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.

mumble as I gaze at the

“Shit, we missed it!”

broodily. “But I don’t

overexerted himself straight

underestimate him.” I say. There’s

break now. I pick up a plate for Royce. “What would

the test, it’s just to see if there

it’s obvious he doesn’t want to say

break is over.” I say, before jerking my head at the

head to the kitchen,

the Arden company a sample of my blood is

takes a slice and bites into it, placing the bag he

me wonder if he’s serious or joking. “But I

I can take the blood and you

“I trust you, Royce.”

anyone so easily.” He replies quietly, taking another bite of his pizza. Why the hell does

but I trust you, so you got

ask him.

“Actually, no…”

suddenly want blood. I might have

and rummage in one of the lower drawers. It takes me a few minutes to find what I’m looking for, and I take out one of the empty vials

body.

need to

or Dad cleared that

kitchen and take

to appreciate that

out

say smoothly, “Open it,

some blood into it.

thumb deeper than I meant to, and quickly step back to save my clothes. Holding

too deep,” He murmurs, taking hold of my hand and pressing his

cut.” I say lightly, too busy, lost in that

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precious thing. Don’t treat it like it’s not.” He says, tugging my hand to his lips

thumb in his mouth.

Fuck.

head feels light as he simply

flicking along the cut, making my

my

my hand back, and my thumb slips from his mouth,

“Ah, Alpha saliva-”

finish

He says, letting go of my hand and grabbing the lid for the vial. “I’ll have

is, in fact,

my blood?” I ask,

rinse off my hands, trying not to focus on the fact my stomach

you eat

about to say that to Royce, not until I

that he did try to poison Rafael once.’ Grandad Elijah’s words from years ago

does not fall far from

I do need to be careful… Why do

suddenly feel uneasy?

I glance at him, looking at the blood that covers his big hand. I like a man with big

Focus Sky.

thoughts that have now