The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation Novel

---- Aldo immediately clamped a hand over his mouth, cursing in his head as he dragged him through the village toward his house.

"You absolute moron, Tomas! One of these days, Im cutting your damn tongue off!" He growled furiously, his steps quick and determined.

They didnt knowif they would see the Duke of Everhart again, but one thing was certainhis secret could never be revealed.

Little did these two laborers know that their lives were about to change forever.

Soon, they would become part of a small yet powerful pack.

ee KATHERINE ym going to wake up Lavinia so we can have breakfast and leave.

We need to return to the castle.

Everyone must be worried, and 1 also need to check on Nana." I told Elliot, who had already shifted back to his human form.

He was covered with a curtain, using it as makeshift clothing, tending to the roasting meat in the yard.

In front of the child, we didnt dare speak the full truth.

Lavinia, without malice, could expose everything.

The events in the forest would remain just nervous ramblings.

I entered the house and headed straight to her room.

---- My heart froze when I saw the door slightly ajar.

I had locked it! "Lavinia!" I rushed into the servants quarters, finding the small bed empty.

She was gone.

Tran ina panic, already knowing exactly where she had gone.

If that cursed memory had harmed my child, I would dig up its corpse just to strangle it again myself.

"Daughter!" I shouted when I saw her coming down the grand staircase.

Barefoot, her clothes dirty, she was holding something in her hands.

"Mom, werent you just with me2" she asked, confused, glancing over her shoulder.

There was no one there.

I hurried up the steps.

I knew exactly who she was mistaking me forthe woman from my dreams, the one who had led me to the attic.

I suspected it was the lingering magic of my mother.

are you okay? Did anyone hurt you, my love?" I checked her over anxiously, running my hands over her small frame, inspecting her face.

Then my eyes landed on the small chest in her hands.

"No, no.

Its just...

you told me to come with you to find this," she said innocently, holding out the small black and gold box.

---- Tt was lying on the hallway carpet." Thesitated but took it.

Immediately, a warmth spread through my fingers.

looked up and swore I saw the shadow of a woman fade at the top of the stairs.

Something important was inside.

Something so crucial that my mother had hidden it from my father, keeping it only for us.

What was it? A way to strengthen my magic? Or something even more dangerous and dark?