The Lycan King and his Dark Temptation novel Chapter 152

QUINN

"I need... I need your blood, to feed on your life force and perform the spell together with Valeria and that witch," she said, lifting her head, our breaths mingling in the air thick with countless intense emotions.

"I know you heard what I said in the hall about my former mate..."

"You were such a coward you didn’t even tell me directly. You knew I was there."

"I was," she admitted, biting her lower lip.

"Because I was... I am afraid..." The vulnerability in her voice hit me harder than ever before, even more than when she first opened her eyes and discovered the mutilation of her body.

"And what’s changed now, Gabrielle? If you're doing this out of guilt because I let Celine go to take care of you, you don't have to—"

"What’s changed is that these past days without you by my side have hurt more than all my wounds and ghosts from the past. Now, I can't let you rush into danger if I can prevent it," she interrupted, raising her hand and searching the air until she found my jaw, caressing it with her fingers.

My heart pounded like a lovesick fool.

"Quinn, I wouldn’t survive losing you. I'm not as strong anymore, and even if I had all my powers back, I still wouldn’t be able to let you go. I don’t want to hurt you, my mate, so all I can do is pray to the Goddess that I’m not making a mistake this time. I want... I want you to give me another chance to start over..."

"I don’t want to," I told her flatly, watching her face freeze in shock.

"Quinn! Are you out of your damn mind?!"

"No, Mordred! We have to push now that she’s breaking. We don’t want scraps—we want it all!" I growled at my wolf, and he calmed down, though he paced anxiously, watching Gabrielle's reaction.

"I told you, if you ever wanted my blood, you'd have to beg for it. Besides, I don’t intend to give my life force away for free," I blatantly ignored the fact that I was doing it to get to Celine.

Suddenly, I saw her lower her head, and for a moment, I doubted whether I’d done the right thing by cornering her. But then, her shoulders started to shake, and I heard her low, sexy laugh.

"Fine, that seems fair. Then let me ask you more politely—or better yet, let me pay you in advance for draining all your delicious blood," she lifted her head, a seductive smile curving her lips, making my cock twitch under the towel.

"Tell me when you reach the edge of the bed," she started pushing me back with her palms pressed against my chest. I took slow steps back, letting her lead me, until my legs hit the mattress.