The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin by Moonlight Muse

Chapter 155

71. The Darkness Within

A/N: Contains slightly dark content.

RAIHANA.

It is a trap, the poison in the air, the side of the building caving in to trap us here. The only thing that she isn’t counting on, is the fact that I’m not alone.

Aunty Red had seen us duelling and came to my assistance.

Just as Sephora brought down the wall trying to trap me alone, Aunty Red had managed to jump in before the walls came down. 2

Sephora now stands there, magic tingling at her fingertips, a smirk of confidence on her face.

“You heard the High Witch Magdalene! Raihana is your new leader.” Scarlett warns, her voice a menacing snarl as she clutches her waist. 1

Sephora sent several shards of crystal at her when the wall came down, simultaneously releasing a wolfsbane poison in the air.

If it wasn’t for her rapid healing ability, Aunty

Red wouldn’t have even been able to stand after that crystal shard pierced through her hip. to play, and she is Sephora is here to win, not proving that through her merciless attacks. If it wasn’t for the poison that I have inhaled, she would have been mine already.

“A hybrid as the ruler of the coven? One who is not of pure blood?! That’s madness!” She scoffs, laughing as if she had just heard a funny joke.

“Clearly it isn’t Hecate’s command that you are obeying right now,” I say coldly. The witches under the command don’t look happy with what they are doing, but Sephora… well, it’s an entirely different case with her.

She tenses, her gaze flicking to Scarlett before she looks at me.

“We are but our Goddess’s pawns. What she wishes for is a duty we must obey! Like she’d bless you to be the next High Witch!” she sneers, sending another wave of power at me.

I deflect it, my eyes burning with rage.

She may have weakened my werewolf side, but she didn’t think this through… I am not only a werewolf, meaning I can function pretty well… I just need a little tim

“Stop dodging!” She snarls as I move my head to the side, letting another blast she sends my way rush past me.

“Then up your game, Sephora! You want what I have, then show me you are worthy of it,” I taunt coldly.

“You are the daughter of Endora! An outcast! A traitor! A Dark Witch! How can the coven allow you to be chosen instead of me?!” She hisses.” When he is in charge, I will rule as his ally as the head of the coven! Why was I not chosen?!”

“Because you are irrational, stupid, and power- hungry,” I say coldly, deflecting another attack, as she starts chanting again, her voice angrier and more powerful. 2

I just need a little time… just enough to gather enough power…

I glance at Aunty Red as she clutches her waist. She has protected me but in return…

I look at the large pool of blood beneath her, my stomach churning.

I need to end this fast.

Sephora’s eyes blaze as she runs at me. Streams of her power travel across the ground and wrap around me before she throws me to the ground.

She grabs my jaw, as I try to focus on my powers, almost there…

I can feel my energy returning, despite the wolfsbane clinging to the air.

“Well, this irrational, stupid and power-hungry witch was able to kill your Alpha without batting an eyelid,” she whispers tauntingly into my ear. 2

My heart thuds as my mind goes blank, her words ringing in my mind.

Chris.

I look into her eyes. She’s smiling, an amused glint in her eyes.

She killed my baby… 8

The numbness vanishes as fast as it came and, with it, excruciating pain wraps around my heart.

The painful reminder that he is no longer here returns with ruthless, cold-blooded vengeance. chris…”

I breathe, my heart

“Chris… You kille thumping.

“Do you have another Alpha, Serafina? Yes, Chris, your mate,” she taunts, smirking at the look on my face.

head back as she begins chanting,

of my heartbeat is ringing in my ear.

whirl around us, but I can’t do anything.

of it!” Aunty

weakness,” she whispers

close my eyes, trying to breathe

never hurt anyone… because

could become the head of the coven?” I ask, my eyes snapping open, but I

in her eyes as my own eyes glimmer orange.

as my

coven, because you will not be making it out of here alive!” I hiss. A blast

kind of power burning

that wants her blood spread across the rubble of this

Aunty Red, whispering a spell

she slumps to the side.

yes

don’ can become… need o see

am you doing?!” Sephora hisses, looking between me and Aunty Red, unease flitting across her face. 2

my loved ones… Oh wait, you didn’t hurt him, you killed him.” I snarl as I walk towards her. Each step I take pushes through her barriers,

the ground around us, wanting to

are blazing with an inferno of pain and

She killed him…

want her

I am going

not just a quick, easy

point she’ll

will not let her go, not until I

as I begin to chant

ashen as she

magic!” She shouts, a glimmer of panic

you carved that symbol into his chest.” I say

my head spinning as memories of Chris flood my mind; his words, his promises, his love, all the memories of the past, burn through my mind. Watching my life like it is a movie reel…

him we’ll be together

is

first night…

Marking one another…

My first pregnancy…

Our wedding…

Our children…

Our love…

sadness, excitement

we experienced as we travelled on the

cheeks as his final words echo in

that was never meant

forever.

he teases us, brings

Despite not having any magic, he was always there for her, never afraid to stand before her

eyes sting, as a picture of him on his knees before her telling her she had this, without

his girls

serious, responsible side

boy’s night out, which he

of love and made us feel like we were the most precious things

him, we

be any more warm embraces, no more of his comfort, his scent, his touch… his

It’s all gone.

Because of her.

my aura

thinking of yourself and this position, you didn’t only take away my mate! You took away someone’s father! Someone’s

as a fresh wave of pain and

is

her, as she keeps

me to fall weak!” I scream, as I raise my hand making a grabbing motion. Dark tendrils of fire mimic my movement, wrapping

scream leaves her lips, but it’s cut off when the tendril wraps tighter around her neck, choking her, burning her and torturing

as she tries to pull at the tendrils, only for them to

kill you so fast,”

I whisper a spell, and with each word

the spell hasn’t come into effect, but she knows what

I whisper, making her struggle