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.

followed her

tidy everything in its

to put that boy to work scrubbing

in the sack, she said, handing me a pot

next

looked almost exactly like my

I'd always sneak away from Grandmother Gabrielles magic lessons to

few questions

from, my relationship with Silas but she didnt

The afternoon passed.

since coming

breakbefore the

blood dripping from the wounds covering

stench

few feet awaythe man who had been

the severed head that had rolled to

still dripped crimson, pooling onto

lit hall

leader of

by his own