The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

Chapter 17

The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin 17. My Demons

SKYLA.

As the door shuts behind him, my small smirk fades away, and I look around the cottage. That cosy touch feels empty… My stomach drops, guilt filling me, followed by a void, one so deep it almost hurts to

breathe. This is the part I hate the most; I know my flaws… I know when I’m fucking up but it doesn’t stop me from self- sabotaging everything. Even then, it’s easier to identify my flaws and another thing entirely trying to move away from them. 1

Breaking a cycle that, for a fleeting moment, fills that emptiness, is hard. I live in those moments… It offers me temporary relief, a distraction I really need from the constant war that wages in my mind. But it always comes to an end and then it all sinks in, knowing I fucked up. But deep down I know I’ll do it all over again, because I need that,

those small moments of reprieve they offer

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Picking up my phone, I unlock it and click on the chat app. It’s instinctual, another bad habit of mine that I’ve picked up recently. It

has become a part of my routine… One I

always knew would probably end in disappointment, yet still, I check my

messages anyway.

Still nothing.

Sighing heavily, I stare unseeingly at the

screen.

I can still feel his touch on my body, and I

don’t know how to feel about it. In the

moment everything feels good, but then… now, I feel hollow. Moving toward the front door, I can still smell his scent clinging to me, to this place…. 1

Locking the door, I sigh, resting my forehead against the wood before I slowly

turn and head to the bedroom. A place that

still smells of him and sex… It’s like I can’t

escape him, escape what I did. I messed up and once Royce finds out…

I sigh heavily, feeling sick with guilt and I

turn away, shutting the door, hoping hist scent won’t linger too long.

“Meow?”

Malevolent’s whine draws my attention to

her, and I smile softly as I crouch down and

scoop her into my arms. “Come on, little

one.” I whisper, nuzzling my nose into her

neck. She’s my forever one.

Nothing helps, nothing ever helps.

Royce’s words fill my mind. ‘You’re worth

than a one-night hook-up…’

words sting so

head; he

able to

the lounge and

cradling Malevolent to my chest.

watch the shadowy patterns

I’m in the dark, and the curtains are open, but I have no energy to get up

did I do

casual hook-ups aren’t

know and is a teacher at the school? Usually, I am not that foolish,

was getting to me… Yeah, I’m not making sense.

me a bitch, but if I couldn’t have

for his brother.

Nicely played Sky…

bet he’ll

the other so easily…

Nice work.

my side, I run my

my hair,

more than to hurt

I want to scream, and cry, the guilt and hollowness seeping

I always be

I’m a

I’m tough and I’ll jump

but no one sees the fucked up shit inside my

breath, I flex my fingers, trying to rid

a void

and never

you want to

cry, both threatening to take

havoc and

me, or

feel something other than empty, angry or out of

the backrest of the sofa, trying to regain myself. Even if I agreed to a casual thing, I can’t let it happen again even if he was pretty good in bed or if he gave me an incredible orgasm… I can’t… not with him. It’s wrong

know I’ll fuck up

stare at

one refusing to talk to me… but does it even

couple-

His ex. Fuck!

thundering, and I

together again.

but I

mean he needed to cut

me… and stop talking

You’re overthinking Sky, chill.

and frustration rising, and

Fuck calm down…

meows, but even she knows to move away when I lose control. My heart thunders and right now, I can’t lose control. I hate how I have empty blanks

in the process; it hits the floor, but I don’t care. I can feel myself losing control, feel the beast

the lid, my eyes blazing, my aura raging around me so powerfully that even the spells Delsanra and

mask my aura, are not enough

growl as my Lycan tries to

in agony as it cripples me, making me fall to my knees. The poison bleeding

within me. 4

will burst as I grab onto the

wood but I

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