The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin Chapter 12. An Attack

SKYLA.

I don’t move, the first rule of survival… stay calm… I keep my breathing steady, my eyes blazing plum purple, the exact colour of whatever or whoever that is… we’re pretty far but those eyes look almost… reptilian… I’m not completely sure as I’m not close enough… and then again, there shouldn’t be snakes out here… this is England, not

Australia.

I briefly wonder if I actually ended up falling asleep and dreamt that I’m in the land down under. I finally get why they call it that. That place must be hell with the number of things trying to kill you over there. 7

Focus Sky.

The smell of the earth and the crisp air are enough to tell me that I’m definitely wide

awake.

Neither of us moves for several seconds and I slowly rise to my feet, eyeing the reptilian or whatever it is. Wait, maybe it’s a snake shifter! Do they exist? Hell, anything can exist, I mean, I’m a Lycan.

Despite how calm I am, that sense of foreboding is only growing, and my gut is telling me that I should assess the situation and start by getting inside… but before I can, I hear Malevolent meow from behind me.

“Go inside.” I say, terrified for her life as those purple eyes turn towards her.

“Meow?” Malevolent tilts her head, looking at me. She’s on edge. I can see the way her fur is standing on end as she stares into the darkness. I don’t think she can see it, but she

knows something isn’t right.

inside. Shoo.” I mutter

towards her; wrong move.

a sinister hiss and

straight towards us. It’s

darkness surrounding it and at times I swear it feels like it disappears, but

7 feet tall. My pure white fur stands out in the darkness, sadly – unlike Dad, I don’t really blend into the night. I slash out

materialise fully. I see the body of what looks like a huge snake, its thick body covered in shimmery black scales that hold a dark plum hue to them. It’s gorgeous I

terrifyingly huge it is.

Fuck!

I’m glad that it no longer cares about Malevolent. Its menacing eyes turn on me as

Lycan

noodle? 9

Focus girl! 1

hisses, showing off its fucking huge fangs. Those things can go right through me… but what makes my eyes widen

widening as I see the cobbled stone path darken under what I’m assuming is poison. Jumping to my feet, I run at it. This time

but no matter how strong I am, it doesn’t even budge. I’m not even able to throw it to the ground. It flails around but I hold on, trying to sink

where it’s normal to

I realise I’m not going to win this. I hate backing away from a fight, but I’m running out of options. The smartest thing would be to get inside or at least grab a sword or something! I need to channel my inner Hercules like how

I’m living in the middle of the woods and I can cope with spiders to an extent, but anything oversized like this, just nope! It’s pretty much a secret, but the one thing that gets to me is spiders and crying babies. Both terrify

away, and I’m thrown against the side of the cottage. I gasp as pain shoots through me, and he darts at me. I catch its mouth, feeling its sheer power as I force its mouth open, my arms screaming in agony as it tries to bite down on me. Fuck, these fangs are so big… I

legs to kick it off me, just as a little ball of soft black fur