Gaia POV.Waking pressed against a hard chest as a chest is firmly against my back, legs, and arms entwined over me. I smile to myself at how contented I feel. But that is shattered when my stomach rolls.Shoving the arms and legs away, I quickly scramble off the bed, with a hand over my mouth and the other on my stomach, as I dash to the bathroom and throw up as I reach the toilet. Damn morning sickness. Hands move my hair from my face as another hand rubs my back as I heave up nothing but bile with tears streaming down my face.After dry heaving, the sweat lines my forehead and drips down my back as I slump to the floor beside the toilet panting. Leo hands me a wet washcloth, and I wipe my face as he hands me a glass of water.“Thank you.” My throat is sore as scratchy as I take sips of the water.“Let me help you up. You need to rest.” I hold up a finger, telling him to stop, and he does. I move to my knees and pull myself up as I flush the toilet and move to the sink. Grabbing my
Gaia POV.Entering the maximum security prison. I slow down to a walk. The muffled screams echo in the long hallway. Kodiak is still in control and she won’t give that up anytime soon.“Goddess, what can I help you with?” One of the demons bows low at me as I stop in front of him.“I need to see Fate.” I say as he straightens up and nods as he walks in front of me.“Do you need my assistance? She has been quite wilful lately.” I smirk internally. Oh, she won’t be when I’ve finished with her. Well, I say me more like the Harbinger.“Make sure the recording devices are working. I will need them. I will be having a conversation with her. You may enter with me, but do not speak to her.” I say with a low growl and he nods his head as we stop outside the room that holds Fate.He manifests the key and chants to remove the spell from the door. Something we did when Morgana escaped. The door opens, and he moves inside and binds Fate. I enter the room and my nose wrinkles at the stench that com
Gaia POV.Leaving Hell, I open a portal to Elysium and walk through. I enter the garden. Walking towards the pool of life. I lean over and look inside. The golden glow coming from within and the orbs all dance around. Crashing and bonding and I smile.Watching the new bonds take hold is like watching birth. It always fascinates me how the bonds are created and now I am watching it over again.“Hello child.” I lift my head to my uncle Lycaon as he moves closer to me with a wolf at his side. The first Lycan. I smile at him as he moves to stand at my side as I turn my gaze back to the golden pool.“What brings you here?” I point my chin towards the pool and he chuckles as he reaches in and brings out a cluster of five orbs together. I watch as he holds them in his palm.“These are yours.” He says and I look at them closely and I smile before he places them back inside and I watch as the cluster swirls but doesn’t break apart. Like an intimate dance, the clusters holding each other in a t
Gaia POV.I hate knowing things that I shouldn’t, but what do I do? Do I tell her the truth or just leave her to find out on her own? I groan as I pull my hand down my face. Sitting on top of the mountain looking out over the world.This place is my sanctuary when shit hits the fan. This is where I like to come to think and release the thoughts that plague my mind. Mainly the situation with Asteria.Rosa and Charlie’s situation well ties in with Asteria’s. Why is this so complicated?“I don’t think we should tell her.” I sigh. Is she for real right now?“Explain why we shouldn’t. Asteria is our family, maybe not by blood, but still. Wouldn’t you want to know the truth? What about Rosa?” I say to Kodiak, who sits beside me as we look out at the calm world below us.“I think Lycaon is right. Asteria needs to fall in love with this human first, then she will see they are not all bad. She needs to give him a chance before she condemns him and his species to death. As for Rosa, once Asteri
Gaia POV.Walking towards my father’s office, I still don’t know what he wants to talk to me about. So I am utterly clueless and don’t know if I need to approach with caution or if he is just being a dick. Either way, I will not let it show that this is making me nervous.Knocking on the door, I know he isn’t alone. I can scent Helios and Xander in there with him.“Come in Gaia.” I gulp and take a calming breath as I plaster a smile on my face and open the door. Walking in, I see my dad sat at his desk and Helios and Xander are sitting in front of him. Nicholas is sitting on the sofa. Why didn’t I scent him? Oh, the sneaky bastard was cloaking his scent. Why didn’t I do that? Stupid Gaia.“You said you wanted to speak to me? So what is it, dad?” I say as I stand there, watching him as the knuckleheads turn and smirk at me. Oh, fuck no!“Come and sit next to me,” Nicky says through the link, and I move to sit next to my twin brother. He smiles at me before turning his attention back to
Calista POV.The thing I love about pups is that they are always eager to learn and have fun. That is what we try to do when we train them to defend themselves. Here and at Venom Fang, they start young. Some would say too young. Well, I disagree. You are never too young to learn.Gods, when I was younger all those many moons ago, we weren’t taught like this, no we were thrown into a pit and made to fight to survive. They were savage times back then, and I’m glad none of these little pups will ever have to endure that. I will always remember the smells and the sounds of being inside the pit. I shudder as I look out over all the pups as they run and play with a small smile on my face. Times have changed and I’m grateful they have.When my pup is old enough, he will be trained in the same way as these pups but something is telling me he will need training early and it will be need to be more vigorous than what we do now, we will wait and see though.The pups start when they are five, how
