Chapter 53: Rejecting A Wolf

"Why don't you just kill me," Kushiel croaked out. "I'm tired of this game. You won, you broke me. You took everything!"

"Kill you? For what you've done? Never I'd let you witness everything, and then at the top of your despair, I will kill you." The lord snorted in disdain at Kushiel. "For what you've done to my perfect family you deserve more suffering."

"What haven't I already witnessed and gone through, don't you know? The humans worship you like you're a deity, but don't we know better, You're a power hungry control freak. There will never be six cardinal points." Kushiel laughed bitterly.

"How dare you, you broke the rules. Then you cry about it being unfair. How is it unfair to be punished for doing a bad thing?" The lord gripped the sides of Kushiel's face and slammed it into the wall behind him. "You fallen angel, no better than your elder brother Lucifer. You can not stop me!"

"As long as I'm alive, you will never get what you want," Kushiel mumbled. "It will be the same."

"Then you should know that it will end the same way, I don't care how many times it takes to get perfect. The sixth cardinal point will take place. After all, I'm your creator. The ruler of heaven and earth." the lord told him. "And you are nothing but a fallen angel. There is no angel of punishment anymore, just a beaten broken thing."

With that being said, the Lord turned and left. But Kushiel didn't want to let him have the last word.

"You gave us free will! A free will to do whatever we wanted, and love whoever we wanted. It will never go your way. This I swear on my life!" Kushiel shouted.

"What is your life worth? Haha, then I grant you the ability to watch the punishment for free will." the lord uttered before disappearing altogether.

Kushiel laughed bitterly. He was utterly disgusted with the hypocrisy they displayed. Just because the Lord created them didn't mean they all had to love him.

Thousands of years of imprisonment, thousands of reincarnations, and tragically lived lives. Watching the double standard firsthand and the destruction of a race on the other while the new race ran itself into the ground.

And for what? Because the Lord wasn't pleased. Kushiel was already done. He was fed up. The Lord wasn't someone he could beat not in this lifetime, not ever.

He could never become stronger than the almighty creator. Kushiel thought about his last incarnation on earth. The tragic life that one had was sad but not comparable to some that were outright tortured to death.

At first, reincarnation felt like a blessing in disguise for Kushiel. Because his beloved, his beautiful wife, was reincarnated after him.

But that was just the beginning of their tragic fates. Each time they died, a little part of them died along with it.

They were the very reason that lycans were not able to reproduce properly. It stemmed from the lord's interference.

The new lycans that were born could no longer reproduce with each other and could only reproduce with other animals.

They, this couple, were the cause. But even the new race wasn't spared as the lord curse them to be mated to one person for life. This caused more irreparable damage to Kushiel and his beloved.

Because when they reincarnated, they were never too far from each other. The abuse he had to witness. The pain and hurt were what broke him.

He never really cared for his suffering, but when it came to hers. Nothing hurt more. When wars were waged among the new races, Kushiel and his beloved were at the center. It could be said that tragedy struck wherever they went.

Eventually, they had to numb the pain, so they began to forget. Lock the bad memories away and become empty shells. as they jumped from different incarnations.

But the last life they had, his name was Jace Maddox, and her name was Aurora Dale. They never took their own lives before. It was a first. So imagine his surprise as he woke up in this place chained.

He was back, and that also meant she was back. The condition to come back was taking their own lives. Kushiel wasn't happy one bit. In fact, he longed for a permanent death.

Everything he forgot came rushing back, Kushiel couldn't tell how many times he had seen his beloved die. before dying himself.

Kushiel also witnessed the very violent deaths of their children. Not incarnations children but their children. The children they made with their real bodies.

All of this broke him beyond repair. He couldn't do it anymore. But if he had to wait, he would because he knew one day the Lord would grant him death.

Then, he would apologize to their children. Then he would wait in enteral darkness to apologize to her, Asherah. If he was only so lucky.

Aurora's little eyes opened, and she stretched her little body and grunted.

"Oh, she's awake." A woman's voice caught Aurora's attention. This wasn't the voice of her so-called mother, Selene it was different.

Curiously, Aurora looked around and found herself in a cradle surrounded by beautiful women.

"Hello, little princess, I'm Lilith goddess of blood and mother of vampires." A woman with bright fiery hair introduced herself

"Hey, I'm Ariel. The sea goddess and mother of mermaids." A woman with blue hair winked and introduced herself.

"I'm Eve, goddess of earth and mother of humans." A woman with brown long hair introduced herself.

"My name is Hecate, Goddess of magic and mother of witches." A woman with black hair introduced herself.

"I am your mother, goddess of the sky and moon. Mother of lycans and goddess of wolves. Selene. And you, my daughter, your name is Asherah." Selene introduced herself, and Aurora or Asherah's breath hitched.

Loud wailing came from the cradle, Asherah couldn't help herself as the pain in her head intensified.

"Kushiel, come play with me!" The voice of a little girl echoed in her ear.

"Kushiel, I'm going to have your baby one day." The girl's voice sounded more mature.

"Ah, Kushiel! Harder!" The girl's voice changed into one of a woman's.

"He's so beautiful, the first baby born from our union." The woman's voice was tired but happy.

"You don't get to decide who I love! Kushiel and I are happy. Leave us alone!" The woman's voice was fierce.

"No! Kushiel!" her voice became mournful.

Asherah's body trembled. None of the women present knew why the child began screaming, but as Selene picked her up, she noticed the diaper was full.

"No wonder she has poop in her diaper. Looks like she loves cleanliness." Selene chuckled.

Selene changed her diaper, and Asherah became quiet. She quietly fell asleep, Selene caressed the squishy cheeks of her daughter gently before placing her back in the cradle.

The other women all found places to sit and began chatting.

"You must be happy to finally not be pregnant anymore." Lilith took a jab and Selene, who only glanced at her.

"It is a relief to no longer have a child kicking my insides. Say, how long has it been since any of you had a new child." Selene nonchalantly stabbed the four of them, making them feel choked.

"Be smug now, but don't pretend you don't know what's to come." Ariel mocked.

"Many thanks for the reminder." Selene thanked Ariel who gritted her teeth and glared at Selene.

Meanwhile, Hecate stared at the baby in the cradle with a frown. 'Is it just me, or isn't that baby getting bigger?'