Chapter 142

Skylar

The need to prevent Aron from raping me in the future is too strong, and I jump over him while in my wolf form. He falls down on his back, eyes. widened with fear as his eyes meet mine.

At this time, he isn’t the cold–blooded person I met as a child, but a teenage boy who has not yet committed the atrocities of his future self. Still, my heart hardens at the sight of him, for I know the monster he will become.

“Skylar… that’s your name, right?” he whispers, eyes filled with terror and confusion. “Don’t kill me…”

Jinx’s pleas echo in my mind, but I push them away. This is my choice and my future I’m changing. I open my mouth, ready to tear him apart, but freeze when I hear Lucas‘ voice coming from behind me.

“If you want him dead, go ahead. I won’t stop you. Just remember that you’re sinking down to his level, Skylar. I know what he did to you. It was terrible and something you will never truly recover from, but don’t you think it all worked out in the end, anyway? You’re with me now.”

‘I know,’ I respond through the mind–link. ‘But if this man didn’t ruin me, I wouldn’t have rejected you the first time we met, Lucas. We wouldn’t have to suffer!*

…but is killing him truly the answer? You could just threaten him, you

know.

I snarl, my mind consumed with the thirst for vengeance. How dare he suggest threatening a monster who will grow up to ruin countless lives! Yet… I can’t ignore the whisper of reason in his words.

‘He is also your mate, Skylar,‘ Jinx reminds me in a soft voice. ‘Lucas. doesn’t mean you any harm. If you kill Aron, however, there is no telling. what will happen to the future you built…hell, we don’t even know how it

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Chapter 142

little fix we’ve just

weight of Jinx’s words freezes me in place. My beastly claws hover just inches

eyes beg for mercy. What shall I do with him? It’s a decision between the monster he is and the innocent

reaching out to touch my fluffy shoulder lightly, careful not to startle me. The burning light has died down now, leaving him as his

But the thought of leaving him

through the mind–link, turning to look at him. for the first time since everything ended. ‘I…can’t kill him. I want to, but I

washing over his handsome features. For a moment, we just stand there–two souls

eventually, I can’t stand it. I want to hug him so badly that I shape- shift back

  1. me.

embrace. His angel wings

him. “Can I open a

not,” he says.

our time. A portal opens underneath us, and suddenly, we are back inside my parents‘ kitchen, no longer at Lucas‘

light is back, and the eternal darkness is long

says and I turn around to see him and

them.

about, but I see that you took care of Lucian. It’s no

“What?”

and I’m proud

I look over at Mom. She’s glowing, her cheeks flushed with life, and her eyes sparkling with

to pull me into a tight hug. “I’m so

the dark clouds. that had threatened to consume my thoughts. We’ve won. There’s no longer darkness hanging

“I’m proud of

him.

joy swells in my chest, a

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