Erick POVThere is something in the air. I can see several clouds forming in the skies, there is a storm to come and it's not just any storm, the people know, they can feel it in their bones and I can feel the apprehension through the bond I have through my subjects.I take a deep breath and despair because I know why and want to stop this from becoming even bigger proportions. What I intend to do is something I can't remember any human ever achieving, not having a Harp.I move away from the window and sit in the middle of the room, beginning to echo in the divine language that only the priests of Zeus and I understand.Normally I start out feeling a light breeze that gradually turns into a storm, but this time it is simply incomparable in strength.There is no breeze, only the sound of thunder resonating with form and raindrops falling heavily on my body, I do not fight this force, instead, I embrace it and am carried by the strong winds and my body is thrown from side to side, the s
Marcus POVI saw those who were willing to contact Gods enter their respective rooms, but I didn't really follow, I'm focused on paying attention to Dylan, since I saw him I knew there was something wrong, something that was affecting him.Sin and Dylan don't seem to be in sync and that was worrying, I followed him to his room and entered, even though I wasn't invited.He's Hope's second Mate, which means he and I have a bond, after all, if we ever mark Hope, we'll have to mark each other too. I stood by the door waiting.I saw the boy walk to the window and look out, watching the moon, his mind is distant, and his aura is tumultuous. He is confused and unsure of how to guide himself..."There is nothing you cannot tell me, Dylan... I know the secrets of our Mate and yet I do not share them, not even with you, for I respect her decision." I spoke calmly."There is something about you that neither my wolf nor I can bear properly... I, of course, know that we are bonded and that you are
Kendrick POVIt's been two days since Hope entered the world of the Gods, two agonizing days, each of us taking turns to see the changes that happen and it's possible to see the degradation of Hope's condition happening, her perfect body that had just been healed without any scars now looked covered in scars.Each time a scar appeared, more blood was spurted and the energy around that spell started to eat away at her body.I'm standing here looking at her, seeing various parts of muscle already consumed that left her bones exposed, if her blood wasn't already being drained it could pass for a rotting corpse, but that seemed to be Hope's decision because the bonds are intact, holding the spell, but they aren't being consumed... Marcus had assumed wrong that the bonds were going to be consumed, but we all worried.The Gods seem to be furious, but despite some small demonstrations the earth plane wasn't being affected as much.Kaiden had disappeared, I don't think he can bear to see Hope
Hope POVI don't know what is reality and what is an illusion, my mind doesn't need to form coherent words, I don't need to think, just let the flow of energies concentrate in me and then flow again, stronger...In my mind I can hear the voice of my Father, they are not coherent words and yet instinctively I know them and let myself be embraced by this madness and delirium that surrounds me.A part of me knows that without this I would be nobody, I would have nothing left and everything would just be an emptiness... I know that without this ecstasy that consumes me, I would not have endured the process of regeneration...I am in a daze, just letting my mind and soul flow as the music is chanted, as the bodies of those participating in the festival move, as their cries and moans of pleasure. I can hear, feel and see each connected Temple, each chanted poem and revel in the pleasures that the beings who participate feel.This abandonment of reality and the embrace of madness, without be
Hope POVBefore I could satisfy my craving to feel Kaiden and Marcus reaching their ecstasies, they stopped and pulled away and I feel Lestat's arms go around my waist and pull me up, his body fitting into mine as his hands squeeze my breasts tightly and in front of me, I can see Kaiden, Dylan, Marcus and Kendrick, standing next to each other, their naked bodies glistening and each with their peculiarity that I can distinguish without having to think."Touch yourself." I heard Lestat's voice in my ear. It was an order and I just did as he commanded.I opened my legs slightly, just to have a better support base and also so that my audience could better see what I'm going to do, with my left hand I separated the outer lips and left the inner ones exposed, their eager looks made me sure I was doing it right.Still, with my left hand, I also separated the inner lips and was completely exposed. I can feel that my liquids run and start to drip, after all, I have reached ecstasy a few times
Hope POVMy body is spun around and lifted. I wrap my legs around Dylan's waist, feeling his sex rub against mine, but no entry yet, my breathing quickens again as I wait for what would happen.Without much delay, I can feel my ass burning as the sound of two slaps echoes, the pain radiates, but it focuses on my sex as I start to release more fluids. Two more slaps were given at the same time, one lower and one higher."You shouldn't have cum, we didn't give you permission."Marcus's voice rings out and I know that tone well, it's my Master's tone, I just accept the punishment they are delivering."'Count it," Kendrick spoke and I shivered, I'd never heard that voice before, that kind of command coming from him and I see Dylan's smile widen as his eyes start to glaze over as he and Sin have fun with that situation."One..." I started and felt one more approaching and held onto Dylan tighter."Two." The force they had used had increased."No use trying to dodge," Dylan whispered and pro
