The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 574

Chapter 575

---- Iwas stunned when he passed me the documents.

Even Mr.

Philips eyebrows lifted in surprise, though he quickly masked his disdain.

It was clear he looked down on me simply for being a woman.

I followed the Duke along the stone path, golden wheat fields stretching in the distance, harvesters finishing up the last few hectares.

Amassive wooden and metal silo stood ahead, towering beside a giant mill where grain was ground into flour.

Some field workers lingered nervously at the sight of the Duke.

They bowed respectfully as we approached, though they clearly eyed me with curiosity.

They probably wondered what I was even doing here.

"Dont wander off.

Stay by my side," came a commanding voice near my ear.

The Dukes hand gripped my waist and pulled me closer, forcing me to match his pace.

For some reason, my heart started beating faster, and my cheeks grew warm.

We entered the annexed structure next to the massive storage facility the mill, where a donkey turned the mechanism to grind the grain.

high wooden windows and

ceilings or elevated platforms used for extra

listened to

slipped out of his grasp and walked

the hiding places workers often used my father

Nothing stood out.

murmuring of the laborers and the steady creaking of the

running out of

I skimmed through the numbers from the past

due to an alleged plague Thad never

record of such a thing affecting the

caught my

were two separate pens for the donkeys, yet I only

pen, immediately hit

was refilling the water trough and laying out food

me a brief

inspect the other pen,

but this time, the droppings were piled in one corner, and several bales of dry hay

away when something unusual caught my

Footprints.

Strange ones.

They seemed fresh.

muddy shoe prints stood

crouched down

too

this path many times, and the

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