Ansari's povTrue, the wounds on some people were still healing, and the town was in ruin. That should be action enough, but I could feel the call of war in my soul. It was beckoning to me. It called me, pulled at my spirit, and all I wanted was to leap at a monster's throat and tear it to shreds.I turned to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. “You should go to your wife. Tell her the truth. I can't have her hoping for something that is not true," I said sadly. It had been the case with me. I had been waiting on my father in front of our cabin, waiting and pleading for him to come home. But he did not.I had hoped those robbers would spare my family, but they had not either.Hope was nothing but a facade—a stupid little blue scam.He looked at me with Sad eyes and nodded. "She's pregnant."His words echoed in my head, and I felt for him even more. But he was a man, and a man was a warrior, a man was a hero, and a man is always a living sacrifice for his family.I hugged him tight
Magnus's pov"No more." I pleaded. "Please, no more.""But why?" The evil voice asked."Do your actions shame you?""Enough!!!" I ordered, but he took hold of me.Like he always did.The car coughed and groaned, but the engine stayed dead. I turned to Gabriel anxiously. "Gabriel, we have to ditch the car!"He stubbornly shook his head. "No, don't worry about that; she's only sleepy." He said and patted the dash. "Right, baby?" His words were beginning to annoy me; I turned to the windshield, and my breath got stuck in my throat. The swarm of wolves coming our way would be here any second. Fuck, Ansari must have brought out every single wolf she had for four people. "Gabriel, we need to leave," I pleaded. He paid no heed to me, tore out the wires, and began hot-wiring the jeep.“Dad…" Selene called. “Shouldn't we just leave the car?” Darius asked, and I turned to him simultaneously as Gabriel. "SHUT UP!!”Darius sank back into his seat and kept quiet. The engine coughed and shoo
Daruis's pov I remember the way the sun warmed up my skin every day as I ran through the streets with him. I remember feeling a sense of joy and happiness every single time we were together. Magnus and I had been against the whole world, and we were always confident the world had nothing on us. I remember hating the nights in the pack, especially the full moons. The way everyone turned feral, attacking one another with no care in the whole world, shocked me. I hated being a wolf. Even now, I only change into mine when it is necessary. I remember wanting to be human and live in one of those big, fancy cities. To be friends with other human children and not have just one mentally unstable one. I wanted so much for myself. For my life.I remember how hard it had been to convince the council to let me leave for college. I remember coming home to see things exactly how I had left them. I remember Magnus being cold.I remember hearing news of impending evil. I remember meeting her
Gabriel's povSolum thirsty… Solum needs water."“You will be drowning in your own blood soon enough." Olivia spat. Her words made the little creature shudder, and I felt them in my soul.“Do not do this. We need it." I said desperately.“What exactly do we need it for?" She asked.“For one, Saltos communicates with his army via a mind link, as Mates do. So if Saltos gives a command…"“This little shit could relay it to us over here." Olivia gasped and stared at me for a moment.“You're a genius." She exclaimed.I smiled and breathed a sigh of relief. “Once we get to Saltos, I'll kill it," she," she," she said and dropped the monster down. Until then, you're watching after it. Abd is cleaning up after it." She had already begun to walk toward the place when she stopped and turned to me."Abd, you're feeding it from your rations."I smiled and nodded. She turned back and continued to the plane.After she boarded, I looked down at the goblinGoblin and smiled.It was a shivering fear.“
Magnus's pov "I'm sorry." She quickly said. She did not have to be, though. I was the one who was at fault; I should have known sooner; I should have sensed she was in danger."It's OK. Let's go." I muttered tiredly. We stumble out of the house slowly and walk into the night.She was struggling under my weight, so I tried to restrain myself from putting my entire weight on her."Ughh." She whimpered in pain. No, I could not go on."Stop, you have to go to town on your own," I said.She turned and stared at Me with those eyes. Fear was sketched over the contour of her face."We must protect her." My wolf whispered to me.I smiled despite the pain. We could not even protect ourselves."I can't leave you here alone." She said, I pulled my hand away and landed heavily on the ground. "Ugh!" I groaned."Magnus!!" She yelled, her voice carrying emotions I wanted to believe was more than care and fear for my life because what I felt was more than that."Then what do you propose we do? Conti
Selene's pov“let go of your fear." The moon Goddess whispered to me.What she asked of me was impossible; I could not. No one could.I turned back to her and pleaded with my eyes. “You allow your fear to control you. You allow it to play the host of your mind." She walked next to me and held my hand in hers. "You cannot remain here for too long, child. You are not ready." "No, please, we need help finding the tomb of the first." I pleaded. I had learned nothing from her in our time together, which was an awful waste.“I know what you seem, but you must know that everything happens at fate's time and will." She stroked a strand of hair away from my face. She spoke in parables; I was not in the mood for that.“What do you mean fate? You are the Goddess, all-knowing and all-powerful. You protect your people, and that is exactly what they need from you right now: protection." I could feel tears of frustration falling from my eyes. She had to understand; she had to help.“Sweet child,
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 for 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. "O,ww," 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
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 what I had become and 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 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, another child dies."I was lying on t