My sister was lost to me somewhere in the dark, my friends were all missing and facing their own fates with the odds stacked against them as always and this man of mine, this keeper of my heart and possessor of my entire being lay dead in my arms like a sacrifice to their cruel designs.
I shifted my hold on the weapon that had ripped from my arms and felt the cold kiss of the sun steel blade cutting into my palm as I gripped it tightly. I looked down at it as I felt my blood mixing with his along its sharp edge, my broken heart thrashing with the thought of a life lived without him.
Blood dripped between my fingers, his, mine, ours. There was magic in that. Ancient magic which I could feel thrumming through the air all around me and power built inside me unlike anything I’d ever felt before as I leaned into it. This wasn’t my Elements or my Phoenix or any kind of magic I knew. It was raw, savage, the essence of all we were and all we’d ever be.
I looked up at the heartless sky with a curse on my lips and slit the blade deeper into my flesh, knowing that it would scar and welcoming the pain as I dropped the weapon and held my fist up to the stars for them to see the mixture of my mate’s blood and my own running down my arm.
“I will tear the heavens apart for this,” I snarled, flicking my free hand and using my air and water magic to send the droplets of our blood flying up into the sky for them to feast on. “I will shred your world to pieces and rip your hold on destiny from your fucking fists with blood and fire and vengeance for this,” I screamed at them, power whipping all around me and making my hair billow in the force of it as more and more blood raced up towards the heavens. “On my life, I curse you. On his life, I curse you. And for our fate, I’ll end you!”
The darkness rose within me as I fell into the despair of this end for us, Darius’s body so cold and limp beneath me, his blood staining my flesh and his strong and powerful presence gone where I couldn’t follow.
The Nymphs cried out in victory as they crested the hill, countless numbers of them descending on me with a hunger that went beyond all reason and a thirst for my death which I met with the rage of my grief.
The first of them reached us and as its probes brushed against the chest of the man who had owned my entire being, I lost the thin hold I’d been keeping on my restraint and an agonised roar of pain ripped from my throat. I tipped my head back and all of that unbridled power I’d felt building all around us exploded from my chest and echoed out across the entire battlefield and beyond.
A shockwave of red and blue fire exploded from me as I screamed my grief to the stars and the shrieks of the Nymphs rose in answer to me as they died beneath the full force of my power.
The blast tore from me like a supernova, leaving nothing but death and ash in its wake and I arched my spine as it spilled through me and into the world, carrying an endless echo of my pain with it to touch every corner of this star cursed earth and make sure that everyone residing on it felt it too.
I fell forward as the last of it burned its way free of me, sobs cutting from my body in harsh waves which wouldn’t be denied as I fell over the body of the man I’d stolen back from the stars and pressed my ear against the heart which would never beat for me again, begging fate to change its mind while my tears were the only answer I was gifted.
But as I broke over the loss of the only man I’d ever loved, a deep, golden glow appeared before me, forcing me to raise my head and look at the prophecy which was painted for me across the sky.
When all hope is lost, and the darkest night descends, remember the promises that bind.
When the dove bleeds for love, the shadow will meet the warrior.
A hound will bay for vengeance where the rift drinks deep.
One chance awaits. The king may fall on the day the Hydra bellows in a spiteful palace.
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__Author Note__
Hey there care bear…how’s it going? You cool? Feeling a lil bit ragey? You wanna slap us with a kipper and call us a slippery salmon? Or is it worse than that? Oh shit…it’s worse, isn’t it?
Well let’s look at the positives! Lionel got some fancy new wings to mount on his wall - yay! Lavinia got a cute little pet to take home, Darcy always wanted to find out what it was like to be a fluffy shifter and Darius got, well, he got some sparkly new friends to hang out with, wooo!