Ellis, Seeing William's state of mind, I asked the mages to go. They hugged me and left quietly. I went to meet my husband on the couch. He had tears in his eyes. I could relate. " William," I said and knelt by the couch. He looked at me, snapping out of his thoughts and sat up. " I have never felt so helpless in my life Ellis," he confessed to me. I used my thumb to wipe the lone tear that had escaped his eyes. He grabbed my hand and kissed it passionately. " I am sorry I can't help you, darling. I feel so useless watching you carry all this weight upon your shoulder. I should share your burden, but I can't". He said, and I hugged him tightly and wept in his arm. All William needed was a break. We had our backs to the wall with nothing to fight with. How did the fates expect us to survive this? " I miss the sun, and I miss the way it made your skin glow, Ellis, and I wished I could put it back in the sky, and you wouldn't have to lift a finger, but I can't. I cannot do anything,
Ellis William and I returned to the real world feeling relaxed and renewed. I kept my encounter with the fates personal and, also the fact that she had mentioned Selen and Aries. I did not know when we would meet them, but it better be soon because we were running out of time, and things were already ugly for all of us. I Linked the mages to bring the ring, and Melena said Audrey would bring it. I sat on the couch in William's arms. By now, we kept the curtains closed because there was no sunlight to let in or moonlight to admire, but it was just death and darkness out there. If we ever survived this, I would thank my stars. When my father brought me to the estate, I never knew what life had in store for me. I did not even know about the supernatural world then. My mother told me a lot about them, but I believed they were just stories and unreal and everything was so physical, but now, my perception was different. I had evolved beyond my imagination. From a powerless human that had
Ellis I held Sam in my arms as she lay while we tried to revive her. Luna had stolen her live essence, which meant she would be weakened. For a human, when the life essence is stolen, the life of the human is cut by the amount that was stolen, but for a supernatural being of Sam's calibre, it means that her powers, abilities and strengths would be divided into two, weakening the original. She was blue, and I knew we had to move quickly before her spirit discorporates from her body. I forcefully sent Ephraim's life aura into her, and after a few minutes of this exhausting action, her skin began to regain colour again. It would take a bit before she could get up, but she would be okay in a few hours. Abel appeared in the room, which meant he sensed the presence of a dark god in the estate. "What happened to Sam?" he asked, concerned, and I told him how we came and found luna stealing her life essence. He was worried and helped me lay her in bed. The mages came to help and attend to her
Ellis I could not believe what I had learned about Samantha. How did I miss it? I knew something was off about her because of the way she reacted to the seed, but other than that, I did not see it. Why did I not see it then? I remembered when Fate's sister had mentioned Selene and Aries. I had thought they would come and join me. I did not know that they were already with me. I searched Dinah's memory to see if she knew and held back the information from me, but she didn't. One thing she was sure of was that Samantha was very important, and both she and Alex had a huge role to play in the darkness that was to ensue. I did not know what to do. Why were they dormant or powerless? Was this what it meant to be on pilgrimage? Was it punishment or penance? I searched the memories and knowledge of the three gods and tried to understand why it happened this way, then it made sense. If Fate did not cause us to go into the in-between, events would not have transpired that would cause the gods
Samantha I woke up with Ellis and everyone in my room. It was as if they were waiting for me to wake up. I tried to remember what had transpired before I fell asleep, and I remembered everything. The memories came crashing. "Luna," I said softly, and Ellis pleaded with me to calm down. "She was trying to help, and you chased her away," I accused her, and she was a bit sad. "I am sorry, Sam. I thought she was hurting you. I did not know." She pleaded with me, and I knew she was telling the truth. "You said you found Alex?" I asked her, and she nodded. "I used the eye of Apophis to find him," she said, and I was shocked because I remembered the evil the ring brought. Raphael told us all about the disadvantages of using it. I could not believe that William and Ellis would risk that much to find Alex. "To find a dark aura, we have to use something dark," she said, and I understood better. "So let us go now," I said, trying to get up, but she held me back. "You are not at a hundred
Alex My mind was going crazy. I was tired of living in a cave surrounded by messed up horny wolves. If I ever survived this, I would be absent from Clearsand parties for a while. It was sickening to watch. Yet I had to because that was how Apophis sent magic into them to share. It was weird. While most of the wolves were not in their senses and were being controlled, others were deliberately in league with Apophis. They were Alphas and Betas of the lesser pack. Every day new wolf packs joined up of their volition, and it baffled me how these bastards would team up with the likes of Apophis. They had referred to him as Alex Wildbreed a couple of times but soon realised that I wasn't serving the god, but the god was inside me. It was hard, and I hated myself. During one of those orgies, I felt a foreign aura present. It was dark and faint, so Apophis did not think much of it until a little light came through, and he realised that it was a good aura that masked itself in darkness. The a
