The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

---- She stepped forward, and I saw it was one of the elders who had been with Marius's group "That... that bastard murdered my daughter and turned her into something horrible... his mate. Sophie was his mate, I... I'm her mother..." she clutched her chest, sobbing. "Take her to one of the tents near the wall," Dracomir ordered, and I followed to learn the dirty little secrets of my dear friend Marius. 'eho "So he had his eye on me from the start," I huffed angrily.

The woman nodded, sitting on the chair, wiping her tears with a handkerchief. "That's why Sophie was so jealous. He forced us to lie to you. He denied her because he wanted to win you over. He bought us, promising that your union would bring us advantages." "That bastard wishes," Dracomir's growl from the tent entrance made her jump in her seat.

"Calm down and tell me, where did they take the sorceress I left in your care?" What I regretted most was that-how trusting I had been with ---- that girl's life. I had failed Meridiana We learned about Marius's aristocratic past. I think he had more airs of grandeur than anything else. Dracomir didn't even remember him, and he had been born in the fortress. "He's going to offer the vampire Lord that magic to revive the dead," she confessed. "I saw it...

needed to know, and we'd keep her under watch. At the slightest slip, I'd personally wring her neck, just like I planned to do with Marius and all the rest. When the

did you forget how badly you treated me at the beginning?" I pointed at him with one finger and put the other hand on my hip. His little tantrum deflated instantly, with nothing to argue in his ---- defense. Good thing he didn't find out about that stolen kiss, or he'd be unbearable. "'m going to send men to chase down your lover,"

slipped from my lips. "Who said I showed

So let's get everything ready, my Lord..." "Victoria, no, it's not safe to leave the realm. I don't know where ---- Frederick went, and an army of wolves is prowling out there..." Dracomir's hands tightened even more on my waist. "Relax, baby, who said I need to leave?" I straightened to lick his neck, feeling him swallow. "To anywhere in this realm

be a bloodthirsty killer when he wants to be. That night... we would make love after finishing off our enemies. sob Sitting in the middle of a circle of cursed runes, when the moon rose and darkness flooded the room, I closed my eyes, focused. I aimed my consciousness at finding the black threads that