25. The Damn Throne

KING ARCHIE’S POV

I shouldn't be here but what could I have done?

My usually rigid heart thumped against my usual ribcage as fear coursed through me as if it was my blood.

“The future Lycan King shouldn't be scared, Kovan. You have to be strong.”

My mother used to say when I was still the crowned Lycan Prince. She was more involved in my training than my father who was always busy with the realm's affairs and fighting his demons.

She had made me who I had become but she also forgot to make me love her less. My mother was the only woman, whose life I was scared for. My fear wasn't connected to the spookiness of the Royal Lycan tomb nor was it because of the superstition that was connected to this place.

I was frightened that I would find my mother within this tomb… Dead or alive. The reason I sent Amanisa to the other side of the tomb wasn't because I wanted to cover more ground but It was because I needed to get away from her and pull myself together before beginning my search.