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
Selene's povThe car came to a stop in front of a quiet-looking cabin at the top of a desolate hill. My father stopped the vehicle and stepped out. I stepped out too and so did Magnus.“Is that the place?” I asked. It looked like the place someone who could help with an awoken demon lord would live.“Yes, this is the place.” Replied my father.“Why did we stop over here?” I asked. The cabin was still a good way off and the ground was level enough for us to just drive through.“You'll see why.” My father replied.The place was serene and beautiful. I don't know what exactly I had been expecting to see but this was not it. It was way better than what I had envisioned.The cabin was a simple building, made entirely of wood, like something out of a Vikings movie.My father looked back at me and Magnus. “Wait here.” He said before making his way slowly and cautiously towards the cabin.He walked strangely, looking down at the ground and studying the trees that were around.“What is he doi
Magnus's povI could hardly breathe from how hard I was laughing. Selene had a look of absolute hate on her face. I could tell she was thinking about all the beautiful ways she could skewer us up. I dropped the empty bottle down beside my chair and looked up at the place for the one-thousandth time. It wasn't much but I fancied it. It was somewhere I could see myself living in. Or grandma even. The thought of my grandma threw me into a sober mood. We had to leave Moonstone at a moment's notice, I wasn't even meant to join Gabriel. It was one of those moments, one where you knew you had to make a decision. Watch him leave with the girl I loved and go tell grandma and the entire counsel or help. I was stupid enough to have done the latter. But I haven't talked to Mom for so long. She must be so worried, I sighed miserably and ran my hand through my hair.“You okay Magnus?” Selene's voice drew me out of my sober thoughts. I turned to her and smiled.“Yeah, I'm fine.” My smile must hav
Magnus's pov“I know, I know,” Gabriel said While looking down at his feet.“And what exactly do you need my help with? You really should think properly. You're having problems with Saltos and you run to me for help? What the fuck do you expect me to do?” Gabriel sighed and turned to Selene before turning back to Olivia. “We need help reaching your mother.” Wait we weren't even here for his ex but his ex's mother. I had seen the way his ex had reacted to seeing him talk less of her mother. Olivia looked away from us in a dejected manner. “I can't, she doesn't talk to me anymore.”“Please Olivia, I already know what it is.” he pleaded. I looked around uneasily.“But the end of the world is almost imminent, we need her.”I turned to him out of curiosity now. Who the hell was her mother?“You should know by now that she doesn't care about lesser beings,” Olivia said. She wanted to walk away, I could already tell. “The moon goddess has a responsibility to her people, she has a respon
Ansari's povBlood was everywhere around me, on the pavement, on the houses, and on the poor dead people who had gotten crushed.“Good God,” I whispered. And then the ringing came to my ears, a low but intense high-frequency tone that threatened to destroy my eardrums.“Mum?” Mira called desperately.“Mom, what's wrong?” Her voice was growing very distant and I turned to get away from her.A boulder landed right in front of me and threw me off by several feet. “Arggh!” I groaned out in pain but managed to get to my feet. Why was I panicking this much?...I walked into the empty council building with determination sketched onto my face. I don't even understand the way things go anymore. I woke up this morning feeling happy, we were finally on the good side of something. I even had a new young stud next to me, the old one was beginning to become too much to handle. My daughter had a phone call several minutes later. She had just received a call from her child, my grandchild. Magnus r
Ansari's pov “You alright” I paid no heed to the man as I ran down the corridor.A hand grabbed mine and I was flung into someone's chest.“Shhhh.” The baritone voice said. I knew that voice. I looked up to see Conner looking down at me. “Let me go,” I whispered.“No.” He whispered back. Conner was the only person who knew about what I had become, the only one who saw the true me. I had loved him so much and I still did, but he could never.“Please let me go.” I cried.“I have loved you, and this won't ever change things. Never.” He pulled his collar away from his neck and looked down at me, “ if you being this way would keep you away from me then… make me one too.”“You don't know what you're talking about,” I said.“I do it because I love you.”….I watched as one of the children cried out In pain as the cold dagger tore into his heart. All around us the robbers cheered and laughed. “You see that!!” Their leader yelled into a phone.” if we don't get our money anot
Selene's povI have to be the one who changes things around here. I looked at Magnus as he got off the call with his mother and turned to us with a worried look on his face.“What happened, you look like you just saw a ghost,” Gabriel asked.Olivia was seated on her favorite stool on the side of the house with a shotgun on her lap.“Moonstone was attacked yesterday,” Magnus whispered. I gasped and turned my head outside the window. Was the pain and suffering never going to end? I knew what the answer to my question was already, we had to kill Saltos and we had to kill him now.“How's your mother?” Gabriel asked worriedly.“She's fine, but the town was completely tumbled, they have a lot of casualties.”Magnus walked to a sofa and sat down. “It was a lone cyclops, and had the entire town under its gaze. Grandma had taken it down fortunately before it could do more damage.”“That's good, that's very good.” Gabriel breathed out in relief.Magnus still looked uncomfortable and I could tel
Magnus's povNever in my wildest dreams have I thought what was happening would happen. No wait, that was a lie. I specifically told the others to prepare for this. I told them we had spent too much time trying to prepare Selene and now they had proven me right. A roar filled our ears and fear gripped all of our hearts.I looked at Gabriel and I could hear the blood rushing through his veins at astounding speeds. I could hear his breath quicken and it was worse with Selene. They were afraid.“What do we do?” I asked. I had no idea what the others might have in mind and I could not take control of the situation.“Protect Selene,” Gabriel muttered. He turned to me and repeated the same words.I nodded in response and looked down at the plains. They were too far away for me to see but I could discern their shapes. Goddess helped us, there were so many of them in front of us, and their numbers were shocking.“How do we fight off these many?” I asked.“We allow the traps to get to them