Chapter 61 - The Rejected Goddess

Beta Edward POV

The fight between us and the rogues has been going on for a while now. The rogues are strong and this time they seem to be fighting with everything they have, but they are sloppy. Not like the rogues we have been fighting recently.

“Do you think we are fighting different rogues?” Alpha James asks me, reading my mind.

“I think we might be, after all these are sloppy and careless.” I reply. Don’t get me wrong, they are difficult to take down, but their attacks are sloppy.

“Watch out!” Alpha James shouts, jumping to my left and interceding a rogue that had just jumped at me.

The rogue falls into a tree and gets up limping, good he is injured I think as Alpha James, and I rush at him to take him down. This rogue is huge, and it is taking two of us just to make this fight even, this wolf may just have Alpha blood in him.

Alpha James and I take it in turns to rush and attack the wolf, not giving him even a second to recover. After what feels like forever, the wolf finally falls down and takes its last breath and Alpha James;’ teeth sink into his neck.

I stand still for a few minutes next to Alpha James, both of us taking deep breaths. But then something catches my attention, everyone on our side has stopped fighting.

At first, I am confused, are we surrendering? But then I notice Emma in the middle of the field with a bunch of rogues about to attack her.

I watch on in horror as Emma appears out of nowhere and starts to kill the enemy without any remorse, she turns them to dust, sets them on fire and even just makes them disappear. Watching her attack, them is frightening, and I would be glad she was here if it was not for her expression.

Emma’s face holds a lot of emotion, and the main one is betrayal. What ever happened inside that building was enough to break Emma, and I am worried that we may not be able to get her back.

I quickly locate Alpha Inga on the other side of the field, and I run towards him, pushing and fighting my way there.

“Alpha! Alpha! Please help Goddess Emma!” I shout to him when I am a few feet away. His head snaps up and he quickly kills the rogue he has in his hands.

“What’s wrong with Emma?” The worry in his voice is deep.

I cannot answer, instead I just point to where she is, a cloud of black smoke now covering the area where she is standing. The colour drains from Alpha Inga’s face.

“Oh no. Please no.” Alpha Inga cries before he rushes off in the direction of Emma. I am hot on his heels; I will do whatever I can to help Emma. After all she may be a goddess, but she is also my friend. She has helped me so much lately, even just listening to me when I needed someone to hear me. I cannot let her get swallowed up by her emotions. Whatever is going on with her, I will help her to overcome and resolve it. But first we need to get Emma back.

“Emma, please come back to us!” I cry as we get closer, I just hope we can get Emma back before it is too late.

Alpha James POV

I am standing next to Beta Edward just watching the scene unfold after taking down that big rogue.

I watch as the door to the pack house flies off of its hinges and out floats Emma. She is floating! As she makes her way towards the fight, every wolf that tries to attack her is hit with some black magic thing and sliced to pieces. There is no remorse or anything.

Once Emma reaches the middle of the field, she steps down and stands still. She looks around at the rogues that have surrounded her, they want to fight her but you can see their hesitancy. I don’t blame them, their comrades literally just got sliced to pieces with a flick or her wrist.

I had heard that Goddess Emma could be a force to be reckoned with but when I met her, she seemed so kind and friendly. But looking at her now, I am terrified. As is everyone else on the field. The fighting our side has come to an end, mainly because Goddess Emma is dealing with the enemy on her own, and that is making her frightening.

I watch as Emma’s aura changes, it becomes dark and twisted. Her features are pulled into a scowl which would make the devil himself want to repent.

“I will kill you all.” Emma growls, making the ground shake with her words.

As if nature is tuned to Emma, the ground shakes and starts to split, causing ditches and holes to appear. The sounds of shouts and cries as people try to get away can be heard, but it does not seem to make a difference to Emma.

I head Alpha Inga and Beta Edward try to call her, to bring her back to her senses but even their voices do not seem to be getting through.

I can see now why Emma does not give in to her nature and use her full powers, this version of her is frightening. Is this the true nature of the goddess of Justice and Revenge? They say that a deity’s magical power is linked to their emotions. Does this mean that the true depth of Emma’s emotions has been buried this whole time?

If that is the case, then the amount of pain and guilt that has been buried into her soul is limitless. I realise that Emma has a kind and pure heart but has been hurt beyond repair, and even punishing those responsible for what has happened has scarred her. She is vulnerable and here we all are, seeing her vulnerability and it is heartbreaking.

I look around and the tears in the eyes of everyone on our side are visible for all to see, they see and feel what I do. The pain and betrayal that this goddess has gone through, is going through. And there is nothing that any of us can do.

Alpha Inga POV

Emma has released all of her powers, and many would think this is a good thing, but I do not. The Emma before us now is not the same Emma that we know and love. Her humanity has gone, she is now just a killing machine, bringing retribution to the rogues that have wronged this pack, but not on her terms.

I can feel all of the emotions pouring out of Emma, the pain, hurt and betrayal of everything. I think everything is finally becoming too much for her to bear, and whatever happened in that house is the reason.

As soon as Beta Edward pointed out Emma to me, I rushed over there and watched in shock as she brunt, killed, maimed and turned rogues to dust with just flicks of her wrist.

I am quickly joined by Alpha John and a few of his warriors who quickly work with me to try to get to Emma. We kill any rogues that try to enter the fight between her and the ones already here, but we cannot get within ten feet of Emma. It is as if she has erected a barrier to keep the rogues in and us out.

Once all of the rogues have been dispatched, they just lay at her feet where they fell. Silence falls over the field. I look around and I can see that everyone is looking at Emma worriedly. At first I get angry because I think that they are worried about themselves, but then I realise that they are worried about her.

All of a sudden, a wave of anguish is released from Emma, and it hits everyone on the field, bringing us all to our knees.

“Emma!” I shout. The feeling of despair and anguish is crippling me, but the fact that Emma is the one feeling this more than I am drives me on to try to get to her.

“There is too much going on in her heart! We need to help her get rid of those emotions.” Alpha John shouts at me, right before another wave of agony rips out of Emma, causing her to scream and cry. Tears flow from her eyes, red as blood.

“How?” I cry out.

“I don’t know!” Is the reply I get.

“Honey, baby, please listen to me. Please come back to me.” I shout, hoping Emma can hear me.

Emma must have heard me because she lets out a whimper, but then another wave of pain is released from her.

“Help me! Please help me!” Emma begs, the brokenness of her voice breaking my heart. Her face crumbles in pain as black bile drips from Emma’s mouth, her red tears mixing with the bile and pouring down the front of her.

Just as I am about to reach her, I feel another presence similar to Emmas' appear suddenly on the field.

It is time, you have done well here hun. I hear a soft melodic voice say, everyone on the field hears it as everyone turns to look at the image of a woman in the sky. The woman is beautiful, and I realise that she is the Moon Goddess. She is looking at Emma, her face showing pain and regret at seeing the state Emma is in.

Let’s go home. Selena says, looking at Emma and opening her arms in an embracing way.

Emma looks at me, her eyes turning back into the ones that hold so much hope and love in them. Then I watch in horror as Emma closes her eyes, and she disappears into thin air in front of all of us.