The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

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AT THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS KATHERINE "Come closer with Alexia, but leave that monster behind, or theres no deal!" I looked at Elliot; he didnt seem willing to let me go.

"| need to do this.

Dont worry, I can handle it, can," I told him, trying to calm him down.

He wasnt happy at all.

He shifted restlessly, growling.

"Besides, you cant step onto the bridge.

Youre too heavy; it wouldnt hold," I pointed out another logical reason.

IT wasnt exactly sure how his transformation worked.

In the end, after much persuasion, I placed my feet on that rickety, swaying bridge.

It was narrow.

I held the woman in front of me, keeping a tight grip on her.

She kept struggling to break free, but I wouldnt let her.

My Lavinias life depended on it.

"Stop resisting.

If you cooperate, this will be over soon." I shook her slightly, gripping her tied-up arms tighter, enduring her stench along with the swamp gases rising like the smell of rotten eggs.

Imoved forward, nearly dragging her.

She nearly slipped through one of the old boards that gave way beneath her weight.

---- "Alexia, hold on!" her mother shrieked in distress.

As [kept her upright, moving carefully across the bridge, I saw the housekeeper inching toward us, holding my little girl.

Step by step, meter by meter, we moved closer.

Inher desperation, Mrs.

Prescott even got ahead of me.

"Give her to me! Lets count to three!" she shouted, barely two meters away.

"Eine, but understand thisif you mess with my daughter's life, that predator back there will hunt you through the forest.

Think carefullyyou cant outrun him!" I threatened her coldly, wary of her tricks.

"T won't do anything, but you have to let us go! The deal is that you'll let us leave! I know you must have killed my son! I wont let you take Alexia from me too!" We finally reached an agreement.

Anyone listening might think she and her thugs were the real victims here.

"sweetheart, run to me when I say one...

Three!" I began counting, locking eyes with Lavinia Iwas so proud of her.

"Two!" My heart poundedboom, boom, boom.

The swamp water splashing below squeezed my chest with anxiety.