The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin Chapter 41. Doubts

SKYLA.

He looks away first and places his jacket

aside, cocking a brow at me.

“Are you alright?” He asks.

“Yeah…” I say, shaking my head.

He had reminded me of Reign, it threw me. I guess he and Aleric are twins but…

Running my fingers through my hair, I clear my head. I’m about to close the door when Royce reaches over, his arm brushing mine as he closes the door.

Focus Sky…

“So, what was wrong earlier?” He asks, looking me over before he looks away.

So cute.

“I just felt suddenly sick and sluggish. I don’t know.” I frown, it does sound weird… ”

It was strange.”

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don’t know.” I frown, it does sound weird… ” It was strange.”

“Yeah… You’re a werewolf, unless there was

something in your system you wouldn’t have fell ill so suddenly.” He says, and I

can’t help but appreciate the slight pause

before he said the word werewolf.

He is still being careful around my own family. He has a point, even if we get ill,

there’s a reason and we recover far faster

than normal.

“Yeah… but everything was fine. Classes finished, then I ran into Rivers and then went to Aleric’s office for detention. Nothing weird even happened.”

“Right… I actually came down to check up on you, since you said you weren’t well, but since I’m here, mind if I take a bit of blood to run it through some tests? Because that doesn’t sound normal.”

“What kind of tests?” I say as we enter the

lounge and all eyes turn to us.

Ahren tilts his head, munching slowly on a chip, whilst the quintuplets instantly shift to

hostile mode. (1)

Jayce’s eyes are calculating, Theo and Ares are frowning, Carter has his eyebrows raised, and even Renji’s smile has faltered.

“Guys, he’s my trainer. Stop staring at him, even if he is pretty handsome.”

Carter nods his agreement, and Royce raises an eyebrow.

meet you guys.” He says, just as the TV signals

of them mumble as I gaze at the TV

“Shit, we missed it!”

Jayce offers broodily. “But I don’t think he will

overexerted himself straight

underestimate him.” I say. There’s

break now. I pick up a plate for Royce. “What would

fine… As for the test, it’s just to see if there is anything there or

it’s obvious he doesn’t want to say much more in

be right back, holler at me when the break is over.” I say, before jerking

head to the kitchen, and

company a sample of my blood is dangerous.” I say

bites into it, placing the

a faint smirk, which makes me wonder if he’s serious or joking. “But I promise, I’ll do

will be disposed of, or if you want, I can take the blood

“I trust you, Royce.”

another bite of his pizza. Why

I trust you, so you got something you

ask him.

“Actually, no…”

I might have something.” I say,

in one of the lower drawers. It takes me a few minutes to find what I’m looking for, and I take out one of the empty vials that I would use for my poisons.

body.

I need to make some

cleared that shit

to the kitchen and take

to appreciate that

out to

smoothly, “Open

some blood into it.

meant to, and quickly step back

pressing his

just a cut.” I say lightly, too busy, lost in that gorgeous face, although

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it like it’s not.” He says, tugging

thumb in his mouth.

Fuck.

feels light as

along the

my

back, and my thumb slips from his mouth, brushing his lips, and

“Ah, Alpha saliva-”

finish for

He says, letting go of my hand and grabbing the lid for the

is, in fact, something in

get in my blood?” I

trying not to focus on the

eat

not do that, and I’m not about to say that to Royce, not until I know if there is in fact anything

the council, I won’t forget the fact that he did try to poison Rafael once.’ Grandad Elijah’s words from

does

need to be

suddenly feel uneasy?

over and I glance at him, looking at the blood that covers

Focus Sky.

of the horrible thoughts that have now crossed my

let him wash his hands as I dry my

head