Ava Pov Funny how life seems to flash between your eyes at the brink of death. Did I imagine I would die this way? Absolutely not. I knew though, that if I did die, it would always have been in the service of someone else. These are thoughts that travel through my mind as I feel myself sink further and further into darkness before I drop on the ground. What the hell? I was back outside, near the big lake. The same lake from my dreams last time. Was I dreaming? No. I would know if this was a dream, as a dream walker would always know. This...... This felt more like a vision.... but what? I sat up and looked towards the huge castle. Its black bricks seemed to glow under the light of the red sky somehow. Same as last time, I looked towards the lake again and saw the lady with the black hair and silver eyes. She was planting the flowers by the lake. She got up and looked in my direction. I turned around and saw my mother, but this time, she was not looking at me. She was looking at the
Ava Pov " The house. I can't fight its pull", I told Rose, as I started walking towards it. " If you go into that house, one thing is certain. You will not come back out the same", Rose said in the background as I stood at the house's doorsteps. I thought about what she said. If this house revealed the future and past, then maybe it would help me find Brandon somehow. Was he in my future? Was this how I was to save him? Without another look back, I went up the steps. As I got closer to the door, I saw an inscription in Latin that read, " Beware of all who enter here". You would think that should have been enough to turn me around, but I didn't. I proceeded further. I entered the small hut. It was all white inside. A blinding white, but my eyes adjusted. There was nothing in the hut but two stands in the center, each with a red button. On the left, the button said past. On the right, the button said future. I had no reason to look at the past, as I knew everything about myself there
Atlas PovThe relief that went through the room after Ava woke up was beyond relief. Well, all of those except the one person who I was just itching to dig my claws into. We went back out into the lobby after Ava asked for privacy, and Adam decided to portal in at that exact time. " Show her to me!", he demanded. He was the last person I wanted around Ava, though I knew I didn't want the mate bond with her. It was just my guilt for her getting hurt that was the cause of my concern. Still, she can move on with one of her choice. Just not Adam. It was the fact that she looked like the late Sorena that I knew peaked his interest, as it had peaked mine. The doctor moved to the side to let Adam pass through, but I was in front of him in an instant. He was not getting to her. The room was back to being tense. "Get out of my way," he growled, but his little growl didn't affect me. Less he forget, I am still the rightful king to the throne, and the strongest. " Over my dead body are you go
Ava Pov After hearing the deep growls, I got out of bed to see what the problem was. I could feel myself healing as well when I took notice, it was not hurting as much to move. The questions I was going to ask Rose were still heavy in my mind, but I would have time. I felt myself healing, but it was strange. This healing felt different than what I was used to. " I'm not healing you. Your healing yourself. Or something else is healing you." My wolf told me, which left me confused. I had never been able to do this without a spell before. I kept walking, staying out of eyeshot from anyone as I heard my name and felt the air was tense. I could hear Atlas arguing with someone else. I listened to everything that was going on. Atlas' brother, Adam, was trying to claim me. What the fuck? I could hear my wolf growling in my head as well. She too did not like the idea of another man laying claim to us. I heard him challenge him to a Serpent Selis. Why did the sound of that send chills through
Atlas Pov " Tell me, Atlas, why do you not want me? ". The ultimate question. One that made sense until I met her. Everything about her was starting to scream home and while one part of me hated it, the other part was stubborn, and was going to stick to it. I could blame the stubbornness on Kai, but in the end, I know it's all me. Ava Pov He seemed lost in his head after I asked the question. He looked at me, and I searched his eyes for the slightest emotion, but he kept his face straight, giving nothing away. " Witches killed my mother," he said, and my breath caught. I looked at Rose, who was sitting by the tree, looking at Atlas with a sad look. " Tell me your story”, I told him, taking a seat on the ground. He was still my mate, and even though I had a mission to find Brandon, I still had to sort out things with Atlas too. He looked at me strangely before sitting across from me and looking at the sparkling lake. " Five years ago, my father and mother ruled this land. Our ki
Ava Pov " What do you want?" I questioned Adam, who had portaled me away from the security room, into what I can only assume was his bedroom. He sat on his bed and smirked. " You have a feisty nature. Much like my Sorena. That's good. Will make you much more fun when you are my queen," Adam says, infuriating me. " I already have a mate. I'm damn sure not looking for another", I told him. " A mate who does not want you from what my sources tell me," he says, crossing his arms. His hazel eyes tried burning into mine, but all I felt was annoyance. " That's none of your fucking business. Mated or not, Atlas is still my mate, and I will never betray him, unlike Sorena, who betrayed you. " I told him cockily. I knew I was playing with fire when I said it and his eyes turned pure gold before turning back to hazel. " I know what you’re trying to do. Provoke me. It won't work. Unlike my brother, I am not the monster you think I am. I loved Sorena. I would have died for her. " He told me.
