The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- to me, her eyes filled with astonishment and doubt.

"If you want to blame someone, then blame me too.

After losing my family to the witch hunts, I isolated myselfI didnt want to die, soI stayed away from the village," she confessed, her voice dropping in shame.

"However, Valerias magic found me, and I helped her with a potion for her friend.

She could have stopped there, but instead, she asked me for another remedy and risked being discovered by the Vampire King just to give it to you and save your son," she revealed the truth of my actions.

"Thats the kind of person Valeria is, and I believe we should give her a chance and trust in her.

I believe she will be an incredible Queen." "Ts that true? That night, was it you who helped me?" the woman asked, stepping forward, her red-rimmed eyes locked on mine.

"Yes, I threw the medicine vial through your window and hid," I added details to make her believe me.

Her eyes welled with tears, and she nervously clutched her patched apron.

"Thank you, Your Majesty...

Thank you so much..." "Daria, don't bow to her! Its the least she could do! Where has she been all this time? Where did Gabrielle go, leaving the Realm in the hands of that tyrant?" "Yeah, yeah, all our suffering is because of the royal family! She only did it out of guilt!" The uproar interrupted the womans gratitude.

Their hearts were too full of hatred, and they had found someone to unleash it on.

Suddenly, a rough, cynical laugh echoed from behind me, drawing closer.

---- The crowd fell silent, and I turned, astonished, watching as she climbed the steps with Quinns help.

Despite her blindness, she walked with unwavering confidence to the center of the old wooden stage.

"This really feels like a circus of fools," my mothers humorless laugh finally ceased, her face twisting into a sneer of contempt and arrogance, her chin held high, not really seeing anyone.

"Ts it really Her Majesty...

Gabrielle?" "Oh, by the Goddess, I thought she was dead!" "But what happened to her...2" murmurs of shock spread through the crowd.

My mother's condition had been kept a secretuntil now.