The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- 158. ETERNAL ALLIANCE NARRATOR Cedrick Walker never imagined he'd face such a harsh and decisive trial today. His consciousness was fading, his control over his body slipping away. He was losing the connection with his wolf, locked inside his own existence. But a constant challenge kept him going. It allowed him to burn that fierce, aggressive energy surging through his veins-the magic of a powerful beast. The urge to give in tempted him more and more.

To just surrender and rest, let himself fade into nothingness. "And you call yourself a King? You're nothing but a weakling!" "We'll take your woman so she can mate with one of our males!" "NO, NOT MY FEMALE!" he roared back in response to the taunts that filtered into his mind. ---- "My love, fight! Come back to me, Cedrick!" That was his mate's voice-his Raven. He couldn't give in. If he fell asleep now, he'd never wake up from this nightmare.

He grabbed the thread of fate linking him to his wolf, and their hearts resonated as one, like a single being. "RRROOAAAARRR!" Lifting his snout to the sky, the Alpha King's massive beast roared out its power. He transformed into a snow-white lycan, with shining fur and ruby-red eyes. Two more beasts rose beside him, baring enormous fangs from their gums. One with black fur-Vincent, Princess Amber's mate. And another with golden-blond fur like the sun, with wild eyes-Hakon, the Swamp Alpha.

For the first time, Cedrick saw through this enhanced vision. He opened and closed his massive paws, claws gleaming with deadly sharpness. ---- The raw power pumped through his heart. He spotted the lycan standing before him-dark and lethal. "Welcome to my world, Cedrick Walker." Aldric reached out his forearm in a warrior's greeting. Cedrick grabbed it in a firm handshake. Both titans clasped hands in a pact that would last for eternity. "Aldric Thorne, thank you for your help.

I'll forever owe you for this. You'll always have an ally in my continent," he said with a deep, guttural voice, and Aldric nodded, locking eyes with him. He could see Cedrick's bravery, the respect and admiration he inspired in his people. He was a good leader, a strong family male, and Aldric had to admit, he respected that. "Cedrick!" After that brief moment between them, the Alpha King ran to his woman.

---- His steps pounded heavy against the ground, still adjusting to the bigger muscles and bones. "My love, I'm okay. Don't cry, my Queen. Everything's alright." With utmost care, he cradled the little Centuria against his chest, thick fur covering them both. Raven looked tiny in his arms, held gently by this massive lycan. Her red eyes glistened with tears, fists clinging to the soft fur, inhaling her mate's scent.

For a moment, the mark on her neck had burned so bad, she thought she'd lost him. "| know it was for the best, but | never want to feel that again -not for all the power in the world," her small hands caressed his grotesque-looking snout so close to her face. The black tip of his nose brushed her cheek gently, wiping away her tears. "Something this incredible only happens once in a lifetime, my Centuria. It only proves there's a whole universe beyond the little we know."