The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

---- She struggled in the tangle. "Quick, Marius, let's get out of here!" I reacted at the sound of Edgar's shout, the good servant who had arrived just in time. I got up with his help, and we started running. But something told me we wouldn't get far. I clutched the worst wound in my stomach, sweating cold, my vision blurring. "Where are you going?! Let's get back to camp for help!" I yelled when I saw him take a different path. "Are you insane?!

I barely made it out alive; those undead you created rebelled, like Sophie, and were killing everyone. I barely managed to get that girl out." ---- Of course. How hadn't I thought of that? That damned Victoria had played me until the last second, but something in Edgar's words didn't sit right. In fact, I didn't even know what he was doing here when he was supposed to go to the vampires' stronghold to deliver a message for me.

dead, although now... that card was useless to me. "What girl... are you talking about?" I panted as we ran, stumbling over roots in my path. "That sorceress! Taking her nearly cost me my life. She's over there!" And yes, I noticed he was also injured, though in better

ahead, where the trees opened to a clearing, and there the girl sat against a tree. She struggled to stand and, I suppose, to escape, but she was still too weak. "Grab her, and let's run to the vampires' walls! They agreed to ---- hear us; it's the only way we can escape those

felt to silence her mumbling. My ear twitched, and terror gripped my heart. They were chasing us.