The Lycan King and his Dark Temptation novel Chapter 350

ZERAPHINA

I think I was still hallucinating. I mean… how did things take such a crazy turn?

I left my lands to run because I felt so stifled, and I fell into that hellhole.

I remember in flashes how I pounced on this male, driven by the burning lust frying my brain.

What stuck most were all those delicious sensations; his vigorous thrusts still shuddered inside me.

Now I’ve got him completely naked, straddling my animal form, shamelessly rubbing that erection on me.

I don’t know him at all, and the worst part is I’m dying to purr and let those rough hands touch me.

Did the blow to my head make me stupid?!

I’m Queen Zeraphina of the beast-men!

“Mmnn… shift into your elemental form, I want to see you…”

He growled, nipping my ear.

I try to twist and fight, but his muscles lock me down like a shackle and, even if he isn’t in that huge wolf form, strength runs through his every move.

“Shhh, behave, Zera… or your punishment will be worse later…”

He warns me, and that affectionate tone in his voice thrills me.

Even though the rebellious voice in me pushes me to defy him, just so I can then stick my ass up and take my “awful” punishment.

I’ve never yielded to a male like this.

A few months ago I lost my King in the fight over Aidan’s mate.

It hurt more to have handed my feelings to an insecure, weak man than to learn of the death of that coward who locked me up and fought me until I was wounded.

Ever since I went through that storm, the weight of the crown has become unbearable.

I couldn’t take it anymore; I felt like the castle walls were closing in, choking the breath out of me.

I wanted to escape… that’s the truth.

I never wanted to be queen, or rule anyone’s fate.

I don’t like giving orders or having to worry about big decisions.

I couldn’t even conceive after so many years.

Maybe it was the inner fear of passing this whole burden on to a daughter.

I even trained my cousin for the throne; she always coveted it, and I was tired of hanging myself with a rope I never desired.

My body began to change just because he demanded it.

His blood ran through my veins with a spicy, magical touch… delicious.

The mark on my nape burned and tied me to him in a comforting way.

For the first time in a long while I felt I could lie back without fear in my mate’s arms.

His naked body braced on his hands, barely giving me room to breathe.

Palms planted on either side of my hair, he stared so intensely he set my pussy on fire.

“Good girl, Zera…” he growled, devouring me with his eyes, roaming over my bared breasts and down my belly.

I forced myself to look modest when, in truth, I was dying to spread my legs and get speared again by that huge cock.

His masculine, dominant scent was driving me insane.

“I’m not some pet for you to treat like one…” I managed to mutter, making a show of dignity.

In a heartbeat he had me pinned to the ground.

One hand caught my chin while the other held my wrists together, stretched above my head.

“Of course you’re not a pet… you’re my woman, my female, and right now you’re going to tell me: do you want your permanent mark rolling like animals in the middle of the forest, or in the comfy bed of our new home?”

There was a dangerous edge in his eyes.

His words were promises of change, of freedom, of escape…

Some pretty unhinged ideas were racing through my head.

Maybe my people weren’t even trying that hard to look for me.

NARRATOR

While filthy sounds echoed in the clearing, a shadow appeared to the side.

Laziel just about wanted to gouge his eyes out with a spoon when he found his brother-in-law stark naked, going at it with that lioness on the grass.

He vanished back into the dark as he’d come, without alerting them, and in seconds was standing in front of Lavinia.

“Well? Where’s Theron?” she took a step toward him.

They’d returned to the cave where they’d left him at first light. The sun was barely up on this continent.

“I don’t think he’s coming. He’s very… busy.” Laziel shared, through his magic, how he’d found the man she was worried sick about.

“Oh, Goddess… Amara’s crazy idea worked.”

Lavinia covered her mouth so she wouldn’t blurt out and break Zarek’s concentration as he approached the cursed tree.

“You see… and, Lavi… this favor is going to cost you dearly,” Laziel rasped in her ear as he passed by.

The witch’s whole body shivered.

Well, anything for Theron’s happiness; maybe now he wouldn’t be so bossy with a mate in his life.

She’d keep this secret too, because if Amara found out he was fucking in the woods like a wild animal, she’d blackmail him to infinity and beyond.

But in an instant, big-sister joy got a little cloudy.

Lavinia frowned. That crazy mix of species worried her.

She had to look into these so-called beast-men properly.

However, this matter was urgent now.

She turned her head and stepped toward Laziel, who immediately took her hand and stroked the back of it.

“Do you think they can save her?”

“Everything depends on whether she wants to be saved or not,” Laziel answered, looking ahead to the ring of runes, where Zarek stood with Meridiana.

“What do you think?” the vampire prince asked the little witch at his side.