The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- 323. WHO ARE THE UNLUCKY ONES? VALERIA | command them in their minds before my feet hit the ground and open a dangerous crater that sinks several inches. The earth cracks as if a black spiderweb were spreading under my boots. "Aaaggg!" they roared when the Selenia magic struck them, and the smell of burned fur fills the air, but they stay put and start to shift.

My claws extend and grab each of their ears, forcing them to bend "Right now you're going to explain to me, Magnus and Fenrir Thorne, what the hell you're doing fighting in someone else's house." My words come out through clenched teeth; I'm angrier than I've been ina long time. "Mommy, we can explain, but let us go, pretty please..." "You're making us look bad in front of everyone, and we're naked on top of that!" Fenrir adds in my mind. 1 "You should be ashamed of putting on such a savage show, and ---- you didn't care about the audience!

You two are the ones who took your clothes off!" | felt zero compassion, not even for Magnus's silent pleading. | dragged them by the ears to stand before Alpha Hakon, who stared at us, stunned | don't even know how they could walk when they're several heads taller than me, but if | had to haul them, | would. Besides, they were more worried about covering their private parts. Since when were they so modest? I'd been lugging extra clothes around because they'd shift anywhere and then be left bare-assed without batting an eye.

"Apologize to the Alpha for this slight..." | let them go, pushing them forward. Their ears were red as tomatoes, well-pinched, with several patches of fur smoking and half-shifted. "We're sorry for fighting in your pack, this... was just a misunderstanding, father-in-law..." | hear Magnus apologize, because he's always the sensible one, but when he gets to the "father-in-law" part, my jaw just about hits the floor. ---- "Wait... what do you mean father-in-law?" | shove Fenrir aside and grab Magnus by the arm. My fingers barely close around that thick muscle.

"Selenia Queen, your sons are my twins' mates," Alpha Hakon answers, his look turning severe as he stares them down. What drama have my two little disasters gotten into now? "You found your companions? But you came here for the rebels | stare, dumbfounded, at my sons, who nod with their heads down and their bare asses facing the rest of the pack. "| think... it's better to talk in private and with clothes on," says the Centuria Beta, that big redhead, as she comes closer.

Two pretty she-wolves come half-hidden behind her; | haven't had the chance to know them much, but | know they're her daughters. "Are they the ones?" "Yes, Mom, my mate is the one with the platinum hair and, as you can understand, she's not thrilled that I'm showing... the goods," Magnus answers, coughing, uncomfortable. "And I'm sure your father-in-law didn't like you wrecking his ---- pack," | look at him, raising a brow and putting a stop to his smart mouth. The strangest thing was that Fenrir hadn't dropped one of his masterpieces.

When | look at him, | see he's just staring fixedly at the red- haired girl who keeps dodging his gaze. Smells like a real soap opera brewing here. Fenrir was allergic to commitment, but his face right now tells me something else. In the end | decided to take pity on them, and | was already taking off my cloak so they could cover up when a nearby presence made my body vibrate from head to toe. My mate was close. "Care to tell me why you're showing the family jewels in front of everyone?" Aldric's rough voice rumbled at my back.

| turned to see him in leather armor, all weathered and full of battle marks. Inside, | let out a sigh of relief at seeing my redhead safe. His gray eyes immediately lock on mine with intensity. "My love, I'm back and | missed you so much. Did you come to meet me?" His husky voice in my mind is the most intimate ---- caress. His steady steps come toward me, followed by Alpha Cedrick, who goes to join his female. "That was the idea, but we've got an issue to resolve, Aldric...

your sons made a mess here and, on top of that, found their mates." I tell him with a worried sigh, thinking he'd be secretly sad that we might also lose Fenrir and Magnus. But | don't even know why I'm surprised by his response and the big grin spreading across his face. "Don't tell me | can finally get rid of those two clingy boys with chronic mommy-itis! Tell me who the unlucky ones were!" "ALDRIC!" | scold him for his insensitive words... said out loud!

"My pups are the unlucky ones, and I'm already thinking about how to send your troublesome sons right back to you, Lycan King." Hakon's words come out sharp, and | start fearing I'l really end up with two bachelors at home... forever.