Abandoned by the Alpha, I Became the Lycan King's Mate-Chapter 339 The battle begins

[Margaret’s Perspective]

"Besides, I can tell you that the Wolf royal family can give you what you want. You don’t need to make any deals with those vermin! Donald just said you are a very interesting person. I would really like to get to know you."

Shouting so loudly had made my throat a bit dry, I swallowed some saliva, waiting for Gino to make a decision at this moment.

If he was really fooled by Henry’s words, then the situation inside would be a bit tricky—Donald’s fighting skills were good, but not enough to withstand several rounds of attacks from their numbers!

Elliot and Benjamin were probably being held up at the door by Levi’s men and couldn’t break through to help anytime soon. So, Gino’s stance, with several of his men, was crucial.

I didn’t want Donald to get hurt again, so securing Gino’s support was critical. Seeing no response from the other side, I opened my mouth to say more, but suddenly, gunfire erupted like a torrential rain, bombarding the wooden corridor behind me.

’They have already discovered my location,’ I thought, quickly ducking down and crawling on the ground, my ear pressed to the floor, trying to gauge the number of enemies pouring in from the stairwell.

Mixed with the sound of gunfire were chaotic footsteps. I realized there were too many of them, and this was no longer a safe place to hide, so I quickly stood up and ran into the second floor.

In the corridor, a few people occasionally poked their heads out to carefully check around. I quickly passed by and, lowering my voice, warned, "Stay hidden, don’t come out, and don’t open the door again. Go inside!"

Seemingly surprised that I would speak out to warn them, a few people hesitated before seemingly making up their minds. One young girl then asked tremulously, "Do you need help? Do you want to come in and hide?"

"There are many officials and big shots on the second floor. Levi wouldn’t dare to mess around. You can come in and hide a bit!"

Taking a brief moment to think, I listened to the footsteps behind me getting closer and quickly made a decision.

"Thank you!" I said, quickly sidestepping into the room. As my skirt brushed against the door frame, I narrowly dodged a bullet and hurried over to the window. The rooms on the second floor had large, ornate windows designed to offer a good view of the items downstairs.

I glanced at the main door on the first floor to the right, which Levi’s men had blocked, and the air outside was filled with gunshots and the stench of blood!

I felt a bit nauseous and frowned, but the children in the room thought I was worried and scared.

"My name is Brand, the director of the Marine Supervision Bureau of Lilo Sea is my father. I really hope I can help you, Your Highness the Lycan Queen!" the boy who called himself Brand said excitatively, his head crowned with striking red hair.

Surprised, I looked at him and after two seconds of silence, I asked, "How do you know who I am? Aren’t you afraid of mistaking me for someone else?"

"You said your father is the director of the Marine Supervision Bureau. Do you realize the problem with being seen here? Where is your father?"

Brand was a very smart boy. He quickly understood the deeper meaning in my words and hurriedly waved his hands to explain, "Please don’t misunderstand, Your Highness, my father definitely doesn’t know about today’s events. My sister and I sneaked out to have fun, and our family doesn’t know about it.

"Of course, we have no connection with the rebels downstairs. We were tricked into coming here today, and most of the people here were, too!"

I didn’t want to suspect a child, but his words were full of oddities and discrepancies that forced me to be on guard.

My silent expression must have seemed oppressive to them. Brand opened his mouth to say more, but I raised my hand to stop him, "I know about this. I will jump out of the window in a moment. Just don’t open the door for those people. Don’t peek out anymore, and be careful."

With that, I steadied myself on the window ledge and, in the moment of leaping out, I completed the shift into my wolf form, which allowed me to land steadily on the ground floor.

"Wait, I..."

"Ah! Be careful!"

"Whoa, that’s pretty incredible!"

The exclamations from the three kids hiding by the window were outright ignored by me, as I was busy dodging enemy bullets and trying to find a way to open the right-side main door, enabling the Lycans at the door to come in and join us.

Betty hadn’t been out in a long time, and now she was quite literally guiding me in a "dance" amidst a barrage of bullets. ["These people are really dumb; even the least skilled Lycan of the Royal City could do better."]

Listening to Betty’s complaints, I cracked a faint smile, then suddenly a weird premonition hit me, [Yes, Levi’s men aren’t strong fighters, so why can’t Elliot break through? Something must have happened!]

With this conclusion, a sense of unease welled up inside me. Betty, hearing this, moved even faster, as she, like me, cared a lot about Donald and his group’s situation.