All Chapters of THE LYCAN PRINCE'S BREEDER: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Arianna's POV I frowned. "What problem?" "I cannot trust your words alone," the King said, slowly rising to his feet. "You say you will return after one year. You say you will marry my son. But once you leave Dravaryn, what guarantee do we have that you will keep your promise?" "I have given you my word." "And I have heard enough promises in my lifetime to know that words mean very little when circumstances change." His gaze hardened. "You could return to Valtheris and decide that you no longer want to come back. You could allow the King and Queen to hide you away. You could choose your husband and forget about my son." I clenched my fists. "I won't do that." "Perhaps you believe that now. No one knows tomorrow." The King turned toward Elder Marcus. "Prepare the oath." My eyes widened. "What oath?" "A blood oath," Elder Marcus replied, slowly standing from his seat. A chill ran down my spine. "What is that?" The King looked at me. "An oath that cannot be broken."

Arianna's POV My eyes opened slowly, and for a few seconds, my mind was completely blank. The ceiling above me was unfamiliar, and a dull throbbing pain spread from the side of my neck to the back of my head. I tried to move, and then I felt something restraining me from doing so. I slightly tilted my head back and realized that my hands were tied. Panic immediately surged through me. I struggled against the ropes, but they only tightened around my skin, pain shooting through my wrists. My heartbeat quickened as I gazed around. Nothing about the environment looked familiar. Where was I? What happened? The last thing I remembered was seeing the palace coming into view. I was so happy. I was thinking about finally seeing Cassian again. Then those men appeared. I looked around the room again, this time more carefully, taking in every detail. It was large, but poorly lit. A few candles burned along the walls, casting long shadows across the floor. There were no windows, onl

Lucian's POV I should have been on my way back to Dravaryn. That was what I had told Arianna before we parted at the boundary of Valtheris Kingdom. She had insisted she could make the remaining journey to Valtheris alone, and although every instinct in me had protested, I had eventually let her go. After all, she wasn't a child who needed someone holding her hand every step of the way. She was a woman who had survived things that would have broken most people. And yet, the moment I turned my horse toward Dravaryn, an unsettling feeling settled in my chest. At first, I tried to ignore it. Perhaps I was simply reluctant to leave her again. I had spent the past days traveling beside her, listening to her occasional complaints about the long journey and watching her expression brighten whenever she spoke about the man waiting for her at the palace. Cassian. Even the thought of his name was enough to tighten something inside me. I had known from the beginning that Arianna was marr

Cassian's POVI stood by the window, staring at the forests that stretched far beyond the palace grounds, wondering if she was safe.It had been more than two weeks since Arianna left, and I hadn't heard anything from her.Not a single word or a single message.Just a terrifying silence.With each passing day, the silence had become more unbearable.Was she fine?Had she arrived in Dravaryn safely?Had they hurt her?At first, I hadn't wanted to worry too much. I believed she would be fine. I had given her my ring to protect her, and I trusted that it would keep her safe.Besides, Arianna was stronger than she realized. But that didn't mean I wasn't afraid.I was terrified. Especially now that the ultimatum Dravaryn had given Valtheris had expired. And yet, there had been no attack.No declaration of war and no messenger arriving with demands or threats.The silence should have been a relief, but instead, it only made my anxiety worse.What had happened in Dravaryn?Had Arianna manage

Cassian’s POV“Lord Ravencroft?” I repeated. “He held Arianna captive?”“Yes, he did. As a matter of fact, he and his daughter kidnapped Princess Arianna, and the wounds on her… they are the ones who inflicted them on her. In fact, they were about to kill her.”My fingers curled tightly around the arms of my wheelchair.For several seconds, I couldn't speak.Alicia.I knew she had been in love with me. I knew she had proposed to me more times than I could count, and I knew she had never accepted my rejection easily.But this?I had never imagined she was capable of going this far.“You just said they were about to kill her?” I finally asked.Lucian's expression hardened.“They were.”“Can you explain what happened?”“I followed their trail after I realized something had happened to Princess Arianna. When I found the building, she was tied up inside. Her wrists and ankles had been bound so tightly that they had already started bleeding,” his jaw tightened. “Alicia was holding a knife.”