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.

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

just kneeling.

to retrieve the

my lips, feeling as if sharp knives were slicing

turned bone–chilling, piercing every inch of my skin.

tightly, my

increasingly excited and smug gaze, I began

left knee touched the

felt like they were covered

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

looking down

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

dug into my palms, pain shooting through

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

burst into

impressed? Aren’t you the princess

But now… now

mountaintop, like a demon’s roar,

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

pressure caused my knees

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

she increased the pressure on my

through my knees, and cold sweat beaded

me beneath her foot, laughing grotesquely with

forcing myself to maintain

why I had chosen to forsake my pride

dagger?” I looked up at

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

the dagger hadn’t suffered any

your demands, so please give me back the dagger

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

out eagerly to

out a short, sharp laugh.

she raised her hand and threw the dagger

“No-”

lunged towards the edge of the cliff, trying to catch the dagger.

it was

slipped through my fingertips, plummeting into the abyss, swallowed

a matter

sharp and arrogant laughter rang

you. Diana,

I forgot everything, consumed by one intense