Their Lycan Queen by Foxtail

Chapter 17

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I gasped as I released the king’s head and slid down onto the floor. In my head echoed the curse and I felt their pain, all of their pain. I

screamed in agony as I heard all of their screams in my head. Helios panicked and tried to grab me but his touch burned me and I screamed even louder.

I noticed Daniel moving but it was the king that caught me first.

“Rest now, Nora. Rest.” And my eyes closed as I welcomed the darkness.

At first it was only darkness but then I saw it, the light. As I moved towards it I could hear soft laughter, and the sound of water. I shielded my eyes as the light was too bright at first. I blinked my eyes before I could look properly and at first I couldn’t understand what it was that I

was seeing.

Mermaids? No wait. Women in the water, laughing and having fun as they splashed the water around them but as I tried to get closer they stopped laughing and I stopped as well. I raised my hand and waved at them but they all bowed at me and I turned around just to see shadows.

Shadows came out from behind me with no faces gathering beside me and if I took a step so did they. I wonder what would happen if I touched the water, would they go away then? I slowly walk towards the water and when my toe touches it the shadows all vanish, all of them but one. I tried walking further out to the water but it still followed me and as I turned to look at it, I stumbled at something and I fell down in the water.

My eyes opened as I heard someone calling my name in the water.

from all directions and I wanted to stay there so I could listen to

but I took myself to the surface. I gasped as I tried to breathe normally and I felt a lot of

turned around and saw a woman. She has

two other women are helping me

very wet hair with my very sandy

“Sirens”

fact that if you wander to

girl, tell us why did you try to kill yourself?” the woman with

from me. I thought it didn’t like water so I walked there and then I slipped on a rock I think and then I went underwater. And of course the rest you three know already” I explain

figure it out so fast that the shadows dislike water but you know. Your own shadow will follow you

the shadow is stuck there and it follows my movements. I

a bit frightened but can anyone please tell me where I am?” I ask them and they laugh a bit

us. You have done a great job with saving some of the lycans but now you need to rest and only one of

sent me here after I saw how the curse was created

lycan, then you definitely need to rest, come and

moved through the trees. I glared at them but I could only see

path with little lanterns that lit up our path away, if we stayed on the path the shadows didn’t come near but I could have sworn that I heard my name through the bushes. Like they were calling for me, wanting me to come closer and in a weak moment I almost stepped away from the path

and guided me away