Adam Pov I watch as Atlas takes one more look at Ava. His last look at the only beauty in this arena. Good. Let him get one last look. My face will be the last one he sees before I crush it with my claws. I could feel the sickness trying to take over my body again. Ever since the loss of Sorena, I had been drinking the lake's water to stay ahead of the dragon sickness. I took a swig of it, letting the power of the lake fill me. I looked at Ava. She was strong and powerful. A true queen. Same qualities as my Sorena. She would make a fine replacement, and nothing was going to sway me away from her. Not even my brother. It was finally time to show who really deserved the kingdom of Draconis and get rid of him for good. I looked at my father, released from prison to see the fight. I will be putting him right back where he belongs as well. His suffering also had yet to begin, but first. Atlas. Atlas Pov When Ellis pronounced the one rule, I felt distress fill me, and I knew it was not m
Harmon Pov " What do you mean you can't help me?" I asked Pythia. I found her in Netilan, the realm of Jasmine's grandparents. Getting here was hard. Thankfully, I told Jessica to arrange a meeting before I left. " Exactly what I said, Harmon. Look, he is my son, and I loved him more than life itself, but what happened to him, needed to happen for reasons I am not allowed to explain." she said, with a sad look in her eye. My wolf and I were not taking no for an answer. She was pinned down on the ground with my blade to her throat. She looked into my eyes, not even looking fazed." You won't kill me. It is not yet my time." She said bluntly. She was calling my bluff. " Brandon spent his life not knowing who you were. Being thrown into our world without warning. No idea of his real power. Forced to be a wolf. Are you so dim as to just let this happen to your own son? YOUR SON, Pythia. You stopped none of it. Always saying this and that, for a greater purpose." I spat at her. " Do you
Ava Pov (Three years Later)I was dead, and then I wasn't. I have walked the veil between life and death and came out of it, stronger and wiser. Three years ago, my life changed for what I thought was the worse, but ended up being for the better. I looked out of my bedroom window as the memories came back to me in flashes. (Three years ago)I was walking the veil between realms, waiting for my soul to be claimed until I felt a pence behind me. I turned around, and there stood my mother in her spirit form. Without waiting, I rushed to her and hugged her. Tears rolled down our faces as we finally united, and then I realized she was really here. I pulled back. "How are you here? I save you. Your spirit should be back with your body," I told her. She smiled. " My dear Ava, I died many years ago. I had been trapped by Lucifer in the devious of the plans. My time on earth is over, but you are still young, dear one. You will carry the promise of a better future for us. You are my light in
Atlas Pov A blast of energy rocked through all of us as Ava dropped to the ground in her sister's arms. Jasmine had killed Ava with my broken blade. Lucifer screamed and the entire realm rocked as his body exploded. The realm stopped shaking and the demons disintegrated, leaving no trace of them being here at all. "Is everyone okay", I heard someone say as I dropped to the ground, shifting back to full human form in my clothes."Where is Ava?" I heard Rynxyon yell. He would have felt her connection to him die. "Where is my daughter?" he yelled and entered the circle that was around her and Jasmine. "AVA", he growled in pain. He dropped to his knees, taking Ava away from Jasmine. "Wake up hunny. It's okay. It's over now. Wake up. Wake up princess, please. " he pleaded. He suddenly saw the blade in her chest and yanked it out of her. Blood poured out of her wound and gushed on him and he covered it with his hand. "It's a light wound. Come on." He said through tears. He started pumpi
Atlas PovI felt a snap in the mate bond as we prepared formation. Samael linked me they were coming. Apparently, they had been trapped by Lucifer, used as bait to lure Ava to him. It was like a dagger to my heart and ripped through me like a knife. She was no longer mine, and with that, the need to save her went away as well. It was replaced by a fire. The burning need to end her once and for all, and for the first time in a while, Kai and I felt like one. "Ava", Kai and I growled. We were merging together. "I will fucking kill you today", I told her, and I meant every word of it. I could finally see the threat that everyone kept trying to warn me about, yet I wouldn't listen to them. She looked at me, with her black demon eyes that seemed to see right through me and tilted her head slightly. "Good luck", she said to me before rising into the air. She raised her hands and a blast of purple energy shot from her hands, englufling me and my entire side before fading away. Nothing happ
