Fated Love: A Vampire Paranormal Romance Novel (The Twisted Destiny Saga Book 4) Read Online Free PDF

After donning a black robe that he’d snatched from one of the marketplace stalls and making his way through the dead forest incognito for several hours, he’d finally caught onto the scent of the wolves. He’d found their camp located deep in the valley of the forest. It’d been fortunate that, as Wolf King, his wolf senses were so attuned or he would’ve never found them.
    When he’d arrived, all the wolves had bowed instantly at his feet. Damon Hunter—the former leader of the wolf resistance and now, since their battle, Ryan’s second-in-command here in the Dark Realm—had been surprised by his arrival. He hadn’t expected him to return so soon. He’d made his apologies for not having gathered all of the wolves as he’d promised, but Ryan had shown up early. After conversing with the one hundred wolves that were present in the camp, Ryan and Damon had retired to Damon’s tent to discuss strategy.
    “Your plan depends a hell of a lot on your ability to control the wolves,” Damon said.
    “It won’t be a problem.”
    “Ryan, in the human realm your wolves are at their wildest and uncontrollable during the full moon. Here in the Dark Realm, it’s like that all the time. I’m not sure if you remember.”
    “I do.”
    “How do you expect to be able to control them when you’ll be affected by it as well?”
    “I won’t shift.”
    “What?” Damon asked, shocked.
    Ryan held up his hand and gestured to his ring. “This will ensure that I maintain control. And, believe me, I won’t have any issues controlling all the wolves here. I’m Wolf King, Damon. They won’t be able to resist my will.”
    Damon nodded and slapped a friendly hand on Ryan’s shoulder. “If you say you can, then I believe you. The rest of the wolves will arrive here within forty-eight hours. Unfortunately, it won’t be sooner as they’re scattered all over the realm—a precaution given our former war against the Vampire King. Until then, I’ll show you to a tent so you can get some rest.”
    Ryan nodded and let Damon lead him out of his tent and through the camp. It was deserted, everyone having already gone to bed because it was late. Damon stopped at the white tent at the end of one of the two rows. He pushed aside a sheet of cloth passing for a door and led Ryan inside. It consisted of a double bed with a thin blanket and two pillows and a small table for two in the corner. He noted the box of rations on top of it. Good. He was hungry.
    “I’m sorry it’s not anything worthy of a King. We weren’t expecting you so soon. I would have—”
    “Relax, Damon. I’m not used to anything different. I’m not my father.”
    Damon chuckled. “If you were, you’d have already had my head by now.”
    Ryan smiled. “Goodnight, Damon.”
    Damon nodded and left the tent. Ryan shed his shirt and pants as he approached the bed. He was fucking exhausted. He breathed a heavy sigh as he flopped down on the bed.
     
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    Hours had passed and Ryan still hadn’t been able to fall asleep. It was her . Cora. He couldn’t get her out of his head. And so, despite how exhausted he was, he just couldn’t fucking sleep.
    He still couldn’t believe they’d broken up. His wife had actually left him, accusing him of being too controlling. What did she expect? She was mated to a fucking Alpha wolf! It was an animal instinct for male wolves to be in control, to dominate. It was the very essence of what he was. And she’d wanted him to change that? To change his very makeup for her?
    After talking to Shaye and Josh, he’d actually considered it, because he loved her so damned much and it’d hurt so much to even think that she was gone, that they wouldn’t be together. Fuck, he’d waited two hundred years to be with her.
    But now she could go to hell.
    She’d saved Luca from the death that he’d deserved. After all her denial outside his mansion that night, after her pleading with him to believe that she didn’t want Luca. After