The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin Chapter 49

Race Against Time

ROYCE.

I stare at her, processing her words.

There’s no way, I mean, how can that even be possible? If she is alive, then where is she? Why isn’t she here?

“Lottie… Why do you say that?” I ask her quietly.

She looks down. “Trust me, Royce, I know she is. I heard them speak of it with my own ears.” She mumbles, her heart thumping as if fearing getting into trouble.

“Who?” I ask, my own heart racing. “She was stillborn. There’s got to be a misunderstanding.”

“No Royce, she was meant to be… offed.”

Offed.

I know what she means, and I wait as she struggles to keep calm.

My own emotions are havoc as I try not to let her see it as I wait for her to continue when she’s ready.

“How do you know?” I ask, trying to remain. calm.

“I snuck out one day to go to the packhouse, and then when I was trying to get back home, I overheard Beta Quade and Delta Harry talking in his office. Beta Quade said he couldn’t do it, so he instead commanded an omega to leave the pack and gave him money to move somewhere far away so Dad would feel a pack link break that night and think it was our sister, of course, he didn’t keep a count of everyone and so… Beta put her in a human orphanage and told Dad he’d done the job.”

It feels as if someone just stabbed me in the throat. I feel as if I’m choking.

Dad did that…

“And why- why was he telling Harry now?” I ask, trying to understand it but the fact that Dad actually tried to have his own daughter killed.

A baby… fuck…

“He said he recently found out she was taken from the orphanage. He said that he found out that that orphanage is linked to some powerful Alpha and he’s scared Dad will figure it out if he ever sees her. But he’s unable to get any further details about her, and he doesn’t even know if she still goes by the name he gave her or if she’s under a new identity.

“Alright… I’ll talk to the Beta. If she’s out there, we’ll find her.” I reply quietly as we drive through the small town at the edge of the woods where Skyla lives.

The revelation has my head spinning. Would she even want to know us? Would we be ruining her peace, to tell her that her father wanted her dead?

I mean, I have no reason to tell Dad, and I never will, but Mom, does she know her daughter is alive? No, she doesn’t, because I’ve seen her remember her pain.

Mom has one tattoo, a tiny one beneath her wedding ring. Victoria with a little heart. Her charity foundation is the Victoria Trust. She’s never forgotten her. What would she do if she learned what dad has done?

How do I cope with the fact that he tried to kill his own child?

Experiments and control… I dealt with it all, but this?

The hurt and shock I feel are beginning to change to a burning anger.

Charlotte sighs.

“That could have been me. If I wasn’t good enough, he would have tried to kill me too… and what if it wasn’t Beta Quade… what if he gave her to someone who would have actually killed her?” She takes a shuddering breath. “I’ve considered running away, Royce. I’m sick of the cage I live in.”

this can’t continue. He as good

on the king’s council, nor the head of the Solaris court. It’s

you challenge him

about to reply when a voice

of the woods bordering the

Skyla?

Her voice is strained.

“Fuck!” I curse.

only do that if she was in real trouble and, for Skyla, real trouble meant

the

the car, but it doesn’t phase

danger.”

on as I press my foot down on the gas, driving at a dangerous speed. It doesn’t take long before I spot Skyla’s car, but it’s the mutilated body on the ground that makes

drops, until I notice the long dark blond hair and close

It’s not her…

Thank the goddess!

did

can’t leave her here alone. ”

the car and run to the trunk, I grab two swords, tossing one to Charlotte, who catches it with ease

I command, my eyes flashing

better be ok, what the

Please be ok.

drop off her cousins? I should have done that. Why is she even

Who was that girl?

shout, hoping

Please fucking be ok.

hear them. They’re clashing but relief floods me to

down at the second dead body that lies there, frothing at the

one died

More casualties…

in the middle of all these broken trees, but I

I send a bolt of lightning at it, but to my horror, I see Skyla barrel downwards just as I burst into the opening.

He fucking ate her.

now see bits of blood that give away his position and his one

Damn Sky’s done damage.

don’t waste time rushing at it, lightning crackles through my hand

in panic, but the only thing I care about is getting my Lil Lucifer out

not alive. I can hear her heartbeat. It’s faint, but it’s

a Lycan,

to

when I feel the sword connect before blood splatters everywhere, the lightning cutting through him and illuminating the night

view as it

Dead.

turn to see a bloody Skyla roll out

she’s

Time

god!” Charlotte gasps as I drop my

Charlotte,

envelop me as the rain hammers down on her, washing away some of the dirt and

runs over as I take my phone out of my pocket and, unlocking it, I toss

scan her body. The snake