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

  1. 4

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

sting so much more

head; he just doesn’t

be able to

I head to the lounge and drop

Malevolent to my chest.

staring at the ceiling, and watch the shadowy patterns of

and the curtains are open, but I have no energy to get up and

did I do

hook-ups

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

to me…

it makes me a bitch, but if I

for his brother.

Nicely played Sky…

fills me. If Royce finds out, I bet he’ll be disgusted that I bounced

to the other so easily…

Nice work.

my side, I run

my hair, breathing deeply,

more than to

scream, and cry, the guilt and

how can I always be so

think I’m a

because I’m tough and I’ll

everything I have… but no one

deep breath, I flex my fingers, trying to rid the

void

it and

where you

cry, both threatening to

wreak havoc and destroy

or even… destroy

want to feel something other than empty, angry or

stare at 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 on

I know I’ll fuck up

at

feeling as if I’m betraying him, but he’s the one refusing to talk to me… but does it even

couple-

His ex. Fuck!

thundering, and I wonder if something happened

together again.

but I

mean he

with me… and stop

You’re overthinking Sky, chill.

can feel my anger and frustration rising,

Fuck calm down…

can’t lose control. I hate how I have empty blanks in my memory whenever I completely spiral.

run to the bedroom. Pulling open my top chest drawer, I scramble around, dropping my phone in the process; it hits the floor, but I don’t care.

of serum with shaking hands and bite off the lid, my eyes blazing, my aura raging around

on me to mask my aura, are not

Lycan

me, making me fall to my knees.

within me. 4

head will burst as I grab onto the chest of drawers,

but I

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