The Temptation of Sin And The Lycan Princess

71. The Darkness Within

A/N: Contains slightly dark content.

RAIHANA.

It is a trap, the poison in the air, the side of the building caving in to trap us here. The only thing that she isn’t counting on, is the fact that

I’m not alone.

Aunty Red had seen us duelling and came to my

assistance.

Just as Sephora brought down the wall trying to trap me alone, Aunty Red had managed to jump in before the walls came down. 2

Sephora now stands there, magic tingling at her fingertips, a smirk of confidence on her face.

“You heard the High Witch Magdalene! Raihana is your new leader.” Scarlett warns, her voice a menacing snarl as she clutches her waist. 1

Sephora sent several shards of crystal at her when the wall came down, simultaneously releasing a wolfsbane poison in the air.

If it wasn’t for her rapid healing ability, Aunty

Red wouldn’t have even been able to stand after that crystal shard pierced through her hip.

to play, and she is Sephora is here to win, not proving that through her merciless attacks. If it wasn’t for the poison that I have inhaled, she would have been mine already.

“A hybrid as the ruler of the coven? One who is not of pure blood?! That’s madness!” She scoffs, laughing as if she had just heard a funny joke.

“Clearly it isn’t Hecate’s command that you are obeying right now,” I say coldly. The witches under the command don’t look happy with what they are doing, but Sephora… well, it’s an entirely different case with her.

She tenses, her gaze flicking to Scarlett before she looks at me.

“We are but our Goddess’s pawns. What she wishes for is a duty we must obey! Like she’d bless you to be the next High Witch!” she

sneers, sending another wave of power at me.

I deflect it, my eyes burning with rage.

She may have weakened my werewolf side, but

she didn’t think this through… I am not only a

werewolf, meaning I can function pretty

well… I just need a little tim

“Stop dodging!” She snarls as I move my head to the side, letting another blast she sends my

way rush past me.

“Then up your game, Sephora! You want what I have, then show me you are worthy of it,” I taunt coldly.

“You are the daughter of Endora! An outcast! A traitor! A Dark Witch! How can the coven allow you to be chosen instead of me?!” She hisses.” When he is in charge, I will rule as his ally as the head of the coven! Why was I not chosen?!”

“Because you are irrational, stupid, and power- hungry,” I say coldly, deflecting another attack, as she starts chanting again, her voice angrier and more powerful. 2

I just need a little time… just enough to gather enough power…

I glance at Aunty Red as she clutches her waist. She has protected me but in return…

I look at the large pool of blood beneath her, my stomach churning.

I need to end this fast.

Sephora’s eyes blaze as she runs at me. Streams of her power travel across the ground and wrap around me before she throws me to the ground.

She grabs my jaw, as I try to focus on my powers, almost there…

I can feel my energy returning, despite the wolfsbane clinging to the air.

“Well, this irrational, stupid and power-hungry witch was able to kill your Alpha without

batting an eyelid,” she whispers tauntingly into my ear. 2

My heart thuds as my mind goes blank, her words ringing in my mind.

Chris.

I look into her eyes. She’s smiling, an amused

glint in her eyes.

She killed my baby… 8

The numbness vanishes as fast as it came and, with it, excruciating pain wraps around my

heart.

The painful reminder that he is no longer here returns with ruthless, cold-blooded vengeance.

chris…”

I breathe, my heart

“Chris… You kille

thumping.

“Do you have another Alpha, Serafina? Yes, Chris, your mate,” she taunts, smirking at the look on my face.

She throws her head back as she begins

chanting, louder, powerful magic swirls around her.

still, but the thunder of my heartbeat is

her magic whirl around us, but I can’t do

of it!” Aunty Red

was your weakness,”

in my ear.

my eyes, trying to breathe through

hurt

he was killed…

weaken me so

I ask, my eyes snapping open,

her eyes

every right!” she hisses, as my

will never be the head of

you will not be making it out of here alive!” I hiss. A blast of power throws her off me and I get to my

a different kind of

that wants her blood

rubble of this destruction.

at Aunty Red, whispering a spell of slumber,

Her flutter shut, and she slumps

the side.

yes

Rest… you don’

can become…

need

the monster

you…

you doing?!” Sephora

looking between me and Aunty Red, unease flitting across her

hurt one of my loved ones… Oh wait, you didn’t hurt him, you killed him.” I snarl as I walk towards her. Each step I take pushes through her barriers, my own power raging

us, wanting to eat all

eyes are blazing with an inferno of

She killed him…

I want her dead.

don’t care what anyone

kill her.

a quick, easy chivalrous

her insane to the point she’ll

death itself. 1

begs for it, I will not let her go, not until I have driven her

pounding as I begin to chant the

face turns ashen

you’re using dark magic!” She shouts, a glimmer of

you… when you carved that symbol into his chest.” I say

as memories of Chris flood my mind; his words,

love, all the memories of the past, burn through my mind. Watching

we’ll be together every

moon… 2

he is

Our first night… 2

Marking one another…

My first pregnancy…

Our wedding…

Our children…

Our love…

excitement and

experienced as we travelled on the path of

down my cheeks as his final words echo in my

night that was never meant

He’s gone, forever. 1

any more

he teases us, brings us snacks

her powers begin to spiral. Despite

was always there for her, never

her and tell her

him on his knees before her telling her she had this, without fear

his girls

Tatum, that

side of him…

for a boy’s night out, which he loved, getting to

favourites because he treated all three of us with the utmost level of love and made us feel like we were the most precious things

To him, we were.

embraces, no more of his comfort, his scent,

It’s all gone.

Because of her.

my aura bursting like

erupting volcano.

you killed him so

yourself and this position,

away my mate! You took

someone’s father! Someone’s brother!

as a fresh wave of pain and clarity

truly is gone.

to her, as she keeps chanting, trying to push them away, but she

death, he is my strength, because he never wanted me to fall weak!” I scream, as I raise my hand making a grabbing motion. Dark

off when the tendril wraps tighter around her

the same time.

her power

to pull at the tendrils, only for

to burn her.

you so fast,” I

to her, I place my fingers on

spell, and with

her face

effect, but she

eternity,” I whisper, making her struggle