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.

face, my inner resistance was gradually suppressed.

was just kneeling.

to retrieve the

feeling as if sharp knives were slicing my

bone–chilling, piercing

teeth tightly, my cheeks

excited and smug gaze, I began to

left knee touched the

they were covered in sharp thorns, piercing me to the bone.

to calm the humiliation and

arms, looking

contentedly, “You wretch, you still have one foot.”

my palms, pain shooting through my brain as blood

raised my right leg, then used all my willpower to force my right knee to touch the ground.

burst into laughter.

you

But now… now you’re

the mountaintop, like a demon’s

stepping on my right shoulder, and menacingly

pressure caused my

you are now! So pitiful, so laughable! Do you really

spoke, she increased the

knees, and cold

having me beneath her

forcing myself

hadn’t forgotten why I had chosen to forsake my

looked up at Avia.

you’re talking about?” Avia pulled the dagger from her bag and waved it in front of

the dagger hadn’t suffered any damage.

so please give me back the dagger now,”

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

reached out eagerly to take it.

out a short,

she raised her hand and threw the dagger off the

“No-”

towards the edge of the cliff, trying to

it was

through my fingertips, plummeting into the abyss,

a matter

Avia’s sharp and arrogant laughter rang out.

kindly disposed of it for you. Diana, you don’t need to thank

I forgot everything,