Hope POVThe three of them turn their faces towards me, and their stares make me fall to my knees on the floor. I can't support the weight I have, simply my body is shaking from the waiting, from the desire I have for them and from those voracious stares.Without synchrony I see them move away from each other, their movements are like predators around their prey. I am what they will devour, and I know anyone else would be scared, their aura is powerful, it can even be suffocating, but to me, it is not."Please..." Again I plead, my voice shaky and hoarse.In a blur Lestat is at my side, taking me by the waist and the next instant I'm sitting on Kendrick's lap, there's no foreplay, no need, I'm so wet and tense from anticipation, that that push down and I'm impaled is relieving.Kendrick holds me by the waist, keeping me in place as my waist tries to move but I can't and my inner muscles contract and release, to feel even more of him inside me.No way did I have to wait any longer to f
Hope POVThere are things I need to do that are part of my job as a Chosen Bacchante, one of them is to make sure that everything at the Festival went as it should have, as I entered my private cleansing room, I saw a small pool, with some priestesses around it, waiting to clean my body.I walked slowly to the center of that pool, its crystal clear and heated water had properties that helped to relax the muscles and was also a symbol for the beginning of a new cycle.There is no sexual act, on the contrary, as they slide the clothes under my skin to remove the dirt, I can feel the adoration and care they have.I am not just me yet. My body also represents my Father, cleaning myself means cleaning the body of the very God they worship.At this moment my mind is connected to the temples around the world, not just those of the Lycans and Werewolves, but of every race and being that had a temple to Dionysus was connected to me, to the small cults that had celebrated together, even without
Hope POVI know what I need to do, and I don't regret this decision. I know they will cry, but I can only pray that the Gods guide their next steps. I hope they find their second chance, that they can be happy without me.As I grab Melvin's collar, pushing him back and bringing the darkness along with me I see him smile in a corner, but that smile will disappear, because I use my left hand to pierce the place where his heart is and I see the surprise appear and die in those eyes that I once loved. I loved Melvin and not this corrupted version of him.I can feel the darkness around me surrounding me, hurting me, breaking the armor that covers me, and falling into that endless pit and I don't know how long I fought and defended myself, but I finally hit the ground. I've gotten used to the taste on my lips. Finally, I raise my eyes and I want to bow before the beings that are in front of me, the power that emanates from them is so gigantic that my soul shudders, and doubts begin to arise
Note: This chapter will be written in the third person because there are so many characters involved.There couldn't be any soul that didn't feel the grief, for even the Gods are crying, that heavy and freezing rain is leaning on their bodies and their souls understand that this day is a day of Mourning.For those who can see the other world, they could see the Harvesters walking over the battlefields collecting the souls that were making their way to the Mekai.The tears of children who had lost their parents and parents who had lost their children mingled with the Divine tears as if trying to console each other...That night had been exhausting, it had been heavy, it had been a disaster and as much as it was known that the Corruption had retreated, there was still no feeling that it had been won.It was simply all about loss because those who survived now had to bury those who died and had to mourn for those who were lost.The feeling of no winner is so dense that you can't hear the
Erick POVWhen my brother finally realized what a foolish thing he was doing, I saw that Kaiden was fighting a she-wolf and I knew that the two of them had been destined, my Beast told me what had happened.I approach Hope and soon I can see several smaller creatures piercing the blockade that is around as the other four chosen are focused on defeating Melvin. Using the movements of my hands, the chains that are at my feet begin to move to wrap around, trap and exterminate those smaller creatures that dared to approach.It wasn't tiring to do, just boring, because none of them had any power to compare to mine. I notice Hope is standing still, looking at the movements of her chosen ones, she is smiling happily, with a dreamy expression.She's seeing what the end of that fight will be like, and from the looks of it, it's going to be a good one.I turn my attention to a shadow that manages to gather closer, it had fed on the corruption that had not been annihilated before and that rain o
