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.

blood–soaked face, my inner resistance was gradually suppressed.

was just kneeling.

worth it to retrieve the dagger.

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

the mountaintop turned bone–chilling, piercing

my teeth tightly, my cheeks sore

and smug gaze,

touched the ground.

my flesh felt like they were covered in sharp

had to gasp for air, trying to calm the humiliation and resentment

looking down

smirked, speaking coldly/yet contentedly, “You wretch, you still

into my palms, pain shooting through my brain

then used all my willpower to force my right knee to touch

burst into

impressed? Aren’t you the princess of the

But now… now

laughter echoed on the mountaintop, like a demon’s

shoulder, and menacingly said, “Kneel

external pressure caused my knees to

now! So pitiful, so laughable! Do you really

spoke, she increased the pressure on my shoulder.

cold sweat beaded on

the sensation of having me beneath her foot, laughing

forcing myself to maintain a

why I had chosen to forsake

looked up

and waved it in front of me.

hadn’t suffered any damage.

please give me back the

you want it, I’ll be kind enough…” Avia

eagerly to take

suddenly let out

and threw the dagger off

“No-”

the cliff,

was

abyss,

a matter of seconds.

and arrogant

for you.

moment, I forgot everything, consumed by one intense