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    “I wille back to say goodbye when I am ready to return home,” she said to my sisters, and Mearez nodded, sighing.


    “I apologize for the drama and the scene Uncle Dareth caused. He’s not always that hateful and… we are truly a great family for you to marry into.” She took Zephyrine’s hand. “You’re not upset by his outburst, are you?”


    Zephyrine stared into my sister’s eyes, the way she always did whenever she was surprised by something.


    “I don’t understand why everyone acts like Lycannar is someone I must never marry. If you look at it from the bigger picture, I believe I am the lucky one.” She shook her head. “Nothing about him or his family will change how I feel. I’ll take my leave now.”


    Serena immediately reached out.


    “I already told you, Mearez. Zephyrine is going to be our sister–inw. I can’t wait to n the wedding. When is it happening?”


    At that, Zephyrine turned to me for help. I stepped forward, gently pulling her away from my sisters‘ loving pressure.


    “We’ll discuss that when the timees. She needs to leave now.” I entwined my fingers with hers and led her toward the exit, stopping by her carriage.


    I turned as Hades walked up. His clothes were already drying on him, clinging to his body, and he stood out inly in the hall.


    “Lend me your horse, little brother,” he said. I nodded before turning back to Zephyrine, smiling at her face. My future wife. I was… thrilled.


    “My brother will apany you,” I told her, and she nodded, her gaze slipping past me to Hades as he headed toward the royal stable.


    “Your brother… is he a womanizer?” she asked, raising my brows.


    I nced at Hades just as he disappeared around the corner, then turned back to my woman.


    “Why… are you curious?” I asked, suspicious.


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    She smiled.


    “He looks like one… and he’s so handsome.”


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    I pulled back, as though struck by jealousy, but she onlyughed and yfully punched me.


    “He’s handsome, yes, but no one will ever be as gorgeous as my future husband.”


    The way she called me that made me swallow hard. My jealousy melted, and I held her by the waist, tucking her hair gently behind her ear.


    “My brother has a harem full of women, but Father wants him married. He’s a womanizer, in a way but only because he’s nevermitted to one woman. Like I have.”


    She chuckled and leaned up on her toes to kiss me.


    “I should get going, Lycannar. I don’t want the event to start before I arrive.”


    “Then I should let you go,” I whispered, but I couldn’t release her. I held her hostage in my gaze, drinking in her beauty, before leaning in to kiss her again. “I am obsessed with you, Zephyrine Ashmere.”


    She swallowed at my confession, and her response came just as heavy.


    “I love you, Lycannar Apex Blood.”


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    The door of my stepfather, the Demon King, opened wide as I stepped inside, water dripping from me onto the floor. I lingered at the doorway, watching thest of his servants file out of the chamber, leaving the King and I alone.


    Power. That was the first thing I felt in the vast, dimly lit room. After the final maid shut the door, my fathery back against his pillows, sighing before a cough tore through him.


    I crossed to the table, poured him a drink, and carefully brought it to his bedside. Helping him sit, I held the cup to his lips, though he barely drank. He coughed it back, weakly sighing, and I eased him down again. I set the cup aside, bowed low, and swallowed. <fn5b8d> Chapters first released on Find1Novel</fn5b8d>


    “Father.”


    In response, he reached for a pillow and hurled it at me. Itnded short, at my feet. Quietly, I knelt before him, pressing my forehead to the ground.


    “Father.”


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    “Your brother… I will have his head the next time he dares stand before me. He is a fugitive, condemned to death. Anyone harboring him will face the Abyss’s wrath. If by chance he hides. in the Lycan Kingdom, you must cast him out. Otherwise, if you fail…”


    “Father,” I interrupted softly, keeping my head bowed. “My brother Hades cannot marry the woman you chose for him. She will kill him the very night of the wedding. I have seen it.”


    At that, silence fell. Slowly, I raised my eyes, only to find him watching me. He coughed, sank back into the pillows, and sighed with weary breath.


    “Your father… he once said you would be the death of everyone. He sought to destroy you in the war five years ago, and I agreed. Perhaps you know this now, and you punish me for it.”


    I dropped back into a bow, my palms t against the floor.


    “I would never harbor such feelings against you, Father,” I murmured, swallowing hard. “Though… it hurts, knowing youplied.”


    Another heavy sigh escaped him. Slowly, he spoke.


    “There are many things I regret as a King, and as a father. But I will set them right before this sickness takes me. You and your brother if neither of you will sit on the Demon Throne with the bride I’ve chosen, then you must present your fated mates. Only then will I let you both go free.”


    I froze. My jaw fell without my knowing.


    “Father, but… Hades is the heir, and…”


    “You are also an heir!” he snapped, coughing harshly. I bowed again. “Being King of the Lycans does not free you from your responsibility here. You are my son too. You are an Abyss as much as you are a Blood. One of you must take the throne. If Hades refuses, then it will be you. Since you both spurn the woman I chose, bring forth your true mates. You have until the third day of the next full moon. If either of you fail to appear, we will have scores to settle.”