Augustus' P.O.V.
"Harder, Gus, Harder!" The dark haired beauty beneath me screamed.
Fu.ck, what was her name again? Janet? Jennifer? It starts with a J, I know that for sure.
I thrusted deep inside of her, filling her as much as I could, till I grazed her cervix. She moaned in pleasure, swaying her hips against me.
"Hey, as.sholes, I need my books!" I heard Nova's familiar voice.
Shi.t
I thought she was gone. Dammit, she's going to talk my ear off later. Fu.ck. I didn't stop though, the feel of Janice's p*ssy was too good to leave right now. She continued to moan, not caring that Nova was at the door.
"Hey!" She continued banging on the door. I know she's not going to go away until she gets what she needs. I looked around, finding some books beside her bed. I sent them to her shadow on the other side of the door.
"Not the right ones, Augustus." Dammit. She said Augustus, she's pissed. I took back the ones I sent, sending out another stack. "Thanks, Jacka.ss."
Shi.t I'm in trouble.
I pushed that thought aside, focusing on Jaclyn beneath me. I kissed her neck, licking and sucking on her most tender areas. I may sleep around, but I make sure to please the woman I'm with before myself. I felt her muscles clench around my d*ck as she reached her orgasm. I thrusted into her faster, releasing myself into the condom I was wearing.
'Where the hell are you? Class is about to start.' I heard Ares' shadow message ripple through my shadow.
"Gotta go, sweetheart. Thanks for this." I kissed her one last time, throwing the condom away and cleaning myself off before changing the scenery around me.
I traveled through the shadows, using Ares' shadow door as my destination. I sat beside him as if I'd been there the entire time. He gave me a knowing, and disapproving look. The dark purple walls in the class reminded me of Jesse's room back home. I looked around, finding her further down the front. Her light brown hair was easy to spot amongst all the black and dark brown. She had it cut in a short pixie style that showed her small round face and strong jaw off.
She was showing off her new tattoo on her collarbone, by the way she loosened her tie and had her first few shirt buttons undone. She was showing too much skin in my opinion. I used my shadow to button up one of her buttons. She looked around, giving me a pointed look when she found me. I narrowed my face in a big brother means business way. She just rolled her eyes, but she left it buttoned up.
"She's getting older, Augustus, you're gonna have to leave her alone." Ares told me.
"Like hell, she could be 20 and I'm still going to tell her what to do." I argued. She's my little sister, I gotta protect her from guys like me.
"Get your life together first, before you go and try to tell someone else how to live." Ares snarked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I snapped, looking at him closely for the first time.
His long black hair was tied in a tall bun, and those all knowing lilac eyes were narrowed at me. He had a serious look about him as he eyed me. He crossed his arms, leaning back against the black cushioned chair.
"You know exactly what that means. Why do you even feel the need to sleep around with so many girls? Mom would kill you if she knew." He shook his head disapprovingly.
"We can't all be perfect little Ares. According to mom, you do no wrong. There could be a dead body on the floor with you holding the bloody knife, and she still wouldn't believe it was you." Mom took care of Ares differently than she did Jesse and I.
I know it's because his dad is dead, but I think she began to favor him as we grew up. Maybe because she misses his dad and he apparently looks a lot like him. Jesse and I both see it, so I know it's not just in my head. Ares the perfect child. There's no competing with him, so why bother?
"I'm not perfect." He said, not giving me a chance to counter before our teacher appeared.
"Well, aren't you lot a sight for sore eyes?" Her dark burgundy hair and Irish accent hit me with a smile. May was our teacher this year, what luck!
"You better wipe that smile off your face. She's going to be harsher on us because she knows us. It's the opposite of what you're thinking. We're in for a rough semester." Ares informed me, crushing my hopes.
May was one of moms few close girl friends. May and her son would come over and play with us often. He's around Jesse's age and even has some classes with her. Jesse is technically not supposed to be in this class, but she's ahead of the rest of her classmates at using the shadows. How could she not be, with Mom as our mother and Topher as her father.
