The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- Only Valeria knows whats in my heart and mind.

"Baby, please...

Vale?" My chest tightens when she doesnt respond.

suddenly, a pained whimper escapes her lips.

Valeria! Imake her look at me.

She's drenched in sweat.

Shes been hiding the pain from me.

force our bond open, sensing what she was trying to conceal to keep me from worryingher abdomen aches, shes dizzy, disoriented.

Damn it! Why didnt you tell me?! I scoop her into my arms, striding toward our room with urgency.

Tkick the door open, laying her gently on the bed.

"Pl call your mother right now.

What the hell is wrong with that old woman who is your magic?! Get rid of her, Valeria!" Im panicking, alternating between scolding and comforting her.

Damn it, Im losing my mind.

Azarot is clawing at the surface.

First his pup, now his mate.

"Wait, wait, Aldric." She grabs my hand just as I reach for a cloth to wipe her sweat and call her mother.

Baby, what is it? You're scaring me.

This cant be just about ---- Sigrid.

I'll fix it...

11L..." "Its not that...

Oh, Goddess, why now?" She looks at me with those sky-blue eyes, her brow furrowed.

Something about her feels different.

Brielle already told me whats happening.

Help me take off my corset." she asks, and I immediately start undoing all those ties and fastenings on her dress.

I fumble a bit, but soon shes left ina delicate nightgown.

"Come here, come, smell here.

Come, little wolf, smell right here, Azarot." She calls to my wolf, who watches her with worried, uncertain eyes.

She lifts the fabric, exposing her undergarment and her abdomen.

ean in, my nose grazing her soft skin.

All my senses focus on her.

She opens the bond completely to me, and then...

I smell them.

My wolf and I freeze.

I take a deep inhale against her belly.

Its faint, just beginning, which is why I hadnt noticed before.

But now, its unmistakable.

I smell the scent of my pups.

Two of them.

And the connection is even stronger because they are of my kind...

"Valeria, you're pregnant...

with two lycans." I stare at her, dumbfounded, my eyes wide as she gives me a small, bittersweet smile.

This is incredible news...

but terrifying at the ---- same time.

The world trembles every second, the countdown hasnt stopped.

A war is coming, and now my mate is pregnant again.

aldric..."" "No matter what happens, you'll all be safe.

I swear it on my life, Pll keep you safe." Lower my head and press a soft, reverent kiss to her belly, my heart swelling with love, more determined than ever.

I feel her hands threading through my hair, gently stroking.

We take a breath before the storm.

Achilling scream yanks us back to reality.

It snaps us upright in an instant.

Sigrid has awakened from her slumberagain.