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.

thinking of Ryley’s blood–soaked face, my inner resistance was

just kneeling.

was worth it to retrieve

struggled to move my lips, feeling as if sharp knives were slicing my throat

bone–chilling, piercing every inch of my skin.

tightly, my cheeks sore from the

increasingly excited and smug gaze, I began to kneel.

knee touched the ground.

felt like they were covered

calm the humiliation

crossed her arms, looking down at me.

coldly/yet contentedly, “You wretch, you still have

my palms, pain shooting through my brain as blood oozed

right leg, then used all my willpower to force my right knee

into laughter.

Hahaha! Diana, aren’t you impressed? Aren’t you the princess of

you so proud? But now… now you’re noll

echoed on the mountaintop, like a demon’s

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

caused my knees to

at how pathetic you are now! So pitiful, so laughable! Do you really think you’re worthy of competing with me for Nathan? You despicable, detestable

spoke, she increased the pressure on my shoulder.

and cold sweat

the sensation of having me beneath

gritted my teeth, forcing myself to maintain a straight

chosen to forsake my pride and

I looked up at

pulled the dagger from her bag and waved it in front of me. I breathed a sigh

dagger hadn’t suffered any

please give me

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

eagerly to

then! Avia suddenly let out a

and threw the dagger off the cliff!

“No-”

the

it was

fingertips, plummeting into the abyss, swallowed by

all happened in a

sharp and arrogant laughter rang

you.

moment, I forgot everything, consumed by one intense