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The warrior rose from the dead, now an immortal, with the spirit ofthe beast latent within him. He displayed the wolf’straits: the need for touch, an intense loyalty to its kind, an animal craving for the delights ofthe flesh. Sometimes the beast rises. . . .”  \n• each lykae possesses the Instinct, an inner guiding force, like a voice whispering in one’s mind.  \n• Mate for life. over eternity, they seek their fated one above all things, revering matehood as other species do gods.  \n• royal seat is kinevane in the scottish Highlands.  \nThe Ubus peoples  \n“Descendants of demons, reapers ofpleasure. Thrice in one’s arms, forever enslaved. Separation begets grave sickness, yet only through death can the envenomed be freed.”  \n• Female: succubus. Male: incubus.  \n• Derive nourishment from the sexual enjoyment of others.  \n• Possess the ability to sexually madden their victims. a succubus uses strew; an incubus stav.  \n• after a third mating, they form a bond with their conquests, a mystical tie called venom.  \nThe Accession  \n“And a time shall come to pass when all immortal beings in the Lore, from the Valkyrie, vampire, Lykae, and demon factions to the witches, shifters, fey, and sirens . . . must fight and destroy each other.”  \n• a kind of mystical checks-and-balances system for an ever-growing population of immortals.  \n• Two major alliances: the Pravus rule and the Vertas league.  \n• occurs every five hundred years. or right now . . .  \nprologUe  \nWoods of Murk, Scotland  \ncenturies ago . . .  \nI n a dark forest, in a dour land, stood an enchanted cottage. Within it,  \nUilleam Macrieve was about to bicker with his mate, lady ruelle. yet again.  \nas the blizzard outside gathered its strength, Will sat on the edge of her bed, wearily preparing for battle.  \n“Just once more, my love,” ruelle sighed, letting the silk cover dip to reveal her bare breasts.  \nIn the past he’d have stared agog at that generous flesh; now he scowled at her antics.“you know I canna stay.” always with these antics. Could she not tell how deep she’d already drawn from him this eve?  \n“’Tis hours till dawn.” she rose up on her knees to purr at his ear,“I needn’t keep you long.” Her words were accented with the flavor of distant realms.  \nIn these northern lands of the lykae, ruelle was a rarity, a foreign female who dressed in lace and silks and had no skill with a sword. she lived alone here in the Woods of Murk—a place of fairy rings and curses, of portals to different planes and creatures of old that even lykae feared.  \nonly a dare from other boys had coaxed Will’s feet into that eerie forest the first time.  \n2 k resley Cole  \n“once more?” He rose to wash, doubting that he had another bout in him. Nay, not a bout—that would imply two contenders.“and after that, you’ll demand yet another.” even if he was physically capable, he needed to get back to Conall keep before his family realized he was gone.“already I’ve yielded to your wishes.”  \nat her basin, he gazed into her oversize mirror—his ruelle could be atad bit vain—and spied her behind him. In the firelight, her hair appeared burnished, her cheeks and lips rouged to match, the colors stark against her milk-white skin and gray eyes.  \nshe pouted prettily. everything she did was pretty, even lovemaking—unlike the trollops his older cousins routinely tupped in the hayloft.  \nafterward, those wenches would be heavy-lidded with satisfaction, even as they looked like they’d just gone to war in the hay: faces","cbCaivxJN3jjlj5w","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivxJN3jjlj5w","pdf",1772362,34,"English","# The lore\n# The Lykae Clan\n## The Instinct and matehood\n# The Ubus Peoples\n## Succubus/Incubus and venom bond\n# The Accession\n## Alliances and timing\n# Prologue\n## Woods of Murk, Scotland","[{\"question\":\"What are the defining traits of the lykae clan in this excerpt?\",\"answer\":\"Lykae are mostly immortal, can regenerate from injuries, and their eyes change with intense emotion. 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