The Temptation of Sin And The Lycan Princess

Chapter 17

17. My Demons

SKYLA.

As the door shuts behind him, my small smirk fades away, and I look around the cottage. That cosy touch feels empty… My stomach drops, guilt filling me, followed by a void, one so deep it almost hurts to

breathe. This is the part I hate the most; I know my flaws… I know when I’m fucking up but it doesn’t stop me from self- sabotaging everything. Even then, it’s easier to identify my flaws and another thing entirely trying to move away from them. 1

Breaking a cycle that, for a fleeting moment, fills that emptiness, is hard. I live in those moments… It offers me temporary relief, a distraction I really need from the constant war that wages in my mind. But it always comes to an end and then it all sinks in, knowing I fucked up. But deep down I know I’ll do it all over again, because I need that,

those small moments of reprieve they offer

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Picking up my phone, I unlock it and click on the chat app. It’s instinctual, another bad habit of mine that I’ve picked up recently. It

has become a part of my routine… One I

always knew would probably end in disappointment, yet still, I check my

messages anyway.

Still nothing.

Sighing heavily, I stare unseeingly at the

screen.

I can still feel his touch on my body, and I

don’t know how to feel about it. In the

moment everything feels good, but then… now, I feel hollow. Moving toward the front door, I can still smell his scent clinging to me, to this place…. 1

Locking the door, I sigh, resting my forehead against the wood before I slowly

turn and head to the bedroom. A place that

still smells of him and sex… It’s like I can’t

escape him, escape what I did. I messed up and once Royce finds out…

I sigh heavily, feeling sick with guilt and I

turn away, shutting the door, hoping hist scent won’t linger too long.

“Meow?”

Malevolent’s whine draws my attention to

her, and I smile softly as I crouch down and

scoop her into my arms. “Come on, little

one.” I whisper, nuzzling my nose into her

neck. She’s my forever one.

Nothing helps, nothing ever helps.

Royce’s words fill my mind. ‘You’re worth

more than a one-night hook-up…’ Why do

words sting so much

my head; he just

able to go back

to the lounge and drop

cradling Malevolent to

the ceiling, and watch the

are open, but I have no energy to get up and close

I

casual hook-ups

and is a teacher at the school? Usually, I am not that foolish, nothing good

Royce, and his refusal was getting to me… Yeah, I’m

was, and I know it makes me a bitch, but if I couldn’t have

for his brother.

Nicely played Sky…

bet he’ll

to the other

Nice work.

onto my side,

my hair, breathing

more than to

want to scream, and cry, the guilt and hollowness seeping

how can I

People think I’m a fucking

tough

I have… but no one sees the

flex my fingers, trying to rid the horrid feeling

void

into it and

you want to

threatening to take

wreak havoc

or even… destroy

to feel something other than empty, angry or out of

can’t let it happen again even if he was pretty good in bed or if he gave me an incredible orgasm… I can’t…

know I’ll

at my phone.

feeling as if I’m betraying him, but he’s the one refusing to talk to me… but does it even matter? It’s not like we

couple-

His ex. Fuck!

thundering, and I wonder if something happened and

together again.

but I should be

mean he needed to

with me… and

You’re overthinking Sky, chill.

anger and frustration rising, and

Fuck calm down…

control. My heart thunders and right now, I can’t lose control. I hate how I have empty blanks in my memory whenever

open my top chest drawer, I scramble around, dropping my phone in the process; it hits the floor, but I don’t care. I can

bite off the lid, my eyes blazing, my aura raging around me so powerfully that even the spells Delsanra and Raihana, two of the most

me to mask my aura,

as my Lycan

making me

within me. 4

eyes sting and it feels like my head will burst as I grab onto the chest of

wood but

my head hits

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