’s words.
“We don’t recognize this half–breed. The
agreement was that it had to be the child of a
human and the eldest son of a.”
“If you all do this like the wolf clan, wouldn’t the
bloodline be messed up? Who knows what kind
of monsters would be born if everyone
cheated.”
“Hmph, this matter must be approved by the
other four families! Anyway, the dragon and fox clans are the first to state our opinions! We will never agree.”
The Phoenix clan, standing aside, immediately stated their position.
“Our Phoenix clan has already retired from the
world and will no longer participate in these decisions.”
Four great families, one abstained, two
opposed, and there was no need to ask the
opinion of the snake clan.
Blake, who had been moved by Bethany’s
words, was enraged again.
“Bethany, look at what you’ve done! You’ve
disgraced the wolf clan!”
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On the way home after watching the show,
Xavier was sullen. After my repeated
questioning, he finally asked.
“I saw you staring at that red wolf. Do you think
I’m not good looking?”
Seeing him jealous, I had a bad idea.
“Xavier is the most handsome in my heart,
especially in bed…”
Then I didn’t get out of bed all day.
A month later, Bethany came to the snake clan covered in wounds seeking my help. She cried with red eyes.
“Scarlett, can you help me? Blake is crazy. He said if I don’t give him a child of his own, he will torture me every day. I can’t take it anymore. If I
don’t get pregnant, I will die. Do you know of
cocrot wove to haln mo?“!
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I wasn’t surprised at all to hear Bethany’s
words. I was the one who went through all this
last time.
Bethany’s exposed skin was covered with
bruises, both old and new, but it was all her
own fault.
Last time, she tricked me into going home on
the pretext of missing me and drugged the
water for me and my child.
While we were unable to resist, she trapped us
in the house and set it on fire.
Before leaving, she looked at me fiercely and
shouted crazily.
