A Luna for the Lycan King novel Chapter 24

Chapter 24

I sat next to Darren and intertwined my fingers with his as his parents sal across from us.

“First thing, killing those who place a curse on someone will not remove the curse. That isn’t how curses work. I’m surprised you didn’t know this.”

“Interesting… I’m surprised you do know this. Do you know about our curse?” Milo asked, staring at me with interest.

I snorted, shaking my head. “No, I don’t know anything about it. But we had witches and fairies that visited my pack when I was young. I learned about curses from them. A curse can be broken when you meet the criteria placed upon the curse, or a blood relation can remove the curse. But in order to do that, you have to know what stipulations were placed and what they arranged to break it. By killing these people, you have made it harder to get rid of the curse.” I sighed and looked up at Darren.

“I have completed our bond. I’m hoping that I can help you. when I’m near you. Your emotions will flow through me like they did earlier. Only now, when they do, I’m hoping I can make them less intense by filtering it for you. It’s the best we can do until we can figure out how to break the curse.

“Baby, I don’t want you filtering this-”

“I can’t believe how much you’ve been suffering with this pain.

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unbearable. I’m going to help you. I’ll be by your side as much as I can, and we will find a way to stop it.”

He leaned down and kissed my lips. “This isn’t your burden,” he whispered against my skin.

“It isn’t yours either, but you’re stuck bearing it.” His green eyes were staring at me with so much love. “Maybe we can figure out how to break the curse faster than searching for the criteria to remove the curse. Unless you kept documents or diaries from the relatives you had killed?” I watched as Milo shook his head slowly. “What is the origin of this curse? Usually the crime has something to do with how to break it.

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Milo was silent. He was looking at the ground and refusing to make eye contact with me.

“ANSWER HER!”

Like a flash flood, Darren’s anger attacked me. Pouring in like before, only this time I was ready for it. I took in a calming breath and gripped his hand, filtering in the negative energy and releasing back the positive. I felt him immediately relax. While he was still angry, it was at a much more manageable level. This would work, but it was going to be tough on me. This cold energy made my heart sad. I felt like it was leaving small scars inside of me. After days, weeks, months or even years of this, what would it do to me? But for Darren’s sake, I would help him. Because I couldn’t imagine the damage it had already done to

him.

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“Thank you. I felt your warmth flowing inside of me. Are you okay?” Darren’s eyes softened and I gave him a small smile, nodding my head.

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“I’m just glad it worked. We now have a means to control your temper,” I grinned, putting on a brave face. I would do whatever I had to do for him. I could already feel the difference in the connection between us. And he was worth it… so worth it.

“We took something that belonged to her family.” Milo looked up at me. “And that is all I can say for now. Honestly, I don’t know the truth. My father never told me anything more than that. It was before I was born … I don’t know what happened, but my

father seemed to think that killing your family was the answer to removing the curse. To be honest, it was something that… well, I didn’t think it had to be the only way.”

“Species have become very divided and have quit mingling with others. Because of this, we’ve lost valuable information about each other. Both for the good… and the bad. Things we all should know were lost to us. This includes magic and curses. Even vampire weaknesses and a dragon’s power source are no longer common knowledge. Just like how during a full moon our strength is doubled, and that as long as there is the shine of the moon, we have enhanced powers. That is no longer common knowledge to other species. My family could not have performed this curse on their own. They would have needed the help of someone with magic. And for this curse to stick through so many generations, it must have meant it was a justifiable curse. Meaning your family must have really wronged mine.”

“Maybe there are ancient archives about what happened?

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Something this big would have been documented. I’m guessing there has to be information in the Vault of Crowns. I know you’ve searched in there, but maybe you haven’t looked in the right area.” Winifred looked from Milo, then to me. “Allissa, I’m sorry. I’m sorry about everything. I was afraid that you would make Darren too powerful, and that if he had an outburst, we wouldn’t be able to stop him. That in a rage he could end us all… I never” her bottom lip trembled. “I never thought you would be the answer. What I saw you do just now… I always thought that was impossible. Something I was never able to do as Milo’s mate. I’m so sorry. I know you can’t forgive me, but I will work hard to make it up to you.

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“Well, I’m still alive, so we can work on a better relationship now,” I giggled, feeling Darren’s annoyance. He wasn’t ready to forgive his parents, and I understood that. But I also understood them. If they truly thought killing me would save the kingdom, what was one life in exchange for the whole kingdom?

“I can no longer enter the Vault of Crowns, but Darren can. Only the ruling king and queen can enter. Once we have the ceremony and Allissa becomes the crowned queen, she will also be able to enter. Darren, the vault is full of relics from the past. It also has tombs and ancient scrolls. There is also a master computer that has top secret information on it-‘

“I know about the room, dad. I have been in there before.”