Chapter 42: Chapter 42

Nana's POV

I was staring straight into his dark eyes that appeared darker as they stared back at me with a devilish smirk curling up his lips. The whip in his hand was gripped tightly, and I needed no soothsayer to know that he would use it on me, but what I couldn't understand was why I was unable to run while watching him kill those girls like animals.

My heart was beating so hard inside my ribcage that I thought it would fall out, and all that filled me to the brim was guilt and panic over what I had just heard. I thought I wanted Ava to die so much all this time, but the moment I heard Carl say she killed herself, I felt a sharp pang in my heart and my stomach was churning.

My eyes were wet as I kept forcing myself to doubt Carl's words. I don't want to believe Ava really gave up and killed herself. It sounds terrific to me, knowing fully well that I just caused her death.

"You dare to ask me if she is really dead? You are really funny. Is this the last prayer you should recite as one who is about to be killed in the most gruesome way?" Carl scoffed, his voice cold and scary.

My emotions were so messed up at the thought of Ava really committing suicide. I felt like a cold-blooded monster, and the guilt was beyond my power to bear. I was wrong to think I could really bear causing the death of someone who did absolutely nothing bad to me all her life.

I had been torturing her, and that made me think my heart was strong enough to withstand her death, but I was wrong.

"Carl, even if you are going to kill me, just show me where Ava's body is. I want to see her one last time. I just can't believe I actually pushed her to death. I feel bad." My voice was slightly above a whisper because I was struggling to talk while gulping down my throat and I felt like crying. I couldn't even breathe well again.

"You must be a joker. Go meet her in the other world. That was the last thing he said to me, and it hit me like a thunderbolt, cutting through my skin so sharply and painfully that I thought it seized my breath as I shuddered and gasped.

He just lashed the wolfsbane whip hard, forcing me down to my knees as I burst into a loud cry. The pain was too much for me to bear, and it was burning continuously. I was even feeling my blood trickling down.

"Please, please...." I slurred as I saw him raise the whip to hit me again. I was already being consumed and shattered by the first hit, which was draining all of my strength and stinging me horribly deep into my bones.

My plea fell on frag ears as he lashed again, this time the whip sliding along my waist down to my belly region, and I fell flat on the ground gasping for breath. I couldn't cry out loud this time, as I was dying instead.

I saw him raise the whip to hit me again and couldn't even make any movement as the excruciating pain was consuming me to death.

He began to laugh at that moment, dropping the whip before squatting over to me.

"Time to skin you alive because there isn't any fire nearby. My dream has always been to burn you to death " he spoke softly but dangerously into my ears, and my heart stopped thumping at that moment.

My healing ability was really saving me from dying as it kept repairing my wounded tissues and welted skin at a fast pace, but what he just said made me lose all hope of ever surviving today.

I weakly sat up, shivering in the anguishing pain overwhelming my entire body. I had never been tortured and it seemed like my first time would be the last and the last. He was really going to kill me and I will die without achieving anything.

After all I did to become the princess and get Jaden, I only ended up helping Aurora get Ava killed at the expense of my life.

I don't even know why Prince Jaden's messenger was doing all this to me. Why is he avenging Ava's death? When did his hatred for me become so intense that he would skin me alive until I died?

"Why are you doing all this? I never did anything wrong to you." I sniffled in a pathetic tone, looking into his eyes with a pitiful stare, hoping he would be moved. At least my beauty and pretty eyes should melt his heart, but I was just thinking highly of myself.

There was still no single smile on his face, and those eyes were only getting darker in resentment, like he was sinking into an abyss.

"Please, I was...." A very hot slap from him struck my left cheek so hard that I slumped heavily on the rough ground as the raging pain burned my cheeks mercilessly.

"It disgusts me to be standing so close to you. I need to end your life immediately!" He hissed, and I heard a sharp sound as his finger nails all transformed into very sharp claws that were shiny under the sunlight. They were pointed and dangerously long enough to pierce my skin deep into my skin.

Just then, the thought of shifting and running crept into my head. He won't expect me to run now, and that would be an advantage to escape death. This was what I thought inside my head without knowing how fast lycans could be.

I was really underestimating the Lycans' special abilities. I was still half way into shifting when he launched a very powerful kick to my chest, so hard that my ribs made a very painful crack, which made me almost run mad as hellish pain overwhelmed my entire being.

I was convulsing this time, trying hard to breathe as the pain seemed to be killing me in an instant.

"Please, pleee..." My voice was slurred and against my breath, as it seemed like my lungs were blocked.

"Goodbye, wicked soul." He snorted and gripped my neck from the ground, pulling me up to my legs till I was standing in front of him, facing the most dangerous eyes I had ever seen. It was filled with venom towards me.

"How do you feel every time you inflict excruciating pains and tears on Ava? Remember she never wronged anyone, but you needed to be the princess and win Jaden over, right? How dumb and cruel could you be?!" He roared and tightened his grip till his claws were all buried inside my neck, making me whimper in more pain.

I couldn't move as the pain seemed to freeze me entirely. I would feel my breath leaving. I am dying at the end.

"I will tell you what you want to know since you will be a corpse in the next minute." He paused and laughed croakingly.

"Ava is still alive and was taken to the kingdom by Jaden, who is her true mate. You will perish while they mate, mark, and marry each other. They will both rule the crescent moon pack and Lycan kingdom as the Alpha and Luna. A loser!!" He spat in my face while I saw him raise his other hand.

Those claws were so sharp and were reflecting in the sun as he smirked and trailed his gaze to my heart, where he was ready to stab and rip my heart.

I was so shocked and broken at what I just heard. He was right; I was a pure loser at the end.

"Go to hell!" He growled and I shut my eyes in anticipation of death after seeing him about to kill me.

Just then, a strong demon scent hit my nostrils and enveloped me, and the grip on my neck loosened instantly with the heavy sound of a blow echoing in my ears, forcing my eyes open.

I saw Carl on the ground, groaning in pain as a dark fog in a human form stood in front of him. The demon scent was emitting from the fog, and I could feel the forbidden black magic of the demon all around me, making me transfixed in panic as I wondered how a demon came to save me.

I was about to find a place to run when the fog swooshed at me and I found myself being carried away at an extreme speed, swaying past the trees and into the woods.

"Who are you, demon?! Let me go!!" I screamed in horror and just at that moment, it stopped moving and dropped me on the ground.

Just like a hallucination and something unreal, the fog cleared and I was standing face-to-face with Aurora .

"You are a demon!!!" I screamed, and she shrugged before letting out a bright smile.

"Congratulations for finally killing Ava. She sent a suicide note to her father before killing herself. I had to come over and congratulate you first, only to see that foolish Carl, who crushes on Ava, trying to take your life. Is he crazy?" She spoke out to me, maintaining her smile.

"You did it!.. Congrats. Carl was poisoned by me just now for torturing you. Now let us go home and treat your wounds, celebrate, and make the most of our day. Everyone in the pack house is celebrating her death." Aurora added, and I smiled forcedly.

Ava successfully made them believe she was dead, and I have to go with it for now. I don't even know what the future has for me and this demon in front of me.

I can't believe I was working for a demon.

"Aurora, you are a demon?" I asked again, under my breath, and she gave me a stern look.

"No one must know or I'll kill you. So Ava's body was taken by who?" Aurora suddenly inquired, and I shuddered a bit, racking my brain quickly to get a good reply.

"That Carl hid her dead body. I think he wants to give her a benefit burial" I chuckled and she laughed harder than I.

"Let's go... It is time for me to take over that pack." She shrieked maliciously, and I felt an omnious shiver run down my spine at what she had just said.

What does she mean?