Topher is a badass shadow fighter and our mayor of the West colony. He's loved by everyone in town, and could beat anyone's ass in a second. Mom and him are relentless with training. There's no one here anywhere near our league because of them. Mom has expectations of us and she lets it be known.
'I expect the same of each of you. Don't take anyone's shi.t, return it tenfold. Be the victor of every battle, but pick them wisely.'
Her words rang in my head. One of the many things she'd tell us over and over. I shook the memory out of my head trying to focus on May at the front of the room. Her light eyes landed on my gold ones.
"I see the Watts family is here." We all have different last times, so everyone refers to us as the Watts, which is mom's name. The name of the sole surviving original family. "My hope is to train you enough to one day beat one of them."
She grinned at us with a challenge…keep getting stronger or risk being caught up to. I tensed, feeling my phoenix stir at the challenge. Dad helped me awaken it fully, without having to die. I don't plan on ever using that part of my phoenix ability, because I don't plan on ever being killed by someone.
Ares pulled a strong shadow shield up behind our back just as a fast shadow tried to attack us. His eyes flashed with the many possible futures before us. He pushed off my chair, simultaneously moving both of us as another shadow was sent hurtling between us where we'd just been.
'Sombra, tame.' I told my shadow.
'Gladly.' Its dual toned voice responded. Shadows don't have genders. There's not really much about them to distinguish them either way, having a woman's and man's voice at the same time.
Sombra was an ancient shadow with abilities like no others. Stronger than that of the first shadow weaver shadow. Sombra stopped all the shadows around us. They were frozen in time, unusable to anyone, but me at the moment.
"Together you two are invincible, but we'll see how you fair apart." May said, letting me know she was the one that had been attacking. She smiled excitedly at us, and I could see my easy semester dreams quickly fading away.
Damn, this is going to be a long semester.
Jesse's P.O.V. "Are you just as strong as your brothers?" Lana asked me, whispering to me as she looked at my brother's on the last row above us in class."We are each stronger than one another in one way or another, but we're pretty equal overall." I told her, remembering the countless hours of training we’d do everyday. Dad even gave me tips and tricks that the others didn't have. They have a year more of training than me, given their age, but dad made sure I was on the same level as them. "That's awesome. My shadows are so slow, and probably not the strongest, so I'm really excited to learn. I wonder if I could be as strong as you guys by the end of the semester." She smiled Excitedly. I laughed in her face at that last statement."It'll take years of 3 hour daily sessions of training to get to where we are now, but by the time you reach this strength we'll be stronger. Sorry Lana, but there's no catching up. The difference is already too vast." It sounds harsh, I know, but it'
Ares' P.O.V.I knew she would drive us hard, but I didn't foresee just how sore I'd be after. May has always been a bit of a sadistic teacher. I think she enjoyed seeing people struggle and work hard to reach their potential. She's a good person though, you could ask anyone and they'd tell you how sweet and capable she was. I pulled my phone out, feeling it buzz in my pocket. Nova had texted. It's not really like her to text so early in the day. Nova: We need to talk about the slut you call a brother. Me: What'd he do now?Nova: My roommate! Bring him here.Nova was pissed. There was always one rule that we had imposed on Augustus' sleeping habits. Never with our close friends, or with our roommates. Seems he was running out of new people to fu.ck if he was tempted enough to break the rule. "Sorry, you've been summoned." I told him, grabbing him and sending us to Nova. I looked around, noticing she was in the sanctioned fighting arena. Anytime you have a problem with someone on c
Nova's P.O.V. Fu.ck him! I was still so upset, and oddly very hurt. I let Ryoko take over and fly us around campus, taking us to the siren side of the academy. She rushed us towards the water, shifting with me as we dove down from the sky into the water. The shift was seamless, from my dragon to my siren. It was as easy as taking a deep breath. I swam down to the bottom of the lake where I knew I'd find Emanuel. Emanuel was a sea witch I'd met last school year. It was the first year the school had opened and everyone was so cliquey, still kind of are. I found Emanuel alone at the bottom of the lake when I was exploring. Sea witches aren't exactly the most liked creatures, but he was different. He was kind and caring despite the hate he received. He was a year younger than me, a sophomore this year. "Hey, what brings you down here?" He smiled at me when he saw me. His large purple fin had grown since last year. His teeth were sharper and his muscles larger. "Just needed to see a f
Augustus' P.O.V.I sat in the shadow realm trying to calm my anger. I can't believe she humiliated me like that in front of everyone during the first week, just because I slept with her roommate. She's blowing it way out of proportion. That chick, although hot, was not worth all this. 'Think less with your d*ck.' Sombra laughed at me. 'Be less of a d*ck.' I retorted. 'You'll be fine, just be a man and go talk to her.' Sombra was right as usual. I pulled her shadow door forward watching her slip a shirt over head. She's too damn beautiful to be shifting into her siren that causes her to lose her clothes. Some as.shole is going to watch her like a sick perv."Sorry, you had said you were done." Ares apparently is that sick perv today. I felt my blood boil with Bane's phoenix fire inside me."It's fine. I was done. It's just a bra Arie, don't freak out on me." She shoved his shoulder lightly. Is she flirting with him?"I'm not freaking out. I just don't want to disrespect you, Nova."
