The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

---- 184, THE SACRIFICED SLAVE ZAREK I had rarely been this nervous in my entire life. My mate's words kept echoing in my mind. I felt like I had failed Celine for not having found our daughter yet. And that's not even counting what I hadn't told her-about the memories I pulled out of that vampire. There were fragments of our daughter being enslaved by a man -a wolf, to be precise. I didn't know how clean those memories were, and my fears grew with each passing second.

"Aidan, we've cleared the last traces of scattered magic!" I heard Valeria say to Nyx's mate. On this continent, he's the most capable person to open these physical portals. They weren't the same as the ones purely conjured by magic. I watched him step in front of the stone blocks and raise his ---- hands. Immediately, the temperature plummeted, everything froze- even our breaths. He's strong. And ever since being marked by a Selenia, I know for a fact he's become even more powerful.

I couldn't help but admire them This-this was what I had fought so hard for. And even if the past wasn't what

no idea what he was planning... until I did. "Drakkar, now!" He roared to the other savage-Lyra's mate. ---- I saw those two beasts raise their fists and-BAM! The whole cave shook, sharp stalactites trembled, threatening to crash down on us. And still, they didn't stop. The rocks had frozen so much they crumbled like shards

kept pushing forward without pause. "Take a break!" Aldric roared, charging forward with King Alpha Cedrick to relieve them. The ceiling threatened to collapse. I was about