The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin Chapter 62 This Storm Inside of Me SKYLA.
First⦠Reign wants to ask his Luciferess outâ¦
On a date long overdue, donât you think? Letâs make that dream a reality, Lil Lucifer, come with meâ¦
To the game that we first bonded overâ¦
Be my date to the Game of the Century.
Those words ring in my head. My heart is pounding as I try to comprehend what he has just said, what heâs insinuating.
Iâm unable to speak as I stare at him.
What is he going on about?
How? How is this even possible?
Iâm trying to understand.
Heâs claiming heâs Reign, although isnât Aleric Reign?
But⦠Why does this just make so much sense?
Alericâ¦
âReign needs his Lil Lucifer.â He murmurs before he claims my lips in a kiss that makes me go weak at the knees⦠or is it those words that got me melting?
My mind is spinning and Iâm unable to kiss him back, despite the intensity of this toe-curling kiss.
A thousand thoughts going through my headâ¦
Royce at the club, saying he was stood upâ¦
The way he often reminded me of Reignâ¦
I know itâs not just me wanting to believe he is Reign.
I know Royce, and I know he wouldnât lie to me.
The way he talks acts and everything about him just⦠clicksâ¦
Suddenly, a wave of guilt, regret, and disgust hits me hard and I pull away from him, stepping back.
His anger after he learned I slept with Aleric⦠His words, on self-respect, return with Vengeance.
He was Reign, and he watched me fuck it all up like he meant nothing to meâ¦
I slept with his brother, for fuckâs sake.
Way to fucking go, Sky.
âHeyâ¦â He says, concern flashing in his eyes.
He doesnât move and he tries to reach for me, but I take another step further back. My heart is pounding, and I wish I could turn back time and change what Iâve done.
âWhy didnât you tell me before?â I ask hoarsely. âWhy did you change your mind!â
If he hadnât stood me up, I wouldnât have fucked shit up.
âSkyâ¦â
âYou were Reign, yet you got cold feet? Why?â My voice is calmer and quiet, but inside of me, the storm that is brewing is dizzying.
âWhen I realised who you were, and the fact that I was supposed to be your teacher⦠plus being with me, would have made things complicated in other aspects⦠I honestly had no idea what I should do so I stayed silent. You were the Kingâs daughter who I was supposed to help, but you turned out to be Luciferess so I justâ¦â He trails off and my mind returns to that moment in the bathroom.
Call me a hypocrite. But did Luciferess even mean shit to him, if he randomly picked up a girl at a club?
âYouâre not me⦠I fuck stuff up⦠Tell me, Royce, did Luciferess ever mean anything to you? Because after what went down at the club, I donât think she did.â
He frowns slightly and shakes his head.
âAfter you said you didnât want to meet up that night, no matter how much I tried to get you to talk, you ignored me. I realised you must have gotten cold feet and in a lapse of judgement⦠I saw you at the club and you were the perfect distractionâ¦â
His eyes meet mine, almost as if heâs searching for something, but I donât budge, staring at him.
We both made mistakesâ¦
âI donât get it⦠We were both there⦠you were the one who said to me you needed to cancel, remember?â I remind him, my heart is pounding, and I feel sick.
âNo⦠You said you didnât wantâ¦â He trails off, and a frown creases his forehead.
He takes his phone out, his heart thudding as he unlocks it.
Iâve been played⦠or we have been playedâ¦
And itâs kinda obvious by whoâ¦
Aleric.
My head is screaming at me that he had a hand in thisâ¦
Sure, he said he was Reign, but nothing about him reminded me of Reign, and then especially since I felt exhausted after that drink he gave meâ¦
âDid you test my blood?â I ask suddenly.
Royce looks up from his phone, and the slight change in his heartbeat tells me hasâ¦
âThere were traces of a substance of which purpose it serves, Iâm uncertain, but I will get to the bottom of it⦠Why did you ask me that?â He asks me as he holds his phone out to me.
âJust.â I say, taking it. Our fingers brush and our eyes meet.
Alericâ¦
Did he mix it into my hot drink?
I look down at the phone skimming over our conversation⦠The theme of the chat is the same as the one he had sent a screenshot from once or twice⦠On Alericâs device, it was a blank white backgroundâ¦
My heart thumps loudly as I look at the messages. There is not one message saying he thinks itâs a bad idea, but thereâs my replyâ¦
LuciferessX: I didnât really want to meet you, anyway.â
Reign707: Hey, whatâs wrong? We can meet somewhere else if you prefer?
Reign707: Talk to me. Did I do something wrong?
I exhale, my heart thumping as I keep reading.
Reign707: Iâm going to be there. If you change your mind, Iâll be at the bar.
Reign707: I donât want to force you. Thatâs never been my intention. Iâm sorry. Iâll be waiting.
I canât read anymore, and I look up, I never received theseâ¦
âAnd at the club, you didnât recognise me because I was wearing that black dress that covered my tattoo completelyâ¦â I trail off. Oh, how I wish I had at least had a little of my tattoo on showâ¦
Our eyes meet and heâs frowning deeply, his eyes blazing blue.
Unknowingly, we still ended up drawn to one another⦠isnât that sign enough that thereâs more between us regardless of how fucked up this is?
This time when he reaches for me, I donât move, his hands rubbing my upper arms, sending tingles through me.
Does he know someone played us? That maybe⦠his brother somehow did this�
Why though? What incentive does Aleric have to do that⦠He seems to like me, but⦠does he, really?
Flames of anger lick at my insides as I remember his comments, âThe thing is Sky, if you were not Luciferess, I would not have crossed that line⦠I miss those bets and our jokes⦠I miss the woman who became my best friendâ¦â
âBefore we began chatting⦠we met on a forumâ¦â Content that was live commentary and would now be gone⦠âTell me something I said back thenâ¦â
He glances at the tickets that now sat on the sofa and looks back at me.
âWhen I told you who I thought would win, you said, someone whose hair is that pretty ainât winning this fight. It stuck because I had long hair too.â He says with a small smirk.
Fuck Aleric!
Every little thing he said was a fucking lie.
That guilt doubles tenfold, and I look up at Royce.
âSomeone played us.â I say bitterly.
âI have my assumptions.â He says, his eyes flashing. âMind showing me your messages?â
His nostrils flare, his jaw ticking, and something tells me he knows who it is without me even telling him.
They are brothers⦠Aleric gaining access to his device would be far easier than a stranger.
âIâ¦â I look down at his phone, accidentally closing the chat app, and my heart skips a beat when I see my own image in the background.
Me, naked, with my arms covering my breasts and showing him my tattoos.
âThatâsâ¦â He takes the phone from me and runs his fingers through his wet hair. âI only put that there this morning. It wasnât there-â
âWhen you were my teacher?â I tease with a small smirk, but despite that, I still feel a mess. âYou donât need to justify you finding me hot.â I add lightly.
But itâs not unbelievable, knowing his truth, I mean, seeing him as Reign⦠I realise that they justâ¦
blend into one.
Royce is Reign.
Fuck.
âMind if I see the messages you received?â He persists.
I look up at him sharply, and I know heâs far angrier than heâs letting onâ¦
I no longer think he knows, because Iâm fucking certain he does.
I canât deny him what he wants.