Gabriel's pov.I ran to the cliff as fast as I could, all the while praying in my heart for my daughter. That scream, those sounds of fighting, something was wrong. “Selene!!” I yelled out one last time as I hurriedly made my way to the cliff. My Injuries were healing but they weren't doing so fast enough. I ran through the little bushes that shrouded the cliff to see Darius standing over a body. I stopped right in my tracks and stared at him. He looked back at me with a wicked grin.What was going on here? Darius?I looked at the body on the ground, the naked wounded body belonged to my daughter. I could not breathe for a good few seconds and looked back up at Darius.“You?” I asked in shock. “What have you done to her?” I was angry, so angry that I wanted to tear the little thwart head off, but I was more afraid than anything else. What did he do to her? And most importantly was she still alive?He looked back at me and smiled one more time before grabbing Selene and leaping into
Selene's povBlue sky, stars, thunder, and home. My kind spawned through several sceneries that I had no idea existed. My mother stood in front of me one second and the next second I was all alone. I was back in the house in the woods with succubus trying to eat me. “You thought that was the end? You thought you could escape me?” It broke into a terrifying laugh and my entire body was shocked. A wolf broke through the rotting wall and attacked the monster that should have been the end of me. I fell from the hand of the demon and landed on my back on a plane. “Oww,” I groaned and struggled to my feet. The plane was on fire and I did not need to be Einstein to know it was going to crash soon.“Selene!! Hold on!!” A voice said above me and when I looked up I was suddenly in the air, my feet dangling over space my hand in Magnus's grip.“Hold on Selene!!” I could not hold on though and my hands began to slip.Terror seized my heart as my mind focused on the drop below me.“Selene, ho
Selene's povA strong wind blew through the entire cave, sending packs of dust everywhere including my eyes. Daruis's spell on me held strong and I still could not move my limbs. Blood and dust pack around the cut. The blood flowed down into a little gutter, one I had not seen or paid any attention to earlier. The blood through the little channel down to the gate. Fucking hell. I struggled some more but his spell held for and strong.The wind centralized on one spot and a faint glimmer of light shone. Daruis's face turned pale at this because at the center of the cave now stood Magnus and my father.My heart leaped with joy, I had never been happier to see my father before. Never.Magnus ran to the corner of the cave and vomited. He stayed that way for a while, vomiting the little he had inside his stomach. My father turned his eyes towards us and a gasp escaped his lips.“Selene!!” My father called and ran towards us.“Oh shut up!” Darius said and flicked his hand away. A strong
Ansari's povMy eyes were wide open from shock and pain as well.“Get her up!” The cruel old voice of Adolphus seared my hearing. I was dragged to my feet by two strong pairs of hands and I was brought face to face with him. We were standing outside the cells on a high elevated platform. I was looking down at a full gathering of wolves who had come to watch what would happen.My people.He looked at me with cruel hateful eyes, the complete epitome of hate and jealousy.“You really do not learn do you?” He asked.He must think I was the one responsible for the death of the guards and every other person that Darius murdered.I chuckled. The old fool was so sure of himself.“Why did you do this? You know better than trying to escape this place. There is no escape from your crimes. You kaut be punished and you will be punished so why murder your own people? People doing their jobs.” He asked, his voice thick with anger and confusion. But I knew deep down within him he was glad.They had p
Ansari's pov“HOLD HER!!!” Adolphus screamed, but he was not the one being stared at. The guard let go of my hand and backed away. Good. I struggled to my feet and looked down at the crowd. I looked down at my brothers and sisters.I pointed at Adolphus and looked back at them. “Is this who you want to follow? You all know the words, you all fought that night. Instead of Selene, it could be your children, it could have been your mothers, it could have been your wives. That night we all came together and fought, why?” I pointed at my heart and then at the ground. “ Because this is our home, these are our people and I'll be damned if I allow so devil take it away from me. You call yourselves wolves, well now is the time to prove it. Who fights for their home!!!”And there I stood with not a single response from the crowd. I looked from one face to another, looking for a positive response, any response but they all stood there and watched, they all watched me without saying a single wor
Magnus's povThe smell of the air, the way the population sank into your system and corrupted every single aspect of you, that was what almost defeated me at first and then I saw his face.The feeling in the air was not something that needed an explanation even for the most inexperienced of people. It was evil, pure undiluted evil that had risen from the depths of hell. The evil had come for everything that I had held dear. Daruis's formerly dead body floated in the air with a ghastly-looking smile on its face.“Rise to your feet!!!” He roared and a strange force carried me up in the air. I tried fighting it but I felt like a three-year-old wrestling an adult.“You stand before the one who came and conquered, you stand before the demon lord of old Azareal, you stand before the one reason I haven't killed you already.” He turned around to the opening mass on the wall of the cave. Smoke rushed into our world, black and horrid smoke that almost blinded me. A faint orange glow was visi
Gabriel's povMy legs hurt and the distant feeling of vomit sitting at the back of my throat like some final boss was not helping me on this trek. It has been a good two days since we arrived in Iceland, and the entire company was completely exhausted. I could not vouch for anyone but I could bet that I was the most exhausted one out of the three of us. From time to time I remember a time it had been four of us. An extra one that had been my responsibility to care for, one I had allowed to be corrupted and destroyed.“It's beautiful here,” Selene remarked. I looked around at the scenery here. I left Iceland a long time ago but even in my memories, it had been a place of extraordinary beauty. It was a good thing that it had not changed. “Yes, it truly is,” I replied. It was hard not falling asleep while driving but Magnus was a terrible driver. Selene was completely out of the question. Completely.“So this is Akur…”“Akureyri.” I helped. She rolled her eyes and nodded.“Rolls off t
Selene's pov.I listened to the sound of the rain as it drummed against the hood of the car. It was almost hypnotic. Sleep, sleep, sleep that was all that I wanted right now but it seemed the universe could not grant me that one single wish.“Hey.” My father said but I was not in the mood to reply to him or even look at him for that matter. I turned my face away and looked outside at this whole new strange place. Magnus turned in his sleep and snuggled close to me. I looked down at his handsome young face. Some people had it all in life. A mom, a dad, and a whole extended family. But my… “Selene please talk to me!” My father pleaded. But what was there to talk about? I had had no idea that my mom had been fighting with her illness for so long, that she had been in pain longer than I had been in this world. A sigh escaped my lips. “I'm sorry about everything.” He said and sighed.” I'm sorry for leaving you and your mother, but the thing is …” he ran one hand through his hair, “I wa