Leo POV.This has gone to shit fast. Kodiak is not Kodiak and Gaia is fucking missing. She would never have acted that way towards us, especially Rosa.Jake said Elysium, which is the realm of Selene. I’m sure if Gaia was there or is there, Selene would have told Fenrir. So that can’t be right.“I’m telling you, that is where she is. Rosa described the place to me. It is Elysium.” Jake says for the umpteenth time.“She is playing with the wolves.” Rosa mumbles, and Jake raises an eyebrow at me as he smiles like he isn’t crazy. I pinch the bridge of my nose.“Ok, fine. If she is there, then explain to me why Selene hasn’t informed us?” I say, looking towards the window.“That is because she is not there. She is not in my realm. I would know if she was.” We all turn to see Selene standing there with her hands on her hips.“Well, where is she? Rosa said she is in a garden, with a waterfall and a pool. She is playing with the wolves.” Jake says, becoming pissed off, just like all of us.“
Calista POV.The area is deserted, the place where this all started from. The place where Xena lost her people because her mate at the time Beta Thorn went crazy and slaughtered everyone during a full blood moon the same night Xena turned 18, Thorn consumed with bloodlust couldn’t be stopped the thing that stopped him was Xena rejecting him, he didn’t accept it until years later.Xena was a warrior, a fierce shield maiden, but also a seer. She led thousands of Vikings to their deaths to spite Fenrir for bringing Thorn to her village. She managed to save her infant sister, Alina, and kept herself hidden from the world. They were the only ones to survive that massacre. Alina is a white witch opposite to Xena’s dark magic. Xena taught Alina how to use her gifts and provided for them as they grew up.The sight still has the presence of lingering dark magic, and you can feel the sorrow that lingers within it. It is said the tears that Xena wept that night cursed the land and she placed a p
Gaia POV.Darkness, I am surrounded by it and it is not comforting like my darkness. No, this leaves me shivering. Not in fear for myself, but for my family and pups.I have tried calling out many times, and I have lost track of time and space. Nothing and no-one ever replies it’s like I’m stuck in a void. The only thing I have is a vision of myself in a garden, and I know it isn’t real.Nothing is as it seems right now. I can’t even feel Kodiak or anyone, for that matter. I just lay here in the darkness and wait to see what will happen.“Gaaaaaiiiiiiiia!” the voice that speaks is mocking. I don’t recognise it. I snarl as I try to see where is it coming from, but I can’t even see past my hand.“Who are you? What do you want with me?” I ask, my voice holding as much conviction as I can muster.The voice chuckles before it laughs, and I shiver.“Why little one, I want you. Finish what was started.” I think of what the voice is saying. Finish what was started.“Don’t you mean finish what
Gaia POV.We clash violently. The sword hitting an invisible force, throwing us both backwards. My claws dig into the earth to slow my momentum. She raises her hands in the air as she chants loudly.When large spear like swords strike the earth around me, I jump and roll out of the way of each one. Turning, I charge at her before leaping over her head, grabbing her by her hair and throwing her onto her back. I hear her bones crack under the force.Calling on my darkness, I blast her with it as she screams as it enters her chest. My darkness forms a fist as I grab her magic and pull on it, pulling it to me. She screams again as her back arches off the ground.She slams her hand on the ground, and the shockwave breaks my connection as I stagger backwards. She stands and I know this is not a fight I can win on my own; I need to drain her power. My pups are replenishing my power, but I won’t let them. It will kill them if they do.“WHY?” I scream at her when she laughs. I need to stall he
TRIGGER WARNING! PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION!Gaia POV.I smile at my mother when she moves to the side and I see Kyron, Cosmo, and Atticus standing side by side. My brother, sister, and father.Another growl comes from behind me as I see Aura, Orion, and my cousin’s wolves step closer. They all form a circle around us. This is my family. My pack.The Venom Fang and Dark Moon.“Gaia, drop her.” I throw her at the feet of my mother. Their arrival gave me enough time to drain her power. Making her mortal. Chaos places a paw on Xena’s throat, pushing her into the ground.“You should know death comes for you now. No-one messes with what is mine!” my mother lunges at Xena as I step back as the others all circle around, growling, waiting for their turn to rip into the bitch. Wolves hunt and kill as a pack. That will never change.Xena’s screams turn to gurgles as she chokes on her blood. Her blood stains the grass red. I turn and grab the sword. A growl leaves me as I shift into my L
Gaia POV.It has been a week since the birth of Skoll and Sassa. Uncle Titus had us air lifted from Norway and once close enough, we landed and portalled to Dark Moon and into the pack hospital where we have been since.The pups are doing well, considering they had died. They are both small but are ok. I am fully healed, which is normal for she-wolves. However, I feel like a cow. I am breastfeeding and I know it’s not for everyone and that’s ok.If I don’t have both of them on me, I am pumping. The pain is unreal as my girls feel full, solid, and sore. I constantly have my breasts out. All dignity goes out the window when you give birth, anyway, and it’s not like my mates haven’t seen everything anyway.Speaking of my mates, they have been amazing. When I’m not feeding the pups, they are changing and bathing them. It has been hard being here, but I know it’s making sure they are both ok after what happened.We had to be moved to a bigger room to accommodate my mates because they refus
Leo POV.It has been a month now since the birth of our pups and they are doing so well; they have now been officially discharged from the care of the hospital and midwives. They are a lot bigger now and not just eat, sleep and poop. No, they have started to vocalise, smile and laugh.With them both being Alpha’s, they grow quicker and are stronger and faster than the average wolf. However, Gaia and Kodiak had gone into full protection mode with them. She even growled at us when we got close to them. She apologised and burst into tears.We know what happened had affected her greatly, and she blamed herself, even though it wasn’t her fault she was kidnapped from Kodiak and us to be begin with. She is going through post-partum depression and we have gotten her help. First, they said it was baby blues due to hormones, but we knew different and fought to get her seen.Kodiak had taken control a few times and wouldn’t let anyone in the room. And we had to sedate her to allow Gaia to take b
Gaia POV.What the fuck am I doing? Why did I decide that this was a good idea and she needed to be confronted?Haven’t I already been through enough and I’m willingly putting myself through this shit? Well, it looks like it is happening even if I don’t want to be doing this.“You have to do this Gaia, trust me, you will feel better once you confront her properly. I know I sound like a cold-hearted psychopath but she did do all that bad shit especially what she did to our pups.” Kodiak is in control, she has been for a while the drugs didn’t work on her but she did promise to stay hidden so I could heal, this is part of my healing journey, Nic can wait. We run through Hell towards the maximum security prison. I’m not concerned that she can escape her soul is that of a mortal, but still can’t be too careful, even if her power is now within me and now a part of me.“I know, it’s just I’m not ready and I want to just forget about it all.” I tell her as I sit in her mind.“No, it doesn’t
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