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Chapter twenty: to end a god

Author: Asheeda max
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Freya’s POV

The battlefield was silent.

Ash drifted through the air like snow. Bodies lay still—some breathing, some not. The sky, once filled with flame, was now a heavy gray. But the ground… the ground still pulsed. Like a heartbeat beneath the soil.

Riven stood beside me, covered in ash and blood. He stared at the hole where Kade had vanished.

“I felt it,” he whispered. “The pull. Like it wanted me, too.”

I swallowed hard. “It wanted me more.” We had stopped the attack.  But we hadn’t stopped the war. Not really.

Aelira came limping toward us, her cloak torn, eyes wild. “That wasn’t just an old god,” she said. “That was a *gate*. One that Kade opened. And now it’s awake.”

I looked at the pit. It was silent. Still, But I felt something down there. Watching.

“Is Kade dead?” Riven asked.

Aelira shook her head. “No. He’s *changed. You don’t touch something that ancient and stay the same.”

I tightened my grip on the pendant still around my neck. “What does he want now?” I asked.

Aelira’s voice dropped. “To finish what he started. To become the god.”

That night, we gathered what was left of the Nightfang warriors. Only half survived.

But those who did were loyal, fierce, and ready.

Finnick arrived before dawn, leading a group of Whiteclaw wolves through the woods. He ran straight to me, eyes lurking and scanning every corner like he expected me to vanish.

He pulled my body into a tight hug before I could utter anything.

“You’re still breathing,” he muttered. His voice almost a whisper.

“Barely,” I said against his chest.

He walked back, eyes sharp. “We saw the sky light up all the way from Whiteclaw. What happened?”

“Kade opened something,” I said. “And it nearly took everything.”

Riven moved forward. “We don’t have much longer time left. The longer the gate stays wide open, the more energy he absorbs. He drains all and Soon, he won’t need an army.”

Finnick looked between us. “Then we end this. Together.”

Aelira took us to a hidden cavern beneath the Nightfang ruins. There, carved into the walls, were old symbols. Wolves in flames. Eyes with no faces. The blood mark of the first Alpha.

“This is where it began,” she said. “Before the packs. Before the wars. This is where the Flame first chose.”

I stared at the wall. My mark—my own symbol—was carved there. Centuries before I was born.

“It’s a prophecy,” I said softly.

“Yes,” Aelira replied. “One that says the flame will burn brightest in the wolf who was cast out, not crowned.”

A shiver ran through me. I was never meant to belong. But I was meant to lead.

Later, I found Riven sitting alone by the river.

He held the blood crystal in his hand, staring at it like it might speak.

“You okay?” I asked.

He didn’t look up. “I remember everything now.”

I sat beside him.

“What he did to me,” he continued. “How he used my hate to twist me. Made me think you left me. That our parents abandoned us. It was all lies.”

I rested a hand on his shoulder. “But you came back. That matters.”

He finally looked at me. “Do you think I’m still… broken?”

“No,” I said. “You’re healing. And that’s stronger than anything he ever gave you.”

His eyes filled with tears. “I want to help end this. I *need* to.”

“Then stay close. I don’t plan on facing him alone.”

By morning, we had a plan.

We’d march to the ruins of Highfall, the ancient battlefield where the first Flamebearer had fallen. Kade had retreated there.

He was drawing power from the land. From the bones buried deep. If we didn’t stop him soon, he would rise as something no wolf could destroy.

We left before noon.

Whiteclaw and Nightfang wolves walked side by side—old enemies, new allies.

For the first time, I felt like a Luna. Not because I had a mate but because I had a people.

And they believed in me. Finnick rode beside me in wolf form. Silent, steady.

I felt the bond between us. Still broken… but mending.

We didn’t speak, but he brushed his side against mine as we ran.

A quiet promise: I’m here. I won’t leave again. By nightfall, we reached the edge of Highfall. And what we saw made my blood freeze.

The land was dead.

Blackened grass. Trees burned to ash. The air reeked of magic and decay.

And at the center, where the temple once stood—stood Kade. No longer just a man.

Taller. His skin cracked with red light. His eyes completely black and behind him, rising from the earth…

Something made of smoke and fire and bone.

The gate still open and Still breathing.

Aelira stopped beside me. “He’s already begun the ritual.”

Finnick shifted beside me, growling. “We’re too late.”

“No,” I said, stepping forward.

“We’re just in time” As we moved closer, Kade raised his arms. Wolves emerged from the shadows__Dozens, Not rogues this time.

Not bound wolves__ volunteers from packs who had turned.

“Freya!” Kade’s voice echoed through the valley. “You’ve brought a crowd. But you’re too late.”

“You opened something you can’t control,” I shouted back. “It’ll destroy you first.”

He laughed, but it was hollow. Like something else was laughing through him.

“Why do you fight so hard to protect a world that rejected you?” he asked. “You could rule it. Rewrite it. Burn it clean.”

I stepped closer, and the flame rose from within me again. “Because I don’t need to be feared to be strong.”

Then I turned to my pack—Whiteclaw, Nightfang, and even some rogues we’d freed.

“We fight not to rule,” I shouted. “But to protect the ones who can’t. We fight because we remember what it means to feel. To forgive. To hope.”

They howled as one. And then… the battle began.

Swords clashed__Wolves lunged.

Magic exploded in the air—red from Kade, gold from me.

We fought through the smoke and blood. Side by side. Heart to heart.

But even as we gained ground… the gate grew.

It was feeding off every drop of blood

spilled.

And from within it… something moved__Huge

Awake, Waiting.

I knew then—

The final battle wasn’t just against Kade. It was against whatever he had awakened.

And it was coming__For all of us.

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    Freya’s POVThe battlefield was silent.Ash drifted through the air like snow. Bodies lay still—some breathing, some not. The sky, once filled with flame, was now a heavy gray. But the ground… the ground still pulsed. Like a heartbeat beneath the soil.Riven stood beside me, covered in ash and blood. He stared at the hole where Kade had vanished.“I felt it,” he whispered. “The pull. Like it wanted me, too.”I swallowed hard. “It wanted me more.” We had stopped the attack. But we hadn’t stopped the war. Not really.Aelira came limping toward us, her cloak torn, eyes wild. “That wasn’t just an old god,” she said. “That was a *gate*. One that Kade opened. And now it’s awake.”I looked at the pit. It was silent. Still, But I felt something down there. Watching.“Is Kade dead?” Riven asked.Aelira shook her head. “No. He’s *changed. You don’t touch something that ancient and stay the same.”I tightened my grip on the pendant still around my neck. “What does he want now?” I asked.Aelira’

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