The Luna Is Gone by Angelique Quinn

Chapter 164

Diana’s pov

“Where’s the dagger?” I asked.

“Don’t be so impatient. Didn’t I say, as long as you fulfill my demands, I’ll give you the dagger back?” The mountain wind tousled Avia’s hair.

She smiled, like a devil.

I took a deep breath, struggling to suppress the hatred and anger churning inside me.

“So, what are your demands?” Avia lowered her head, twirling her meticulously cared–for violet nails, her crimson lips curling slightly.

“First, hand me your phone.” I furrowed my brow, not understanding why she would ask, but I still handed her my phone.

“What about the unlock code?” she asked.

I recited a sequence of numbers.

I finally realized what Avia was up to.

After unlocking my phone, she went straight to the messages and deleted all the conversations between

me and her.

“I won’t give you a chance to complain to Nathan,” she smirked triumphantly.

I glanced at her, too disinterested to even engage in conversation.

After thoroughly inspecting my phone to ensure there was nothing incriminating, she tossed it back to

1. me.

“Do you have any other demands?” I asked after pocketing my phone.

Avia looked at me with a gleeful yet malicious gaze.

She slowly opened her mouth and said, word by word-

“Second, I want you to kaneel down and beg me.”

I wasn’t surprised by Avia’s request.

She had always detested me, seizing every opportunity to humiliate me.

Kneeling before such a vicious, calculating, and foolish woman was undeniably difficult.

my inner resistance

was just

worth it to retrieve the

lips, feeling as if sharp knives were slicing my throat with

mountaintop turned bone–chilling, piercing every

tightly, my cheeks sore

smug gaze, I began to

left knee touched

flesh felt like they were covered

air, trying to calm the humiliation and resentment in my heart.

her arms, looking

“You wretch, you still have

pain shooting through

slowly raised my right leg, then used all my willpower to force my right knee to touch

burst into

you impressed? Aren’t you the

proud? But now… now you’re noll

on the mountaintop, like a demon’s roar,

a foot, stepping on my right shoulder, and menacingly said, “Kneel properly for

pressure caused my knees to

are now! So pitiful, so laughable! Do you really think you’re worthy of competing with me

increased the

my knees, and cold sweat beaded

beneath her

myself to maintain

had chosen to forsake my pride and

dagger?” I looked up

bag and waved it in front of me. I breathed a sigh of relief.

hadn’t

me back the

really think I care? Since you want it, I’ll be kind enough…” Avia handed the dagger

out eagerly

out a

hand and threw the dagger off

“No-”

towards the edge of the

was

the abyss, swallowed by the rushing sea, disappearing

happened in a matter

and arrogant laughter

you. Diana, you

that moment, I forgot everything, consumed by one intense thought-