Hope POVI don't think I've ever been through so many changes in such a short time. I've only been at the Royal castle for a few months and so much has already happened. This last one is certainly one of the most intense. I already knew about Raphael's Feather, Marcus and I thought it could lessen my curse, but we didn't want to use it until it was really necessary, after all, that was one of the last 3 that existed, and now there are only two more.The power of it is so strange, as it acted on my body I could feel a pain that wasn't a pain but made every bit of me shiver, a feeling of having my bones, muscles and skin stretched and then softened. When it reached my soul and the links around me, I could feel their strength growing and pulling me, the four main bonds were there, Kendrick of the Pack, Marcus and Dylan of Fate and Lestat, my Chosen.For a few moments I thought I was going to go crazy, feeling what they were feeling all at once and mixed, I know tears were streaming down
Hope POVThere is something inside me that I didn't think could break anymore, I thought I had already suffered all the pain, physical and mental. I have lost loves, friends and enemies. I have shattered and reinvented myself.I felt my soul being torn, my skin being burned, my bones being broken and my muscles being ripped. I knelt and begged, I prayed and cursed.I cried tears of blood watching the souls of some comrades being annihilated. I cried because I lost a love, I cried because I lost lovers, I cried because I couldn't be close to the one I longed to be with the most. I cried and begged for the pain to stop.Now all those tears shed seem weightless and don't matter. There is a despair that starts to grow in my chest that I don't want to fight against. I regret so many things. I regret coming to this training and not being able to be next to my parents.I regret not talking to them more often. I regret not telling them my feelings, I regret not being more loving to them, and
Kendrick POVI followed Hope with my gaze as she left the office, I know that what we have to talk about is just between us, even if Dylan, now, is part of our group, still, some things are just ours.I'm worried, I can't quite understand how Hope is doing so well, so serene, it was like watching a summer storm, she appeared and just disappeared."I'm surprised too."I heard Dylan's voice and turned to him."No need to worry." Night's voice sounded in my mind. "Haven't you noticed? Her scent has changed slightly, it's not something permanent, but still, it was enough to calm Hope's mind.""Night is telling me not to worry," I spoke and took a deep breath. As much as Night told me that, still, my heart is apprehensive."Sin told me something similar. What's more, there's an instinct in me that at the moment when Hope was most desperate, she managed to find the right path and made it back. I felt her desperation. I felt the emptiness she started to feel. It was like she was giving in an
Hope POVSeveral things need to be said between Kendrick and me, but this isn't the time, so I just made a brief reference and left that office. I know Dylan is going to try to keep his promise to me, but maybe that won't be as soon as he wants.I put my hands in my pockets, and stopped in front of one of the windows, watching the Royal Castle and what was below, being on one of the higher floors I can see a lot. The main one is how people were moving, they were soldiers moving, all very well orchestrated, in an involuntary way, and there is no chaos installed, on the contrary, I see that there are buses at the exits, the entrance to the hospital is busier, the external arenas are busier and I am sure that several recruits have now been relocated.The Lycan and Werewolf race were going to war, the thing is they still didn't know exactly who I can't speak against. As much as Raphael's Feather helped me, I'm still stuck with a curse and what I can do now is train and get the Gift of Zeu
Erick POVSeeing Hope together with Alana was inspiring, to say the least. It was like seeing two Goddesses meeting. I don't know if Alana has the same gift as Aphrodite, but there's an air around her that's hard to ignore, it's not the clothes or the body, not that that's not attractive, it's something else. Something I can't quite figure out what it is, but it's different from the attraction I feel for Hope.After my questions to Hope, I can feel pride in her, really the girl was turning into a woman and it is noticeable. She has accepted Dylan. I didn't even need to ask that as I can feel her energy strong and stable.After Joshua, it is not easy to deal with the King, but I am being successful in keeping him away from Hope. Having Joshua stronger and with a third transformation has helped assuage the anger he felt. After all, Joshua is one of the best fighters in this castle, I think he's the best now. Not even Kendrick could take him on like before, but it would be an interesting
Hope POVI left the arena and went straight to find Alana, not that I didn't want to see Dylan, but right now I wanted to talk to Kaiden, I want to say goodbye to him and I'm sure Kaiden is going along with Dylan.The thing is, I can partly sense Kaiden, but what made me sure he was attacked was the pendant that absorbed the energy and sent it to me, I can't afford to hand it back to Kaiden, but I can do something like that.I followed the corridors running, and in no time I found Alana, she is in a training arena too, but I can feel Joshua's aura. I entered the arena without even thinking straight, soon I realized the darkness that was around, it was something palpable, it looked like a half-gaseous liquid.It didn't take more than a second for all that energy and power to dissipate and I saw Alana standing right next to me, holding Joshua by the throat."Sorry! It's just that I'm in a hurry!" I said, pulling out the dagger that was at her waist and cutting off one end of my hair. "I
Kendrick POVHearing Hope says out loud that she was the future Luna of the BlueMoon pack made these feelings of jealousy I have even more intense.I know she realized it, that Dylan realized it, but we had already talked about it. I honestly didn't want to feel that way. I want to see her happy, but I want to hear her say she's my Luna, and Night feels the same way.I've tried to deny it many times, but now that I've come to terms with my feelings for her, it's getting harder and harder to see that kind of situation. No, I'm not jealous of Kaiden or other people, but of Lestat, Dylan and Marcus, after all, they can say that Hope is theirs.'She's our Luna!'I heard Night's voice echoing in my mind. I can feel his irritation and his jealousy. Night loved Hope from the first time he saw her and wanted to protect her and always stay by her side.He and I both know that logically that feeling doesn't make sense, but still, he's here. As the whole scene unfolded, and we went to the helico
Hope POVI left the helipad, and a lot happened in these few hours, but overall it was a good day, it's being a good day. I have a better view now. I can understand myself better, I see how different I am and how confused my thoughts were before.It's nice, in parts, to be normal. I can feel things at the same moment they happen, I don't have to wait hours, days or weeks to understand. I smiled in a corner.It has its downsides because it's intense, it was intense, accepting Dylan, Prince teaching me about patience and finally Kendrick declaring himself. I love Kendrick. He's the first person I ever loved, and I still love him. Denying his request was hard, but I also know what it means to accept it.I'm marked, I have a curse, and even though it's under control now, I know it will soon start to leak out, the stronger I get, the more the curse will fight to break free. It's a double-edged sword. Marcus knows about the curse, Dylan and Sin have an idea of it, but the depth of such a cu
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