The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 457

---- Then she kept piling on tasks, pushing him along like a strict drill sergeant.

My grumpy, silver-haired mate glared at her with icy ---- hostility.

But when he looked at me, I smiledand he relaxed alittle.

Tf you harm my woman, !ll do the same to you as Im about to do to that chicken.

Dont forget it.

His low warning made my stomach flip.

Mérida shouted after him, cursing him for being rude, for disrespecting his elders.

T laughed, but a pang of nostalgia hit my chest.

I swallowed the lump in my throat and stood, determined to keep myself busy.

How can I help? I asked when she reentered the house.

Come, come, dear, help me peel the potatoes for the stew.

her

tidy everything in its

boy to work scrubbing the

in the sack, she said, handing

like that, I spent the next while peeling potatoes, listening to

looked almost exactly

I'd always sneak away from Grandmother Gabrielles magic

few questions here and

relationship with Silas but she didnt press too much, and

The afternoon passed.

for the first time since coming to this world,

breakbefore

heavily, blood dripping from the wounds

the thick stench of

just a few feet awaythe man who had been

head that had rolled to rest at

his hand still dripped crimson, pooling onto

lit hall was

Clan Vlad leader of

his own