All Chapters of The Lycan King’s Stolen Mate: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

My heart completely stopped."Valen!" I screamed, my voice breaking across the noisy courtyard.Valen crashed hard into the red dirt, rolling twice before hitting the stone base of the cliff. The impact was so strong that his broadsword flew out of his hand, sticking blade-first into the ground five feet away. Dust and red powder filled the air around his motionless body.High above, the giant Shadow Wyrm hissed. Its thick black scales looked like wet slate, and its long, snake-like body uncoiled from the deep cave. Malakor stood right between the beast's black horns, holding the glowing purple crystal high above his head."Look at your grand Alpha King now, Queen Lyra!" Malakor laughed, his voice ringing out over the rocks. "Crushed like a bug by the true power of the void!"The giant beast opened its massive jaws, revealing rows of sharp, yellow teeth dripping with green poison. It reared back, preparing to dive straight down and swallow Valen whole."Not while I breathe!" I snarled

"A spy in the council?" Valen’s voice dropped into a terrifying whisper. His golden eyes flared so bright they burned through the dusty air of the canyon."Yes!" Malakor choked out, his hands trembling as he held the purple crystal. "You left your precious daughter behind with a traitor at her throat! Kill me, and you'll never reach her before the shadow core ignites!""We don't need your permission to save our daughter," I snarled, stepping forward.Before Malakor could react, I slammed the hilt of my silver dagger straight into his temple. The dark lieutenant’s eyes rolled back, and he collapsed unconscious into the red dirt. I kicked the purple crystal shard away from his hand, and Alexander immediately stepped in, binding Malakor's wrists in heavy iron anti-magic chains."Secure him!" Alexander ordered the remaining trackers. "He answers to the Alpha King back at the Citadel!"Valen turned to me, his face pale beneath the smears of soot and blood. The unyielding confidence he alwa

The emerald fire roared through the nursery, bright and terrifying.The hot green light washed over the high stone ceiling, instantly burning away the black shadow vines Varick had planted. The heavy glass from the shattered windows rained down onto the courtyard far below, clicking like hail against the stone walls.Varick screamed as the emerald heat slammed into his face. He held his arms up, shielding his eyes as the blinding light pushed his body back toward the doorway."What is this magic?!" Varick shrieked, his voice cracking with terror. "The crest was blue! It was supposed to be a seal of light!"Inside her golden cradle, baby Aurora was floating three feet in the air.Her tiny body was wrapped in a swirling sphere of emerald and silver flames. Her bright blue eyes were wide open, glowing like tiny stars as her raw celestial power poured out to protect herself. The mark on her wrist wasn't just a quiet crest anymore it was a raging inferno."Aurora!" I cried out, my voice fi

"Gone?!" Valen yelled, his deep voice bouncing off the high courtyard walls.His golden Alpha eyes burned with fresh rage. He pulled away from me, stepping over the shattered stone pieces on the floor."I drove my broadsword straight through his chest," Valen growled, looking up at the high balcony of the royal tower. "No man survives a blow like that. Not even a shadow sorcerer.""He used shadow magic to fake his death," I said, holding baby Aurora tight against my chest. Her blue eyes were soft and quiet now, but the gold-and-blue crest on her wrist was still warm to the touch. "When the siphon crystal burst, the dark smoke covered his body. He escaped while we were stopping the explosion."Captain Thorne bowed his head low, his hand resting on his sword hilt. "The palace guards are waking up from the sleeping spell, Your Majesty. But the vault doors in the lower basement were blasted open. The ancient royal seal is missing from its stone case."Valen slammed his fist into a heavy s

The floor of the dragon-stone vault split wide open with a terrifying, bone-chilling crunch.A cold, dark wind roared up from the pitch-black crack, smelling like rotting earth and old ash. The heavy stone floor beneath my boots caved in, crumbling into an endless pit of darkness."Maeve!" I screamed, lunging forward with my free arm.I grabbed Maeve’s wrist just as she began to slide over the edge. Her eyes were still closed from the shadow spell, her limp body dangling dangerously over the dark void.My shoulder burned with sharp, unbearable pain as I held her weight with one arm, while holding baby Aurora tight against my chest with the other. My boots slipped on the crumbling edge, rock and dust raining down into the black abyss below."You cannot save everyone, Queen Lyra!" Varick shrieked.He was hovering above the void on a cloud of dark smoke, his face twisted into a maniacal grin. The corrupted royal seal in his hand pulsed with a sickly yellow light, making the void expand f