The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation

---- He didn't even try to hide like he used to. He was one of the few people whose thoughts I could never fully access. Still, I always knew. I uncovered my father's dark ambitions during one of his slip-ups. "Don't do it, Dad, I beg you... don't do this to me... I just..." Tears started to pour from my dry eyes. "I just want to die in peace... please let me go, Dad." It hurt so much. Those wounds inside me never healed, always bleeding.

There had been too much evil in that damned man, in that beast, who completely destroyed me. "Im sorry, Isa, but this can't end like this. Aidan can't start over while we bury you!" He roared, stepping back. And if I didn't have my power, if I hadn't seen all the rot in his soul, I might've believed ---- him. Then I started laughing... hoarse, low, distorted laughter. A dying woman laughing at a joke with no punchline.

Lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to move, tasting the bitterness of my tears. "You buried me a long time ago, Dad," I whispered, closing my eyes. "That's why you don't care about using my corpse to fuel your ambitions of overthrowing the Alpha King and controlling the realms." He said nothing, but I soon heard his footsteps heading to the door. Unconsciousness was taking over. I feared that when I opened my eyes again, it would be to live through something worse than death.

"My other goals don't matter, Isabella..." I heard his voice from the doorway. "Im doing it for you too, because you're my little girl and ---- I love you. That woman will give you her spirit, and you'll be able to live with whoever you want. It's her... or you..." Those were his last words before leaving the room. I could hear him coordinating with Lisa to get me out of the castle and start his little show. A twisted, sad smile curled on my lips.

He knew damn well my spirit was fading, that I'd never be able to trap Nyx in my mind. He'd just use my body as a prison for her, to contain her power and use it for his own benefit. He didn't care what it would do to me. I'd be stuck in limbo, between life and death. "Things won't go the way you want, Spell King. Nyx's power is way more than you can handle, even with your cheap tricks." I dove into the remaining fragments of my inner world.noveldrama

The icy winds of winter magic in the air seeped through my pores, stirred the blood in my withered veins, kept ---- my tired lungs working, eased the pain. But every breath carried Aidan's life energy, and every heartbeat of mine was one less of his. "Just a little longer, Goddess, please give me just a bit more strength to hold on." I begged into the void and waited for my chance. I saved the last breath of my magic to use at the right moment... to have a chance to say goodbye to him.