The Temptation of Sin And The Lycan Princess

Chapter 57

These Limits

ROYCE.

The alarm goes off. Hitting snooze, I place my arm over my eyes. For once, I didn’t want to get out of bed.

It had been a long night…

A dull ache from overthinking has formed at the front of my head, but I still had no answers.

We had gotten back late. I was able to get Charlotte to her room without anyone stopping us and told her to shower, so no one’s scent remained on us.

I couldn’t risk Dad finding out who we had run into. After showering, I had tested Skyla’s blood before turning in. Something about the entire thing has me on edge and that had ended up taking far longer than I had thought it would.

The Arden’s have a variety of unique drugs at our disposal, mainly created by Dad, and several don’t even show in the blood if tested, and the only way to bring these out was if we used specific antigens that work against the initial drug.

After three hours of testing and scrutinising her blood, I was almost ready to give up and put it down to my paranoia. Then I tried for Solara XI 5, something that Aleric had been working on a few years back.

It’s the only Arden drug I didn’t test it for. I didn’t have the latest formula, but I knew enough of the components since I had helped him with it, and to my surprise, it had shown positive.

Why Aleric would give Skyla this drug baffled me. The Solara XI 5 was harmless and held no real reasoning. Aleric was adamant that it will help open the doors to so much more in the future, but it did nothing.

Nothing that I know of anyway, and it had just been a last resort just to ease my mind, but I had not expected it to show positive.

It was a project that I had thought he had scrapped, but for him to still be working on it…

What exactly is the purpose of it and by giving it to her, what was he trying to achieve? It does nothing, aside from the slight side-effect of feeling tired. You don’t forget anything, and you stay aware, so there is nothing…

So, what exactly is he up to, or does the drug serve a purpose I don’t know of?

I need to see if I can get a hand on the new version of the serum. Does it now have another purpose?

Aleric wouldn’t do something for no reason… but the fact it was in her system showed he was up to something.

The beeping of the alarm going off again makes me growl.

“Alright, I’m up!” I sigh as I reach over and slam it off.

Groaning, I swing my legs onto the floor and rest my elbows on my knees, running my hand through my hair.

Never has waking up felt so hard… I glance at the time. It’s 7:05 AM.

No wonder… forty minutes is far from enough.

I’ll take the day off today and I’ll stop by to visit Sky too…

The memory of that kiss we shared returns and a wave of pleasure rushes through me as I replay it in my mind. I want a taste of that again, of her…

And then there’s her dad, whose decision I would wait on.

head over to my wardrobe and take out black pants, a white T-shirt, and a long black cardigan. I wash up and get dressed quickly, tying my hair back

grab my phone, keys and wallet. I’ll check up on Charlotte

my unlock screen, smiling faintly as I admire the

of her covering her breasts as she posed on the bed, showing off her sexy tattoo. Damn, she was an entirely next level of sizzling hot. The doll knows how to

curve of her waist and hips before I lock

down the hall to Charlotte’s room, knocking

still in bed, her arms crossed as she lies in bed in her pink satin pyjamas, her eye mask is on her forehead as Mom sits at the edge of the bed, caressing

clearly upset

as Mom smiles at

responds,

the bed, kissing Mom’s forehead before

what’s the cause behind you acting like a diva?” I ask, raising my

grounded me.” She says bitterly, “He took away my phone, and

For what?

you try to speak to him? It was I who took Charlotte out. If he has a

to him, Royce. You

quietly, feeling dreadful for saying that, but for someone who lives

Mom sounds hurt

does get away with doing whatever he wants all the bloody time, and frankly, I have had enough.” I say. “I’m heading out, I’ll pick up

I’m going

to read nonfiction and educational books, she

“Perfect!” She says.

hide the fact that my words hurt her and as much as

down beside the bed and take Mom’s hands in mine, caressing her knuckles gently as I look

deep down you know that things do need to change around

comes to etiquette and rules, but try to not be so hard on him.’ She says, trying to make

will be lifted from her eyes and she will

for years, I’ve put up with everything he has done. Things you know of

know my words are harsh, but this is where I draw the

do you mean by things he has done that I

standing up. ‘When the time

I’ll be

aren’t going to work today?”

brow. “None of your

check you

head perks up in

“What does she mean?”

giving Charlotte a

way you two looked

and she

to understand, and neither

to learn more.’

I nod.

anything from the shops? I’ll be

“My books!” Charlotte says.