The Lycan King and his Dark Temptation novel Chapter 458

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Lavinia sensed something was going on but gave her sister space.

After all, Amara was already twenty years old—a grown woman, even if their father still called her "pup."

"I… actually need to ask you for another favor. A spell. I didn’t dare ask Lavi because she’d give me a lecture," Amara admitted in a hushed voice, a hint of embarrassment in her tone.

"Hmm, and what exactly would that be?" Nyx raised an eyebrow. If Lavinia would scold her for it, it had to be something questionable.

As she listened to yet another one of Amara’s wild ideas, she understood the concern.

"Mara, this is a bit… selfish. You shouldn’t play around with Beof like that. He’s a good man, and he’s waited for you for so long. If he had known for sure that you were his mate, he would have asked for your hand the moment you came of age."

"Do you really think so, Nyx? Because I’ve heard quite the opposite—that Beof has no interest in meeting his mate. Maybe he’ll reject me outright," Amara confessed, her chest tightening at the mere thought.

"He won’t reject you. He’s just… been deeply wounded because of his size. You shouldn’t believe those nasty rumors—"

"I just want him to want me for who I am and not just because of the mate bond," Amara interrupted, determined.

"I want to know if he truly likes me, if he’s attracted to me as a woman, not just because we’re bound by the connection between our wolves."

Nyx stared at her friend.

By the Goddess… she hoped this madness worked out. Otherwise, her mother, Sigrid, was going to hang them upside down on the castle walls.

Her father? Well… he’d probably just ask his mate if they should tighten the ropes.

They’d have to call in reinforcements from the grandparents and great-grandparents.

"Fine. Damn it. I can’t resist those abandoned-puppy eyes," she groaned. "Wait!" she laughed—a rare sound from her—when Amara threw her arms around her in excitement.

"You’d better undo the spell at the right moment. Don’t you dare take advantage of my poor uncle!"

*****

That night, Lavinia tore open a rift in space, transporting Amara to where Beof was.

Victoria and Nyx went with her, since the spell couldn’t carry too many people at once. Besides, Victoria, being a vampire, would distract the lycan twins, while Nyx would camouflage herself inside another body to avoid being detected by Beof.

She had mastered Sigrid’s possession magic herself.

"Amara, if you’re in danger, if you need to come back, just touch the pendant and think of me. I’ll open a portal and bring you back wherever you are," Lavinia instructed, adjusting the opal stone pendant around her sister’s neck.

"I’ll be fine, sister," Amara reassured her, hugging her warmly. But deep down, she was nervous.

"Don’t get into trouble, Mara. Don’t make me regret this, please."

With one last warning, Lavinia finally pulled away and motioned for them to step onto the runes drawn on the library floor.

She chanted her spell. It was easier for her to stay behind at the origin point—this way, she could pull them back if something went wrong.

A stormy gust flung open the windows, swirling violently around the supernatural women in the room.

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