The Final Battle - Part III

Tynan:

“How!” I ask once again, this time loudly and with much more threat in my voice, even when I am pretty confident I will receive no answer, the sly smile with the defiant look he gives me is proof enough.

But an answer is not what I seek, for all I want is for her to feel me, to hear me from where she is trapped, to know that I am here for her so she could find the strength to fight her way out of his control, I know my little Ora, I know she has a soul of a warrior even when she is at her weakest, and I know she will fight for freedom, same as she ran all those miles when the Silvermoon pack banished her, same when she resisted my advances with defiance, and same as when she put herself in harm’s way to save Mila.

And of course, same when she ran away from me when I mistreated her.

“That is not your mate!” I glance at the side to see the blond witch trying to sit straight in her mate’s arms, barely able to whisper the words as she clutches her stomach, ah, she is pregnant, I conclude even before sensing the new blood inside her, well this complicates things, I thing as I ignore her, it is not like this is news to me.

“Oh, so you are awake? Good, I have been wondering whom I am going to kill first but you have made it this much easier!” the master in Leora’s body finishes off with a dark chuckle before beginning to walk slowly and leisurely towards the witch, and I hear Axel growling, oh fuck no! I think as I quickly put myself between the two, he will not let anyone hurt his mate and neither will I, the smirk on the master’s face widens and I curse under my breath, finally understanding his game.

By possessing Leora’s body, the bastard had secured himself the strongest weapon in the world, me, knowing damn well that I will kill everyone for her sake, he made me his puppet without even trying, just like he planned all along.

“You heard Ciana, This is no longer your mate, but rather something dark an evil that needs to be eliminated before…” Axel swallows the rest of his words as he finds himself slammed against the temple’s wall with my fingers curling around his throat, I admit that it is not my finest moment but fuck, the bastard is talking about killing my mate while his is in his arms, and right after I carried him through a magic trap.

“Say that again! I dare you…”

“Yes, little pup, say that again and you will see what my loyal dog would do to you…” the master taunts as while the blond witch releases a terrified scream, oh how fucking ironic! I think before tossing him to the side and turn to face my father who is inside my mate’s body…

For fuck’s sake, this notion makes me feel sick.

“Now, that is not a nice way to treat your brother is it? But again, you have never been nice to family, were you, son?”

“Don’t fucking call me that!” I hardly fight the urge to attack, knowing damn well that it would be my mate I am harming and not him, I don’t know what to do, I admit, I cannot fight him, so instead, I calm myself and stare at him profusely, all I can do for now is try to make sense of this situation, and maybe an answer will come.

“You have your mother’s eyes…” the masters ignores me as he directs his gaze to Axel, and I can’t help but hear something similar to longing in his voice, I stand there, flabbergasted as I try to make sense of his random comment, is it Leora talking? Or is it the master reminiscing the sight of the same eyes he kidnapped, forcefully impregnated, and then killed? I shake my head with how silly and absurd this all feels before glancing back to Axel who is hiding his mate behind his back, wearing the same confused and disgusted expression as me.

“Don’t you dare speak of my mother, you monster!” Axel growls but is smart enough not to attack, we all stare at each other in silence for a few seconds, each one of them driving me closer to madness.

“What do you want?” I finally break the silence, my eyes fixed on the master’s deep red ones, my heart breaking a little with each passing second, why? Why is she still so far away even when she is standing right next to me?

“What I have always wanted, son, what I am owed and due, mastership of everything and everyone, for only I can lead us all through the chaos the ineligible Goddess you worship through us in with her passivity, only I can bring back balance and true justice to this world, and you are going to help me, won’t you, Tynan?”

“In your fucking dreams! You seem to be forgetting the fact that I have already killed you once, I can do it again.” I say with defiance, holding my ground while keeping his focus on me, even when my mind goes on a spiral as I try to make sense of his words, I have always knew the master had a plan, I knew he wanted to control all the night creatures in order for us to enslave the humans and use them for their blood, labor, and technology, a plan only a strong, immortal, and immoral bastard like him could execute, but what does the Goddess have to do with this?

“Well, that is the trick, son, you can’t kill me this time…” the master makes a thoughtful face while tapping his chin, here comes the trick, I think while gritting my teeth, “You can, actually, and so easily at that, for this vessel is so frail and delicate, but we both know what would happen to you if you killed your own mate while trying to kill me…”

Utter chaos, I grit my teeth so hard I fear I might turn them into dust, complete blind madness, I would be nothing short of a calamity on feet, killing and destroying everything in my path, the bastard did indeed came prepared, it is either I join him turn the world into a mess, or do it myself.

“We can trap him!” Axel says from behind me, his body healed but something in his eyes wounded, his mate standing only a few feet behind him, tears in her eyes, I ignore her as I try to focus on the man behind me.

“This is no longer your battle, take your mate and run away before this turns ugly…”

“I am not going to run away, I owe this to both of you, so I am staying whether you like it or not, as I said when we were outside, we save them, both of them…”

“Besides, there is no running away whilst he lives…” we both turn to look at the feminine figure behind us, my eyes filled with disdain while Axel’s are filled with betrayal, she ignores me while focusing her pleading gaze on her mate, I would have joked about them having trouble in paradise but we are more like in hell right now, “With the cursed child as his vessel, he now has full control over the isthmus, not just the dead, which I am pretty sure you have encountered some of them on the way here, but to eclipse the moon…”

“You mean, just like what you and your sisters planned?” Axel snaps at her angrily, and I can see the hurt in her eyes, hurt but not regret, she shakes her head a little, locks of golden hair flying around her face, the perfect image of an innocent, no wonder this idiot and his pack fell for her tricks.

“Me and my sisters only wished for what is best for the world, it was dying with how much the humans were poisoning it, and we had magic to protect and guide anyone, it is not the same…”

“Oh, and I only want what is best for the world, a balanced world where the humans are kept under control, I mean heavens, someone must, but somehow, it is evil when I do it, but heroic when you do?” the master taunts a little, adding to my confusion, why is he doing any of this? I understand why he would taunt me, but why waste his time on an average witch?

And then it all clicks…

He is still unable how to summon all the dead all at once, he still unable to fully master Leora’s abilities, he is stalling, and all that taunting he did was solely to get me all riled up to protect him while he focused his energy on controlling the isthmus.

We still have time…

I still have time…