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Khai's POVThe night descends over the trees drowning everything in a darkness that threatens to take my soul into the depths of hell that I've narrowly lived outside of the majority of my life. I've always hated the evening, the way the moon only gives enough light to be able to see muted colours of everything around me. The once vibrant greens and earthy browns, now dark shades of greys, fooling my very eyes of a different life at night.It reminds me of the days I was locked up in the bunkers working out my punishment in the dark. The things were so dark that I could only barely see the outlines and shadows of the bed frame and four solitary walls that would be my home.The shudder rolls through my whole being as I push those memories away again, and I move from one tree to another to distract myself from the darkened atmosphere around me.I've been waiting all evening for Alfredo to give me some sign that Lilith is okay. Our conversation the other day is playing on my mind, taki
Theseus's POV Swirling my hand in the fountain of sight, I summon the vision of my daughter, my only child in the sense of genetics. Lilith lays upon the bed I've seen her in more than a million times before whilst one of Celeste's creations feeds from her. I can feel her essence leaving her body. Feel her soul departing her being, and it's painful. I've never been disappointed in Celeste or her choice of creating wolves. That never mattered, but she has this one wolf, one being that isn't particularly thoroughbred. She calls him her moon-hound, and his name is Hati. And unfortunately, where he is concerned, I do hold malice. She refuses to rid his soul and believes he can redeem himself, but I don't see a way for him to do that. Celeste has long since participated in this reigning war between herself and this wolf she has created. He's a corrupt soul, feeding from the fear of others, taking their souls to prolong his life. He used to come back once every other life cycle,
Lilith's POV That voice doesn't leave me alone, and although it's just a voice, one I presume belongs to that person with the fast-beating heart that has seemingly ignored me for days, having the company seems to comfort me. Firstly he taught me not to talk aloud. 'You do not need to talk aloud, child. I can hear your thoughts. Besides, it's safer this way.' Secondly, he told me I held more gifts than I ever thought possible. 'You are the most gifted being in this realm.' Those were his exact words. He explained that I had every gift known to every being. The ability to see visions past, present and future. The ability to heal. The ability to emotionally manipulate anyone around me. The ability to manipulate every element known to humanity. He also told me about gifts I had yet to have knowledge about because I hadn't yet inherited the use of my witch powers. He told me I could use telekinesis, the ability to move things without touching them. Aura stripping which is strippin
Khai's POV Three more days flicker by, leaving me in a trance of hazy sadness. Something feels off, and I can't quite put my fingers on the reason, but it feels as if the life is being sucked from deep within my soul. Could it be dread for the future? Or maybe dread for the past?? The lack of sleep is a probable cause because it isn't helping much, but I cannot convince my body to shut down, even if for a nano nap. It's stupid, really. My body does this sometimes. Refusing to sleep even when my body strictly needs it. Theo gave up his obstinant refusal to sleep, crashing in the yard at home as he watched some of his warriors play football in the yard. It was strange. I could feel his body shutting down. His wolf was recharging under the early evening moonlight, and he was dreaming, I think. That or I was hallucinating times of making out with Lilith myself. Anyway, three days. Seventy-two hours sat here within the trees, watching and waiting whilst simultaneously holding m
Lilith's POV A strange and unabating voice wakes me from my light slumber. It's not particularly saying many words, but it's happy nevertheless, and the aura accompanying the person is addictively more-ish. They seem blissfully unaware and happy, content with their surroundings which confounds me. Where are they? Are they close?? Their room seems dark, maybe with the ambience of red. Yes, yes, I can see what they can. It's as if they are sharing their secret with me. I wonder if they are another of the long line of children Damian keeps. I mean, they must be, to be around here. I lay silently for a while, soaking up their energy, afraid that they might go silent again if I spoke or tried to communicate. I need this, the happiness from an untainted person. I can't really explain with words how happy and content the being makes me feel by just sharing their... innocence. I think, perhaps, it's maybe because I'm alone and I hate being down here cold and hungry because I've co
Celeste's POV"Theseus? Are you home?" I holler out as I walk through the mansion we call our home.We live in the third realm, the god realm, where all gods and goddesses with immortality reside.We've lived a privileged life, but it wasn't always that way.I was an ordinary girl from a family with a mother and a father, and we lived a wild life out in the Canadian woodlands.We had distant witches' blood in our genetics, and my mother practised witchcraft despite not being a witch.My childhood was filled with my mother extracting the souls of one being and melding them with the soul of another, most experiments going wrong. Some were going right, but she never once made a being that lived long enough to count as a species. That's where my desire to make a wolf-shifter came from.One of my favourite books was about a wolf and his need to find a friend. I would read it every night.In the woodlands around us, we're packs of wild wolves that lived beside us humans, so that's how I sum
Khai's POV At precisely noon, they arrived exactly as Alfredo had suggested but what I find unusual is the fact that they had children, whom I had presumed were ready, with them. “What is this?” Theo hisses towards them and me simultaneously. One of the witches, a small girl that’s been alive for longer than once thought possible, turns his way. Her name is Penny, and she’s been around for more than one of Damian’s life cycles. She’s the one who started withdrawing children when she could, and I suppose without watching her do so, I would never have concluded that I needed to help. “It’s okay; he’s just wary. He’s worried about his pack.” “So he should be…” the other witch Sara whispers as she looks around us. Theo had Calley and Arlo go over to Lucas’s place, so the pack house was empty. Currently, it’s only me, Theo and his father on the property, but I can feel Lucas and Andy nearby. I presume for a just-incase moment. “Who are these?” I ask whilst taking a small toddler.
