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, louder, powerful magic swirls

the thunder of my heartbeat is

her magic whirl

of it!” Aunty Red

he was your weakness,” she whispers in my ear.

close my eyes, trying to breathe through the pain.

who never hurt anyone… because of me

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

of fear in her

as my aura

be making it out of here alive!” I hiss. A blast of power throws her off

kind of power burning

that wants her blood spread across

a spell of slumber, my eyes burning

flutter shut, and she slumps to

yes

don’ can become… need o see

you… What am you doing?!” Sephora hisses, looking between

ones… Oh wait, you didn’t hurt him, you killed him.” I

wanting to

blazing with an

She killed him…

her

care what anyone thinks. I am

not just a quick, easy chivalrous

drive her insane to the point she’ll beg for death itself. 1

she begs for it, I will not let her go, not until I have driven

begin to chant the spell that is perfect

turns ashen as she backs away.

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

when you carved that symbol into his chest.” I say

of Chris flood my mind; his words, his promises, his love, all the memories of

be together

is my mate…

night… 2

Marking one another…

My first pregnancy…

Our wedding…

Our children…

Our love…

sadness, excitement and

we experienced as we travelled on the

my cheeks as his final words echo in my mind.

that was never

forever. 1

nights where he teases us, brings us snacks and

begin to spiral. Despite not having any magic, he was always there for

eyes sting, as a picture of him on his knees before her telling

treated his

Tatum, that serious, responsible side of him…

for a boy’s night out, which he loved, getting to bond with

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

we were.

be any more warm embraces, no more of his comfort,

It’s all gone.

Because of her.

aura bursting like an erupting

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

I scream in agony as a fresh wave of

is gone.

begin to claw closer to her, as she keeps chanting, trying to push

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

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

her hands as she tries to pull at the tendrils,

won’t kill you so fast,”

to her, I place my fingers on her head. I whisper

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

eternity,” I whisper, making her