Ellis, Seeing William's state of mind, I asked the mages to go. They hugged me and left quietly. I went to meet my husband on the couch. He had tears in his eyes. I could relate. " William," I said and knelt by the couch. He looked at me, snapping out of his thoughts and sat up. " I have never felt so helpless in my life Ellis," he confessed to me. I used my thumb to wipe the lone tear that had escaped his eyes. He grabbed my hand and kissed it passionately. " I am sorry I can't help you, darling. I feel so useless watching you carry all this weight upon your shoulder. I should share your burden, but I can't". He said, and I hugged him tightly and wept in his arm. All William needed was a break. We had our backs to the wall with nothing to fight with. How did the fates expect us to survive this? " I miss the sun, and I miss the way it made your skin glow, Ellis, and I wished I could put it back in the sky, and you wouldn't have to lift a finger, but I can't. I cannot do anything,
Ellis William and I returned to the real world feeling relaxed and renewed. I kept my encounter with the fates personal and, also the fact that she had mentioned Selen and Aries. I did not know when we would meet them, but it better be soon because we were running out of time, and things were already ugly for all of us. I Linked the mages to bring the ring, and Melena said Audrey would bring it. I sat on the couch in William's arms. By now, we kept the curtains closed because there was no sunlight to let in or moonlight to admire, but it was just death and darkness out there. If we ever survived this, I would thank my stars. When my father brought me to the estate, I never knew what life had in store for me. I did not even know about the supernatural world then. My mother told me a lot about them, but I believed they were just stories and unreal and everything was so physical, but now, my perception was different. I had evolved beyond my imagination. From a powerless human that had
Ellis I held Sam in my arms as she lay while we tried to revive her. Luna had stolen her live essence, which meant she would be weakened. For a human, when the life essence is stolen, the life of the human is cut by the amount that was stolen, but for a supernatural being of Sam's calibre, it means that her powers, abilities and strengths would be divided into two, weakening the original. She was blue, and I knew we had to move quickly before her spirit discorporates from her body. I forcefully sent Ephraim's life aura into her, and after a few minutes of this exhausting action, her skin began to regain colour again. It would take a bit before she could get up, but she would be okay in a few hours. Abel appeared in the room, which meant he sensed the presence of a dark god in the estate. "What happened to Sam?" he asked, concerned, and I told him how we came and found luna stealing her life essence. He was worried and helped me lay her in bed. The mages came to help and attend to her
Ellis I could not believe what I had learned about Samantha. How did I miss it? I knew something was off about her because of the way she reacted to the seed, but other than that, I did not see it. Why did I not see it then? I remembered when Fate's sister had mentioned Selene and Aries. I had thought they would come and join me. I did not know that they were already with me. I searched Dinah's memory to see if she knew and held back the information from me, but she didn't. One thing she was sure of was that Samantha was very important, and both she and Alex had a huge role to play in the darkness that was to ensue. I did not know what to do. Why were they dormant or powerless? Was this what it meant to be on pilgrimage? Was it punishment or penance? I searched the memories and knowledge of the three gods and tried to understand why it happened this way, then it made sense. If Fate did not cause us to go into the in-between, events would not have transpired that would cause the gods
Samantha I woke up with Ellis and everyone in my room. It was as if they were waiting for me to wake up. I tried to remember what had transpired before I fell asleep, and I remembered everything. The memories came crashing. "Luna," I said softly, and Ellis pleaded with me to calm down. "She was trying to help, and you chased her away," I accused her, and she was a bit sad. "I am sorry, Sam. I thought she was hurting you. I did not know." She pleaded with me, and I knew she was telling the truth. "You said you found Alex?" I asked her, and she nodded. "I used the eye of Apophis to find him," she said, and I was shocked because I remembered the evil the ring brought. Raphael told us all about the disadvantages of using it. I could not believe that William and Ellis would risk that much to find Alex. "To find a dark aura, we have to use something dark," she said, and I understood better. "So let us go now," I said, trying to get up, but she held me back. "You are not at a hundred
Alex My mind was going crazy. I was tired of living in a cave surrounded by messed up horny wolves. If I ever survived this, I would be absent from Clearsand parties for a while. It was sickening to watch. Yet I had to because that was how Apophis sent magic into them to share. It was weird. While most of the wolves were not in their senses and were being controlled, others were deliberately in league with Apophis. They were Alphas and Betas of the lesser pack. Every day new wolf packs joined up of their volition, and it baffled me how these bastards would team up with the likes of Apophis. They had referred to him as Alex Wildbreed a couple of times but soon realised that I wasn't serving the god, but the god was inside me. It was hard, and I hated myself. During one of those orgies, I felt a foreign aura present. It was dark and faint, so Apophis did not think much of it until a little light came through, and he realised that it was a good aura that masked itself in darkness. The a
Ellis Sam's prayer had knocked her out. We saw the black cloud sip into her nostrils and mouth. It felt weird and wrong, but that was the only option we had. Everything had to come together for the greater good. We stood and waited for the merger to be complete. After a while, Sam woke up with dark eyes. Her skin was pale, and she had dark veins all over. It was just like my visions of her. Because of Luna, she was now tethered to darkness but not a slave to it. "How are you feeling, Sam?" I asked her, and she looked at me, blinking those pitch-black eyes, and I was a bit scared and worried at the same time. "Ellis," she said, sounding like two people, and I paused to compose myself. "May I speak with Luna, please," I asked her, and she just stared at me. "What do you want?" she asked me with a very harsh tone, and I knew who I was speaking with. "Sorry I expelled you. I did not know you were trying to help her," I apologised to her, and she did not smile. "All you self righteo
Ellis "It's time to dress up and gear up for the fight. Make sure you bring along your weapons. We won't just be needing magic where we are going," I said, and they nodded. Lifting Sam, I teleported her and Willam to our bedroom. I felt safer with my eyes on her. After the shit that Luna tried to pull by causing discord between William and me, I did not trust her to behave herself or do what was best for us as a collective. "Why is she here?" William asked, pointing at Sam, and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Sam I trust, but Luna, not so much. I just want to keep an eye on them." I said, and Sam began to laugh. I knew it was luna and not Sam because the laugh sounded unnatural. "Hang in there Sammy." I said to her, and I felt her frustration. I knew she was regretting letting Luna in. All that darkness was a lot to take in, and Luna was just as dark as Apophis, She was his mate, after all she was bound to draw on darkness. I knew we could not trust Luna completely because her heart w