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.

it to retrieve the dagger.

agree,” I struggled to move my lips, feeling as if sharp knives were slicing my throat with each.

turned bone–chilling,

my teeth tightly, my cheeks sore from the pressure.

excited and smug gaze, I began to

left knee touched

rocks beneath my flesh felt like they were covered in sharp

trying to calm the humiliation

arms, looking down at

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

palms, pain shooting through

slowly raised my right leg, then used all my willpower to force my right knee to touch

burst into laughter.

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

proud? But now…

on the mountaintop,

shoulder, and menacingly said, “Kneel properly for

my

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

increased the pressure

knees, and cold sweat beaded on

relished the sensation of having me beneath her foot, laughing

myself to maintain

forgotten why I had chosen to forsake my pride

looked up at Avia.

dagger from her bag and waved it in

dagger hadn’t suffered

give me back the dagger now,”

you want it, I’ll be kind

out eagerly

suddenly let out a short,

raised her hand and threw the dagger off the

“No-”

edge of the cliff, trying to catch

it was

dagger slipped through my fingertips, plummeting into the abyss, swallowed by the

a

sharp and arrogant

for you.

moment, I forgot everything, consumed by one intense thought-