The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- Her teary, desperate eyes met mine, and my soul clenched in my chest.

If that woman found out Francis was dead, she wouldnt hesitate to throw Lavinia to the crocodiles.

"Its...

its fine.

We'll bring you Francis, but you have to wait safely on the shore, we" BAM! Aheavy sack dropped near me, making me jump and cut off my words.

I could swear I heard a faint groan from inside it.

Now that the cold breeze swept through, a pungent stench of urine hit my nose.

It reeked of terror and death.

Elliots sharp claws tore through the fabric, exposing I covered my mouth with my hands, my eyes widening in shock.

For the love of the heavens...! It was a woman! Her eyelids fluttered open, and she shot me a look of pure hatred upon recognizing me.

But the moment she saw the massive werewolf at my side, she started making strange noisesshe was crying, tears rolling down her filthy face.

Her distress only grew when Elliot stepped closer, growling menacingly.

I didnt know who she was.

Why had he carried her all the way here? ---- He grabbed her by the hair and yanked her up into the air with brutal force.

Bile churned in my stomach at the sight of her arms bound behind her back, wrapped in blood-soaked clothsonly up to the wrists.

They had cut off her hands! "ALEXIA!" The housekeepers scream connected the dots in my mind.

Her face mirrored minethe face of a mother watching her child in danger.

It seemed this Alexia was her daughter.

I vaguely recalled hearing she had one.

Elliot roared toward the bridge again, lifting his hostage by the hair.

The woman barely balanced on her toes.

She opened her mouth to unleash a scream, but what came out was a broken, distorted silent cry.

My hands trembled against my lips.

My mind reeled from shock after shock.

For a brief moment, I even felt pity.

Her tongue had been crudely severed.

Her parched lips were caked in dried blood.

Thad no idea how she had endured so much pain for this long.

---- What did you do to my daughter, you monsters?! You damn bastards, 11 kill this brat!" "NO!" I snapped out of my trance.

Any fleeting pity vanished in an instant when I saw the bruises on my childsaw her sobbing in despair.

That womans nails dug into Lavinias arm, leaving bloody marks.

My Lavinia was innocent.

The only truly innocent one here.

"Give me my daughter, and well give you yours! No tricks! But if you hurt her, I swear on everything that exists1ll slit her throat right in front of you!" I yelled, stepping closer to the hostage.

Tdidnt care about being cruel.

Another monster.

If I was already insane, what did it matter? Islapped Alexias face hard and grabbed her by the hair, too.

"NOW! WE TRADE NOW!" I roared with pure fury, though inside, my heart was gripped by terrorfear that she might actually throw Lavinia into the abyss.