The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 26

Aldrich

As I was rebandaging my wound, I heard a scream pierce the night.

Instantly perking up, I was on my feet immediately, grabbing for the nearest weapon. I didn’t know where it came from or how close it was or who screamed, but it sounded wet, like blood was gurgling in the screamer’s throat. It could have been a wandering vampire slaughtered by my troops, or a werewolf slaughtered by the vampire.

ut then the one scream multiplied into severa

of the night and we were sleeping where we were going to deploy in the morning. I was usually awake during these hours to secretly tend to my wound—no one else was, however.

s.

have attacked.”

the stars.

gar has revealed our army deployment map to the enemy.”

ing array of anger, disappointment, betrayal, and disgust brewed inside of me. He had replaced my best friend’s position because he was someone I thought I could trust, then became someo

ed to imagine him doing such a thing. The man who sat with me until dawn surely di

stard is fighting with the vampires.”

taste of intestines and bone marrow.

wolves were slaughtered left and right. The dead stared at the sky, unseeing, their organ

ne bite down and a pull away from his body, his head detached while in my mouth.

n the war, learning their tactics and their weaknesses slowly, patiently sewi

es.

its marble skin. I cut through the air too quickly for Agar to turn around; he was on the ground before he knew I was lunging for him.

zed there was a better way.

my fault!” he cried, the fierce and unwavering warrior sounding like a desperate schoolboy.

“Did the map just hand itself over?”

me in terror, but his eyes were adamant. “I didn’t have a choice!” he cried, holding his claws in

it is like,” I sneered violently, and grabbed his wrist, stee

o save them.”

to his stomach to pierce the skin.

min!” Agar sputtered, and that prolonged my pause. “Prince Benjamin has been controlling me to obey h

s motive?

en,” I snarled before pressing his claws all the way through his stomach, nearly impaling him i

Cathy

attired; I didn’t trust the maidservants to do so.

nce again frolic outside in the flowers. Maybe it was an enemy of Alan’s. Maybe they were content with his injury and ended the schemes then and there.

to Theo’s bedroom, I was smiling, but it disappeared quickly. He was not i

ad started picking at me like a fish upon rocks. Don’t panic, Cathy. He was probably outside for longer than planned with Alan, wh

tairs to that location, still not letting myself fret, and found that he w

o avail, I did not find him there.

om the kitchens and grabbed his arm, not caring for impoliteness. “Where is my son?” I demanded, panic edging my voice.

un to.

lace I first thought of then prayed I would not have to.

my head felt inflated and light. Dizzied, I stumbled into the room, gasping.

ere he laid on the bed. A team of medics was observing

in the fields.”

s interwoven with dirt and he looked ashamed to see me so scared.

but I didn’t think he believed it.

after I told him everything.

o did this,”

and pulling him against my chest.

d me to grab something from the nightside table. I pulled away to see what it was.

found this taped on my b