The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation

---- But I couldn't help eyeing his chest, putting two and two together, and damn... he was Gabrielle's mate! "Wait... wait, if I understood all that Selenia madness right... are you the guy who got 9 letters burned into his heart?" My dad blurted it out without a filter. Quinn raised an eyebrow at Aldric. "Nyx marked her pup last night. We're all family now," he said, and my old man relaxed a bit "That's me," Quinn confirmed, and honestly, I looked at him with some serious respect.

Drakkar asked if he knew how a she-wolf could mark her mate's heart. We dove right back into the debate, which ended with my dad claiming Quinn had bigger balls than Aldric-at least when it came to this. And that's without even knowing the real pain that came with the ceremony. "Why don't you also mention how wrecked you were the next day, and I had to secretly give you my blood so Gabrielle wouldn't find out?" ---- Aldric scoffed, clearly bitter.

He was all proud of withstanding 7 letters, while the lazy Silas had only taken 6... and me, well... let's not go there. "My mate's got the vampire side more developed, and her ceremony required blood," Quinn said, sipping his drink. "A lot of blood." And shit... I just found a new hero. Letting yourself be burned with letters by that twisted feminine magic... while being sucked like a damn orange. Damnit. "Pft, I would've taken it," Aldric still wouldn't back down.noveldrama

"Sure, but we'll never know, will we?" Quinn's words hit him right in the ego. Now I even felt bad for thinking I was the king for handling just 3 letters. As we kept on chatting about all the dumb crap guys talk about, things suddenly turned serious. "Your vampire is here," my dad announced, sensing someone new in the palace. ---- We could all smell it-thick with blood and death. Heavy steps echoed down the hallway and soon, the vampire prince Zarek stepped in. "The selénic spell is ready.

Let's go," he said, staring straight at Aldric, who nodded. We stood up, leaving the jokes behind, the mood turning dead serious. "Are you sure you can do this?" He asked me out of nowhere, looking at me with those sharp red eyes. No one knows more about the physical portals in my realm than Ido. "With everyone's help, yes. I'll open the path to your daughter," I told him confidently. I'd do whatever it took. I swore never to open another door to the unknown, but now I had more support.

My family had grown. And despite the fake rivalries, the teasing, and all the fatherly or ---- grandfatherly jealousy, they showed me something important: When someone needed help, all the bullshit got dropped, and we stood together as one. 1 Just like they crashed into my world for Nyx, now we'd conquer anew realm. This time, the target... was the vampire: Victoria Vlad.