All Chapters of Too Tempting for the Lycan King: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

Ariana’s POVThe temple exploded into silver light.I screamed.The floor shook beneath my feet, and pieces of stone fell from the walls. I covered my head as another crack tore through the ceiling.Then I heard a voice.“Ariana!”My eyes flew open.“Kael?”He came through the broken entrance.Damien was right behind him.“Ariana!”Kael ran toward me.I tried to move, but my legs refused to obey.Silver flames moved around my body without burning me.Kael stopped a few steps away.His face changed when he saw my eyes.“Ariana…”I looked at him.But I did not know him.I saw a man standing in front of me.A man with dark eyes.A man who had held me while I cried.A man who had protected me.But his name would not come to me.Then Damien stepped forward.“Ariana.”Something inside me shook.I looked at him.His face blurred.Then memories rushed through my mind.His hands.His voice.Our wedding.His rejection.The night he looked at me and told me I was no longer his mate.I gasped.“D

Ariana’s POV“My father’s killer is still alive.”The words left my mouth, and nobody moved.Kael stood beside me, his eyes fixed on the dark forest.Damien’s face had lost all color.“You’re sure?” he asked.I looked at him.“My wolf knows.”A growl rose inside my chest.“Then we find him.”I stepped toward the forest.Kael caught my arm.“Ariana.”I looked down at his hand.He released me at once.“I am not stopping you,” he said. “I only want you to be careful.”“I will.”Damien looked between us.“I know this territory better than anyone. Let me go first.”I shook my head.“No.”He frowned.“This is Blackwood.”“I know.”“Then you need someone who knows every path.”“I don’t need you to lead me through the place that destroyed my family.”His face tightened.“I deserve that.”“Yes.”He lowered his eyes.We continued forward.The forest opened into the Blackwood grounds.The moment the first guards saw me, they froze.One warrior dropped his weapon.Another whispered my name.Then

Ariana’s POVThe Moon Goddess’s voice remained inside my head.Your final trial was never about choosing between two men.I stood still.The warriors around me waited for my next move. Kael stood at my right. Damien stood at my left. Both men watched me, but neither spoke.The Goddess’s last words followed.It was about deciding what kind of Queen you will become.I closed my eyes.For years, other people had decided my life.My father had hidden the truth from me.Damien’s family had lied about my father.Damien had rejected me.Kael had protected me when I could not protect myself.Even the Moon Goddess had placed a prophecy on my shoulders.I opened my eyes.“I will not become a Queen who rules through fear.”Kael looked at me.“Ariana…”“I mean it.”I turned toward the gathered warriors.“If I become your Queen, you will not kneel because you are afraid of me. You will stand because you believe in what we are fighting for.”Nobody moved.I looked at Kael.“You said you would stand

Ariana’s POV“Do not trust the man wearing the silver crown.”My mother’s voice vanished.I stood frozen.Kael held my shoulders.“Ariana, look at me.”I opened my eyes.“Did you hear her?”“Hear who?”“My mother.”His face changed.“What did she say?”I swallowed.“She told me not to trust the man wearing the silver crown.”Kael went still.I looked toward the crown resting on the table near the window.His crown.My heart began to race.“Kael…”He looked at it.Then back at me.“I don’t know what she meant.”“I don’t either.”He walked to the door.“Guard!”Two warriors entered.“My King.”“Wake the royal scouts. I want every message from the Rogue King’s fortress checked. Every letter, every messenger, every signal. Nobody enters or leaves without my permission.”“Yes, my King.”“And find out if the Rogue King has spoken about Ariana’s mother.”The guards bowed and left.I sat on the edge of the bed.My hands would not stop shaking.“What if she is warning me about you?”Kael turne

Ariana’s POVThe Rogue King lifted his crown from his head.My heart stopped.For one second, I could not breathe.The man standing before me was no longer hiding behind the dark crown, the black cloak, or the army surrounding him.I knew that face.I had seen it before.Not in a dream.Not in a memory.In the old painting inside the royal library.My eyes widened.“No…”Kael stepped closer to me.“Ariana, what is it?”I could not answer.The Rogue King smiled.“You finally remember.”My mother pulled against the chains around her wrists.“Ariana, listen to me. Do not believe everything he says.”The Rogue King laughed.“Still protecting her after all these years?”My mother stared at him with hatred.“You lost the right to speak about protection.”His smile disappeared.Then he looked at me.“I was one of the Moonborn guardians.”The battlefield became silent.Kael’s hand moved toward his sword.“You expect us to believe that?”“I do not care what you believe, Lycan King.”He pointed