Chapter 126 - The Sacrifice

Hope POV.

I know what I need to do, and I don't regret this decision. I know they will cry, but I can only pray that the Gods guide their next steps. I hope they find their second chance, that they can be happy without me.

As I grab Melvin's collar, pushing him back and bringing the darkness along with me I see him smile in a corner, but that smile will disappear, because I use my left hand to pierce the place where his heart is, and I see the surprise appear and die in those eyes that I once loved. I loved Melvin and not this corrupted version of him.

I can feel the darkness around me surrounding me, hurting me, breaking the armor that covers me, and falling into that endless pit and I don't know how long I fought and defended myself, but I finally hit the ground. I've gotten used to the taste on my lips. Finally, I raise my eyes and I want to bow before the beings that are in front of me, the power that emanates from them is so gigantic that my soul shudders, and doubts begin to arise in my mind.

What am I doing here? I am nothing before these ancestral beings. My power is not a thousandth of theirs.

I shake my head lightly, trying to clear it and throw these thoughts away, because there is a reason I am here, in front of the gates of Tartarus, watching those shadows move through the electric grids that hold them. Then a humanoid silhouette appears in front of me.

"So, you finally came to give yourself up?"

I smile in a corner. I'm aware of my actions and I know that shadow isn't there just to chat with me, it knows I wouldn't give myself up like that, it wants to stop me, but it won't be able to. So, I threw Melvin's body at his feet.

"You know that's not why I'm here."

"I'm going to kill them, don't do anything you'll regret, girl."

"No, you're not going to kill them, you're going to try, but I know you won't succeed."

I then look past him, and I can see several black beams come out between the openings between the electric grids and I can feel the pain of hundreds of souls writhing, between the human part and the wolf part of those women, there is a power trapped just to open the grids of those who are trapped behind that prison.

"You won't be able to do that! Your power will be ours!"

"There, that's where you're wrong, you can't attack me, not while I'm here, stepping on these ashes and covered by Zeus' protection." I then touch the middle of my chest and the necklace with the Prince’s pendant appears.

"That power you carry will be drained by our shadows."

"I know, and that's why I need to be quick."

I'm not just talking for the sake of talking. I'm gathering the energies around me, feeling the souls of those who died and are nearby and feeding off of them, making me stronger, more resistant to the influence of those beings in front of me.

Then I stretched out my hands, and the blood that started to flow through them concentrated and soon my karait appeared, formed of my blood. I didn't take an attack position, I can see that more and more black beams start to appear and attack my aura and they find an electric barrier, they are desperate.

I closed my eyes and saw the face of each of the people I am protecting, and it gave me more courage to continue, the first thing I did was to tear the mark on my right wrist.

"I, Hope Black, Delta of the Silver Rage Pack, with the power of the Moon and Excalibur, reject you, Lestat Mikelson, Prince of Brittany and renounce the position of Queen of the Vampires."

The pain I feel in my chest is intense, part of my soul begins to break and open a wound that will never be healed, for I am forcing the breaking of a bond without the other person having to accept the rejection.

But beyond the pain, the power released is like the power of an explosion, but instead of letting it dissipate it is stored in my daggers. The attacks get more intense because they know that I can now have enough power to achieve my goals.

I then raise my right dagger and slash the black mark on my left shoulder, making a diagonal cut across it.

"I, Hope Black, Delta of the Silver Rage Pack, with the power of the Moon and Excalibur, reject you, Marcus Angelis, Lord of Hunters, and resign the position of Overlord of the Guardians of Humanity."

Another rift opened in my soul, and I screamed in pain, bowing down, the Gods now turned their attention to where I stand as the pain I feel radiates through the remaining bonds.

I make another diagonal cut at the black mark, making an X on my shoulder.

"I, Hope Black, Delta of the Silver Rage Pack, with the power of the Moon and Excalibur, reject you, Dylan Miller, Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack and resign the position of Luna."

A part of my soul shattered and this time I dropped to my knees, bringing my hands to my chest and tears of blood began to flow.

"Thank you for everything."

I thank Dylan and not if he can hear me, but I'm glad because without the force of that blast I wouldn't have enough power to accomplish what I needed to. With my trembling I make a cut across his chest on the left side, right above his heart, driving the dagger in so far that it touches and cuts his muscle and blood starts to flow.

"I, Hope Black, Delta of the Silver Rage Pack, with the power of the Moon and Excalibur, reject the bond of the Silver Rage Pack and declare myself Rogue."

My voice disappears due to the excruciating pain that runs through every part of my body, I can no longer scream, I can no longer feel anything but pain, but I have to continue, I have to continue. With superhuman strength, I manage to make one last X cut in the middle of my forehead. But before I finish, I need to direct all this energy.

I take the necklace that was on my chest and throw it against the bars of that prison and watch the rays tremble and begin to break loose from the sphere.

"I, Hope Black, Rogue among the Werewolves, with the power of the Moon and Excalibur, renounce my soul and turn it into the bars that will keep the Titans imprisoned for the rest of eternity. I declare here and now, so that all the Gods may witness that I have fulfilled my role and that from now on no corruption will be able to pass through these bars."

I can feel that my soul and my body started to be sucked by the daggers and all that absorbed energy radiates to close the holes that exist in the bars of that prison, in a complete thread of voice.

"I, Hope Black, Rogue among the Werewolves, with the power of the Moon and Excalibur, reject all the Gifts the Gods have given me and cause the cycle of incarnations to close and use your power to seal this ritual."

There is nothing more the Gods or those titanic Beings can do to stop me, with the help of the souls that are trapped in this prison, who once held the prison breaches, now join me in completing and maintaining those being imprisoned.

There is nothing left to hold me between the earthly realms, my entire being will be consumed and become the energy that will keep this prison safe, and I know that there will be no one else who will suffer from the same Fate as mine. The world will still have corrupted ones that got loose in these last few minutes before it all ends, but I trust those I left behind in protecting the World and the Earth realm.

With a smile on my lips, I say goodbye, for I know I did the right thing and no one else will suffer from my Fate and they will be safe. And the song in my mind resounds one last time.

"If I die young, cover me with satin, lay me on a bed of roses, Sink me in the river at dawn."

The End.