Gaia POV.The pain rips my stomach apart at his words as I pant my fangs elongated as he called Rosa a mongrel. I stand up as I crack my neck as I look at him. Blood trickles down my leg and my nose.“As you wish. You have just sentenced the pack to death. When the war happens, you are on your own. As for always bailing me out. Don’t forget it was me who saved your fucking life when we were pups. I should have let you die.” I spit on the ground as I lick my lip.“Come on. We are leaving.” I stagger, holding my belly when I fall. Just before I hit the ground, I’m hauled up in Leo’s arms and we turn and leave.“Gaia, wait, please. Don’t do this. Let us make sure you are ok.” My mom runs towards me as Calista takes Rosa from her and we open a portal. Fuck this.“I’m sorry, mom. I love you. Take care of Sofia.” I say as I nod as Leo walks with me in his arms into Hell.“Gaia, stop. You are breaking the laws. If you do this, then I can’t help you.” My dad screams as my other dad holds him
Gaia POV.“Ok, that’s the last of it.” Gabe says from the hallway in our new home. Selene and Xena went to Dark Moon to collect are things. Mainly clothes and our ID. The mansion is beautiful.The mansion is a blank canvas. The walls are white, sleek, and modern. The flooring is white marble with swirls of black on each slab.The living room is fully furnished with comfy, soft chenille sofas in a pale grey. A large 75 inch TV is hung above the fireplace. Area rugs in grey on the floor.There is another living room across the hallway with the same furniture but without the TV. The kitchen is my favourite place so far. It has all the modern gadgets and gizmos. A large full range cooker and oven. The counter tops and island are all white quartz with flecks of glitter in them. The fridge freezer is huge. Then again, I suppose, being a dragon’s mansion, everything is massive.There are seven bedrooms and two bathrooms, all the bedrooms have en suites. Xena said we can do what we want with
Epilogue 1.Rosa POV.Today I leave for the settlement at Moonlight Cove. I don’t want to go. The reason being that Charlie has been awful to me the last few times I have been there; I don’t understand why he is being a total twat.“Rosa, baby. Come on.” My mom Gaia shouts at me from the living room and I groan as I walk like a lost puppy down the stairs. My parents know I don’t want to go, but this is what I have been trained for since I was five years old. It sucks ass being the next Oracle, especially a wolf one. I haven’t told them why I don’t want to go.“Stop grumbling. It will be fun.” My wolf Cece says in my head and I scoff at her. We shifted a few days ago, and she hasn’t shut up since.The shift was painful and I won’t be doing it again anytime soon, that’s for damn sure. We managed to hold off me going to settlement when I was 16, but now I’m 18 and I have to go. Maybe I can run away and they won’t find me?“Don’t even think about it, young lady.” I turn and see my dad Cal
Gaia POV.It has been a few weeks since the not funeral. Everything has settled down and there has been nothing bad happening so far. For that, I can only hold my breath because there will always be trouble waiting around the corner to cause damage and chaos.Rosa has been doing her lesson every Saturday and has been spending time with Charlie. They are so funny together, her with her mischievous ways and him with his nonchalance. He isn’t easily riled, which is a good thing, because we all know how Rosa can get under your skin and it takes a lot of patience with her.The first time she came back from her training. Dragus scooped her up and sniffed her and was asking who had been around her and I told him it was the people from the settlement it is safe to say the following week he tagged along and yes you guessed it, he found his second chance mate. it was no other than Odessa.He is happy and so is she, but at first she ran away because she was worried that he would reject her, espe
Gaia POV.The day has come that we lay Britany to rest. It has been a few days and things are calm for a change. But I know it’s because the pack is mourning the loss of their Luna and after today they will lose their Alpha.I am walking through the packhouse in a black dress and my hair is down, minimal makeup is on my face and I have my black sunglasses. I haven’t been sleeping much as I know things are going to change rapidly when Nic leaves us to go in search of himself. It’s the same thing dad done, but he was searching for his mates.I hope Nic returns to us better than before. All we can do is keep a close eye on him. He had locked himself away from everyone and refused to eat or see anyone, so all we can do is watch from afar.The pack is sombre and some look at Nic with disdain as we walk towards the family crypt. I hold his hand and give it a squeeze. But he keeps his head down and I want to take his pain away, but I can’t. He needs to do this.We stop in front of Selene, wh