Jesse's P.O.V."Did you move the shadow off us for a moment?" I asked Damon, having felt exposed for a second. "Wouldn't dream of it. No one else gets to see this body of yours." He nibbled at my earlobe. His hand squeezed at my neck lightly, applying just the smallest amount for pressure. His other hand was sliding under my bra now, reaching for my n*pple. He didn't waste time, shoving me between these buildings, out of nowhere, and pinning me against the wall. He said it was time for my punishment. I felt the thrill through my body, arousing me. He kissed me furiously, leaving my lips puffy and bruised, almost. He bit at my lip, but never enough to draw blood. "You ready for your punishment?" He looked me dead in the eyes. I nodded and he squeezed harder around my neck. "Use your words." "Yes." I moaned. He gave me that wicked smirk he gets when he's about to be a good kind of rough with me. I felt the excitement pool in my stomach, leaking out between my thighs. He turned me a
Ares' P.O.V."I'm sorry, I can't do more to help Nova." I told her, getting up from the floor. We'd spent the last 30 or 40 minutes just talking. She was telling me how she was feeling. We were talking about Augustus, reminiscing on the times we were kids. Our next classes start soon. She and August have general fire training together, while I'm in the seer building with grandma Ramona."You've done plenty. Thank you, Arie." She smiled at me. She wrapped her arms around my neck, hugging me tightly. Nova was a very affectionate friend, always touching and hugging when she could. Even though she's done it all our lives, it still surprises me when she shows me random affection. "I'll see you later for lunch." I told her, knowing it for a fact. She'll be with the sea witch. "See you then." She waved as I traveled through the shadows to the seer building. I am literally the only shadow weaver that goes to the small seer building. I've always loved the way the stars reflect off the gla
Nova's P.O.V.I was the first to arrive at fire battle class, having used my water portal. I grabbed my pearl after talking with Ares. He always seems to calm me. He has a way of getting me to talk things through, seeing them in a new light. I don't know how he does it, but I do feel better after talking with him…after admitting how I feel about Augustus. "Hey, can we talk?" Augustus' voice came from beside me. He shadow weaved into the chair to the right of me."About what?" I made sure to sound irritated, and he sighed, slouching back in his chair. "You're so difficult. Look, I know I messed up, okay?" "Is that your way of apologizing? Because it's seriously lacking." I snarked. "See, difficult." He shook his head. "I don't know if you know this, Auggie, but in order to apologize you actually have to say I'm sorry." I rolled my eyes at him. "How about I say I fu.cked up?" He asked, looking at me with pleading eyes. I could see the worry in them. He was worried about us, about
Augustus' P.O.V.I couldn't get away fast enough from Nova. She had me feeling all kinds of ways that I was not used to. It threw me for a loop. This is Nova we are talking about. Pulled on my hair to annoy me when we were young, Nova. Carried around a raggedy teddy bear to fight off nightmares, Nova. She's my childhood friend. I need to get my d*ck to contain itself. We cannot have Nova. We can never mess that up. Nova is the only real friend I have, aside from Andy. So I'll make my way to the redhead beauty in the distance to distract myself."Hey gorgeous, mind if I take your hand?" I asked her. She turned to look at me. Her crystal blue eyes roamed my body, assessing my worth. I am sure she was looking at my aura as well. I guess she found something she liked as she extended her hand to me. "You may have my hand." "Thanks." I gave her my flirtatious smirk. "I'm Augustus, but you can call me Gus." "I'm Elezen." She batted her eyelashes at me. "Nice to meet you, Elezen." I for
