Chapter 121: A True Angel

Marcus POV.

It is no longer news that I am old, that I have been walking on this plane for many, many years... I have had opportunities to choose to die, rest and then reincarnate... I have had loves and enemies, family and loneliness...

You all know that I no longer have descendants, that I chose not to bond with anyone anymore, and that I was simply being an observer on this plane, concerned with protecting humanity since I was Created for that.

So, I felt again, I lived again, I desired again... The one responsible for that was a girl who invaded my base and looked into my eyes saying that I would train her. The Silver Rage pack had already requested a Delta who showed exceptional skills and had some Divine gifts. I denied it. How many times had I heard of some "saint”, and it was nothing but nonsense?

One afternoon the alarms at my base went off and no one could locate the person responsible, but the runes my sister had placed all over the place indicated that there was someone undercover.

For a few hours, they searched, but couldn't find the person responsible. That's when I decided to intrude and went after it myself and noticed a certain strange aura coming from my own office and when I opened it, I saw Hope, she was sitting in my chair with her feet on the table, messing with her cell phone.

"Finally! Took you long enough huh?"

Those words I would never forget, the tone of debauchery and the wry smile, captivated me, it wasn't the fact that I saw Aphrodite's gift on her or that her soul glowed golden, no... It was the fact that she simply didn't care what she had done and had still challenged me.

"Now, I can challenge you to a duel and win... Or you can just accept that you lost and train me without having to go through the shame of losing to a Delta."

Her voice sounded, but her eyes didn't leave the cell phone screen. That girl had challenged me in so many ways and didn't even care, just as she had such self-esteem that she thought she would beat me, simply the last Original Hunter that still walked on Earth.

After that, my admiration and attraction for her only increased and when I felt the bond of Fate, I knew I couldn't turn down something so big and perfect like that, but Hope despite smiling, joking and appearing not to take things too seriously was immersed in an inner darkness that was hard to see...

But slowly I managed to break down those defenses and Hope finally opened up, told me what she was, told me what she knew and asked me, begged me not to tell anyone else and again I felt admiration and pride, for that girl, that child was carrying such a gigantic responsibility and yet she wanted to do things her way in defiance of the Gods.

She told me everything she could, and it was much more than everyone knew and yet I always knew there was more to come, but that was okay, I was satisfied that Hope trusted me with most of her secrets.

And to know, now, that much of the darkness that had taken hold of my Mate came from this creature in front of me... That, that took me out of my fucking mind! That she wouldn't have to suffer so much and that her heart wouldn't have broken into so many pieces that it would take so many to heal it.

'He will pay the price.'

I listen to my Angel's voice and grin, all the pressure and aura around me were like breezes on a beautiful beach day. I have fought corruption before, so this is nothing new and Lestat's aura is terrifying to others, as is the presence of Kaiden and his Wolf.

The instant my Mate accepted Erick as her King, I accepted him as the one true heir to the Lycan and Werewolf crown, every hunter upon the earth plane would know of my decision, the crest of the alliance between the Angelis and the Makedon now had a lightning bolt in the middle, I can feel the panic of Kendrick, Kaiden and Dylan, but I let my aura calm them.

There's a lot more to being the King than just having a crown on your head and right now two races recognized the new King and I'm sure others will join in and soon the "King" that is in the Castle will be deposed and the Oath of Loyalty that Kendrick took will still be valid, even if the current "King" decrees that Kendrick and Erick are traitors.

As chaos began to ensue, I stepped away from those tentacles and for the first time in millennia, the sky opened up and even though Night, Darkness and Corruption were hovering and ruling this moment, there is something greater here on Earth.

I used the moment when Apollo's Arrow appeared to have the light rays directed toward that weapon and smiled. Many think that the Angel who walks with me lives inside me and needs me, but this is not the truth, I am just a conduit, and his real body was just a myth.

But now he agreed with me, that this creature should die by our hands and even those who had not realized that Day had imposed itself on Night, would now know, for the clouds were dyed red and seemed to catch fire, as a being with 13 wings appeared, but it does not have a body that resembled a human, in fact it is like several metal circles with eyes all over the rings and on the tips of each feather there is fire. Those wings were half open, still hiding what was in the center of all those circles that move and seem to be infinite.

I can see the instant when the wings open and fire starts to fall from the sky, cutting through that darkness and corruption and a reddish beam from the center of those rings shoots towards that creature.

This is "only" what Michael may be able to do in his original form... Some may think that only Michael lends me his powers, but this is far from the truth. In my hands is a sword whose blade is made of liquid fire, something much like that which exists within stars...

Lestat is the sun during the earth plane... I... I am a supernova! And as the Arrow of Light advances I jump, holding my sword with both hands towards that creature's head.