The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin Chapter 12. An Attack

SKYLA.

I don’t move, the first rule of survival… stay calm… I keep my breathing steady, my eyes blazing plum purple, the exact colour of whatever or whoever that is… we’re pretty far but those eyes look almost… reptilian… I’m not completely sure as I’m not close enough… and then again, there shouldn’t be snakes out here… this is England, not

Australia.

I briefly wonder if I actually ended up falling asleep and dreamt that I’m in the land down under. I finally get why they call it that. That place must be hell with the number of things trying to kill you over there. 7

Focus Sky.

The smell of the earth and the crisp air are enough to tell me that I’m definitely wide

awake.

Neither of us moves for several seconds and I slowly rise to my feet, eyeing the reptilian or whatever it is. Wait, maybe it’s a snake shifter! Do they exist? Hell, anything can exist, I mean, I’m a Lycan.

Despite how calm I am, that sense of foreboding is only growing, and my gut is telling me that I should assess the situation and start by getting inside… but before I can, I hear Malevolent meow from behind me.

“Go inside.” I say, terrified for her life as those purple eyes turn towards her.

“Meow?” Malevolent tilts her head, looking at me. She’s on edge. I can see the way her fur is standing on end as she stares into the darkness. I don’t think she can see it, but she

knows something isn’t right.

mutter as I

towards her; wrong move.

a sinister hiss and

straight towards us.

I’m unable to see it. There’s a darkness surrounding it and at times I swear

feet tall. My pure white fur stands out in the darkness, sadly – unlike Dad, I don’t really blend into the night. I slash out at the thing as I block the doorway to the cottage. No one touches my kitty!

growl menacingly, as the darkness surrounding it seems to flicker and then it seems to materialise fully. I see the body of what looks like a huge snake, its thick body covered in shimmery black scales that hold a dark plum hue to them. It’s

long to ponder over it, as I realise how terrifyingly huge it is.

Fuck!

flank and throwing me to the ground. The impact knocks the breath from me as pain rushes up my side. I’m glad that it no longer cares about Malevolent. Its menacing eyes turn on me as I jump to my feet, launching myself at

a damn Lycan if I can’t

noodle? 9

Focus girl! 1

go right through me… but what makes my eyes widen is when he opens his mouth and

I see the cobbled stone path darken under what I’m assuming is poison. Jumping to

doesn’t even budge. I’m not even able to throw it

it’s normal to have

running out of options. The smartest thing would be to get

living in the middle of the woods and I can cope with spiders to an extent, but anything oversized like this, just nope! It’s pretty much

I force its mouth

it off me, just as a little ball