Andy's P.O.V.5 months have passed now and Elara has grown right before our eyes at a very rapid rate. She now looks to be 4 rather than just 5 months. We knew it would happen from Percy's warning, but it was still alarming to see. She was breathtakingly beautiful, with her still white hair that curled softly around her. She had her mother's eyes which at first were hard to look into without remembering her. Now, all I see when I look at them is Elara. That same bright-moon silver dawned her eyes shimmering against her pale skin. Her rosy lips and crimson stained cheeks contrasted well with her all white appearance. "Mommy, I'm bored," she complained, coming to take a seat on my lap. "I know sweetheart, but I have to finish tending to these plants for my final, and daddy's in class right now, taking one of his finals. Would you like to help me? I can show you how to grow a plant with magic," I offered her with a smile. "Okay, Mommy!" She jumped excitedly, looking all kinds of ador
Ares’ P.O.V.Elara stirred in my arms as she situated herself. My heart felt full with her in my arms. In a matter of seconds this child had me wrapped around her finger. She is my world, my heart, my everything. She and Andy take priority over everything in my life. I would kill for them. I would die for them. Seeing dad was an unexpected gift that both helped and eased my worries. I guess now it's time to tell mom and my other dad's. I don't know how they'll take it. Mom lost it when she found out what happened to me. I am worried how she'll react to Elara. I better do it now while I have the gale to do it. "I'm going to mom's, come with me?" I turned, asking them all. "You sure?" Auggie stepped forward, seeming concerned. "It's now or never. Besides, the longer I wait the more hurt she'll be." I looked into the future, seeing mom outside training. If I wait too long she'll be hurt that I didn't tell her. "Okay, then. Let's go." Jesse nodded. "This will probably be better if it
Percy’s P.O.V. My dear son, I am so sorry this has happened to you. You finally lifted the curse I could not, yet here you stood with a baby in your arms. Much too young to raise a child, yet alone one with such great responsibility. They granted me one more visit, and I saved it for this day in case this future came to pass. I had hoped not, but he chose correctly, and I couldn’t be more proud. He didn’t think selfishly. He let his child be born, even though it was one he did not consent to. I made Ares much in the same way that he conceived his daughter. I can’t exactly say anything about that. None of it was the baby’s fault, anyway. I watched Ares as he looked on to that child, like she was his everything. It was a sad sight to see, knowing that his future would be just as hard as his past, if not more difficult, despite the curse being lifted. I couldn’t help the sadness that filled my heart. This was not the future I wanted for him, it was not the one I hoped for. I know he wi
Augustus' P.O.V. Ares traveled us all back to the center of the maze, where just an hour before we had been having fun. That was the longest and most intense hour of my life. I'm not sure what happened those last few minutes of the battle. When things got dark we leaned into each other, and it unlocked something inside of Ares that we were all able to tap into. The feeling still lingered inside me, strengthening me with power and light. I scanned the area for Nova, but couldn't see her anywhere. She must have sensed me as a water portal opened before us, and Nova jumped out with Manny close behind. "I'm sorry I couldn't teleport you all out. I was only able to get Nova because we're mated. The dark forest hates relinquishing its prey," Manny explained with a guilty expression. "Thank you for rescuing her," I said, staring at Nova like she was my salvation. She's the only reason I live and breathe. She ran towards me, wrapping her arms around my neck. She sobbed into my chest, let
Jesse's P.O.V. With the sword in its hand, the demon lunged forward towards Nova. It clawed at her, piercing her skin right over her thigh as she retreated too slowly. The demon tossed the sword, having it land on the ground, looking like an Excalibur sticking out of the earth. It shined mockingly from 20 feet away. It would have done us well if Nova could have had the chance to use it. "Jesse, can you do it?" Liam asked, already knowing that I couldn't, but desperately wanting me to. I shook my head no, hanging it in disappointment for a brief second. "Then know that I love you, forever into all eternity." He shifted into King before me, biting down onto the demon's head, only to be met with a loud yelp of pain. The demon's blood was burning his mouth as if he had taken a bite of hot magma. Liam let go of the demon instantly, using his paws to slash at it instead. He shook his head, trying to shake off the pain from his mouth. The heat from the demon someone felt to increase. I
