SKYLA.

Warmth.

It’s so warm…

And it smells so good…

I open my eyes, and my heart skips a beat.

Royce.

I’m in Royce’s arms…

I died.

I smile softly. That’s why it’s so peaceful…

‘Death is not what you deserve, Lycan princess.’

Bastet?

“Then what do I deserve?’

‘Embrace every part of you that makes you… you fought him, and you broke his hold upon you. You did that, child.’ 3

‘Yeah, by killing myself.’

‘Attempted to kill yourself. You did not succeed.’

My eyes snap open as I stare up at Royce’s neck.

His scent, the feeling of his body against mine.

This feels so real…

What?

‘Your life was saved and for a good cause, your death would mean Apophis will always have a hold on this world. Always.’

‘How are you speaking to me now? You were gone?’ I ask.

‘Hecate’s daughters helped channel my energy to you.” 1

‘I see… I’m a danger to them, to them all.’

‘In the bathroom when you took a stand, refusing to hurt anyone any longer, and determined that even death is better than hurting those whom you loved. It was then that you broke the hold he had upon you.’

Bastet’s voice comes. 1

The guilt and regret return to me, a dull ache in my chest.

‘You freed yourself and with it, our connection was rebuilt. He has been meddling with you for a long time. Injecting you not once but thrice. He has been planning this for far longer than we thought.

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I frown, ‘So all along, his plan was to pull me under his control? Why?”

‘Because he thought he’d be able to attain all … only the Solaris King thwarted those plans.

had thought we needed to be careful because of my ties to Bastet, not knowing

‘What now?’ I ask.

tinkling laugh fills the

child. Embrace and

She’s gone.

their fucking cryptic shit.

“You’re awake.”

heart skips a beat at his deep

eyes meet and that crushing guilt fills me again, along with the fact

to awaken inside of me, but it’s not there.

at peace, just

Royce.

his thick lashes curtaining those stormy grey

He’s beautiful…

really don’t mind. I hate me too.” I say quietly, breaking our eye

and my voice is a little

as he raises his hand to

cupping the side of it and my neck in his large hand. “I can never hate you,

my mouth to reply but before I can his lips are on

of pleasure rush through me as he kisses me with such intensity that my mind goes

I don’t.

on top of him,

me with every ounce of his being, even when

spill from my cheeks, and he tenses, breaking away from my

sits up slowly

edge… I

“You won’t.”

I say, cupping the back of his neck as my heart.

a fool. Your fool… if you will have me,

I can’t hold it in. Lowering my

around me, pulling me against him.

is a fool for wanting

my back, kissing my

things and did things that even an apology doesn’t fucking cover…” I

up to you. I’m fucking

don’t care. I need to tell him that I’m so fucking

Even the gods made. that clear when they mated me to that cunt. You deserve so much

“Look at me.”

fucking best, and that’s you. You are all

my vision blurring with tears. “Don’t

kisses my nose and I scrunch it,

you’ll want to get

I will ask you to let me help you, let me heal the hurt in your heart. Let me be a part of your pain. Love, let me be there for you.” He says so softly, so gently, that it makes a fresh wave of tears trickle down my cheeks.

I shake my head.

I do

accused you of raping me. That’s not something small. I ruined

about my reputation, just my

knuckles softly. “For me to be

glittering eyes,

I feel… the

long to break free… and even that is thanks to the crystals and stuff. I fucking tried to kill

breaks again as the guilt hits me. “This is why I’m better

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