The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 22

SWORN ENEMIES VALERIA Boss isnt going to like this at all .

What did you expect me to do ? Pick up that disgusting corpse or stay there waiting for the specter ?! This girls lucky her face is so messed up , even the specter didnt want her .

I could hear the conversation of what seemed to be two men My whole body felt drained , as if I had pushed beyond my physical limits .

I was confused , unable to fully recall what had happened .

Adele had tried to deceive me .

We fought .

That thing appeared , and then … ? I was lying across the back of one of my captors , being carried to an unknown location .

Even though I was awake , I kept my eyes shut , pretending to be unconscious just to hear more of their conversation Get her on the boat ! Suddenly , they threw me onto an old boat .

I realized I was being taken farther and farther from the King , so I began to fight back with everything I had .

So youre awake now ? Ah , you damn woman ! Whats going on ?! She bit me ! Youll pay for that , bitch ! The last thing I saw was a fist coming straight at my face .

The next time I woke up , I was sitting in a cold cell , my hands tied behind my back , chained to the damp stone wall .

One of my eyes was swollen shut , and nausea twisted my stomach , making me want to vomit .

The stench of mold and decay in the air only worsened my dizziness .

Shadows huddled in the corners other young women , trembling and crying , all of them terrified .

What had I gotten myself into this time ? And where exactly was I ? Soon , they came for me .

I heard footsteps echoing in the dark corridor outside the massive cell .

door creaked open , and two men grabbed me

or how much I begged ,

a series of hallways , and

I hit the ground hard , my

in discomfort as someone began untying the bindings on my wrists

Footsteps approached .

before a pair of black leather boots stopped

on the Goddesss Altar ? A low

, I replied , trembling but determined

I could never admit I

harshly into my chin , forcing me to lift

being

one Ive been searching for , but youre lying … you will pay I bit my

deep , more grotesque

, blood red eyes , and fangs slightly protruding from his lips but not as long as a

dark , powerful , and violent aura

well what he was

A vampire .

sworn enemies of

each other to death , and now , I had been captured by

dared enter our territory they feared Aldric

have driven them to take

of the

shes who weve been searching for

of me , shoving me

the cold floor , kneeling with my head lowered as my mind raced

test if I could read those markings ,

a black box and set it on the desk