Chapter 120 - I am the Sun

Lestat POV.

What is the sun? It seems like a simple question, doesn't it? Some would say that it is the star that makes up the solar system... Others would say that it is a red dwarf, a classification of the types of stars that exist... Many would still say that it is what gives life to Earth...

For me, the Sun is something greater, something that has brought me Light in times of Darkness, it is what has made me continue to have faith in the Gods, the One who blessed me and accepted me as I am... The Sun can be welcoming or simply burn everything!

Right now, I am the Son of the Sun, but I don't want to welcome, I simply want to burn! I want to consume and see that creature disappear amid My Light!

I comforted Hope several times, even though she was appearing to be whole, I could see her pieces and the way she was bleeding. I could see through her soul, and I wanted to show her the beauty that was in the Light!

I didn't know what I needed to do, but the Beast that dwells within me had already been charmed and knew far better than I did, that Hope needed us. That girl blessed by the Sun who couldn't see the Light drowned between darkness and pain.

We fell in love. We got involved and it consumed us so much that now I can no longer live without being by her side and how could that being dared to make her suffer like this? As the visions of a distant future passed by, my anger grew more and more.

Not because I wouldn't have Hope in my arms, but knowing that she wouldn't have been broken, that her path was through faith and that my Father's blessings would have been heard and Hope would walk beside him, as his sister!

Faith is something that can break, not easily, but when it did it caused almost irreversible pain and that is exactly what happened, Hope had lost faith in God the moment she lost Melvin, for how could they have put her in that position?

I know the Gods want what is best for their beloved faithful, they do make mistakes and their mistakes for those on this plane are horrible... Hope couldn't be the only one to blame, Melvin wasn't the only one to choose either, but now he must bear the consequences of his actions! Just as Hope bore hers for standing up against the Gods.

My aura blends with Erick's the moment I smell my Queen's blood and it causes my entire skin to glow white, the most powerful form of heat!

Melvin, or what's left of him, wanted to hurt my Queen and I will never let that happen! I know that around me space and light begin to bend before the aura I emanate. One day my Beast destroyed half the castle, now we will destroy this hideous thing and banish it from this plane and all other planes!

If, it is possible, I will consume your soul until there is nothing left, I felt in every molecule of my body the exact moment when Hope bowed to Erick, accepting him as King among the Lycans and Werewolves and I smile, closing my eyes and let every vampire in my kingdom know that. No one in the royal family would be treated as King anymore, only Erick and I see no resistance from anyone to that fact.

So, the next moment when the Prince's aura broke, because of his brother, Filip who wanted that title I advanced against that being in front of me, I jumped towards what would be the center of that creature, feeling those black tentacles trying to envelop me, but unable to reach my skin, as they were burned before the Light and Heat that emanates.

I moved my hand back, closing my fingers and concentrating my aura in my closed fist and threw a punch I can see the darkness bending to my will and I can feel something solid at the end and the shock between the energies came out in powerful waves. If it wasn't for my long years of training and my experience in fighting, I would have been thrown backward.

But I used the increased gravity around me to keep my body in place, I could have held that position for a long time, only I didn't, instead I moved away to the point of floating in the air, just like Sun did in the middle of space.

I smiled and took my right hand to my back, while a quiver appeared, I took out an arrow in which the tip was several white, red, orange and blue rays, which resembled the sunrise, the shape of a bow began to form.

If in the distant future, Hope had managed to hold the divine bow of Artemis, my Father's sister, I am responsible for carrying Apollo's bow.

"Even the Gods fear the power of the Sun."

My voice comes out in the midst of the chaos that was around and even though many other noises could be heard, my voice overpowers, for I am not only speaking in sound waves but using the gift of the Arts of Music and with that, I can connect with their souls, even if they were corrupted.

"You are nothing but a poor wretch! You would never be worthy of someone like her!"

I spoke at the same time as my Queen spoke very similar words and no matter who it was, what it was, its race, its gender or its essence. Everyone would know that Melvin was not worthy of Hope, just as the one who was once Kaiden's Mate was not worthy either.

I released the Divine Arrow and saw it go towards that center of corruption, the air, the wind, the darkness, the light, and the night was mixed, but the arrow continues its path and the whole place shakes, like an earthquake that comes out of nowhere at the exact moment when the impact of the Arrow reaches its goal.