The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 750

---- It seemed my father had moved some of our belongings here.

Asudden screech and something rushing toward me at high speed made me duck, covering my head with a shriek.

The frantic flapping of bats filled the air as they swooped over me.

That explained the rancid stench and the soft paste my boots had occasionally stepped in.

Iwatched them fly toward the front of the attic and, looking up, saw that the light came from a small window high up in the wooden beams, left open for them to escape into the night.

What the hell am I doing in this eerie place?" I muttered to myself, ready to leaveuntil that dull pain flared in my chest again, stronger than before.

"What do you want to show me, damn it?!" I shouted into the empty space, my voice echoing off the walls.

Frustrated, I strode toward the far end of the attic, glancing around, until my eyes locked onto an old piece of furniture.

I recognized it instantly.

a wardrobe from our

and grabbed the small wooden knobs, pulling both

ebony wood was exposed, housing a few stored booksyellowed,

exactly as I

my sister and I used to play here, pretending

wasnt home, because this wardrobe had been in that

Mothers room.

never let us enter, but something always called to us there, and we would sneak in, spending hours inside whenever he left

shelves, surprised to find they werent

protected.

exactly am I looking for?" I crouched to check the lower compartmentsnothing, just some tattered

glint caught my

a squat, I lifted

tiny flicker of light, like a final

reached my hand inside,

I recoiled instantly when something sharp pricked