The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

---- "Marius, did you find something?" A woman ran up to him. Her dull brown hair and deep eye bags spoke volumes. "Sorry, Sophie..." "And who are they?" she asked, stopping to evaluate us the moment she saw us. She looked us up and down, not even trying to hide her slightly hostile curiosity. "Sophie, manners. They're friends." "They're not here to ask for food, are they?" . "Sophie! "It's okay, we don't want to be a burden," I jumped in before he could grab her arm.

"Marius, what happened?" Another man came from deeper inside the cave-like place. A black-haired one. "I found them. They took on a wolf soldier and killed him," he explained. ---- The man, Edgar, instantly looked intrigued. "They're going to bring trouble down here, aren't they? You shouldn't have saved them!" "Take them inside, I'll be right there," Marius told Edgar in a rough tone, grabbing the woman's arm. He gave her a stem look that made her shut up instantly.

Marius's group. A bunch of vampires that had banded together-not out of family ties-but just to survive. "It's not much, but please eat something." Marius handed us some bowls with a few spoonfuls of black

we have." "Marius, for the love of the Goddess, you don't have to apologize," I said, even embarrassed, finally taking the soup. I brought it to my lips and drank it without breathing. We all sat and talked around a fire. They were slurping