The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- 205. DO YOU LIKE MY GIFT? NARRATOR "Miss Victoria!" he jolted when he heard her voice. He looked like a lover caught red-handed. Meridiana's lips ended up wet against his cheek as he turned his head. If Rousse could blush, he'd be redder than a tomato. "This... isn't what it looks like..." "Oh, really?" Victoria couldn't help teasing him. She eyed the woman who had just pulled away. She was cute. "Should | leave?

Do you need some alone time with your girlfriend?" "She's not my girlfriend!" he even blurted nervously. He didn't want Meridiana to get the wrong idea. "And who is she, Rousse?" the witch's quiet voice asked. Her hands clutched his heavy cloak like she was afraid he'd push her away. ---- For some reason, she looked tense and a little bitter. Who was this woman talking to him so confidently? Rousse used the moment to gently set her down and take a step back. "This is Miss Victoria.

| work for her family. And she's... Meridiana, a sorceress," Rousse introduced them, clearly uncomfortable. Victoria kept giving him that mocking look. "Nice to meet you, Meridiana," she extended her hand, but the witch didn't respond. She stood there like a little dependent creature next to the broad- shouldered general. Rousse subtly gestured toward the girl's eyes. Victoria understood it wasn't just a quirky witch outfit-she really couldn't see. She slowly lowered her hand. "|...

'm glad to meet you too." She said it so reluctantly that the vampire nearly laughed. ---- It was obvious she didn't appreciate her "friendly" moment with Rousse getting interrupted. Very interesting. Victoria wasn't even mad-truthfully, her mood had improved thanks to this pair. "Well then, since we're all friends here, let's chat soe "Are you sure the wolves have witches imprisoned?" Victoria frowned. The three of them were sitting around the fire.

"When | returned to my clan, there was a smell of werewolves... but | think vampires too. I'm not sure, my senses... aren't that good." Meridiana lowered her head, being honest. "Can you remove the restrictions-at least from us?" Victoria was trying to find a way out. "My magic... it's a little strange... not as good as the other witches'," she added, glancing toward Rousse.

In her mind, the general was showing Victoria what he'd seen ---- with the dying wolf What kind of power did this girl have? "Can you also bring dead creatures back to life?' the vampire got straight to the point. "No, it doesn't work like that," she denied with a sigh, debating whether to talk about her oddities. "My magic works better on creatures that are one step away from death, stuck between the world of the living and the dead," she began to explain.

"| can enter their bodies, and that's when my power 'blooms', she added with a hint of sarcasm. "Lextend their lives, heal their sickness, even share some of my magical powers... but it never lasts forever." She sighed sadly. "In the end, none of them can handle my energy... it's too corrosive and overpowering... like my friend Ron." "And have you tried with someone who's already dead?" Victoria suddenly got interested. Necromancy wasn't exactly her thing, not like her father or the Selenias, but it was still part of her heritage.