The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 603

---- Gritting his teeth, his elongated canines sank into his lip, blood dripping, his body trembling, hugging himself on the ground, resisting the shift with all his strength, even if it tore him apart.

"m normal.

Im an elemental.

My mother is an elemental.

I cant be that monster.

Im the Duke...

Im normal," he repeated to himself over and over, over and over, for what felt like an eternity.

Eventually, he managed to suppress the surge of adrenaline and the primal call that had been triggered by the raw excitement of being next to Rossella.

Elliot squeezed his eyes shut.

He had to stay away from her, just like before.

Could Rossella have something to do with witchcraft? Was she casting something dark on him, enchanting him? Her father had carried that enchanted pendant.

Elliot had even thought of blackmailing him back by exposing him, but he had far more to lose.

That man had told him he would anonymously send the proof to the palace inspectorthat he had an accomplice and another copy.

The recording showed his transformation back into a human.

His face was unmistakable.

pushed himself up, filthy, drenched in sweat, his body still aching from the aftershocksbut more in

The crisis had passed.

started walking back, a

had run

pierced through the forest canopy, casting

up ahead, like footsteps on

be a wild animal? He wondered, ducking behind a bush,

onto the dark path between the

The whispers had stopped.

but in the next instant, someone grabbed

himself forward, crashing through the underbrush,

see better in the darkness, but his sharp nose quickly told him it was someone

Relax, Mr.

Elliot.

voice came from the shadows as

Elliot sensed another presence and

Icame with a

Tomas, come out already.

Theres no danger.

my house, Aldo called back, and another man, smaller in stature, appeared, watching

you doing out here at this hour?

thing, dont you think?

wasnt used to

all