The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

Chapter 17

The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin 17. My Demons

SKYLA.

As the door shuts behind him, my small smirk fades away, and I look around the cottage. That cosy touch feels empty… My stomach drops, guilt filling me, followed by a void, one so deep it almost hurts to

breathe. This is the part I hate the most; I know my flaws… I know when I’m fucking up but it doesn’t stop me from self- sabotaging everything. Even then, it’s easier to identify my flaws and another thing entirely trying to move away from them. 1

Breaking a cycle that, for a fleeting moment, fills that emptiness, is hard. I live in those moments… It offers me temporary relief, a distraction I really need from the constant war that wages in my mind. But it always comes to an end and then it all sinks in, knowing I fucked up. But deep down I know I’ll do it all over again, because I need that,

those small moments of reprieve they offer

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Picking up my phone, I unlock it and click on the chat app. It’s instinctual, another bad habit of mine that I’ve picked up recently. It

has become a part of my routine… One I

always knew would probably end in disappointment, yet still, I check my

messages anyway.

Still nothing.

Sighing heavily, I stare unseeingly at the

screen.

I can still feel his touch on my body, and I

don’t know how to feel about it. In the

moment everything feels good, but then… now, I feel hollow. Moving toward the front door, I can still smell his scent clinging to me, to this place…. 1

Locking the door, I sigh, resting my forehead against the wood before I slowly

turn and head to the bedroom. A place that

still smells of him and sex… It’s like I can’t

escape him, escape what I did. I messed up and once Royce finds out…

I sigh heavily, feeling sick with guilt and I

turn away, shutting the door, hoping hist scent won’t linger too long.

“Meow?”

Malevolent’s whine draws my attention to

her, and I smile softly as I crouch down and

scoop her into my arms. “Come on, little

one.” I whisper, nuzzling my nose into her

neck. She’s my forever one.

Nothing helps, nothing ever helps.

Royce’s words fill my mind. ‘You’re worth

one-night hook-up…’ Why

words sting so much more

my head; he just doesn’t

be able to go

I head to the lounge

cradling Malevolent to my

watch the shadowy

in the dark, and the curtains are open,

did I do

hook-ups

at the school? Usually, I am not that foolish, nothing good will come of

know I wanted Royce, and his refusal was getting to me… Yeah, I’m not making sense.

a

for his brother.

Nicely played Sky…

finds out, I bet he’ll

the other so

Nice work.

my side, I run

my hair,

than to

scream, and cry, the guilt and

I always be

think I’m a fucking

I’m tough and I’ll

everything I have… but no one sees the fucked

my fingers, trying to rid the horrid feeling

me and creating a void

into it and never return.

state where you

threatening

to wreak havoc

me, or even…

something other than empty, angry or

sofa, trying to regain myself. Even if I agreed to a casual thing, I can’t let it happen again even if he

I know I’ll

at my

the one refusing to talk to me… but does it

couple-

His ex. Fuck!

my heart thundering, and I wonder if something happened and

together again.

hurts, but I should be happy

mean he

me… and stop talking to

You’re overthinking Sky, chill.

anger and frustration

Fuck calm down…

My heart thunders and right now, I can’t lose control. I hate how I have empty blanks in my memory whenever I completely spiral. What if I do something

the bedroom. Pulling open my top chest drawer, I scramble around, dropping my phone in the process; it hits the floor, but I don’t care.

and bite off the lid, my eyes blazing, my aura raging around me so powerfully that even the spells Delsanra and Raihana, two of the most powerful

my aura,

growl as my Lycan tries

rips through me and I scream in agony as it cripples me, making me fall to my knees. The poison bleeding through me, setting my blood on

within me. 4

will burst as

the wood but I can’t hold

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