Lilith’s POVThings morph after a long moment of rest, yet this time I’m thrust inside the kind of the one person I detest most in my life.Damian.Or should I say Hati?My mind takes on his and o see things from his point of view, hear things as if I were him.I try to push away the memory of the day coming to me yet his narrative still plays out and I’m helpless to it’s demands of playing out.~~~They say that your heart freezes when you're touched by evil.I think that might be the case.I've been tainted by evil for so long that I crave it in some weird sadistic way to survive, yet I hate watching it now. I've not been let out of this cage called my own mind in what feels like an eternity, yet I think it might have been as short as a year.I watch life pass through the haze-filled vision of watching Onyx walk around inside my body.He has everybody fooled, including my best of friends and my longest-serving pack members.None of them bats an eyelid my way, presuming I am me and
Lilith's POVTimes running out, Lil. But there’s so much more I need to remind you of. I mustang waste time, I’m sorry that I cannot allow you to rest, Abyss tells me.I groan, my mind foggy feeling as if she just aroused me from a deep slumber.I feel groggy and peeved, tired beyond belief but the images start to roll anyway, moving at spear as I’m reminded of a day on the god realm.The day I found out about Calley and Arlo’s gifts to be exact. ~~~"Lilith, Calley," Theseus greets us outside in the yard whilst he stands under the swing I had sulked on just yesterday.The grass is frosty this morning, and the sky is still dark.It's six am, and the day is just getting started.Khai is standing just outside the glass wall of the house, and Theo is inside talking to his father through a telekinesis call that Celeste is facilitating.She seems helpful this morning, yet flat. Her body language shows her unease, yet her actions say another thing.Theseus gets started with me, making me pr
Lilith's POVDo you remember that day Celeste showed you how the souls are formed? Abyss asks me.I think back to that day, looking through my memories until one specific moment jumps out.~~~I've gravitated to the room with my daughter's soul again—something pulling me up here as everyone goes about their afternoon quietly. The pools all sat at equal intervals on the floor, their contents glowing, illuminating the room with enough light to be able to see before me.Immediately I walk to the one she resides in, dipping my hand inside the liquid to find her unique purple soul. I note the liquid is warm, possibly at body temperature, and it illuminates in a blue hue. It's there, hiding at the bottom of the pool all by itself where, as the others are huddled as a unit, somewhat like a pack, if I could use that as a way to describe them.They mingle within the smallest of circles yet never part.I pick my daughter up, her form going rigid as she frets at being moved.But then she bloss
Lilith's POVA dream overtakes my senses, I say a dream because this is not a memory. But the dream does morph into a memory.A memory of the night I walked with Zeus as he showed me spectacular…War is raging all around me, wolves fighting wolves, humans fighting humans.There's not one ounce of serene happiness for as long as the eye can see.I'm standing at the tree's edge, Khai on one side of Theo and me on the other. They are one step ahead, protecting me. Using their bodies as shields, but no one can touch me; no one's as strong as I am, and that's why I move between them, breaking through their security to walk amongst my people.No one notices me as I walk in between them. My bare feet hit the grass silently, and it's as if I'm regal.Moving at a slow speed as time halts to the slowest pace it can.Wolves are lunging for one another, striking for each other's necks.Humans are drawing weapons meant to kill.Knives, guns... the claws of their wolves.Blood spurts, people fall
Lilith's POVZeus had kept to his word, taking me home before the sun had risen in the sky.It was still pitch black outside, besides the shine of the moon which was high in the sky, yet it felt right to be standing out here within the darkness as if the moon called to me in need.Zeus had teleported us away from the top of the mountainside, which had mildly triggered me off.Why make me walk so far if he could have just teleported me there before?I walked through the yard and into the house and then climbed the stairs.I felt less restless but tired nevertheless, so I climbed the stairs and rounded the corner to slip inside the room, where I found Khai and Theo sleeping exactly where I had left them a few hours before.So I dropped the dressing gown before I climbed between them, letting their scent calm my nerves and finally allowing sleep to consume me.I had awoken to the sound of my own heartbeat racing in my ears as I woke from another frightful dream where I was forcing the pe
Lilith's POVI remember in the following days Khai and Theo had acted strange as I felt overly pregnant and round.But specifically a few days later they entered the yard with a basket and two identical smiles on their faces as they walked up to me as I sat on the swing in Celeste’s yard. Both of them pecked either side of my cheek before announcing we were going for a hike.To say I was surprised would have been an understatement.I was the size of a whale and would probably roll better than walk, and I was tired from all my extracurricular activities that very morning, but who was I to refuse spending time with the pair of them?As we walked, Theo describes a purple-covered meadow that Celeste suggested for us to visit. It sounds whimsical and inviting, and it gave me that pep in my step that I hadn't had when we left the yard and dreaded walking anywhere. So we walked hand in hand as the trees covered us, the sun beaming high above and filtering through the foliage of the trees
Lilith’s POVCeleste was correct, the little meadow was something to behold, and I'm glad we were able to see the beauty this realm and world up here had to offer.If the sunrise and sunset weren't something to fall in love with, this meadow was.It was beautiful here; there's no question about that.The three of us spend quality time with one another, lying on the blanket Celeste supplied Theo with and we found ourselves talking about the future, of what our life might look like. Of our ideas about Lora and who she might be, of her room back home and how we want to raise her. Throughout our talk we cuddle, and then we sit up to eat, enjoying each other company. I remember it so vividly.The food was delicious. Fresh fruit, chopped vegetables and sandwiches with slices of cake to top that all off.So we filled ourselves with her food once again and then we sat staring at all of the oddly placed wisteria trees."How unusual for there to only be wisteria in this one meadow," Khai not
Lilith's POVI feel my heart race as the memory continues. My chest feel tight as the images roll on.I scream in fright as I watch Rex lunge for the bear that's easily just as big as him.It's dark brown, its paws are enormous, and it's aggressive.And what's worse is it couldn't have chosen a worse time to attack than right now.My stomach contracts with pain every few minutes, and the skin tightens. My stomach became hard as my breaths caught in the back of my throat with the slight pain felt at the base of my tummy.Khai holds onto me, the basket in his hands forgotten as it falls to the floor at our feet.I'm not sure why but seeing the basket down there, abhors me.There's something about the basket. So I bend to grab it. Holding onto it with one hand as Khai puts my back to a tree trunk and his back to me.Both of his hands come back to cage me behind him, using himself to shield me away from danger.Snarls, snapping teeth, and two types of growls wound in front of me, and I li