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It took only two days for Harold to gather enough men to turn into mutants. These could not be killed. Even if shredded to pieces, they would just regenerate and fight again. He also mobilized all the dark witches and vampires he could get.On the other hand, Lucifer gathered all the demons and he'll creatures he could get. He also invaded human morgues and stole the bodies, and made his demons possess them. They could not fight in their true form, therefore, they needed a host.When they felt that they were content with their preparations, they set off to attack. Though they were hell-bent on continuing with the war, they were gravely injured. Apollo left them all with incurable wounds. Only he could heal a wound inflicted by his spear, sword or arrow.In the meantime, Poseidon spoke to the snake people in his domain. They were much stronger above water than the mere people. Therefore, they agreed readily after hearing that they mWriter's POVAs everyone looked up, it started raining. However, this rain was different. The rain drops were like a soothing balm. A healing ointment. As everyone got drenched, all their wounds were healed completely. Even Tina and Carla. In as much as she would not want to admit it, Tina was in awe of Summer. She thought that she would live as a scarred and ugly wench. Her heart of stone softened. Only her pride stopped her from expressing her gratitude. Even those who were in a coma came to, Harold included. The moment his eyes snapped open, he started fumbling for his wand. He still wanted to finish what he started. However, when he looked towards Tina and Carla, he jumped up in shock. He was petrified. He knew that even with their werewolf healing, the burns they suffered would take long to heal."Tina? How? When? Who?" He was almost incoherent but Tina understood him perfectly. "Look up dad. Look up and see.""That- that is Summer. She is? What! She is the one using this rain
Summer POVWhat a shocker! Aurora and Harold are related! Not just a mere relationship. They are mother and son! I know this is a huge blow for all of us. What more are the parties directly involved? Hermes slumps down and presses his temples so hard, eyes tightly shut. I can only begin to imagine how they are feeling. I remember when I got to know that Tina was not my biological mother, it was hard for me. It shook me to the core. It hurt me deeply. However, my case was a little different because I then go to meet my mother soon after. Which were a great consolation and a huge relief for me. This is different though. How is one supposed to accept that the son she yearned for, turned out to be the greatest villain ever?What of Hermes? He spent a millennium roaming the earth but never once realized that his son was still living? No, he never knew that Harold was his son. He could have probably helped untangle him from the shackles that bound him.
Summer POVLooking at everything from the sidelines, I cannot believe that fate played such a joke with everyone. What sin did Aurora and Hermes commit to being punished like this?Now I understand why I had that vision. We are directly related! All my anger towards Harold diminishes at once. All I feel is empathy for him. In a way, we have both been raised the same. Tina is a vile person and she made sure to hurt me at every opportunity. I cannot help but shudder inwardly at the thought of he who raised Harold. How many atrocities Harold suffered, I cannot bear to imagine? How then can we rest and recuperate from the effects of the war, when evil still lurks somewhere in the universe? It is pretty obvious that whatever entity that is, cannot rest until he has gained the upper hand. Who or what is this controlling Harold? Why did he instigate this war? What is there for him/ her to gain? Could it be Umbrage or that demon wizard covered in that purplish smoky hue?"Slow down my love,
Summer POVMtungagore is the best. He teleports everyone needed to the pack borders. Having him around has made a lot of things easy for us. To think that it was Harold who sought his alliance? I shudder inwardly at the thought of what would have happened, had Mtungagore chosen to work with Harold.Now that this threat from Lucifer and Harold is over, he will have to return to Azania. A big part of me does not want him to go just yet. I do not know what it is, but I feel as if something is brewing in the air. Maybe it is because we all now know that Harold was being controlled by someone else. Maybe it is because I have grown attached to him. I have no idea, but all I know is I still need the Azanian warlock to stick around.After mind linking Michael, I am surprised to see all of them emerging from a portal. Mtungagore and Lesedi come as well. I smile at them and Michael comes to hold me close. I feel secure having my mate and family close by. "Summer, relinquish control to the sera
Lucifer's POVIt's a bitter pill to swallow indeed. Failure! I should have never sought the alliance of that despicable wizard. I am darn sure that I would have pulled this off alone just fine. Why did I not just compel the idiots to do my bidding? An utter fool is what I am. Now I am lying here incapacitated and trapped in this weak human body. I cannot even assume my true form!Incensed, cannot even come close to describing the anger bubbling in my veins. I would spit fire and reduce these lowly creatures to ashes! I might be completely immobilized but my brain is intact. How the hell did they get their filthy hands on archangel Michael's lance and the holy oil? Why did I not see this coming?The darn wolf girl! I grossly underestimated her. What can I say, I brought this upon myself. However, they also missed one thing, they did not put their holy oil in my mouth. Therefore, they have left my brain intact. I swear I. not going down without a fight. This is my turf after all. That is
IncapacitatedLucifer's POVHe sweeps his huge tail and throws my captors all a distance away. Only grunts, gasps, and growls signify their annoyance and possibly pain."Jormungand quickly come over here. Forget about that human!""Ah, but she looks tasty your Horridness!""Trust me you vile serpent, she is not as simple as you consider her to be. Do you think I would be in this state if she was as simple as a late lunch snack?""You must be growing old and rusty your Vileness. Allow me or else, I will not rescue you."With that, he shuts me out.I try compelling him and it works. Why the hell did I just not do that from the beginning? My mind is getting mushy lately. It must be the bounds. Just as he coils himself around me, the leader of the Seneca must have seen me. That means Jormungand broke the invisibility spell. The Seneca roars with so much rage that his voice echoes. "You deceptive fool! You knew that if I were to get wind of your predicament, I would not help! You will not
