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.

back as she begins chanting, louder, powerful magic swirls around her.

remain still, but the thunder of my heartbeat is

I ask, as I feel her magic whirl around us, but

of it!” Aunty Red shouts.

your weakness,” she whispers in my

to breathe

anyone… because of me he was

head of the coven?” I ask, my eyes snapping open, but I already know the

of fear in her eyes as my own

hisses, as my

here alive!” I hiss. A blast of power

kind of power burning through my veins.

across the rubble of this

spell of

shut, and she slumps to

yes

you don’ can become… need o see

doing?!” Sephora hisses, looking between me and Aunty Red,

you didn’t hurt him, you killed him.” I snarl

licks the ground around us, wanting to eat all

an inferno of pain and rage.

She killed him…

want her

thinks. I am going to kill

quick,

point

even when she begs for it, I will not let her go, not until I have driven her beyond the

is pounding as I begin to chant the spell that is perfect

ashen as she backs

dark magic!” She shouts, a glimmer of panic in her

carved that symbol into his chest.” I say emotionlessly.

love, all the memories of the past, burn through my mind. Watching my life

be together every blood moon… 2

out he is

first night…

Marking one another…

My first pregnancy…

Our wedding…

Our children…

Our love…

sadness, excitement and amusement

we experienced as we travelled on the

as his

never meant to be…

gone, forever.

late-night family nights where he teases us,

was always there for her, never afraid to stand before her and tell her she could

sting, as a picture of him on his knees before her telling her she had this, without fear or judgement.

treated his girls like

that serious, responsible side of

he

with the utmost level of love and made us feel like we were the most precious things on

we were.

more warm embraces, no more of his comfort, his scent, his touch… his kiss…

It’s all gone.

Because of her.

aura bursting like an

position, you didn’t only take away my mate!

I scream in agony as a fresh wave of pain

is

fire begin to claw closer to her, as she keeps chanting, trying to push them away, but she forgets, I am stronger…

is my strength, because he never wanted me to fall weak!” I scream, as I raise my hand

tendril wraps tighter around her neck, choking her, burning her and torturing her

as her power flickers around her hands as she tries to

won’t kill you so fast,” I

head. I whisper a spell, and with each word I speak, her face becomes paler.

come into effect, but she

eternity,” I whisper, making her