The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 56

I did not have time for this. I took the paper from my son’s hand and shredded it into a million pieces, watching it float to the ground.

“No littering, mommy!” Theo reprimanded, echoing one of my lessons to him.

“Who gave this to you, Theo?” I asked in a voice that suggested the seriousness of the situation, but in a way that wouldn’t scare him.

he sky to contemplate for a second. “Uhh,” he said, s

orst timing.

wo stresses to worry about.

d over what I should do. I could not bother Aldrich so soon after he discovered I was “cheating” on him with a strange man. Maybe I would go to find Danika; Alan was probably off the table too, since he was most likely listening to Aldrich rage at that moment.

nothing I could do at that moment without a refresh.

time wasn’t for a few hours, but I couldn’t wait any longer.

“Okay,” was all he said. He was defini

anything happened–especially with Aldrich and Alan away. I guided him into my rooms and changed him into his night time clothes.

he asked, and I smiled with a nod.

the nightstand cabinet to pick from the row of children’s books I read to him each night. He chose a fairytale one about a prince and a princess

e prince saving the princess, something seemed to resonate on his face. When the story was over, and I flipped to the last page about the prince and the princess moving into the beautiful palace to live happily ever, he looked up at m

at that; if only h

But you are with the prince,

ht not be my prince anymore. I didn’t want to attain my title if it was going to be taken away soon.

eamed.

the forest under a sunset glow.

ts pleated with lace. It was the same dress the princess in the story wore.

y heart swelled as he drew my hand to his lips, kissing my knuckles.

ke a knight, as if he just slayed a dragon

isms in the sunlit glass room, its diamond huge and teardrop shaped.

eyes looking like something I wanted to live in forever. “Cathy, my beautiful princess, will you do me the honor of—”

ing. It was a giant, green snake. It had fangs the size of our bodies and its eyes glowed at us demonically. I screamed out as the glass shards fle

ke came slinking toward us, fast as lightning. I screamed my throat raw as the snake unhinged its jaws, closing over me.

er my cries.

it together a

gone from my arms, and the sun was high in the sky.

noyance.

ed at my eyes

day.”

ocking an eyebrow at him, “and why is that

for this.

drawled sarcastically, “I can’t believe you have the audacity to not be begging on your knees right now.”

I sat up, brushing my hair out of my face.

throwing his arms up. “I can’t believe you literally brought me back from the dead just to make me watch you c

e dripping sarcasm.

slipping out of bed to face him.

everything to him. Clement’s blood, our venture out at night, and the day we spent trying to find an antidote to the vampire poison. An array of expressions went through his countenance as I expla

believed me or not. Theo came bounding into the room with w

anika like you said, but the guards said she is miss