Nova’s P.O.V. The ghoul lunged, trying to bite a chunk of flesh off. I burned it away before me, turning it into a charred black lump. The smell of charred flesh permeated the air, and I felt my stomach turn in disgust. They already smelled bad, but it seemed burning them only made the stench worse. Auggie clasped my hand tightly as his fire coursed through me and combined with my own. Our fire joined when we became mated. There was no delay, no fight for control. It was natural, like an extension of myself. I blasted the ghouls as they approached, while Auggie tossed them with his shadows. My primary concern was the demon that stood at the edge of the woods. It seemed to watch, waiting for something, but I'm not sure what. I heard the baby cry in the cabin, earning not only the attention of some ghouls, but that of the demon as well. Ares seemed to pale as his eyes flashed and his face contorted with worry. Andy was in danger. I could tell by the change in his demeanor. He told L
Andy's P.O.V. My worst nightmare played before me. Ares had been wrapped in dark smoke and pulled away from us before my eyes. I tried to reach for him, but found myself grabbing air. He was gone. I spun around seeing the same horrified expression on everyone's face. "We have to go!" I snapped everyone out of their shock. "I can travel us there now. I've been practicing with Umbra and we can use the darkness better," Jesse said, answering the question of how we would get there without anyone having to ask. "Then let's go," Auggie said, looking the most determined I had ever seen him. I felt the beast inside me stir as anger coursed through me. She could be hurting him this very instant. I need to save the love of my life before she does irreversible damage. I felt the familiar cold of shadow traveling wrap itself around me as the settings set around us. Jesse had managed to pull us through Ares' shadow door. There was no stumbling or searching through the woods for him this time.
Ares' P.O.V. Andy's idea for her Christmas pity party was brilliant. I could feel the atmosphere changing around us, allowing for some laughter and joy to enter each of us. I know everyone is nervous and worried for me a lot. Hell, I'm scared, but with Andy by my side and Dad's words of encouragement, I think I can do this. I guess we'll see when she calls on me. I wonder though, when she calls me, will she call only me? Last time it was an accident that everyone came with me. I doubt she'd call them again, since they ruined her plans for me. I could see it in her eyes that night. She wasn't done with me. If she would have had her way, she would have raped me all night. She was determined to have a child, and for some reason she was determined to have that child with me. What if when she calls me again, she tries the same thing? The thought made my blood run cold and my body shiver. Andy noticed as she leaned in beside me, providing me with warmth only he touch brings me. She chas
Augustus’ P.O.V. Christmas was approaching us sooner than we would have liked. Instead of enjoying the holiday season we had all been on pins and needles, just waiting for the day we would face that crazy dark witch again. Ares trains every day with Andy by his side. Nova and I have been focusing on our fire training to use during battle, while she and Manny have been training on her control over her sea witch magic. We don’t want her to be overtaken again. She had delved into the darkness the week she had turned away from me. It had almost permanently stained her soul, but with the help of Andy they were able to banish that darkness. Ares has been more on edge than usual. I know that he isn’t the only one. Jesse and I have been talking and practicing. We’ve been trying to figure out what Percy meant when he spoke about us holding one another when things get dark. We aren’t the most poetic bunch, so we didn’t come up with much. It didn’t help that Jesse told me about the prophecy sh