AzaniaSummer POV"Now let us re-cloak him with the invisibility spell. I am sure we all do not want any more surprises. Let's do that before leaving for Azania."Aurora says this through clenched teeth. She is seething mad and she is trying so hard to contain it. As I draw closer to Lucifer so we can perform the spell together, once again, my son stops me. "You have to leave now mama. There is no time and besides, it is way too risky to linger around here. You can cloak him once you reach Azania."Before asking his reason, I once again, mentally convey the message to my crew. No one interjects. I have already told them about the voice. What I did not do, is telling them who exactly is bringing the messages to me. Mother's instinct I guess. Aurora creates the portal and we all step in. Surprisingly, we do not emerge at the great pyramids of Azania. Instead, our destination is some clearance near a vast river. Everyone stares at Aurora with quizzical gazes. "Oh please don't. If we co
Summer POVI pride myself on being a werewolf. We are practically gifted with extremely heightened senses. However, right now, I feel as if my sense of sight is failing. When we left barely ten days ago, this place was in total ruins. But now, my eyes must be dysfunctional. This place looks nothing like it was when we left. The three-story upper part of the great hall has been erected. Construction workers, whom I believe to be human are busy at work. Together with just a dozen of our men. How could uncle Luke do this? Honestly, how can he bring humans to our realm soon after the war? Are we not capable enough? How then can our people celebrate the victory if humans are amongst us?Besides, this is not the time for us to interact with humans. We are yet to rebuild and they obviously will question such a big structure hidden in the middle of the jungle. "Calmate mi querida princessa. I am sure uncle Luke would not make such a blunder. There is surely a good explanation for this."Mi
Summer POVThe pain is excruciating but my mind is not foggy anymore. I watch everyone running around in a daze. Dr. Boyce is now in his garb and instructing Hailey on what to do. I playback everything that just happened in a bid to ignore the pain. What can I do? I have to come up with a way to cope with it. I recall that when I heard the whisper, 'Umbrage', it was a voice I had almost forgotten. However, if I could not reach out to even my mate when Carla was about to snatch my baby away, how did Hailey, the triplets, and the twins know?Was I hallucinating or did I really glimpse Lenny leading them? Everyone, except Michael, Aurora, mother, Hailey, and Doctor Boyce remained in the room with me. The others had to disperse. The truth is they just left the room but they are all huddles behind the door. Of course, I can scent them. My contractions are now coming every three minutes. According to Hailey, I am quite near.I am just glad that I have a brief moment of relief. This pain i
Summer POVWhen I hear someone whisper that despicable dark witch's name, something snaps in me. The dizziness and nausea, cannot hold me down.It is high time I stop behaving like a damsel in distress. Every little trigger, I faint. No more. "Summer! Somebody help! My mate is bleeding profusely. Dr. Boyce, please do something!"I force myself to lift my hand and smack Michael across the face. He gasps and looks at me. My eyes are still blurry but my mind is not foggy at all. I know that I cannot say anything loudly now, but I can surely mentally convey the message. "None of you should try and take me to the hospital. If anything, grandma, Apollo, mother, Mtungagore, and Lesedi, combine forces and do everything you can to delay this baby. I cannot give birth now. Not until we find Tina. We find Tina, we find Umbrage. Then we put an end to all this.""But Aurora is not here, she..""Oh, but I already caught the culprit. I am here now."Grandma Aurora saunters in dragging Tina and Carl
Summer POV"Summer!"Hearing the anxiety in their voices I decide to fight the fatigue and force my eyelids to open.Squinting to shield my eyes from the bright light, I open my eyes tentatively. The look of concern etched on everyone's face tugs at my heartstrings.I raise my hand in a bid to silence them. I am parched and water would be salvation at this moment. Micheal reacts fast and brings me a glass, whilst wiping off his tears with the other."Here, drink up princessa."He says with so much concern as he props me up to an almost sitting position. To my dismay, he only allows me a sip, before pulling the glass away. I glare at him but he only smiles."Lo siento mi querida princessa, but you have to drink it slowly. Doctor's orders."He shrugs at the same time giving me the puppy eyes. I raise my hand to stroke his overgrown stubble and nod. Everyone watches with bated breath whilst I take my time to drink enough water."Before any of you bombard me with questions, can somebody te
Summer POVTime seems to be stagnant and the dream, endless. The peace and tranquillity soothe my soul. I have no idea when last I enjoyed such peace. It has been so long since I could sleep in like this. I yawn at the same time, cursing at the sun for rising too early. Why can the night not stretch for a full twenty-four hours? I mentally curse at whoever pulled the blinds open to allow such blinding sunlight. Groggy, I try to raise my hand to shield myself from the penetrating sun, only to be restricted by an unknown shackle. I try again but no such luck. Wait. Restraints on my hands? How, who, and why?Panicky, I try harder but a soft voice causes me to halt all my attempts. "There, there, dear child, do not panic. If you allow me, can I have a word with you?""First take the restraints off my hands. It certainly wouldn't be a fair fight if you have me all tied up now, would it?"A melodious sound resonates from what I presume to be her direction, as I still have my eyes closed.
