The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- 228. ON THE EDGE OF LOSING YOU NARRATOR Rousse's pupils trembled as he watched the two bodies fall down the cliff. He should've attacked the man sooner! He lunged forward, reaching out to catch the girl, but that bastard held on to her until his very last breath. He wouldn't let her go, not even at the end. Rousse knew the only way to save her was by taking a risk. "Get out of my body now, Meridiana!" he shouted at his female.

"No, don't do it, Rousse!" She knew exactly what he was about to do. "Damn it, I'm gonna give you a proper beating later!" Rousse roared and threw himself into the void, chasing after the witch's limp body. "Rousse!" Meridiana covered her mouth with her hands. The wind howled violently, shadows swallowed him, and the bottom... couldn't even be seen. ---- The general managed to grab the woman, and his gaze locked ona branch sticking out of the cliffside.

It wouldn't hold his weight, but it might serve as leverage. Twisting in midair, he secured the girl against his chest and positioned himself. When the moment came, his boots landed on the branch, which bent and creaked under the strain, ready to snap. Rousse used it as a launch point to leap closer to the dirt slope. Crack. The wood splintered, but he was already in the air with one hand reaching out. Like a beast. His dead fingers dug into the earth like sharp hawk talons.

He hung there by one arm, fiercely searching for a foothold. The rocky wall was dry and crumbling-carrying extra weight didn't help. Rousse looked up. The distance to the edge seemed like a damn miracle. ---- "Baby, get out of my body already, Meridiana. If you use your magic, you can float up there," he said through gritted teeth: He was holding on through sheer willpower. "Wait, just hold on a little longer, my male, just a bit more." "What are you going to do?

Meridiana!" Rousse started to worry as he felt the dark magic leaving his body, but instead of floating to safety, the shadow slipped into the dying girl. She was barely breathing. Meridiana took the full risk of merging with a body so close to death. This was the state her magic worked best in-but it came with consequences. If her energy overwhelmed this girl, she'd die for sure.

Rousse lost all semblance of a "normal" appearance when Meridiana slipped into the woman's body, No need for a union ceremony, not in that state. Suddenly, he saw her open her eyes-but they were a nearly white gray.