Their Lycan Queen by Foxtail

Chapter 17

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I gasped as I released the king’s head and slid down onto the floor. In my head echoed the curse and I felt their pain, all of their pain. I

screamed in agony as I heard all of their screams in my head. Helios panicked and tried to grab me but his touch burned me and I screamed even louder.

I noticed Daniel moving but it was the king that caught me first.

“Rest now, Nora. Rest.” And my eyes closed as I welcomed the darkness.

At first it was only darkness but then I saw it, the light. As I moved towards it I could hear soft laughter, and the sound of water. I shielded my eyes as the light was too bright at first. I blinked my eyes before I could look properly and at first I couldn’t understand what it was that I

was seeing.

Mermaids? No wait. Women in the water, laughing and having fun as they splashed the water around them but as I tried to get closer they stopped laughing and I stopped as well. I raised my hand and waved at them but they all bowed at me and I turned around just to see shadows.

Shadows came out from behind me with no faces gathering beside me and if I took a step so did they. I wonder what would happen if I touched the water, would they go away then? I slowly walk towards the water and when my toe touches it the shadows all vanish, all of them but one. I tried walking further out to the water but it still followed me and as I turned to look at it, I stumbled at something and I fell down in the water.

My eyes opened as I heard someone calling my name in the water.

I wanted to stay there so I could

took myself to the surface. I gasped as I tried to breathe normally and I felt a lot of hands on me

worry we are here to help you” a female voice said and I turned around and saw a woman. She has warm brown eyes and

nod and she and two other women are helping me

hair with my very sandy hands, sighing as I realize I just made a mess

“Sirens”

that if you wander to far out, the Sirens call

tell us why did you try to kill yourself?” the woman with brown eyes asked.

like water so I walked there and then I slipped on a rock I think

that the shadows dislike water but you know. Your own

the shadow is stuck there and

I was a bit frightened but can anyone please tell me where I am?” I ask them and they laugh a bit at my silly

job with saving some of the lycans but now you need to rest and only one of royal blood

me here after I saw how the curse was created and all the female lycans died” I

need to rest, come and you will have

from the water and through a little forest where the shadows moved through the trees. I glared at them but I could only see their completely white eyes. Somehow I knew what they were but I really hoped

away, if we stayed on the path the shadows didn’t come near but I could have sworn that I heard my name through the bushes. Like they were calling for me, wanting me to come closer and in a weak moment I almost stepped away from the path but the other women took a

haired woman took a hold of my hand and guided me away from whatever that called out