The Lycan King and his Dark Temptation novel Chapter 119

VAMPIRE KING

I knew that bastard Aldric was strong, but the damn mutt had me on the brink of death more than once.

And to make things worse, he and his little defective Selenia dared to attack me together—pathetic. That damn failure couldn’t even complete a simple task properly.

They were wearing me down. The blood of Gabrielle, which had nourished my powers slowly over the years, was keeping me alive—but even that power wasn’t limitless!

I had used a great deal of it to heal rapidly, and the blood loss was significant. I needed to end this fight once and for all.

The idiots I brought with me were all dead—this was a disaster!

I suddenly attacked the Lycan King, using the proximity he himself had created, hoping to injure him enough to fly over to Valeria and take her hostage.

She was my ticket out of here—my chance to take the immense power that must still be in her hands. I believed I could still fix things.

Something unsettled me—my instincts screamed that I needed to escape immediately. So when that idiot of a Lycan King threw me through the air, I saw my chance to turn into mist and flow toward Valeria to capture her.

But when I summoned Gabrielle's power within me, trying to make her lifeblood blend with mine... nothing happened.

I tried again and again—no response.

If I had been worried before, now I was terrified.

I landed crouching, one hand pressed against the cold ground, ready to spring into action and finish my plan quickly—but then my eyes locked onto a pair of bare feminine feet.

My gaze slowly traveled upward, tracing her exposed legs as a shiver ran down my entire body.

I had only felt this kind of fear once before, in the presence of a single person in my life—and it couldn’t be her. It couldn’t be... This had to be an illusion...

"Hello, Kael. Long time no see. Did you miss your Queen?"

It was... it was her. That beautiful face I had secretly loved, now wearing a cynical, cruel expression. Her lips curled into a smile, but that murderous grin only made my heart tremble even more.

“Ga... Gabrielle... How?” The words stuck in my throat, my eyes darting wildly, searching for a way to escape.

"That's what I'd like to know, Kael. How could you do this to me? How could you do this to my daughter?"

She took a step toward me, her words dripping with the hatred she held for me.

She knew the truth. My every action had been discovered.

"I trusted you, and you betrayed me in the vilest way. HOW COULD YOU ALMOST KILL MY BABY AND STEAL HER THRONE?!"