The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 127

---- VALERIA Who...

who are you?" I stood up immediately, though a bit unsteady on my feet.

Truthfully, I wasnt afraid of the small elderly woman who barely reached my chest, but I couldnt fathom where she had suddenly appeared from.

"Come, come, dont be frightened.

You know I wont hurt you.

Lie down on the bed; the floor is too cold, and you might catch a chill," she said, gently guiding me toward the enormous bed.

She pulled back the quilt and tucked me in tenderly.

I felt like a small child as I watched her walk away to add more logs to the fireplace that warmed the chilly room.

Something about herher auramade me want to cry.

I remembered the words Id read at the last altar.

Could she be the one who called me "little crow"? "Its me," she replied, finally turning around and smiling.

She came back to the bed and climbed up, sitting beside me.

"Are you my nanny? How do you know my name? Why do you call me little crow?" I bombarded her with questions one after another.

"Yes, you could say Im your nanny.

Iwas the one who saved you from death and kept you alive, healing you little by little until I was sure you could survive," she replied with a sigh, her wrinkled hands holding mine and squeezing them.

listen carefully to what Im about to tell you, and

best chance to survive and reclaim your place in the

Gabrielle the Merciful, ruler of the Dark Realm, and both

primary duty of the Selenias throughout time has always been

the entrance to the prison of Umbros, the King of

but the seals on the gate begin to weaken periodically, and a Selenia must

task, but unfortunately, when your mother was about to give birth to you, the Goddess warned her in

she trusted most was her General and

the Realm and care for you until you came of age, at which point he would return to being your

Your father died.

with me, Valeria, secretly resting within

even the Vampire

never imagining that I would truly

wasnt

once a bright and kind

along the way, the seed of

cunning that

birth to you, she hardly had any time with

drained a significant portion of her blood and left

as they grow to fully develop

stole Gabrielles blood and used it for his

Forbidden Mountains, plunged a poisoned dagger into your tiny chest, and threw you

«I saw it all.

hatred

It hurt so much.

and took corporeal form outside of your tiny

my wings before you

hid in the mist, and I escaped with you, barely alive in my