Dylan POVI don't want to believe what's in front of me, when Melvin's name echoed from Hope's lips I wanted to just explode with rage. How was this possible? I almost lost my Mate several times because she was afraid of what would happen if I marked her...I almost lost her because she had killed Melvin... I almost lost her because there is a curse on the place where my mark will be on her... I almost lost her because of that?!'No!'Sin shouted in my mind, our anger turning to Wrath as the images of the distant future flash by and I can sense that Marcus and Lestat share the same sentiment. Yes, I would have respected Hope's oath in that other future, because I would have seen that she was already on the right path, that she was already happy in her world...'That creature in front of us will be erased from existence!'Sin told me and I agreed with him, because after all when I met Hope I had seen a girl who used various tricks to hide how broken she was. Hope didn't want to get clo
Kendrick POVI didn't get to have much contact with Melvin, sure I had trained with him, but we weren't friends or close... When the first reports came out that Hope and Melvin were dating, Night immediately wanted to go back to the pack, but what were we going to do? Stop Hope from dating?That wasn't an option, so I focused on training, trying to forget that the person I loved was with someone else... Then came the news of Hope's first temper tantrum... I didn't see it, but from the reports, I knew she had been distraught and again Night wanted to go back to see her, but again, what could I do?What I did was just promise myself that I would stay strong enough so that Hope would never have to fight again in a way that could lose her control. That's how I began to unlock the powers Night had and after a year I was kneeling before the King reciting the Oath of Loyalty and Protection.I didn't do this at all without my father's permission, back then how could we have predicted that Hop
Marcus POVIt is no longer news that I am old, that I have been walking on this plane for many, many years... I have had opportunities to choose to die, rest and then reincarnate... I have had loves and enemies, family and loneliness...You all know that I no longer have descendants, that I chose not to bond with anyone anymore, and that I was simply being an observer on this plane, concerned with protecting humanity since I was Created for that.So I felt again, I lived again, I desired again... The one responsible for that was a girl who invaded my base and looked into my eyes saying that I would train her. The SilverRage pack had already requested a Delta who showed exceptional skills and had some Divine gifts. I denied it. How many times had I heard of some "saint" and it was nothing but nonsense?One afternoon the alarms at my base went off and no one could locate the person responsible, but the runes my sister had placed all over the place indicated that there was someone underc
Lestat POVWhat is the sun? It seems like a simple question, doesn't it? Some would say that it is the star that makes up the solar system... Others would say that it is a red dwarf, a classification of the types of stars that exist... Many would still say that it is what gives life to Earth...For me, the Sun is something greater, something that has brought me Light in times of Darkness, it is what has made me continue to have faith in the Gods, the One who blessed me and accepted me as I am... The Sun can be welcoming or simply burn everything!Right now I am the Son of the Sun, but I don't want to welcome, I simply want to burn! I want to consume and see that creature disappear amid My Light!I comforted Hope several times, even though she was appearing to be whole, I could see her pieces and the way she was bleeding. I could see through her soul, and I wanted to show her the beauty that was in the Light!I didn't know what I needed to do, but the Beast that dwells within me had al
Kaiden POVHow? Why? When? Even standing in front of me I don't want to believe it, it can't be real, Melvin would never become what I'm seeing. The boy that I knew, that I lived with, that was my best friend! That boy would never have chosen to become this creature so... so... I can't even find a word.Everything seems to be slowing down, and it really was, one second stretched into so much more and as I hear and see what my beloved is suffering and how the future could have been my disbelief turned to anger.'We will avenge her!'I heard my wolf speak, and I shuddered, I don't just want to avenge my beloved, I want to destroy that creature because that being was not my friend and never would be! Melvin, the warrior within the SilverRage pack had died and that was an aberration!I don't fight this pressure that is around. I don't want to, because I know that when I get free I will turn and I don't know if I will want to control myself.I let Lestat and Erick keep that bubble of time
Erick POVSomething inside me wants to get out, my Beast is restless, as those images pass, this sensation, this feeling increases and it is like a poison because I need to release it.What that boy had chosen was much more than just choosing the wrong side and I want to exterminate him. Yes, I don't just want to kill him. I want to eliminate any trace that he ever existed on Earth.I'm shaking, and I can feel my aura expanding and the space between everyone became heavier and yet when that creature screamed I wasn't able to protect Hope as I saw her fall to her knees and the smell of her blood spread to a catalyst for everyone to want to move and counter-attack but we are still "trapped" in this little bubble of time, not because of Hope but because of my aura.Not just mine, Lestat's aura is gigantic and blends with mine in such a way that even gravity begins to bend, just as it bends before the sun. I manage to walk over to Hope and help her up."You tried," I spoke calmly, a calm