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

a one-night hook-up…’ Why

words sting so much

he just doesn’t know

won’t be able to

I head to the lounge

Malevolent

ceiling, and watch the shadowy patterns

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

I do

casual hook-ups

but with someone who I know and is a teacher at the school?

his refusal was getting to

know it makes me a bitch, but if I couldn’t have Royce, then

for his brother.

Nicely played Sky…

bet

to the other so

Nice work.

my side, I

hair, breathing

than to

to scream, and cry, the guilt and hollowness

I always

I’m a

tough and I’ll

but no one sees the fucked

fingers, trying to rid the horrid

me and creating a void

it and never

where you want

both threatening to take over,

to wreak havoc and destroy

or even…

feel something other than

it happen again even if he was pretty good in bed or if he gave me

momentary… deep down, I know I’ll

stare at my

one refusing to talk to me… but does it

couple-

His ex. Fuck!

thundering, and I wonder

together again.

I should

he needed

me… and

You’re overthinking Sky, chill.

feel my anger and frustration rising, and

Fuck calm down…

but even she knows to move away when I lose control. My heart thunders and right now, I can’t lose control. I

scramble around, dropping my phone in the process; it hits the floor, but I don’t care. I can feel myself losing control, feel the beast within raging to

vials of serum with shaking hands and bite off the lid, my eyes blazing, my aura raging around me so powerfully that even the spells Delsanra and Raihana, two of

put on me to mask my aura, are not

my Lycan tries to

it, but I win and gulp it down. Pain. rips through me and I scream in agony as it cripples me, making me fall to my knees. The poison bleeding through me, setting my blood on fire, as it eats

within me. 4

and it feels like my head will burst as I grab onto the

wood but I can’t

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