All Chapters of Too Tempting for the Lycan King: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Ariana’s POV“My King, the nobles have declared you unfit to rule. They have chosen a new King.”For a moment, nobody moved.I stared at the royal guard kneeling before Kael.My heart began beating hard.Kael did not speak at once. His face showed no fear, but I knew him well enough to see the anger behind his eyes.“Name him,” Kael said.The guard swallowed.“My King…”“I said name him.”The doors of the throne room suddenly opened.A group of armed warriors entered first.Then the royal council walked in behind them.And in the middle of them stood a man I had seen many times at royal gatherings.Prince Darius.Kael’s cousin.He wore a dark royal coat, a silver chain across his chest, and a smile that made my stomach turn.Behind him stood more nobles than I could count.Darius stopped a few steps away from Kael.“Your Majesty,” he said.Kael looked at him.“Darius.”Darius bowed.“Not for much longer.”A murmur moved through the throne room.I stepped closer to Kael.“What is this?

Kael’s POVThe dead guard’s words followed me long after his eyes closed.Someone you trust.I stood in the throne room and looked at every face around me.Every commander.Every elder.Every guard.Any one of them could be the traitor.And the thought made my hands curl into fists.Ariana stood beside Damien, staring at the dead guard.Her face had gone pale.I walked toward her.“Come with me.”She looked at me.“Where?”“My private study.”“Why?”“Because I need to speak with you.”She followed me.The moment the doors closed, she turned toward me.“You think someone close to you betrayed us.”“I know someone did.”“You do not know who.”“That is why I am investigating.”She folded her arms.“Then investigate. Do not accuse anyone without proof.”“I know.”“You looked at Commander Rowan when the guard spoke.”My jaw tightened.“Rowan has served me for fifteen years.”“And?”“And he has had access to every royal meeting.”“That does not make him guilty.”“I did not say it did.”“You

Ariana’s POV“My mother is gone.”The words kept repeating in my head.I stood at the palace gate while the messenger remained on his knees before me.“Say it again,” I whispered.The messenger lowered his head.“Your mother disappeared from the protected house before dawn.”“Where were the guards?”“Unconscious.”My heart sank.“Was there a fight?”“No, my Queen.”“No?”He shook his head.“They found no blood. No broken doors. Nothing.”Kael came to my side.“We leave now.”I turned to him.“What if something happened to her?”“Then we find her.”“What if she was taken because of me?”“Ariana.”“I should have stayed with her.”Kael held my shoulders.“You could not have known.”“She trusted me.”“She trusted you enough to leave a clue.”I looked at him.“What clue?”The messenger pulled a small piece of silver cloth from his pocket.“This was found on her bed.”I took it.A symbol had been drawn into the cloth.My silver mark burned.I gasped and dropped it.Kael caught it before it

Ariana’s POVThe words on the treaty made my heart stop.“When the Queen chooses her King, the rejected mate will awaken the second bloodline.”I read the line again.Then again.I looked at Kael.He was staring at the ancient paper as if it had just turned into a weapon.Damien stood behind us, silent.“What does that mean?” I asked.Nobody answered.“Kael?”His eyes moved to mine.“I do not know.”Damien stepped closer. “It means the Moonborn Queen choosing a King was only the beginning.”My stomach twisted.“The rejected mate,” I whispered.Damien looked away.I knew what he was thinking.He was the rejected mate.He was the man who had once rejected me.And now the ancient treaty was saying something inside him would awaken because I had chosen another man.Kael reached for my hand.I let him take it.His fingers closed around mine.“We will find out what it means,” he said.Damien gave a bitter laugh.“You say that like this is another problem you can solve with a sword.”Kael lo

Ariana’s POVThe blood was still wet.I stared at it beneath Kael’s bed, unable to breathe.The silver relic sat in the middle of the blood.For one second, nobody moved.Then Kael stepped beside me.“What is that?”I pointed.“That.”He looked down.His face changed.“No.”Damien came closer.“What?”Kael pulled his sword.“I have never seen that before.”I bent down.“Do not touch it.”Kael stopped.The relic looked like a small silver disk, but strange symbols moved across it. They seemed to breathe.My Moonborn mark burned.I pulled my hand against my chest.“It knows me.”Damien frowned.“How?”“I don’t know.”Kael looked around his room.“Search everything.”The guards rushed inside.“Under the bed. Behind the walls. Inside every cabinet.”I stood up.“Wait.”Everyone stopped.I looked at the blood.“This was placed here recently.”Damien crouched beside it.“There is blood on the floor too.”Kael’s eyes narrowed.“Whose?”Damien touched one finger near the blood.“Not enough to