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.

Ryley’s blood–soaked face, my

just kneeling.

was worth it to

feeling as if sharp

mountaintop turned bone–chilling, piercing every inch of

tightly, my cheeks sore

under Avia’s increasingly excited and smug gaze, I began

left knee touched

they were covered

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

crossed her arms, looking

“You wretch, you

pain shooting through my brain as blood

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

burst into laughter.

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

so proud? But now… now you’re

echoed on the mountaintop, like a

stepping on my right shoulder, and

pressure caused my knees

laughable! Do you really think you’re worthy of

the pressure

spread through my knees, and cold sweat beaded on my forehead.

relished the sensation of having me beneath her foot, laughing grotesquely with red eyes.

teeth, forcing myself

chosen to forsake my

looked up at

what you’re talking about?” Avia pulled the dagger from her bag and waved it in front of me. I breathed a sigh of

dagger hadn’t suffered

give me back the dagger now,” I said,

Since you want it, I’ll be

reached out eagerly to take

Avia suddenly let out a short, sharp

after, she raised her hand and threw the dagger off

“No-”

towards the edge of the cliff, trying to catch

it was too

into the abyss, swallowed

a matter of

me, Avia’s sharp and

of it for you. Diana, you

forgot everything, consumed by one