“She probably liked flowers.”

“No, it’s because the fragrance of flowers here is so strong that I couldn’t find her.”

“What do you mean…?”

Putting down the empty cup, Adele looked puzzled.

My wife secretly made this secret chamber. To hide in a place where I couldn’t find her by the smell, just like you, a cunning and passionate woman.”

“I don’t understand.”

“But there was one thing my wife didn’t know. When you transform into a beast, your sense of smell becomes much more sensitive, so I could easily find you. Of course, that accidentally exposed my true form.”

So, Stone is also part of the wolf clan?

“And maybe he’ll become like that today.”

And Kristen too…?

“You probably have some idea, too, right?”
Adele didn’t want to hear any more.

Stone spoke as if he were a silver wolf.

It sounded like a trap set to reveal his true form.

“Will he come to rescue you soon?”

“Enough. I don’t want to get up now…”

In an instant, her vision spun,

Adele, standing up from her chair, staggered and grabbed the table.

“Oh no. Are you feeling dizzy, Adele?”

Stone approached quickly and caught her.

“Did you put something in my tea…?”

Adele glared with a worried expression.

“Both cups were drugged. I took the antidote in advance.”

The guy’s eyes, thin and smiling, twisted like a sinister snake.

“What on earth is happening?”

Seira shouted sharply at the approaching guards since morning.

“We came to find the fiancée who was kidnapped by Viscount Oswald.”

When a solid voice was heard, the guards quickly split to the sides. In the middle, Kristen, dressed in black, stepped forward.

“Kidnapping? There’s no such thing! Go back, as there’s nothing like that!”

“If you have any complaints, go through the lord formally.”

Seira was angered by the dismissive tone.

“I’m as good as the lord!”

“That means you’re not the lord.”

Ignoring Seira completely, Kristen calmly looked at her. His gray eyes were as chilling as well-forged blades.

“As you wish. Now, I’m worried about the safety of my fiancée, and there’s nothing in sight.”

He pushed Seira aside with his shoulders and stepped into the mansion.

Dozens of guards followed him like an occupying force. They scattered around the mansion busily following the orders of Zimmer and Kristen.

The guards of Oswald rushed in after hearing the commotion.

“What are you doing! Quickly stop them!”

Seira shouted in frustration. But everyone couldn’t move hastily when they saw Kristen standing firmly in the mansion hall. Who could dare to provoke Viscount Baiss when he didn’t even want to live?

“What side is the underground mausoleum on?”

Seira was taken aback by the sudden question.

“Underground mausoleum? What are you talking about?”

“It seems like my fiancée has been taken there.”

Seira seemed to know the real reason why he had come like this.

“You, finding Adele is just an excuse…”

Then it happened. Zimmer shouted from the end of the north corridor.

“Over here! We’ll search!”

“No way!”

Seira rushed to stop them. Of course, there weren’t enough of them to block the guards rushing down to the underground.

At this rate, it seemed that the search would be completed for now.
However, Kristen couldn’t shake off the ominous feeling.

Surely, he could sense Adele’s scent when entering Oswald Manor. However, at some point, that scent disappeared.

As if she no longer existed here.

He went to the garden, where he last felt her presence. Closing his eyes, he concentrated all his senses.

But still, he couldn’t feel anything.

Her voice, her scent, nothing…

What’s even more unsettling was that Stone’s traces had also been erased.

‘Perhaps it’s the limit as a human?’

When transformed into a wolf, the senses became much more sensitive due to enhanced wildness.

The problem was that it was midday, and he might be noticed by people.

And if he lost control, it would be difficult to restrain himself.

But a decision had to be made.

Whether to wander around and search for Adele or risk being noticed to find her quickly.

Thinking about what cruel things Stone might do to her during this time…

In the end, he made up his mind.

Search first; deal with the consequences later!

“Adele? Adele?”

Having gently seated the powerless Adele on a chair, Stone lightly tapped her cheek.

Adele, with slightly distorted eyelids, couldn’t move.

Very satisfied with this sight, Stone placed the pocket watch on the table.

“Are you listening to me? Don’t worry; the poison is not that dangerous. You just won’t be able to move for about an hour.”

“……!”

“But watching and hearing won’t be a problem. That’s the only way you can see the silver wolf you’ve been so eager to meet.”

Then Stone turned the chair Adele was sitting on so that it faced the entrance of the greenhouse.

If the silver wolf came in from there, whether she wanted to see it or not, she would have to.

“Now, soon he’ll come in here. It’ll be very visible, right? So, watch carefully. Know who your enemy is!”

Stone closed his eyes.

The footsteps, gradually approaching from a distance, became audible.

“Okay, just a little more, a little more…”

He anxiously waited for Kristen.

If his intuition was correct, it was definitely the silver wolf.

His own kind, which had been exterminated.

But the reason he so eagerly awaited an encounter with them was because of Adele.

If his premonition was correct, he would make her suffer, imagining Adele in pain.

Click!

“……!”

Suddenly, a chilly metallic sound was heard.

“Hands up.”

“How…?”

Stone seemed bewildered as if something impossible had happened.

“Quickly!”

Feeling the muzzle touching the back of his head, he reluctantly raised both hands.

“It can’t be undone; the anesthesia…”

“I took the antidote in advance.”

Stone’s face twisted in disbelief.

“This is ridiculous… How…?”
“Forgot? I was the one cleaning your room every day. And I memorized all the notes you were researching. What poisons you enjoyed using, and how to make the antidotes…”

Stone’s expression was struck hard on the back of his head.

“I memorized my notes?”

“Yeah, I already suspected that you would use poison against Lord Oswald. I could have used the antidote, but I didn’t.”

Adele, pausing for a moment, murmured in a dark voice.

“He had to die for Oswald to inherit the viscountcy. And Lord Oswald… knew everything.”

One of the reasons Adele endured the accusation of poisoning her husband in silence was that Stone, who killed him, could not free her from guilt.

Moreover, he, who comforted her, dying, had already known everything.

“Adele…! Your schemes… so wicked!”

Adele chuckled, laughing out loud.

“Feeling quite satisfied hearing those words from you? It’s worth enduring such danger.”

For the first time, Stone felt a chill.

He truly felt life from Adele.

This time, it seemed like she genuinely intended to blow his head off.

“Adele… just think about it for a moment. Don’t you really want to see the silver wolf? Huh? The one who killed your mother…”

Stone slyly tried to persuade her.

Of course, Adele’s response was scornful.

“Just go to hell, Stone!”

Crack!

At that moment, the door to the greenhouse, visible through the glass, opened.

Adele involuntarily turned her gaze, witnessing what was entering through the door.

An entirely dazzling silver…