Lilith's POVMany influential people are sat around the dining room table dressed in expensive dresses and suits. Each with a face as straight as stone, and the atmosphere is rigid.Damian has me sitting beside him. His hand on my leg that's bouncing uncontrollably.I hate feeling him touch me, yet his touch is grounding. It's confounding, but I guess that's because I really don't want to upset him... yet.Many people have greeted me in passing, and I've not known many of them or their names, but one I do know is Leo.He's here sans Tabby, and he's dressed in an expensive slate suit. He takes the opportunity to come and say hello after Alpha Fredrickson, and his mate Luna Mina leaves us. He holds his hand out before him as he speaks."It's lovely to see you again," he greets Damian with a smile and a shake of his hand. Then he turns to me, and I panic. My heart racing, and my palms shaking.Will he show the hand I do not want to be known? Will he admit that we know one another?I look
Zeus's POVThey say evil rules the world, and I'd like to agree wholly especially as I watch Hati finally take the child that will soon become the queen of the earth realm.Theseus died some years ago at my hand as we fought for the title of god. I took his wonderful wife in as my prisoner, indebting her to me at the promise I would let her child, and the grandchildren live peacefully.But I did no such thing. Bringing Theo, Khai and Lilith here to the god realm to be my prisoners with their dear children as they also live out their lives locked within the house they cannot leave.Most believed Theseus would win, that he would take over from me, including his family.But love weakens you, and Goddess Adophen aided me in his demise.She has the gift of projection, and she distracted him easily as she projected herself as his wife and then daughter, taking his concentration and that love that is not a man’s best friend.I'm thankful for her, and I promised her that her daughter and son
15 years LaterHati's POVThe time has come, my beautiful Lorrie has come into her wolf, and I can feel the mate bond calling for her.She's been feeling it too, and though I've kept myself away for the last week I cannot stop the inevitable for much longer.Belle has given her blessing, she's taking the other kids, all five of them, out to the other house for the weekend to give me time with Lorrie alone.It's time for me to claim my mate and create the Luna our pack deserves.So I have Calley cook us dinner, stopping her twice to take her in uncompromising positions as she mutters her disapproval very loudly.And then I lock her down in the cells below the house for the remainder of the weekend intent on making sure she knows her place within this pack.Soon she'll have to answer to Lorrie instead of Belle. She'll have to bow down to her luna's disappointment and she's already made a distant enemy of Aspen over the years."Bring me the luna," I demand to Belle as she gathers our chi
Hati's POVTrue to a wolf pregnancy Belle is only pregnant for around nine weeks, her belly swelling fast as she grows my pup within her.And one fateful night as the wind howls and the rain falls she starts her labour as we lay our son to sleep.Lorrie refuses to go down and starts to get in the way as Belle circles on the floor through her pain as Lorrie tries to hold onto her mothers hands."Mama, up," she cries asking for up as she outstretched her arms up to Belle who looks to me for help as she winces once more."Calley," I yell out, intent on having Lorrie away from this ordeal, knowing I have no one else I'd rather trust with the child.Yes she might well have an ulterior motive, but I have no doubt that she would die for this kid. Anyway, I don't want to scar the child, I don't want her to remember her mother in pain when I want her to have only good memories of her.It takes Calley a moment but she comes, knocking on the door in her pj's as she looks at the vision before he
One Year LaterHati's POVLorrie has turned into a funny little thing. She's walking and talking in toddler gibberish and I fall in love with her more everyday as she fills our life with fun and happiness.I can see why Celeste matched her soul to Aspens. She's spunky, confident and happy just like Aspen has always been. We ended up relocating around three to four months ago, coming out of hiding, leaving the continental US.Now we live in the very green Scotland, in the rainy United Kingdom.We've decided to try and blend in, whilst living in the middle of nowhere.It's been an adjustment weather wise, but we really don't come by people often, and the home we brought is surrounded by acres of green forest which is perfect for us to shift.And shift we must, because the lack of shifting causes aging, and that brings problems regarding healing one's self because our bodies resort to being only human.And I have a surprise for you, something I never imagined or cared for but equally was
