Hope POV'Hope... Are you okay?'I heard Benny's voice in my head and couldn't even answer. Fucking Bond!"If you just stand there, you'll end up paying for dinner!" I smiled listening to Benny's voice out loud, but I know my smile wasn't real and that Dylan and Benny noticed."Let's go practice. Will I be able to shoot anything alive?" I asked, trying to get my thoughts off Dylan."We have a hunting area, but no... You won't be able to kill anything for a while..."I was a little disappointed by this, but even more so because Dylan didn't even speak to me, even as we passed him. I was expecting him to fight, to yell, to have any other reaction but this contempt. I felt Benny's hand go around my waist and wrap around me, pulling me to him.'Is he your Mate?' 'Yes, I...''I don't know what your motives are, Hope, but no one in the pack is going to force themselves on you. If you want to go back there...''NO!''Relax, I'm just saying.''I know... It's just... I don't know what's going
Kaiden POVI have been in the castle for a few days, there were advantages and disadvantages of being part of the higher stages, or the elite troop. Kendrick is part of the elite troop and is assigned to the royal guard, more precisely to the security of the King. Me, I am also of the elite of the castle, I arrived here two years after Kendrick, but I got my position very quickly, well, basically everyone in our pack did this, but few really stayed this long. I'm only here because Kendrick asked me to be, but this place is so boring and almost always with the same people, although we can interact with the newcomers, it's not good form to get involved with them.I rolled my eyes, it was so boring all this, training, going on missions, doing paperwork and only having one or two days to leave. Not that my group wasn't fun for me, but well, variety was always good, and as I said, I'm tired of being with the same people. Kendrick had forbidden me, saying that it was good for me to stay he
Kendrick POVThe afternoon had been chaos, Rachel had put some information in Hope's report that was not to be disclosed and I received many phone calls and had to give several explanations, plus they had requested all her complete information from me. I had already ignored the request for blood and skills tests for Hope and now this.I tried to dust her down as best I could, but it was actually easier with this information in the system, so they would soon stop asking why Hope was so good at what she was, aside from the fact that she has been training since she was five years old.When I finally finished writing the last report I looked at my watch and realized that it was already time for dinner, Victor and Lilith had told me about the meeting in the lunch hall. it would be interesting to show up, mainly because Night was very agitated, I went to my room and changed quickly, putting on a sport outfit, a white shirt with some buttons ajar, a pair of dark gray social pants and black s
Kendrick POVI kept my hands in my pockets as I listened to them saying goodbye and in the end it was me and Kaiden in the living room watching Hope go to her room, when the door closed I heard Kaiden's voice."She's going to get hurt, Kendrick, you're my friend, the others may not have noticed, but I know you like her." I listened to his words."Night is telling me all the time that she is my Luna." I took a deep breath, still keeping my gaze on the door, already listening to the sound of the shower. "But at no point has he said we are meant to be, only that he wants Hope as Luna. He didn't even let me mark Rachel.""Your wolf has always been in love with Hope, remember? When you turned the first time, Night went running to look for Hope."I took my left hand out of my pocket and ran it through my hair."This is all so complicated. I knew we were supposed to go back to the pack, but my father asked me to stay and supervise Hope closely." I blurted out to Kaiden."He knew Hope wouldn'
Hope POV - One month later"It's been a month, congratulations on your development."I commented looking at my recruits, smiling in a corner, seeing them lying on the ground, tired from the sequence they had just done, some had not even returned to human form and gave a loud laugh."Come on, it wasn't even that hard." I went over to James, who was number 5 and gave him a little corner kick, who was still in wolf form, he has brownish hair, with some darker spots. I heard him grunt softly and continue in the same place."Ahem, said the person who is training with an elite group and decided to pass on almost the same exercises to us. "Claire commented, she was number two."Hey, but as far as I can see you're managing to keep up." I said and walked over to Marco, number 4, and offered him my hand to get up, but he refused."I like the floor. The floor is my friend, didn't you know? I am in love with the floor."I listened to his response and gave a low laugh."All right, you can stay the
Hope POVI started to walk towards the food court and felt Brook taking my left arm and squeezing me lightly."Sometimes I forget that you don't have a wolf, but you have this aura that gives you fear. Even in the Alphas." I heard her voice and laughed out loud."Hey,I didn't mean to." I placed my hand over hers, smiling."I know, but knowing your abilities it's scary what you said."I stopped in the hallway and turned and kissed her forehead fondly, watching her smile and calm down."Relax, we'll still have plenty of time before anything like that happens." I walked back. "The guys are eating oriental food today. I already ordered my lamen, will you want to go with me?""Um, I love fried squid!" Brook spoke excitedly and started to pull me along, so that we could run and I just went along with her, it didn't take long for us to get to the food court.The group was already gathered and I sat down between Kaiden and Lilith, the only person not there was Kendrick, he was probably doing
Hope POVI looked at the people around me, Kendrick, Dylan, Joshua, Kaiden, Victor, Benny, Andrew, Lilith, Jenny, Brook and Rachel. A total of 12 people."Okay, it's 12 people for the game, that means you're going to have three people from each of the characters, so it's also going to be two wolves in disguise. We can act as a group or individual, it doesn't matter. I made some changes to the rules to win the game. Little Riding Hood wins if he manages to kill the disguised wolf, since there are three, all three have to fall. The hunter wins if he captures the wolves. The wolves win if they manage to capture the little hat. Granny wins if she can reach the basket and get the item that is the candy. Disguised wolves win if everyone falls." I looked at them explaining the new rules, realizing they agreed I continued."Of course like every challenge there needs to be a prize." I took out my cell phone and showed them the picture of an item, it was three rings, one had a crescent moon, t
Hope POVKendrick quickly launched himself in my direction, turning into Night, while Sin turned back into Dylan, I had very little time. I used Night's body as leverage, climbing onto him, stepping on his back and then jumping backwards, causing Dylan to meet Night instead of me."Whoever defeats the other, gets to spend the night with me." I spoke, as I watched the two of them recover, since Dylan had used quite a bit of force against Night.I saw the confusion in the looks of the two men in front of me, I mean man and wolf."That's right, you heard right. Since you have two wolves, I can be the final prize." I was definitely messing with a beehive with a short stick on top of that, since the two understood the meaning of my words and Kendrick was returning to human form, I took the opportunity to get a little more distance from them.Am I intending to keep my word? Well, not so much, since I am one of the undercover guys, but nobody said that we couldn't lie."Or you're lying and y
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