Chapter 123 - I'm just another form of corruption.

Dylan POV.

I don't want to believe what's in front of me, when Melvin's name echoed from Hope's lips I wanted to just explode with rage. How was this possible? I almost lost my Mate several times because she was afraid of what would happen if I marked her...

I almost lost her because she had killed Melvin... I almost lost her because there is a curse on the place where my mark will be on her... I almost lost her because of that?!

'No!'

Sin shouted in my mind, our anger turning to Wrath as the images of the distant future flash by and I can sense that Marcus and Lestat share the same sentiment. Yes, I would have respected Hope's oath in that other future, because I would have seen that she was already on the right path, that she was already happy in her world...

'That creature in front of us will be erased from existence!'

Sin told me and I agreed with him, because after all when I met Hope, I had seen a girl who used various tricks to hide how broken she was. Hope didn't want to get close. She didn't want me to get close... But little by little I managed to break those barriers, little by little I felt that I was being accepted and when I finally thought I would have her in my arms forever, I heard the ritual of rejection.

How that hurt me, how that pained me... To see that she carried another mark than mine, that even though she was bleeding, she had preferred to walk away for good... I thank the Gods for everything that happened afterward, and how Erick still kept us together.

The night of the attack, when she had disappeared, will be engraved in my mind and my heart, the despair I felt the instant her aura was completely gone cannot be explained.

Both Kendrick and I searched the forest with everything we could, we even called others to help in the search and still, there was no sign of her. And when the day dawned, I felt her presence again, but it was faint.

When we found her in the forest, with that lost look, a cut on her face and neither Kendrick nor I could reach her. I wanted to hug her. I wanted to comfort her, but my words simply didn't reach her ears or her soul. I hadn't felt the same despair when I saw her caught in that spell that took her to the divine plane.

Hope had faced that creature before and simply didn't have the strength to fight, how could she fight someone she loved so deeply? It was the same thing as asking me to fight Hope, I wasn't going to be able to, my choice would be to die by her hand, but I could never stand up against her.

Knowing that the one responsible for all of this was in front of me is enough for every atom in my body to vibrate with Wrath, but I'm waiting for the right moment, I felt it when hope accepted Erick and I felt Kendrick's desperation, I already imagined what he was thinking, but soon relief overtook him, and I nodded lightly.

Then at the same moment, Kendrick turned I did too, I can see my white paws glowing against that darkness. Sin and I are one right now, the feelings of others are fuel for our power to increase and I began to climb those tentacles.

I know that my white fur stands out against that black mass of corruption, pain, shadows and despair, because after all, Sins are part of it all too, aren't they? What is lust but the corruption of chastity? And this is just one of the examples of what I am, of what Sin is... In this life, Sin had accepted to be reincarnated as a Wolf, but that didn't mean he was just a wolf... He is a force by himself, and I know I still have a lot to learn and a lot to control.

I can feel my paws burning, but I don't care about that, I don't need to worry, because I know that creature will be destroyed and nothing of it will be left. Not even this discomfort it causes me. As my claws attach to the tentacles, I change its structure, turning it into something harmless, using the skill Hope had taught me and this time I don't have that feeling that I'm going against the divine will, on the contrary, it's light, smooth and easy for me to do this manipulation.

I finally reach his shoulder and see that Night and Kendrick are on the other side, their black fur glowing with several bright spots. If anyone had any doubts that Night was one of Nyx's faces, they didn't anymore.

I bit into that darkness, digging my teeth into something that can be considered flesh and let my energy flow, all that Wrath exploding inside that creature and as I pulled my head back, I tore off a good chunk and that happened at the same time that the other blows also hit that creature.

I felt my body being thrown back, as an explosion followed the impact of so many blows on that repulsive being. The sound is deafening, it is like hearing several souls screaming, at the same time I can feel in my hair the corruption starts to pass, at some point I can feel the thud of my body hitting the ground and it breaking as I continue to be dragged.

How could that be possible Erick is the son of Zeus! The Lord of Olympus, there is no way he could have been distracted, which means something very bad has happened, but before I can understand I see that the silhouette in front of me becomes human and that boy's face is twisted into a maniacal grin.

'Weird.' Sin spoke and I agreed.