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.

inside. Shoo.” I mutter as I

towards her; wrong move.

hiss and then

towards us. It’s

see 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 I shift

feet tall. My pure white fur stands out in the darkness, sadly – unlike Dad, I don’t really blend into the night. I slash

it seems to materialise fully. I see the body of what looks like a huge snake, its thick body covered in shimmery black scales that hold

it, as I realise how terrifyingly huge it

Fuck!

eyes turn on me as I jump to my feet, launching myself at it. I manage to throw it

Lycan if I can’t even

noodle? 9

Focus girl! 1

but what makes my eyes

way, my eyes widening as I see the cobbled stone path darken under what I’m assuming is poison. Jumping to my feet, I run at it.

doesn’t even budge. I’m not even able to throw it to the ground. It flails around but I hold

where it’s normal to have

backing away from a fight, but I’m running out of options. The smartest thing would be to get inside

to the city or better yet, Antarctica and burning this place down. Yes, I’m living in the middle of the woods and I can cope with spiders to an extent, but anything oversized like this, just nope! It’s pretty much a secret, but the one thing that gets to me is spiders and crying babies. Both terrify

I’m thrown against the side of the cottage. I gasp as pain shoots through me, and he darts 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

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