All Chapters of Too Tempting for the Lycan King: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Ariana’s POV“The man who killed your father is already inside this palace.”My mother’s words broke through me.I looked at the palace behind her.Someone inside.Someone who had been close enough to enter our home.Someone who had watched us while pretending to serve Kael.“Lock the palace down!” Kael shouted.The guards moved at once.“Close every gate!”“No one leaves!”“Search every room!”Doors slammed across the palace.Warriors rushed through the halls.Kael turned to his royal officers.“Bring every officer here.”One by one, they came.I stood before them with my mother beside me.“Where were you when Darius entered the kingdom?”One officer stepped forward.“I was at the western gate.”“You?”“At the training ground.”“And you?”“The royal chambers.”I watched every face.“Who knew about our return?”Silence.Kael looked around.“Answer her.”Several officers spoke at once.“I knew.”“So did I.”“I received the report.”My eyes moved from one person to another.“Who knew my

Ariana’s POV“The dead guardian’s words stayed in my head even after his body hit the floor.“They don’t want Ariana dead. They want her child.”I could not move.My hand went straight to my stomach.“My child?” I whispered.Kael was beside me in a second. He caught my shoulders and turned me toward him.“Look at me, Ariana.”I raised my eyes to his.“Nobody is touching you,” he said. “Nobody is touching our baby.”“Our baby,” I repeated, my voice shaking.Kael placed his hand over mine.“I swear it.”My mother stepped closer, tears filling her eyes.“Ariana, there is something you need to know.”I looked at her.“What?”She glanced at the dead guardian, then at Lyra.“The hunters have been searching for Moonborn children for generations.”My heart sank.“Why?”“Because a child born with Moonborn blood can change the balance of the wolf world. The hunters have always feared that.”Lyra frowned.“But why this child?”Nobody answered.Then Damien suddenly grabbed his chest.“Ah!”He dro

Ariana’s POVThe palace gates exploded open.I felt the sound in my chest before I heard the screams.Kael grabbed my hand.“They found us.”Damien stood near the chamber entrance, his eyes fixed on the smoke rising from the palace grounds.“They are here,” he said.My mother’s face tightened.“The hunters.”Another explosion shook the palace.Warriors rushed through the corridors, shouting.“Protect the Queen!”“Close the inner gates!”“They are already inside!”Kael pulled me behind him.“Stay with your mother.”“No.”He looked at me.“Ariana.”“I am not hiding while they attack my people.”“You are pregnant.”“And I am still their Queen.”Kael stared at me for a moment.Then he nodded.“Then stay beside me.”We stepped into the main hall.The sight outside made my stomach turn.Hundreds of warriors stood beyond the broken gates.They wore dark armour marked with the ancient Moonborn symbol.Behind them stood another group of warriors with pale masks covering their faces.The hunter

Ariana’s POVThe silver light disappeared but the words remained in my head.The first King who ever betrayed the Moonborn.I looked at the hunter leader and he was still standing at the other side of the courtyard.His mask covered most of his face and it was only his eyes that showed.I had seen those eyes before, not in battle, not in a nightmare but somewhere else ans I stared at him.“Wait.”Kael turned toward me.“What is it?”I then took one step forward.“I know him.”The man went still and my heart began beating faster.“I have seen that face before.”He gave a low laugh.“Have you?”“Not your face.”I looked at his clothes, and then at the old royal mark on his chest.“That symbol.”Kael looked at it.“It belongs to the old royal council.”The man removed his mask and my breath caught.I knew him, not personally but I had seen his face in the royal portraits beneath the palace.He had stood beside kings, he had advised queens and he had appeared in records that were hundreds

Kael’s POV“The King who carries my blood must sacrifice the Moonborn Queen.”I read the words again, they did not change and my hands tightened around the ancient scroll.No.I looked at Ariana, she stood across from me, and one hand resting over her stomach.Her eyes were fixed on mine.“Kael,” she whispered.I could not answer and the royal council entered the chamber.Seven elders and behind them stood dozens of royal warriors and the oldest elder stepped forward.“You have received the command.”I stared at him.“You knew about this?”“We have known for generations.”“You knew it existed?”“Yes.”“And you waited until now to show me?”“The time has come.”I crushed the scroll in my hand.“The time has come for what?”The elder looked at Ariana.“For the Queen to die.”Ariana’s face changed.Kael’s blood rushed through my body.“No.”The elder remained calm.“If the Moonborn Queen dies, the ancient hunters will lose their reason to continue this war.”“You expect me to kill my Que