The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- It stormed the hallways and went straight for the head of the ---- ruling family That transformation-one no one had ever seen before-was Dracomir's. Marius still remembered the terror frozen in his bones when he saw him from afar, roaring toward the sky atop the collapsed tower. The vampire Lord's head, along with General Hagen's, were gripped in his bloodied claws. That crushing power had exploded like a wave with his earth- shaking howl, pure hatred and rage.

The glow in his fur under the moon... it was the same light buried in the depths of that crystal. That oppressive feeling that a vengeful beast was coming for your head. If that magic had turned a dying slave into a powerful wolf, could it also raise him to the peak of evolution? Suddenly, Marius's eyes gleamed greedily as he stared at Rousse's back. He regretted not being more cunning. Now it was too late-he was no match for that undead. ---- But he would wait.

He had always survived by being clever, and this time wouldn't be any different. 'Hho Days later, Rousse finally received Victoria's blood call. She summoned him to a spot inside the walls, and with the magical coordinates, he'd find her. He took his little witch by the hand, and cloaked in heavy hoods, they left Marius's hideout. They left the unconscious witch under someone's care for a few hours-there wasn't much more they could do for her.

In a well-hidden corner, red eyes were watching them, but Marius couldn't follow without being noticed. That Rousse guy already suspected him-he could feel it. So he sent Edgar, his former servant and current ally, to tail them. He knew they were already making their move. This time, he wouldn't be left out of Victoria's plan. They had faked a lot to lure that woman in-because from the start, they knew she was different and powerful.

---- Victoria Vlad was his ticket to the top, and he had to cling to her no matter what... even if it meant letting go of his stupid, useless mate Sophie. Only thing was... Marius didn't know the vampire's heart already belonged to someone else. sek The shadows of a nearly two-meter-tall man, with a petite woman beside him barely reaching his chest, slipped into some distant passages. Out of sight, Rousse summoned his power and descended into his own underground world.

Holding Meridiana tightly against his chest, they sank into the earth, swallowed up like by a bottomless hole. By the time Marius's spy arrived, there was no trace of them left.