The Temptation of Sin And The Lycan Princess

Chapter 12. An Attack

SKYLA.

I don’t move, the first rule of survival… stay calm… I keep my breathing steady, my eyes blazing plum purple, the exact colour of whatever or whoever that is… we’re pretty far but those eyes look almost… reptilian… I’m not completely sure as I’m not close enough… and then again, there shouldn’t be snakes out here… this is England, not

Australia.

I briefly wonder if I actually ended up falling asleep and dreamt that I’m in the land down under. I finally get why they call it that. That place must be hell with the number of things trying to kill you over there. 7

Focus Sky.

The smell of the earth and the crisp air are enough to tell me that I’m definitely wide

awake.

Neither of us moves for several seconds and I slowly rise to my feet, eyeing the reptilian or whatever it is. Wait, maybe it’s a snake shifter! Do they exist? Hell, anything can exist, I mean, I’m a Lycan.

Despite how calm I am, that sense of foreboding is only growing, and my gut is telling me that I should assess the situation and start by getting inside… but before I can, I hear Malevolent meow from behind me.

“Go inside.” I say, terrified for her life as those purple eyes turn towards her.

“Meow?” Malevolent tilts her head, looking at me. She’s on edge. I can see the way her fur is standing on end as she stares into the darkness. I don’t think she can see it, but she

knows something isn’t right.

I mutter

towards her; wrong move.

sinister hiss and

straight towards

it. There’s a darkness surrounding it and at times I swear it feels like it disappears, but I don’t stop to ponder, darting towards Malevolent as

blend

of what looks like a huge snake, its thick body covered in shimmery black scales that hold a dark plum hue to them. It’s gorgeous I give it

it is. I may be 7 feet tall, but this

Fuck!

eyes turn on me as I jump to my feet, launching myself at it. I manage to throw it off balance for a few seconds, taking the

of being a damn Lycan if

noodle? 9

Focus girl! 1

fangs. Those things can go right through me… but what makes my eyes

stone path darken under what I’m assuming is poison. Jumping to my feet, I run

to throw it to the ground. It flails around but I hold on, trying

where it’s normal

The smartest thing would be to get inside

Antarctica and burning this place down. Yes, I’m living in the middle of the woods and I can cope with spiders to an

at me. I catch its mouth, feeling its sheer power as I force its mouth open, my arms screaming in agony as it tries to bite

digs into the side of my breast. My eyes flash and I use my legs to kick it off me, just as a little ball of soft black