Too Tempting for the Lycan King のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

Damien’s POVI stood frozen in that hallway long after they disappeared behind Ariana’s door, and my mind refused to accept what my eyes had just witnessed.She had come from his room. At dawn, his hand rested against her back like it belonged there, like he had every right to touch her that way.My chest felt like it had been torn open completely and something raw and unbearable spread through every part of my body.I then walked away before either of them could see how badly it had shattered me.My footsteps carried me blindly through unfamiliar corridors until I reached the guest chamber they had given me weeks ago.I then slammed the door shut behind me and locked it, and I sank against the wood, my legs were no longer able to support my own weight.She kissed him.I didn’t need anyone to confirm it. I could see it clearly written across both their faces.That particular kind of shyness that only existed after something intimate has happened between two people.The woman who onc

Ariana’s POVThe silver light continued spreading beneath my skin, and before Kael could say another word, shattering glass echoed from somewhere above us.We both looked up sharply toward my chamber window.“Ariana, stay behind me,” Kael ordered immediately and pulled me protectively behind his body as he turned toward the sound.More glass shattered, followed by heavy footsteps thundering through the hallway, and within seconds, guards began shouting throughout the palace.“Intruders! We have intruders inside the palace!”My heart rang violently as Kael grabbed my hand, and he pulled me quickly toward the palace entrance.But before we reached the doors, three masked figures dropped down from the balcony above, and landed directly in our path.They moved with terrifying speed, and weapons already drawn, their eyes were cold and calculated behind dark fabric masks.“Get behind me,” Kael growled, and he positioned himself between me and the attackers.The first masked figure lunged fo

Ariana’s POVI woke slowly, and my whole body was still heavy with exhaustion.Sunlight streamed softly through the window and warmed my skin.And for a moment, everything felt peaceful, quiet, almost normal.Then the ache hit me.It was dull, and its pull sensation began deep inside my chest, unfamiliar in its intensity.I then pressed a hand against my heart, and I was confused by the strange sensation building beneath my ribs.I then closed my eyes, and suddenly, without warning, something shifted.I felt him, not simply thought about him.I felt Damien, his emotions bleeded through the mate bond and it was so vividly that it startled me completely.Regret, heavy and suffocating, pressed against my own chest like it belonged there. Guilt followed immediately after.And it was sharp and unrelenting, and it twisted painfully alongside something deeper, something raw and desperate.Love.It was not the confused, possessive love I remembered from our marriage.But it was something cle

Ariana’s POVBy the next morning, the palace no longer felt like a home.Messengers arrived one by another, and their carriages were crowded the outer courtyard, and then each one of them carried banners from kingdoms I had never even heard of before yesterday.I then watched from my window as servants rushed back and forth.They carried chests filled with gold, silk, and jewels, gifts meant to win favor before anyone had even spoken a single word to me.“They want an audience,” a guard reported to Kael and his voice was tight with barely restrained urgency. “Every single kingdom that sent a messenger, they are demanding to see the Moonborn Queen personally.”“Absolutely not,” Kael said sharply.“My King, refusing all of them could be seen as an insult, some carry marriage proposals.”Kael’s expression immediately darkened. “Marriage proposals.”“From three separate kingdoms already, my King, and that number will likely grow.”My stomach twisted painfully at the thought, men I had

Ariana’s POVI turned and ran before either woman noticed me, and my heart rang wildly.My mind was screaming at me to find Kael, to tell someone, anyone, what I had just heard.I then stumbled through the garden path, and breathing ragged.Tears were already blurring my vision, when suddenly a dark shape lunged from the shadows ahead of me.I screamed and stumbled backward, and then the masked figure raised something sharp toward me.“Ariana!”Kael’s voice roared through the garden, and he appeared instantly.His body already shifted mid-motion, and claws extended as he collided directly with my attacker.Another figure then emerged from the bushes behind me, and then I screamed again.But Kael moved impossibly fast, and he tore the second attacker away before he could reach me.Everything happened in a blur after that.Growls, screams, and the sickening sound of claws meeting flesh, and within moments, silence fell across the garden, and was broken only by my own ragged sobbing.Ka