The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 671

---- It was already past midnight.

Honestly, I had feared that by the time I returned from the jeweler, she would have fallen asleepor worse, that she wouldnt let me into her chamber at all.

But, as always, she had exceeded my expectations.

I walked into the bathroom, still naked, and washed away the sweat and lingering traces of sex from my body.

Afterward, I stepped onto the balcony, pulling a small cigarette case from my pocketthe hand-rolled smokes I had bought in town.

At the same time, I yanked up my trousers, leaving my chest bare, feet still bare against the cool stone.

Topened the glass doors, quickly shutting them again to keep out the cold breeze and prevent it from snuffing out the fire.

Leaning against the stone railing, I lit the cigarillo.

linhaled the warm smoke, savoring its bold flavor, exhaling slowly as the wisps curled into the vast night sky.

could share my secret with a woman I wanted too

she had been made

always said that smoking after good

experienced it before, but

ears suddenly picked up a distant sounda horses neigh and the thunderous pounding of hooves

gaze toward the far end of

caught sight of the rider approaching at full speed, trying

at this hour? It had to be an emergencysomething

my heartbeat matching the galloping

the riderand, fuck,

It was Vittorio.

bad had happened in my Duchy if he had come

it hit meI hadnt seen Thesio in a

assumed he was rolling

I had been dead