50. A blow to the heart

"Brilliant, Ava!" Esme shrieked with a clap of her hand, "absolutely brilliant! This is why I trust you with my work, you are clever, very clever for a spirit I conjured up. Any other news?"

"Juno's pack is weak by the death of their princess, now would be the perfect chance to strike a small attack on the other towns, excluding the capital."

"I love the way you think. Get the men ready to strike, and be careful not to let it be today. Tonight, Willow Spring falls." Esme grinned, her eyes turned red as she looked at the meteor.

"I will do as you say, mistress." Ava said happily, glad she could make her mistress smile and be proud of her. With that joy overwhelming her heart, she turned and left Esme alone to do her thing.

"Burn, burn, burn, you object of destruction.

Flare and spin like a fireball heading to a destination.

Drain the power of darkness

Eat from my plate of sadness

Dwell in my world of rage

And spin until you land and destroy my specified place." She laughed and pointed to Willow Spring through the mirror.

The natural fire around the mirror turned black, it speed increased, and it spins gathered the dark energy of it new commander. Esme laughed as she watched the meteor zoomed pass the atmosphere, flash pass clouds and birds, burning everything that stood in its path. Below were unsuspecting people, innocent humans living their lives. Some sleeping, some at work, some just walking at night, traffic and many more. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends, unborn and living children. None saw it coming, none could see what was about to hit them until it was so close they could taste it.

Panic struck the people still awake, fear and screams broke through as they saw their lives flashing before their very eyes.

Arc jumped out of bed, throwing Jue, who he was cuddling, on the ground. Jue screamed as she hit the ground, shocked out of her beautiful sleep. The earth king saw what was coming, he couldn't stop the destruction that would spread for miles, but he could soften the fall to only destroy less. He quickly threw on his robe over his bare body and ran, grabbing his sceptre and rushing to the roof. Jue stood up from the floor in confusion, they had just gone to sleep after a very long and passionate love section.

"Did I do anything wrong?" She mused, unsure of what she did and not feeling the darkness growing closer to earth. She stood up and wrapped the bedcover around her bare body, threw herself on the bed with a puff and tried to go back to sleep.

Arc stood on the roof, the orb of his sceptre on the open seal in his chest, mouth moving with the speed of lightning as he enchanted his sceptre. Snapping his glowing gold eyes open, he pointed the sceptre –which orb grew red– at the sky. A beam of energy emitted from the sceptre and to the meteor far away. The two powers collided, forcing the meteor to slow down, breaking a massive part of it and withering it to dust. With all he could do done, the meteor struck the heart of the town, taking half of it along.

The collision shook the nearby lands, causing earthquakes, division of the earth and dust to cover up miles away from the town. Car alerts sounded, buildings collapsed on earth other, roads broke and souls left their bodies. Esme looked at the destruction with satisfaction, she might not have destroyed everything, but the souls coming to her brought a smile to her face.

Soon, soon they would all be dead, and the world would look just like this.

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Arc repeated the instructions as he helped me pack what I needed. Since Esme pulled another stunt, he had got too serious and kingly. He blames me for making him forget about his job, if he wasn't in bed with me, he would have stopped the meteor on time. I didn't blame him, it was anger talking, so I let it all slide. The good thing about it was that it made his determination to retouch his powers stronger. If his powers was stronger, he would have been able to stop it.

"Don't, I repeat, don't look at the phoenix in the eyes or its fire would consume you, you must remember that. When you get there, don't let him see the seal until you convince him because he will take it back and kill you. He has never been in support of having the earth clan wield so much powers. Don't let him know you are my wife, his sense of smell is bad, so he won't perceive me on you. Furthermore, try showering him with praises and slyly ask him where to find the other personification, okay?"

"Okay."

"Good, you can't let the others climb the mountain or the fire will kill them. Don't spend too long there either, it would consume your soul…"

"I'm aware, I'm literally jumping into another dimension through a volcano, I know the risk." I replied evenly.

"Good, don't die, you have a job to do."

"Okay." So, we were cold to each other, he started it.

"Kisa, Caleb, if anything happens to my wife, I will rip out your gullets and feed them to a lion." He threatened. Kisa and Caleb bowed, they were coming with me because Arc insisted. Just in case anything happens to me, he would have someone to blame and kill to calm himself. I couldn't do anything about it, he had been too cold and bossy even to me.

"The jet is ready," Drew announced, his eyes filled with sadness. "Luna?"

"I'm ready, let's go, guys." I said, but I didn't move, I was waiting for a hug or something. Arc simply threw my bag at Caleb and gave us a dismissive wave. I refused to move while the others left.

"Aren't you going to leave?" He snapped.

"Aren't you going to hug and kiss me before I leave?"

"No." He deadpanned. I sighed and tapped my fingers on my thigh.

"You are a handful, Arc, a handful. If you can blame me for this, then from now on, I blame you for Judith's death, now we blame each other for something and have a good reason to hate each other. See you when I return but don't expect me to still love you, bye." I disappeared to the jet before he could say anything, I had to make him feel bad. I raised my mental barrier, we weren't communicating until I return that would teach him a lesson.

In a few minutes, our private jet took off. I wasn't at all feeling down, I was tired of crying and wallowing. The only thing now on my mind was finding the personifications and ending this once and for all.

Hawaii, here I come.