The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- 115. TWO AGAINST ONE AIDAN 1 No matter how much I called out to him in my mind, begged him to return, he didn't obey. Our differences were becoming more and more obvious. Theo had been with me since I was born, unlike Vlad, who was gifted to me by the Goddess on my 18th birthday. He was too powerful, with a will of his own, forged from the union of Centuria's fire and the Winter Men's ice.

He had always followed my will, accepted and loved Isabella as his own even though we weren't magical soulmates. Lused to think that kind of thing didn't even exist... until I stood before that energy, a mix of light and darkness. So vibrant and beautiful... just like her. Like the woman who makes me feel alive again and, at the same time, the worst man in the world. I furiously threw off the sheets where my desire had been released, yanked my pants back on, feeling disgusted.

Disgusted with myself, my thoughts, with the urges I could no longer control... ---- Iwalked barefoot to the balcony, stepping out into the cold night, digging my claws into the stone railing, staring up at the massive moon above my head. "Why have you punished me like this?!" I cried out to the Goddess for the first time. "Tt's because of the power you gave me!" I bared my canines in rage and helplessness. "You should've punished me! I was the one who took her to that damn continent!

THEN TAKE MY LIFE INSTEAD!" Iroared in my mind, letting out everything I'd kept buried for years, all the time away from my loved ones and my home. Ibuilt this cold palace with my magic to protect her from everything. Iwas just trying to keep her by my side, and now that I finally did... why did things have to turn out like this? 'The snowstorm grew stronger, the winds violently lashing through the air, mirroring the gales raging inside my soul.

I dropped to my knees, clutching my chest, head hanging low. My claws curled inward, nearly trying to rip my own heart out; blood droplets stained the floor. Theo wasn't going to stop-he craved her like nothing he'd ever ---- longed for before.