Ellis Sam's prayer had knocked her out. We saw the black cloud sip into her nostrils and mouth. It felt weird and wrong, but that was the only option we had. Everything had to come together for the greater good. We stood and waited for the merger to be complete. After a while, Sam woke up with dark eyes. Her skin was pale, and she had dark veins all over. It was just like my visions of her. Because of Luna, she was now tethered to darkness but not a slave to it. "How are you feeling, Sam?" I asked her, and she looked at me, blinking those pitch-black eyes, and I was a bit scared and worried at the same time. "Ellis," she said, sounding like two people, and I paused to compose myself. "May I speak with Luna, please," I asked her, and she just stared at me. "What do you want?" she asked me with a very harsh tone, and I knew who I was speaking with. "Sorry I expelled you. I did not know you were trying to help her," I apologised to her, and she did not smile. "All you self righteo
Ellis "It's time to dress up and gear up for the fight. Make sure you bring along your weapons. We won't just be needing magic where we are going," I said, and they nodded. Lifting Sam, I teleported her and Willam to our bedroom. I felt safer with my eyes on her. After the shit that Luna tried to pull by causing discord between William and me, I did not trust her to behave herself or do what was best for us as a collective. "Why is she here?" William asked, pointing at Sam, and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Sam I trust, but Luna, not so much. I just want to keep an eye on them." I said, and Sam began to laugh. I knew it was luna and not Sam because the laugh sounded unnatural. "Hang in there Sammy." I said to her, and I felt her frustration. I knew she was regretting letting Luna in. All that darkness was a lot to take in, and Luna was just as dark as Apophis, She was his mate, after all she was bound to draw on darkness. I knew we could not trust Luna completely because her heart w
Ellis The moment we got home everyone was tired and happy. It was time to roll away the darkness. I needed to move quickly and do all that need to be done so I could spend time with my husband and children. My heart was breaking, and I did not know how to tell him we only had three days to be together before I ascended. I knew my humanity was gone. I felt it. I knew so much and had an understanding beyond my imagination. "Ellis, are you alright?" Melena asked me, and I smiled at her. William walked to me and kissed me, resting his head against mine. "I love you, El." he said, and I had tears in my eyes because we had only a few days together. I did not know I was crying until he used his thumb to gently wipe away my tears. "I do not care about your bond with Helio. It was necessary to accomplish all this. I know you did it for me. I cannot be mad about it." He told me, and I nodded, but I was mad about it. I did not want to be with any other man except for William. I loved my husba
Ellis The Fate sisters moved closer to all of us, and I saw that they were translucent. They had blank expressions on their faces and spoke to all of us as one body and voice. "The die has been cast, but the future remains unwritten. Your future lies in your hands. Your decisions and determination will determine how this will play out. Is the mortal world worth saving?" They said together and then disappeared. They did not even wait for answers, and it was a bit weird. They knew how to make a dramatic entrance and exit. I wondered if this was a movie. Honestly, I did not remain in awe of them. I took a fighting stance immediately. "You seem eager to end me, Ellis, very typical of you?" Apophis said, looking at me. "Did you tell your mate about Helio, about your attachment to him?" He asked, and at that moment, I was grateful to Luna for bringing it up when she did. She must have known he would play the card. I looked at her where she lay on the ground, frail, and thanked her. She s
Ellis Trying to keep Luna alive weakened me completely, but I kept at it. I could hear Helio in my head, and I somehow realised it was him. He was breaking a rule. I felt it, I knew he shouldn't be giving me pointers, but he was, and I did not know how that would affect the outcome of this. But it was clear the god of the sun wanted to rise again. He wanted humanity to be safe, and he was willing to cheat for it. I sent a huge amount of magic toward Apophis, but I knew it would not be enough to end him. "Ellis, dont kill him!" I heard Sam's voice, and I looked in the direction of the voice, and I was surprised to see Sam. She was awake. Why the hell would she say that I shouldn't kill him? I got hit by dark smoke in that moment of distraction, and I felt something pierce my thigh. I noticed that Apophis made a spear from his magic and tried to use it to kill me, but Luna had used her energy to shift it a bit. Both Apophis and I had been at it for a while, and I wondered who would
