The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

Chapter 137

The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin Chapter 137

My Beliefs

A/N: This chapter may contain some distressing content, I will place a ***** before and after the content, I deem the most distressing part.

ALERIC.

I close my eyes, the fire witch’s anguish cries. filling my ears. It’s not a melody… but a stabbing noise that is making me restless.

He was a casualty just like Quade…

The number of dead is rising and I’m losing count.

But he was a necessity… the plan is in motion and the blame needs to be focused on Royce. 1

Who killed Chris and how?

Even though I don’t know the answer to those questions, something makes me wonder if Apophis has got someone else working for him…

I don’t know who he has but if he has someone doing his bidding, then it is a cold reminder that if I fail, he can and will easily replace me. 7

He won’t need me and will cast me aside

with ease.

What am I doing anyway?

What is the purpose of it all?

To be powerful…

I don’t feel it. I feel as if I’m destroying everything I worked for in life. 4

The agonising pain in my neck ever since she marked me has numbed my mind and senses. It’s not healing, and I can feel my link to Apophis ebbing away. 7

His words the moment she marked me ring in my head.

‘No! It cannot be! Fool! Stop!’ 6

Something about her marking me hit him and since then I am alone, with only his command, telling me what I need to carry out.

Foolish…

I am indeed foolish… 1

I scoff quietly, resting my head back as I stare at the ceiling of the room I am held in.

The commotion is ongoing, but my mind is a storm of thoughts.

Royce’s rage… the look in his eyes… the hatred…

I’ve always been jealous of him, the way he doesn’t care what others think of him, the way he is always better at things without trying. I would practice for hours to perfect something, whether that be a subject or something in training, but he wouldn’t even try, and he’d nail it.

How do you compete with that?

I saw the way Dad’s interest shifted to him when he realised he was a born protégée, but it wasn’t jealousy back then… it was fear…

Fear that Dad will start to hurt him how he hurt me. I was still his big brother, even if he was stronger. It was my duty to protect him … and so I used to tell him I’m better, that I am the future Alpha, that he can relax and enjoy life. 13

Whilst at the same time I’d try harder to be better, to keep Dad’s attention on me… it didn’t fully work… but when he realised that Royce lacked the drive and passion for power and learning, he then started extracting his blood and began experimenting on me with it. 2

They hurt… It hurt… but I would lie and say it didn’t, so he thought he was succeeding… because if he realised he’s failing… he’d hurt him again… 3

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(FLASHBACK – TWELVE YEARS AGO)

“It’s not working!” Dad snarls, and I remain silent as I stand there with several wires connected to my body.

“It will father, I feel stronger already,” I lie. How do I tell him that my body is rejecting Royce’s blood? 1

but clearly not compatible…

he hisses, as he spins around and grabs me by the jaw. “Then let’s try something. Last week I checked something on Royce… I want to see what you can tolerate in comparison. Perhaps he is the one I

say quickly, hiding the fear that is beginning to eat at

That glint in his eyes makes me wonder when he became a

motioning for me to follow.

it, where

simply go retrieve Royce.

I should be the one dealing with this. After all you only want the future of this pack

Dad nods

me up to the machines and I stand there

know,” he shakes his head as if disappointed in me. “I’ll try

let one of us

us against one. another, we’re meant to be brothers.

and protect one another… but

compete, as if only one

deep breath, focusing on my safe place.

the lake with Mom, Royce, and

voice… focus on Charlotte’s

my jaw as the first voltage of electricity stabs into the back of my

entire body as I stiffen, trying to steady my breathing, but I can’t

Fuck!

lose count as my entire body screams for reprieve, but I stay silent,

don’t want Royce going

for

Do this for…

It hurts…

rip myself apart to get rid of the pain I’m feeling, but I’m bound to

worth it?

want to

Blood.

blood in

want to

because then Royce… 2

but if I die, then he

to suffer the

do that

protect me too … maybe… 22

think I blacked out because when I come to,

can barely move. My heart is beating irregularly and the taste of blood in my mouth

Ric!” Royce’s whisper

room until I

ask, but my voice

come on, let’s sneak out. I want to go

I don’t want to.”

to live Aleric… despite everything, don’t

anger flares as I cut him off. “Yeah, go live Royce! You only care for yourself anyway! I have better things to focus on like

don’t have the freedom you do…

buzzkill,” his moody reply

down and I

survived…” I murmur. “Of course, he tried this

unmoving, my body in too much agony to do anything.

It’ll get easier…

Someday…

(END OF FLASHBACK)

soon made me bitter… and the love I

deny that.

had, but…

it… only to realise that my brother is the Solaris

end, he

need

someone else before myself, and that is why I

Lycan King. I would make his daughter fall for me! But

times worse is the fact that he

I doubt I’ll be around for long… she doesn’t

she resents me…

know I’m failing Apophis… and his wrath is hanging over me like

I may have bitten off more than can chew… 3

stare at the witches that are

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