The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- world focused on that woman.

Groaning softly, I pressed my ribs and sat up to watch her as the crimson remnants revealed her pale, sensual skin and long black hair cascading down her bare back, almost reaching her hips.

She was magnificent.

Her commanding voice echoed, distorted and terrifying.

The things she was doing to the Vampire King would chill even the bravest warrior.

Like nowwhile he crawled away like a worm, leaving a bloody trail behind, she merely watched him and followed, savoring her work.

Walking barefoot, she dismantled him piece by piece without even touching him, just slicing through the air with a flick of her long claws.

Damn it.

Why was I getting turned on by such a macabre scene? No, it wasnt the sceneit was the woman executing it.

I didnt even need to see her face clearlyI knew.

My heart, now pounding wildly, confirmed it.

She was the same woman I had seen in my dreams ever since I found that portrait on an ancient scroll.

Thad tried to sneak it out of the village during my illegal ventures into the Dark Realm, searching for a cure for Celinebut they caught me, and I had to flee.

My attraction to Valeria had been a lie.

Tonly saw in her the features of the real woman who had captivated me, the one who called to me, just like nowI couldnt take my eyes off her.

"T love her wild scent.

I can feel it in my instincts, Quinn.

She's ours.

That female is mine," Mordred, my inner wolf, confirmed the craziest thought ---- of my life.

How could I, of all people, even come close to standing next to the Queen of the Selenias? Goddess, what kind of sick joke was this? Dont do it.

Suddenly, I heard the old womans soft voice.

The one tending to Celine.

My sister was in far worse condition than I was.

The wrinkled face lifted, and those eyesdarker than the nightlocked onto me.

"Accept the rejection and wait for another chance.

That woman has a frozen heart.

You will never reach her, and you will suffer bitterly," she warned, her words shocking me.

Who was this old woman? She came from Valeria's pendant as some sort of magical companion, but could she be connected to Gabrielle? Ym not aman who gives up so easily, I replied without hesitation, meeting her gaze head-on.

Imeant it.