SKYLA.
He smiles as he pulls back. “You were born to be darkness, to be by my side in this
vision of the future. Do you understand?” he
hums.
No! I don’t care if there’s darkness in me. I
am not evil.
I will
ever kill them. I will never hurt them.
I won’t.
Royce… please…
“Of course, I understand.” I scoff, surprising
even myself at how normal I sound.
Royce!
Fuck! Dad! Mama!
Bastet! Where are you?
Dante… please…
‘Avoid him…’ Bastet’s words from earlier
make my stomach flip.
‘You will destroy him.’ Dante’s chilling
words also return with vengeance, and it
suddenly feels hard to breathe.
What have I done?
Please help me, someone… anybody…
“Sky!”
My heart leaps as Royce’s voice reaches my
ear and I turn far slower than my mind
wants me to.
He’s here!
“Remember what you need to do,” Aleric whispers, caressing my cheek before he
slides his arm around my waist and, to my horror, I place my hand on his chest.
Don’t touch me!
Fuck, I don’t want to touch you!
I feel sick before Royce’s scent hits me, and with it, not only does my heart skip a beat, but I feel a ray of hope flit into the dark place that I’m pulled into.
Please don’t misunderstand this.
Royce…
He’ll know, right?
“I’m afraid we are going to have to tell him the truth,” Aleric says, this time much
louder.
He wants him to hear.
Royce comes into view. He’s a blur until he
comes to a stop right in front of us, taking us both by surprise, lightning crackling
around his hands.
“How dare you hurt her!” He snarls, his eyes are blazing and the temperature drops. A blinding bolt of lightning spreads from his hand as he rips me from Aleric, slamming him against the wall.
as I find myself pushing Royce away with full force. He’s thrown against the
have attained recently.
me to intervene. He gets to
as Aleric chuckles.
the lightning
of Aleric protectively,
hair back
shocked.
he says,
in those gorgeous eyes. “What are you
as he closes the
whisper, as
arm around me when Royce grabs my arm with lightning speed and pulls me away
Please take me away.
snarls, sending a
as Aleric raises a barrier of fire and I
back off, he’s my mate Royce…. We’re mates!” I growl as I look at
wish you
tilts his head,
of pain and hurt that he’s trying so hard
your
down.
is a sick game…
her!?” he snarls, advancing
done nothing… only fate has sided with me.
have made you
know I’m not worthy of Royce… and call me selfish, but
him.
between us. Strands of his hair fall in front of
crackling dangerously.
but for what? For me, to protect
snake.
fated or not … She chose me.”
Always.
choose you
only
don’t.”
I feel
I do this
slightly
they say about
I
of the man I
you see my
my plea for
Where is my strength?
I see
in his eyes.
away from
how, but I know he is. Tell me the
I will fix it.”
is no blackmail. I want him, not
Royce’s
blast of wind
I know, he has
around Aleric’s neck.
truth.” He is so relaxed that I wonder exactly how much
Goddess…
Skyla Silara Rossi, reject
as my mate, Alpha, and King,” I whisper. I gasp as pain tears through me. For a moment I can’t breathe, clutching my chest
Royce.
pain of rejection.
clutch my chest.
with hatred, and I rush to his side despite
was programmed to serve
wanting to break
my heart
him to hurt
irregular as he tries to compose
so fucking
Please Royce go.
him. Let’s return
I
listen to me,” Royce whispers softly as he gets
The stabbing pain from my rejection is stabbing
nothing to hear. Accept
eyes meet and I know he’s searching
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