Khai's POV"Aaah!" She screams as pain radiates through her mid region. I hadn't expected her to wake from her nap in pain, I also hadn't expected her to tell me we won't be finding Lora but she did that to and despite knowing she probably has the gifts to see such things, I deny her allegations and pretend that we will find her. To say she took me off guard would be an understatement but all I could do was call for Theo Lilith has gone into labour a whole week before she's due but I think that's normal for multiple pregnancy but no less scary as she freaks at the pain and wails into my shoulder.She labours in bed, standing up and even in the shower.The whole time crying for Lora, feeling as if she might be replacing her with the children coming out from within her tummy.Sadness fills the room and the three of us did not enjoy the birth process at all.Our sons entered the world screaming loudly, clearing their lungs within minutes of each other and though Theo and I wanted to c
Lilith's POVDane is adamant that Damian isn't dead and equally as adamant that I can use my memory to summon where his whereabouts.Apparently the witch side of me can teleport, and that's a given because I have done before but never have I teleported to a person specifically, only a place.But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.Of course it does, if I can summon a place, then I can summon a person, right?I just have to practice, apparently. It still astounds me how much he knows about me when most know nothing about me at all.And it just so happens that I feel closest to him out of anyone I've met.I'm having a bad day today, pain is radiating along my back, a sharp stabbing pain accompanying it whenever I stand for to long.I think it's the twins, my boys that are currently safe within me.I miss Lora.I miss Calley.Heck, I even miss Lucas.I can only hope that one of them with with my baby girl, that they are doing everything in their power to protect her from
Hati's POVA further two and a half weeks have passed as we live in this humid and small place in hipster being on top of one another. My men have broken all the agreements I even made with Gretchen, her witches becoming the slaves they are used to which had disfavoured the respect the witch have held for me. But needs must and all that.Even I and finding it hard not to play outside of Belle.Take yesterday for example.Calley had been caring for the child as she has been for over two weeks, ensuring Lorrie remains quiet and happy to limit the time the child spends with Belle.I'm not stupid and I had noticed how she would try to prevent any crying coming from Lorrie.The child has grown far quicker than I thought possible, her growth excelled.She's standing against furniture, giggling and eating some solids, but that's just a trigger for me.I've told Calley she must feed from Belle and she's purposely ignoring my request. Ensuring Lorrie skipped three feeding sessions yesterday.
Theo’s POVThe days have passed in unimaginable pain as I mourn the theft of my child, and I also watch my mates do the same thing.I feel like an utter failure, and as I sit and ponder the reality I then realise I lost my best friend, beta and Calley and Arlo in one foul swoop.How did such a thing happen so easily?Especially when we trained to prevent such a thing.Even Danes members failed miserably and he’s travelling here today, his communication less than moody.I’ve been sitting alone in my office pondering life and the atrocities that have amounted to this very day and I see all of my failures. Can count them precisely.I suppose that’s why I’m avoiding everyone.What type of Alpha fails his people?!My computer pings with an email, giving me a welcome distraction as I jump out of my own mind to concentrate on something other than the trashy surrounding me.It’s Dane, he’s crossing the border. Warning me incase the pack decide to attack.I feel awful, despite being down two t
Three Weeks Later Hati's POVWeeks pass as we adjust to living here below the burned pack-land of Leo.I cannot believe he's still alive, but then again what more can I expect from these peasants and their ability to slip through my fingers?The child, Lora. Or Lorrie as we've been calling her has settle very nicely. She's sitting by herself now, rolling around and has become very content within this smaller pack of mine, and everyone loves her. Worshiping their lunar even in this childish stage of her life.And the girl, Calley, keeps a very close eye on her.That day was quite something when we tied our blood in a bonding agreement."Eko, eko, azarak. Eko, eko, zomelak. Bagabi lacha bachabe, Lamac cahi achababe. Eko, eko, azarak. Eko, eko, zomelak," Gretchen had changed as she created the bond that would be undeniable."Repeat after me, girl. I, fill name, solemnly swear to bind my blood with Hati in agreement for servitude. Bonding our blood forever more as I lay my life down at