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 as I begin

towards her; wrong move.

hiss and

straight towards us. It’s

times I swear it feels like it disappears,

sadly – unlike Dad, I don’t really blend into the night.

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

I realise how terrifyingly huge it is.

Fuck!

it no longer cares about Malevolent. Its menacing 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

point of being a damn Lycan if I

noodle? 9

Focus girl! 1

go right through me… but what makes my eyes widen is when

of the way, my eyes widening as I see the cobbled stone path darken under what I’m

even able to throw

it’s

my force, but I realise I’m not going to win this. I hate backing away from a fight, but I’m running out of options. The smartest thing would be to get inside or at least

away. I swear if we start getting some creepy spiders, I’m moving 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

knocking me away, and 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

it off me, just as a little ball of soft black fur launches itself at me, nudging my face as I stumble