Ava Pov I portaled myself down to hell. I was not sure how I instantly came here without making a portal. As the minutes went down to my birthday, I could sense a change in me. I ended up in the middle of the hell realm near the pit of tortured souls. Their cries to free them were endless, but their pain meant nothing to me right now. My own pain was loud and screaming in my own ears. Atlas. After all we had been through. He did not want me anymore. I dropped to my knees. "Why", I cried out into the darkness, but received nothing but the response of screams from the dead. Atlas. My light. I started hyperventilating. He....he didn't want me. My family hated me. As they should. It was my fault. Everything was all my fault. My mother died because of a prophecy about me, and was forced to sell her soul to Lucifer. My father lost his second mate because of me. Ana lost her life because of me. Brandon became a slave to Ana because of me. Atlas lost his mother to my sister because of my ma
Samael Pov (Two days ago when Ava was captured)"Ava will never forgive us for that" Rynyxon had said as we prepared to enter the realm of hell. As before, we shared blood with everyone who was to enter the realm with us, since it was known that those without demon blood could not enter the realm. "We are protecting her. The prophecy for her fate will happen in two days, and our only option is killing Lucifer. End him. We will save Ava." I told him. " She is halfway under his control. Killing Lucifer will free her", Jasmine said to her father, fixing the demon killing blade in my belt. "I am aware of what we need to do, but to trust a demon. My own apparent evil fucking daughter. " Rynxyon sighed. Jasmine hugged him to comfort him. "She is not your daughter anymore. She is a demon, dad. After all she took from us, regardless of any pack we made with her, she will not live to see the end of this war.", Jasmine said to him, looking him in the eye. He nodded. " It's time", Jessica l
Atlas Pov My mate was caged like an animal while I was forced to finish plans for the coming war. Uncle Ellis and I went over battle formations while father spent his time with mom, who, as the hours went by, was making a swift recovery. My heart ached for my mate, and the beast inside me craved her blood and mateship. I hated the fact that he was under the command of Typhon, who wanted nothing more but the death of our mate. " I am sorry, Atlas", Kai spoke to me. "Yea", I told him, before closing the link. It was the first time ever that we had ever been at odds with each other, and it felt as if my animal self had betrayed me. It was not his fault, but it still hurt. I could not bear to even speak with him. I wanted to go see Ava as well, but knowing Kai would lash out the moment I did, made me refrain from it. I felt as even if I dream walked, I would put her in danger. She must hate me right now. I tried channeling her through our mate link, but I felt nothing. It was like she
Ava Pov "Let me go", I told Lucifer, who still had his arm wrapped around me as we landed back in his throne room. I both hated and loved his arm around me. Well, the darkness loved it, and since I felt consumed by much of it,a big part of me liked it. "As you wish, mate", he said in his usual calm voice. For some reason, it didn't creep me out like usual. "How did you get to earth?" I demanded to know. "You called for me" he simply said, sitting down on his throne. "I didn't call you. I had it." I told him. He laughed. "If that was the case angel witch, I would have been able to even cross onto the earth. A part of you felt fear when they were about to attack you. You broke the block that allowed me to siphon off your power and called for me, " he said to me. I shook my head. I couldn't remember, until I did. I closed my eyes and took myself back to when it happened. I had a paranoid fear that I was going to die when Micheal set his angels on me. I closed my eyes and asked for
Jasmine Pov "What the fuck?" I said aloud. Micheal had released us from his power and anger was my first reaction. "We came to try to talk some sense into Ava, and not only is her own fucking mate trying to kill her, angels are too. Are you out of your fucking mind", I growled to Micheal and Atlas. I knew it was disrespectful, but the thought of them taking Ava's life sickened me. "Watch who your speaking to, halfling." Micheal warned me, but I did not care. I was furious. "No, you fucking watch it. That is my sister. She is not in the right state of mind right now, and needs her family to help her. You come in swinging trying to kill her? What the fuck is wrong with you?", I demanded to know. Lunar was merging with me and the demon part of us wanted them to suffer, but I kept that part at bay. "That thing is no longer your sister." he sneered to me. "Neither your mate", he said to Atlas, who was now back in human form and was furious. "Neither your daughter", he said to dad. "She
Rynyxon PovMy Princess was hurt. I can't deny that it is possible she could have helped her mother, but Lucifer took control of my mate and tried to use her to get to Ava. Keeping the truth from her was my way of protecting her. Keeping her safe, for as long as I could. That was the job of a father. To protect his family, at all cost. "Why did you tell her?" Samael asked, after I explained everything to everyone who didn't know. "She said she dreamwalked into Lucifer's realm. He put the thought in her mind not to trust me. She knew I was not being honest when she asked me, so she took over my mind and searched my memories. I could not stop her. "Fuck"!, Samael growled out. "So what now? Where is she?", Jasmine asked. "My guess is Draconis. All her life, she has longed for her mother, only to realize the lie we have kept from her. That, plus the darkness we have seen latched inside of her, is driving her mad." I explained. "Lucifer must have done something to her when we were ca