70. His Arrival SKYLA.
I slash through another serpent, the sword itself holds power⦠I can feel it pulsating up my arm.
âRi?!â Mamaâs voice comes.
âSheâs here.â Mama Redâs voice comes, she sounds in painâ¦
âWhere are you?â Granddad El growls.
âWeâre trapped. Sephora caved the walls on the left, near the kitchens. She put something in the air to weaken us, but weâre both fine. Iâm healing, and she and Raihana are fightingâ¦â Mama Red trails off.
Thereâs more to it, but sheâs not saying it. 5 Iâm fending them off, moving with more speed and agility than ever, unable to reply anymore.
My aura is keeping them away, and although they come close, they are unable to attack me directly.
It doesnât deter them, as they continue hammering against the roof, clearly knowing I can lose my balance.
With every passing moment, that darkness is growing.
I jump up and land lithely, slashing into one of the snakes. 2 The smell of blood is strong in the air, mixed with the smell of dirt, ash, and smoke.
Iâll know what to doâ¦
I stare at the shadows. He wonât be here completelyâ¦
âIâm coming!â Rayhanâs voice comes, âKitten, take care of yourself.â
âKitten is my word,â Grandad El says breathlessly before he grunts, clearly in battle, making Mama Red chuckle. 8 âIâm afraid I donât agree,â Rayhan replies, making me smirk. âBe careful.â
âIâll be fine, go Rayhan.â Delsanra answers. Her voice is weak, and I donât think sheâll hold for long.
âWe have no one to help!â Mamaâs voice comes, âIâm trying from the inside!â
I glance down, seeing her purple aura swirl around the âDonât worry, Iâll take care of her Ray,â Dante says, a hint of amusement in his voice. 15 âAmusing.â He responds, clearly not amused. Dante simply chuckles.
âIâm coming with you, Rayhan,â Grandad says from wherever he is.
âIâll join Skyla.â Uncle Liamâs voice comes, and I look down to see him on the far side, battling two serpents.
He slays one as Dante takes over, handling the other.
âMe three!â Azura says, from near Leo, who is now carrying some fucking huge-ass rifle, along with his Five. 8 Damnâ¦
You can tell from the way theyâre using those things they are not new to itâ¦
But for someone who has grown up around people who use spears or hand-to-hand weapons, where guns and archery were secondary, itâs different to see It shows how all packs are different⦠Just how Royce is a pro with a swordâ¦
Well, Royce is a pro with both kinds of swords. I chuckle at my own innuendo. 11 âWatch your flank,â Royce reminds me, almost as if he knows Iâm getting sidetracked, and I push the image of his cock from my head.
I snicker to myself, telling Kat to relay that I will take care of myself when suddenly the ground shakes violently.
I almost fall as the dark smoke begins to rise, and the skies darken.
Azuraâs wolf leaps into sight. I turn as I slam my sword into another serpent, but for everyone one that we kill, three more take its place.
The air itself is becoming heavier.
âBe careful,â Dante warns me through the link,â I canât face him for you⦠but I wonât let anything happen to you. Weâre here.â
âI know⦠thanksâ¦â I say as I jump into the middle of the smoke, feeling it try to repel me, but I stand my ground, lettino my aura ou âYouâ¦.â An unearthly voice hisses, making me feel ill.
Thereâs something about himâ¦
I stand tall in the centre of the dome as Liam and Azura fend off the serpents, I am his downfallâ¦
âCareful Lionessâ¦â Dante says as I spin the sword, glaring at the rising smoke before me.
How is his presence growing here�
I raise my sword. Iâve never used anything but a spear in Lycan form, but itâs not hard. It comes naturally.
âNo one can ever stop me.â his menacing voice fills the air around me.
Letâs see about that.
I glance around, seeing the entire place is a fucking snake pit.
âThey are never-ending⦠âI trail off, glancing up sharply at the sky. The entire thing seems to be waveringâ¦
What theâ¦
My heart thunders when I realise whatâs happening.
Thereâs too much power being used in one place and with the added serpents and everyone pushing their limitsâ¦
Weâre affecting the barrier between the worldsâ¦
We are helping Apophis penetrate the barrierâ¦
âGuys, pull back your powers! Now!â I scream as I see the dark smoke spiral towards the sky and several serpents follow.
Theyâre aiming for the veil.
Everything seems to be in slow motion.
I hear the commands of the others, hear people commanded to fall back, but my attention is focused on the rising smoke.
Not on my fucking watch.
âOnly Sky!â someone shouts, just as the entire dome of the building shatters beneath me, the faint manic of Alericâs laughter fills the air âHeâs here!â He hisses.
My eyes blaze as I jump up as crystal shards fly everywhere. Jumping higher than I ever have before, spinning in the air as I raise my sword. Right now I hold something from three different gods..
Blessed by Selene as the first ever female Lycan and the only one born whilst another is aliveâ¦
favoured by Bastet⦠and the sword given to the Solaris people by Heliosâ¦
There is no way the death-noodle dipshit of a god can win this one.
Raising my hand that holds the sword, I let my aura out as I begin to ascend straight into the heaviest of the smoke.
I see a ball of flame, a flash of blond knowing itâs Aleric as he jumps into the midst of the smoke and suddenly the smoke begins to spin around us and before my very eyesâ¦
I catch sight of Aleric shifting, but heâs not transforming into a wolf⦠but a cobra-like snake, one that is a whole fucking lot biggerâ¦
The smoke is being pulled into him.
âApophis is taking control.â Royceâs breathless voice comes.
âTell him to stay back, he and Dad canât come here!â I shout through the mind link.â
âLike fuck Iâm leaving you to face a fucking god!â Dad snarls.
âWise move⦠Lioness⦠but the only problem is ⦠I have a third target⦠and that target is right before meâ¦â 3 I swallow hard as his snake-like eyes hone in on Well, shit just got fucking real.
As they say out of the frying pan and into the fire Well, I think itâs time to make instant Death Noodles. Whoâs hungry? 8 I donât know if he can hear me, but I try anyway.
âTell me, shall I skin your sorry snake ass first, or humiliate you first?â I ask, 3 Oh, he hears me alright, because the next thing that fills the sky is an ear-splitting hiss blistering rage.
dapure Oops, I just pissed off a god, and I really donât give ten fucks.