Samantha The instant Luna left me, everything went dark. I opened my eyes to a dark room, and I knew I was not physically there. Had Luna deceived me and sent me into the void? I began to wonder if I had opened up myself to an enemy. According to my memories, she was my sister, and I loved her dearly. My pilgrimage was part of the reasons she had to rely on her mate, Apophis, and he had succeeded in poisoning her mind. The things he said to her before she decided to make that Alpha do stuff to her were cruel. He had said very hurtful words to her. I knew Luna had sent a form of seduction magic to Reed to make him get on his knees and do what she requested as she sent more magic into him he began to like it. What I noticed about the sexual part of everything was that it wasn't the sexual pleasure that made it appealing or addictive, it was the transfer of magic, the feel of it, the euphoric feeling that came with absorbing the magic made it appealing. I was surprised that Apophis would
Ellis We charged into the quarry, moved in, and no one came to arrest us like they did with Luna. I realised they might be all occupied. So I teleported us to the place where Sam and Alex were. Alex and Sam's body lay on the ground. The wolves that were invoved in the orgies came to attack us. Our arrival was sudden for them, so they were not prepared. The mages sent magic their way to destabilise them, and William and Abel attacked with force. I sent my aura into Alex to see what the matter was and realised that Apophis had taken a bit of his life's essence, which meant he would manifest physically. "Be on alert. Apophis might appear as Alex soon or occupy someone else," I linked everyone to warn them, drawing my Katana. I began to cut through the evil wolves. Most of them wielded magic, but we had magic too, so we were fine. All of us but William could wield magic. They began to shift, and the wolves looked misty and black. Their eyes were evil, and I could see into their dark so
Ellis While Sam went in, I used my aura to keep an eye on what was going on. Using the eye of Apophis to see what was happening was very tedious and draining, but it was necessary to know when to get in. Luna had done a good job dulling his senses, so unlike before, he could not sense I was watching. She kept him occupied by occupying her senses. I did not trust her at first, but at the rate she was going, I was more relaxed. Abel was agitated and kept asking if we could go in, but I held him back. Seeing what I saw, the wolves we would be facing would be deadlier than all the wolves we had faced in the past. They had Apophis's magic and could wield it, that was what the orgies were for. They transferred magic between themselves. Apophis had turned them into micro gods, and that alone would make fighting them difficult. He was also generating his essence fast, which was not good so even though he was distributing what he had, he was able to regain it quickly. Faster than me, and I kn
Samantha Apophis ushered me to a large cave that had a throne made of bones and weird-looking people. Some of them were having orgies, and just by looking at them, I knew there were getting high on more than the sexual pleasure. "Magic transfer." Luna said to me, "Apophis' magic is addictive. People are easily drawn to darkness, they sink themselves into it, and they love it. The euphoria that comes with dark magic coursing through your veins is unimaginable. That was how Apophis got me in the first place, and I am still addicted to him. He did not let us taste much of his magic during our session together, so you would not understand what these people are experiencing right now." she said, and I was stunned. I had tasted a bit of it, and I did not want to imagine it in large quantity. I looked around me, and William's parties had nothing on these people. Watching them made me feel weird. They were too busy and formed chains and rows of people giving and receiving pleasure. I had ne
Samantha I tried to control Luna not to piss Ellis off, but she refused to listen. She hated Ellis for reasons best known to her, and I did not want to get into it. We had received two slaps, and Luna hadn't been around long. When I saw William hurting, I regretted having to merge with Luna. She might have been my sister, but she was cruel. She knew how werewolves were with their mates. She knew Alphas did not like to share, and she knew William was the dominant type, and yet, she had to expose Ellis in that way. I knew if Ellis had a choice, she wouldn't have mated with Helio, but we all needed the power of the sun god to expel darkness, and as things were, I sensed Ellis would not be with us for long. As we walked into the quarry, I begged my sister to follow through with the plan and not double-cross us. Love did all types of things to people, and love could make people lose themselves. I knew she was angry at the moment, but when she sees her lover, her heart would melt, and so w
Ellis "It's time to dress up and gear up for the fight. Make sure you bring along your weapons. We won't just be needing magic where we are going," I said, and they nodded. Lifting Sam, I teleported her and Willam to our bedroom. I felt safer with my eyes on her. After the shit that Luna tried to pull by causing discord between William and me, I did not trust her to behave herself or do what was best for us as a collective. "Why is she here?" William asked, pointing at Sam, and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Sam I trust, but Luna, not so much. I just want to keep an eye on them." I said, and Sam began to laugh. I knew it was luna and not Sam because the laugh sounded unnatural. "Hang in there Sammy." I said to her, and I felt her frustration. I knew she was regretting letting Luna in. All that darkness was a lot to take in, and Luna was just as dark as Apophis, She was his mate, after all she was bound to draw on darkness. I knew we could not trust Luna completely because her heart w