Summer POVThe seaweed, as per Nyaminyami's instructions, is to enable us to breathe in water. Unfortunately, we cannot teleport ourselves to his lair. Therefore, we only had to dive into the deep blue sea. Surprisingly, the water was not as cold as it should normally be. The journey to the great snake people's kingdom was quite easy. We have Nyaminyami to thank for that. For us to find his location, he left a beam of light for us. Had Poseidon not rushed to his home earlier, he would have been able to take us there without any problem. Either way, we will meet at Nyaminyami's place. As heavily pregnant as I am, I'm surprised swimming is so easy for me. There must be magic in this water. Before we know it, we arrive at the great snake's home.These serpents are huge and quite unusual I must say. Back on land, they just seemed to be just big giant snakes. However, here, I am gobsmacked. They have hands and almost humanlike heads! As a wolf, I am quite brave but seeing the Nyaminyami
Summer POVMtungagore did not waste any time, he brought Sid back just before dusk. Upon seeing him, I had mixed feelings. Anger and gratitude at the same time. Anger because he allowed Harold to fool him. Grateful for the fact that, had he decided not to retaliate in the end, I most certainly, would have perished in that inferno. At the end of it all, I owe him one and my heart just cannot hate him. He, like many others, was deceived as well. But his strong sense of justice made him overcome. He is the epitome of humanity. "Summer! Is it really you? Howling hailstorm! It is really you!"This guy is insufferable. From where does he get these expressions of his? I cannot contain the smile that slowly creeps onto my lips. I know for sure that I am happy to see him. I walk closer to him and give him a brief hug. "Not possible matey, your belly is protruding. I would not want to disturb the little warrior in there. From the looks of it, you won't have to wait long till you meet him.""
Summer POVI pride myself on being a werewolf. We are practically gifted with extremely heightened senses. However, right now, I feel as if my sense of sight is failing. When we left barely ten days ago, this place was in total ruins. But now, my eyes must be dysfunctional. This place looks nothing like it was when we left. The three-story upper part of the great hall has been erected. Construction workers, whom I believe to be human are busy at work. Together with just a dozen of our men. How could uncle Luke do this? Honestly, how can he bring humans to our realm soon after the war? Are we not capable enough? How then can our people celebrate the victory if humans are amongst us?Besides, this is not the time for us to interact with humans. We are yet to rebuild and they obviously will question such a big structure hidden in the middle of the jungle. "Calmate mi querida princessa. I am sure uncle Luke would not make such a blunder. There is surely a good explanation for this."Mi
AzaniaSummer POV"Now let us re-cloak him with the invisibility spell. I am sure we all do not want any more surprises. Let's do that before leaving for Azania."Aurora says this through clenched teeth. She is seething mad and she is trying so hard to contain it. As I draw closer to Lucifer so we can perform the spell together, once again, my son stops me. "You have to leave now mama. There is no time and besides, it is way too risky to linger around here. You can cloak him once you reach Azania."Before asking his reason, I once again, mentally convey the message to my crew. No one interjects. I have already told them about the voice. What I did not do, is telling them who exactly is bringing the messages to me. Mother's instinct I guess. Aurora creates the portal and we all step in. Surprisingly, we do not emerge at the great pyramids of Azania. Instead, our destination is some clearance near a vast river. Everyone stares at Aurora with quizzical gazes. "Oh please don't. If we co
IncapacitatedLucifer's POVHe sweeps his huge tail and throws my captors all a distance away. Only grunts, gasps, and growls signify their annoyance and possibly pain."Jormungand quickly come over here. Forget about that human!""Ah, but she looks tasty your Horridness!""Trust me you vile serpent, she is not as simple as you consider her to be. Do you think I would be in this state if she was as simple as a late lunch snack?""You must be growing old and rusty your Vileness. Allow me or else, I will not rescue you."With that, he shuts me out.I try compelling him and it works. Why the hell did I just not do that from the beginning? My mind is getting mushy lately. It must be the bounds. Just as he coils himself around me, the leader of the Seneca must have seen me. That means Jormungand broke the invisibility spell. The Seneca roars with so much rage that his voice echoes. "You deceptive fool! You knew that if I were to get wind of your predicament, I would not help! You will not