The Temptation of Sin And The Lycan Princess

Chapter 41. Doubts

SKYLA.

He looks away first and places his jacket

aside, cocking a brow at me.

“Are you alright?” He asks.

“Yeah…” I say, shaking my head.

He had reminded me of Reign, it threw me. I guess he and Aleric are twins but…

Running my fingers through my hair, I clear my head. I’m about to close the door when Royce reaches over, his arm brushing mine as he closes the door.

Focus Sky…

“So, what was wrong earlier?” He asks, looking me over before he looks away.

So cute.

“I just felt suddenly sick and sluggish. I don’t know.” I frown, it does sound weird… ”

It was strange.”

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don’t know.” I frown, it does sound weird… ” It was strange.”

“Yeah… You’re a werewolf, unless there was

something in your system you wouldn’t have fell ill so suddenly.” He says, and I

can’t help but appreciate the slight pause

before he said the word werewolf.

He is still being careful around my own family. He has a point, even if we get ill,

there’s a reason and we recover far faster

than normal.

“Yeah… but everything was fine. Classes finished, then I ran into Rivers and then went to Aleric’s office for detention. Nothing weird even happened.”

“Right… I actually came down to check up on you, since you said you weren’t well, but since I’m here, mind if I take a bit of blood to run it through some tests? Because that doesn’t sound normal.”

“What kind of tests?” I say as we enter the

lounge and all eyes turn to us.

Ahren tilts his head, munching slowly on a chip, whilst the quintuplets instantly shift to

hostile mode. (1)

Jayce’s eyes are calculating, Theo and Ares are frowning, Carter has his eyebrows raised, and even Renji’s smile has faltered.

“Guys, he’s my trainer. Stop staring at him, even if he is pretty handsome.”

Carter nods his agreement, and Royce raises an eyebrow.

“Nice to meet you guys.” He says, just as the TV signals the end of round one.

them mumble as I gaze at the TV

“Shit, we missed it!”

the round.” Jayce offers broodily. “But I don’t think he

He overexerted himself straight

underestimate him.” I

break now. I pick up a plate for

to see if

want to say much more in front of

over.” I say, before jerking my head at the door and lead the

to the kitchen, and

sample of my blood is dangerous.” I say lightly, placing the

slice and bites into it, placing the bag he was carrying

makes me wonder if he’s serious or joking. “But I promise, I’ll do one small

want, I can take the blood and you can keep it

“I trust you, Royce.”

another bite of his pizza. Why the hell does

you got something you

ask him.

“Actually, no…”

want blood. I might have

minutes to find what I’m looking for, and I take out one of the empty vials that I would use for my poisons.

body.

I need to make some more

cleared

to the kitchen and take a

that ass before I

vial out

smoothly,

some blood into it.

deeper than I meant to, and quickly step back to

hand and pressing his thumb over my cut firmly, stopping the bottle from

say lightly, too busy, lost in that

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a precious thing. Don’t treat it like it’s not.” He says, tugging

thumb in his mouth.

Fuck.

light as

tongue flicking along the cut, making my

my

hand back, and my thumb slips from his mouth, brushing his lips, and he tenses, realising what

“Ah, Alpha saliva-”

finish for

He says, letting go of my hand and grabbing the lid

there is, in fact, something in

how would anything get in my blood?” I ask, walking

not to focus on the

you eat or drink

that, and I’m not about to say that to Royce, not until I know if there

are shady, and although Kenneth is on the council, I won’t forget the fact that he did try to poison Rafael once.’ Grandad Elijah’s words from years ago replay in my mind and

apple does not fall far

I do need to

suddenly feel uneasy?

glance at him, looking at the blood that covers

Focus Sky.

the horrible thoughts that have now crossed my mind. I do need to be