Kendrick POVThat girl was pissing me off, she didn't even know Hope's potential and was judging because she was a pureblood. The anger went through my head enough to want to kill her right then and there.Then I looked at Hope who had told me she wasn't worth it and smiled back at her, handing her a gift bag, I saw her face of surprise as she took off a red hoodie made of silk that covered her entire body."KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK" Just that one laugh made all my anger disappear as she put on the hoodie, "Now I'm a helpless little girl around the castle is it?""Since I'm the big bad wolf then at least I should have a little red hat to chase around shouldn't I?" I replied smiling in a corner, watching her face flush. God, had I made Hope Black lose her composure?"Er... Um... Thanks for the gift." I listened to her reply after a few seconds, she had definitely thought of several answers to give, but chose the safest one."Come on, I think you're hungry aren't you? I believe the mall has
Hope POVI woke up at 2:30 a.m., took a quick shower and got dressed without making much noise, my classmates were still sleeping. I quickly walked down to the stage 1 practice yard and saw my team already there."Great, you're all here. It's simple, you must first warm up, for half an hour, when you finish the course in less than 60 seconds you can rest." I sat in the middle of the arena, around it was a track with different obstacles, between walls to climb, holes to jump, a few wires, ropes to climb and ladders to pass. I turned on my cell phone, listening to my team start exercising, stretching, doing some push-ups, doing small laps. Great, that at least I didn't have to teach, and then I heard them start to run.I don't participate in groups or look at the gossip site, but it was impossible to ignore when on the messenger app the notifications showed up. Several news items about Kenrick and me had already appeared.It was as if I had made a fatal mistake by getting involved wit
Hope POVFinally my feet stepped into the training arena, I looked at that course that I already knew by heart, that I could do back to back and still not get tired. I am smiling, even though I am late, I am smiling because I will finally be able to do things I love, without worrying about what people think.My classmates had already started the course, in the center with a tablet was the coach, Joshua, he looked at me, arching his eyebrows."For being late I'm going to want at least 200 push-ups before I start the course."I listened and just nodded, apologizing was something I hardly ever did, even more so because I was wrong. I had been late, so I would just have to accept the punishment. I started to do the push-ups, letting my mind wander. I closed my eyes and then felt my muscles begin to tense and relax as I did the push-ups, changing positions every 50 sets, first with my left arm, then with my right, then with both, and ended up doing 50 more push-ups.I could feel the sweat
Joshua POVHope arrived late to the arena, I arched my eyebrow, I didn't imagine she was that kind of person, I scolded her and gave her her punishment. She didn't apologize to me, she knew she was wrong and just accepted the punishment. The sequence she did seemed to be very easy, because it didn't take long for her to finish.I expected no less from someone who had been used to exercises since she was 5 years old, but what really surprised me was that she did the circuit, it seemed like she had done it a few times before. Not even the people in her class had finished in a time like hers.I noticed that she wasn't paying attention to the others, not even Dylan who was a little further away doing a sequence series on a training dummy. I started timing her circuit and she started doing the same herself. After several minutes she finally stopped, when she reached the 30s mark. She was tired, but she didn't look too pleased with herself, the people doing it were the ones from her pack,
Hope POVI woke up with a lot of pain in my chest, on the left side of my chest, I was sure I had a broken rib, the taste of blood was very strong in my mouth and I coughed up a lot of blood, it was better than choking. I was in someone's arms, by the smell it was Joshua."Floor... "I asked in pain, it was better to keep quiet for a while, Joshua set me upright, but still kept his arm around my waist for support.We talked for a while until I felt a chill on the back of my neck."Didn't I tell you you were forbidden to fight?"Kendrick's voice echoed in my mind, because we were from the same pack we could speak into each other's minds."Er... I forgot."I replied and cursed out loud and explained why and just then Joshua added the ban to my record and both Dylan and Kendrick got mad at me for talking that I could still fight, I gave up fighting, at least for now.I left the arena as soon as I was dismissed, I had nothing to do, did they have an arena with sandbags?"I need to talk to
Hope POVIt was already time for lunch, I went to the cafeteria, served myself, sat down at a table farther away and turned on my cell phone, put on an episode of Supernatural, I loved this series, was it stupid? Yes, it didn't fit with reality, but I liked it. When it was over I knew it was already on time, I grabbed my tray, threw the trash away and put the tray in the right place, then I headed out of the castle, where I had made an appointment with the recruits.I raised my head slightly, feeling the warmth of the sun beaming down my face, I loved the sun, not that the moon was any different, but the sun, it could be warm, welcoming, or it could simply burn everything around it. I smiled in a corner, letting myself be carried away by this calm feeling. Lost in my thoughts I didn't realize that my recruits had already arrived or how much training time we had lost."You guys are standing there looking and wasting time, shouldn't you have already started the course?" I asked seriousl
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
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