Prince Erick - Wednesday/afternoon
"The information you passed on will be very useful in the future. Especially regarding the next steps in Hope's training. I'll put her next to the mixed training." I commented and looked at Hope's face, her smile did not go unnoticed by anyone.
"Dylan needs to participate in these trainings. He can't fall behind in power level." Marcus spoke up."I agree with that. What should I expect between tonight and tomorrow?" I poured myself another glass of drink."Since I'm here, things should be quieter. After all, even though Fate and Selene want Hope to be marked, they know better than to push too hard or I'll mark her and Hope will die." Marcus."I understand." I looked at Dylan and then at Kendrick, there was now a more hopeful look on the face of the future Alpha of the SilverRage pack. "I believe we are all tired. Your quarters are ready now, Marcus.""Good." Marcus stood up, still with Hope in his arms, he had no difKendrick POV - Wednesday/eveningHow to argue with a wolf-like mine? I didn't want to feel this desolate and hopeful at the same time. Erick dismissed me a bit after one of the most difficult conversations I have ever had in my life.I went back to my office, even though my personal life is messed up I still have to fulfill my role as Alpha, there were people from my pack out on a mission. I need to make sure that they fulfill it without casualties.I entered the office, but even before I opened the door I knew that things would get more complicated. Dylan's smell is strong and unmistakable. As soon as I walked in and saw him sitting in the armchair in front of my desk, with a glass of drink in his hand, I closed the door."Hope loves you."I widened my eyes, taken aback. I hadn't expected a statement like that, much less coming from Dylan. I simply stood still in place, even Night was dizzy, happy, but dizzy."I'm not going to say it again." I saw Dylan stand up and turn to me, takin
Hope POV - Wednesday, close to midnightI woke up feeling my body a little sore, with so much pressure that had passed it was not surprising. I yawned, feeling the fabric of the sheets under my skin, I brought my hands to my eyes, rubbing them, then stretched, hearing some bones crack. I can feel that I am almost completely naked, only in my panties. I turned to see where I was standing.It was a room decorated in shades of white, light gray and a slight touch of gold, the bed I am in is very soft and the sheets are white, it is a considerable size, four people could fit in it and still have room left, with three armchairs spread around and two smaller sofas, the upholstery was a light blue tone and the carvings in gold. Above it was a chandelier of fine crystals that looked like small raindrops.One of the armchairs is located right in front of the bed, I can see Marcus sitting in it, looking at me thoughtfully, I can see in his blue eyes a small storm brewing.I swallowed hard, I kn
Hope POV - Thursday, early morningMy Master pushes my feet away as far as possible, leaving me very exposed. I take a deep breath, bringing my hands to the edges of that table and squeezing lightly, I can feel a caress on the left side of my ass, and I let out a low, long moan. A hand holds my hair and lifts my head slightly, then I feel the touch of demanding lips against mine, muffling my moans.My Master lifted my waist a little more and soon I felt a light pressure on my entrance, he was running his fingertips and doing a little rubbing, my internal muscles were contracting and I felt more and more wet, I'm sure his fingers are quite honeyed.Very slowly Marcus moved his fingers up and began to moisten that second entrance. I squeezed hard on the edges of the table to keep it from buckling even more. Slowly he pushed one finger in first, lubricating the area, then the second opened them slightly, preparing me.With my moans being muffled, I just squeezed my eyes even tighter as s
Hope POV - Thursday dawnThe man below me continues to move, holding my waist to move along with him. Without giving me a break to breathe or notice more things around me, just keeping me in that high state, not letting my body stop or quiet down.I don't know when we changed position to be more lying down, but I know why. The warmth of my Master's body radiates to my back, the movements stopping for a few moments to allow my Master to penetrate me at my ass. His body is glued to mine, pressing me with the body of the man in front of me.The two begin to move in sync again, as my Master enters the man below me leaves, with this, I never lose the feeling of being filled."Open your eyes." I finally heard my Master release me from that restriction of the sense of sight.The first thing I felt again was the mixed smells of pleasure, sweat, my Master's and the man below me, he has a scent of a tangerine, mixed with a touch of rum and musk. My vision slowly returns, I need to blink several
Hope POV - Thursday morning around 10 o'clockI wake up feeling those sparks against my skin, the soft warmth, a gentle hug and the intoxicating smell of Dylan. I am in his arms, with my head resting on his shoulder and a strange feeling in my chest is present.Well, strange? No, I knew exactly what this feeling was. I am falling in love with this man, and I don't know if it is just the Bond of Fate. I took a deep breath. I didn't want this. Or do I? I know I can't. That's what matters, I just can't.I managed to get out of the arm that wrapped around me without waking him up and sat on the edge of the bed, or I thought he hadn't woken up."Hope, you have to stop running away."I heard Sin's voice and just then he hugged me from behind leaning his face against my shoulder."I'm sorry I lost all sense that day. I desire you so much that my mind is consumed by anger every time you deny us."I closed my eyes and shuddered, for a wolf-like Sin to assume he made a mistake was very rare."I
Kaiden POV - Thursday noonIt had been a few days since we were in this cursed tower, a place that was once filled with harmless spirits living in harmony with the local community.Recently, the coven that lived just outside the tower contacted our kind and asked us to come and help annihilate whatever was causing the corruption of those spirits.The report was that within a week the tower had been covered in darkness, the spirits there had either died or become corrupted, and the witches thought that there was some cursed object at the top of the tower and that breaking it would return everything to normal.The second floors were easy, even more so with the help of several witches, but as we went up, the power of these corrupted spirits was increasing as well, and it became more and more difficult to destroy them.Now we are on the penultimate floor and, honestly, we have lost almost all of the witches and two mission companions, but my pack companions are still standing, I just don'
Lestat POV - Thursday, 1 pmThe elevator door opens just in time for me to see Hope practically naked, wearing only black panties with several people around her. Marcus and Samantha are trying to control her, while Dylan and Kendrick try to reach her. Erick is three steps away from her and doesn't know how dangerous he is.I notice the shadows between her fingers and twist my mouth, in an instant I am between the two of them and can feel the touch of those shadows on my chest, while Hope's hand is flat on it. The shadows are soon consumed by the flames within me.Do you know why I am the Prince of all Britannia? Because I am blessed by the Gods and I am the son of Apollo. Strange, isn't it? A Vampire being the son of Apollo, but that's what I am, and I know who Hope is. So we are attracted to each other like metal is attracted to a magnet.I hold her hand and bring it to my lips, without looking away from hers. Fate is playing a dangerous game. He knows that things are starting to get
Hope POV - Thursday afternoon, early eveningSince this week started, this is the first time I can really stop and just remember the days in the pack, the days I met Melvin, the days we spent together, how he helped me overcome so many things and do so many more to me.Watching the episodes of the series, we liked the movie that made us laugh, dance and sing. How many times during training sessions did we stop to sing and dance to Mamma Mia songs? Our coaches were always angry with us, but in the end, they joined in the singing.Neither Dylan nor Kendrick knew Melvin, but the rest of the guys did, and our conversations revolved around this, as well as the jokes he made. This was doing me good.For a long time I didn't want to feel this pain spreading through me and suffocating me, I denied it for many days, until Kaiden helped me deal with Melvin's death, and taught me how to move on healthily. Now I don't have to hide that his death really hurt me and it is something that I think I w
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