Gaia POV.Walking on pack grounds. The place is in turmoil as the warriors are in battle formation and I sigh, rubbing my forehead.“What is going on?” I say to my dad and he shrugs his shoulders as we walk closer to them.“Ok, can someone explain what the fuck is going on?” I shout and they all turn to look at me as my mates and family come running towards us.“Oh, thank the Gods you are safe, what happened?” My mom throws her arms around me and I explain everything and she looks at me in shock before she looks at my dad and he has a pout on his lips. Yeah, I get that from him.“Please tell me you didn’t do that?” she asks him and he just shrugs his shoulders when mom groans and rubs her temples.“God dammit, Fen, you can tell where she gets it from.” I move away slowly, not wanting to be scolded by her. If you didn’t know this, but my mom is fucking scary when she is mad. So yeah, dad is on his own.“Traitor.” I hear him mumble through the link. My eyes widen. Wait, I can link.“Kod
Gaia POV.“No, that’s not possible. No power can unlock that gate without the Guardian.” I say to him when he shakes his head with a chuckle.“That’s where you are wrong. You are or sorry, were the Goddess of Hell your authority overrules that of the Guardian. You willingly gave your power to the monsters. They are growing stronger and it will only be a matter of time before they break the Gate of Purgatory. Releasing the damned back into the world. Do you see what you have done? Gaia, you have caused destruction. All because you couldn’t contain your power.” I look at him in shock. I shake my head. Gods, he is stupid.“No, it was Xena’s power and the damn curse she put on me that has caused this. I tried to fight it and I failed. I wanted to get rid of it. Xena’s soul is feeding the Gate, so is her power, it also feeds it. My darkness, as you know, had been taken over by her power. If I didn’t do what I did, I would have destroyed everything. You know this, with my power, Zeus, I am
Gaia POV.The feeling of something silky against my back and the sun beaming on my face wakes me from a dreamless sleep. Squinting as I open my eyes. I cover my eyes with my forearm as everything is bright. Too damn bright.The sound of birds, running water and soft music fills me. I remove my forearm and see I am laying on a shimmering silk cushion. I look down and see I’m wearing a long, flowing white gown. My wrists, ankles, and neck have gold cuffs and I take in the room.The room is spotless, all white with gold touches to it. The floor is marble white tiles with the same gold swirling through it. I look towards the window and it’s not a window. It’s completely open, with long sheer white voile curtains blowing delicately in the breeze.I pull myself up and walk towards them, and I gasp in surprise.I’m in a paradise. The grass is green and lush, palm trees, animals big and small roam around living peacefully. Predator and prey living side by side. The sky is a mix of blues and l
Jake POV.We all watch on in horror as these shadows fed on Gaia. The room is icy cold and we can see our breaths. With each bite or suck from these shadows, you can see the power being pulled from her. It’s dark misty stuff, then it starts changing colour and becomes red.No-one moves or speaks as we all stand there watching as she opens her mouth, her back arches up and a silent scream tears out of her, tears stream down her face.When her back hits the ground and the shadows slither away with a purr like hiss. Fen runs to her and we follow behind.Nothing is making sense with what has just happened. Then she revokes her power and title. That is when it hits us. It was her power, her darkness, that those things were feeding on. They were taking it away from her.“Will she be ok?” I whisper as I touch her cold, clammy skin with a shaking hand.“I don’t know. You saw what she did. She is no longer the Goddess and her power is gone.” Fen slumps on the floor, cradling Gaia to his chest.
Gaia POV.I watch on in horror as I try to fight back. This isn’t my magic, this is … the curse. Fuck!I try to fight back as I advance forward and grab my father and fling him away as I move to Nic.“STOP, STOP, STOP!” I scream, but I keep moving forward as I try to pull myself back.My hand moves and grabs Nic by his throat, and his eyes fly open as my claws extend. No, no, no, no!“You’re … not … my sister! Are … you?” I try to pull my claws back, but I can’t.“No. I’m not.” As I fight the power, my hand tightens when I’m knocked away from Nic, and I keep fighting. When I turn and see my dad in his beast form as he growls at me.Oh fuck! This is going to hurt. I try again to open the mind link, but I can’t. I can’t stop myself. All I can do is watch on in absolute horror.“Whatever you are, stop!” I scream again when a cold laugh sounds in my head.“No, you know you want this, Gaia. Give in, all your life you have been shunned by them when you should have been loved. They hate you,
TRIGGER WARNING, PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION!Leo POV.We all watch in horror at what Gaia has just said. What the fuck is going on?“The first time she felt your betrayal, she caught you in your bed with three whores, yes?” I watch as she balls her fists to her sides and I can feel the anger, sadness, and need for revenge build in her.“ANSWER ME!” she screams and I see a few jump at her tone. She is filled with hate and will hurt him.“Yes,” she growls at him, and so does Sofia. I look between them both and move closer to her when Calista stops me and shakes his head and I can’t read his expression. He is cold.“Do you remember when she collapsed? When she fucking passed out clutching her belly.” I take a breath at her words when the temperature in the room plummets and I know she is pissed.“She was pregnant with your pup. Your pain of betrayal caused her to miscarry in the fucking shower of your room. Then because of that, when you continued and then started beating her, th