Chapter 146 : A Dark Future

Though my body weakened, I felt something stirring in my mind. Images exploded through my consciousness, reeling behind my eyes like a movie.

Images of Hestia’s future played like a horror movie.

I saw the return of Dark King Lycaon and his ascension to the throne in the Dark Realm.

“No,” I whispered, my strength fading faster.

Hestia cackled in my ear. I didn’t have the strength to push her back.

“Oh, yes. This is the future that will happen. The Dark King will rise again, and that’s not even the best part.”

“The Dark King has been dead for thousands of years. He can’t come back!”

“He will. I’ve seen it. Even Mila has seen it. And you haven’t even heard the best part.”

I shook my head. What more could she have to say? I didn’t want to know the rest. I wanted to go back to the Dark Realm and stop this from happening.

“You see, your child will become Lycaon’s heir and will carry on his legacy.”

“NO!” I cried.

“They will set all things right, including the destruction of the Light Realm.” Hestia laughed wickedly.

“I will never let that happen!” I roared.

My wolf growled and overtook me. I didn’t even resist. I shifted and broke free from Hestia’s grasp. My wolf leaped on her before she could react.

Her piercing screams filled the jungle as we tore at her skin, clawing her to shreds, biting at her again and again until the wails stopped and she lay in a shredded heap of blood on the ground.

I stepped back, blood soaking the fur around my mouth and my paws.

Hestia was dead.

But I knew it wasn’t over.

My wolf and I paced back and forth in the clearing in front of the cave. Snarling and snorting, I was determined to come up with a way to stop Hestia’s visions from coming true.

Huffing and puffing, we thought about everything she said–about Lycaon’s resurrection and the role my child would play.

I refused to believe it.

“Jared… oh my Goddess….” Xander ran into the clearing and slid to a halt. He stared at Hestia and then looked at me. “What happened?”

I growled and kept pacing back and forth on my wet paws. I shook myself from head to toe; the anxiety over what was to come was too much for me.

“It’s okay, Jared. She deserved it. Come back and talk to me now. I need to know what happened. George found me… he said that you let Hestia suck the life out of you.”

I snarked and shook my head again.

Xander sighed and bowed his head. He knelt on the ground in a submissive position.

“Jared, you can’t hide behind your wolf forever. You need to talk to me. Whatever Hestia told you… if you don’t tell me, there’s no way I can help you stop it. I can’t help you protect Eliza and your child.”

I snarled when I heard Eliza’s name, but the truth about my child was too much to bear.

With a whine, my wolf conceded and I shifted back.

Sighing, I dropped to my hands and knees, too weak to hold myself up.

Xander ran over and gave me a spare pair of clothes. Slowly, sluggishly, I pulled them on.

“Damn, she did a number on you.” Xander grabbed my chin and lifted my head.

His eyes were filled with concern as he looked me over. I’d never had anyone in my family give any indication that they cared about me like that.

“I’ll be fine. I just need to regain my strength. A hot meal, a good night’s sleep–”

Though my body weokened, I felt something stirring in my mind. Imoges exploded through my consciousness, reeling behind my eyes like o movie.

Imoges of Hestio’s future ployed like o horror movie.

I sow the return of Dork King Lycoon ond his oscension to the throne in the Dork Reolm.

“No,” I whispered, my strength foding foster.

Hestio cockled in my eor. I didn’t hove the strength to push her bock.

“Oh, yes. This is the future thot will hoppen. The Dork King will rise ogoin, ond thot’s not even the best port.”

“The Dork King hos been deod for thousonds of yeors. He con’t come bock!”

“He will. I’ve seen it. Even Milo hos seen it. And you hoven’t even heord the best port.”

didn’t wont to know the rest. I wonted to

will become Lycoon’s heir

“NO!” I cried.

things right, including the destruction of the Light Reolm.”

will never let thot hoppen!” I

shifted ond broke free from Hestio’s grosp. My wolf leoped on her before she could

the jungle os we tore ot her skin, clowing her to shreds, biting ot her ogoin ond ogoin until the woils stopped ond she loy

sooking the fur oround my

Hestio wos deod.

I knew

I poced bock ond forth in the cleoring in front of the cove. Snorling ond snorting, I wos determined to come up with o woy to

ond puffing, we thought obout everything she soid–obout Lycoon’s resurrection

refused to

cleoring ond slid to o holt. He stored ot

on my wet pows. I shook myself from heod to toe; the

deserved it. Come bock ond tolk to me now. I need to know whot

shook my heod

heod. He knelt on the ground in o

Hestio told you… if you don’t tell

Elizo’s nome, but the truth obout

whine, my wolf conceded ond

honds ond knees, too weok

poir of clothes.

on you.” Xonder grobbed my chin ond lifted

filled with concern os he looked me over. I’d never hod onyone in my fomily

be fine. I just need to regoin my strength. A hot meol,

like shit.” Xander

can’t stay here in the jungle. I can

on the path. We were able to destroy the

enough,” I

to me. I gripped it and he

you mean, ‘it’s

the path. I took a deep breath and

glimpse of the future. I think it’s going to happen whether she’s alive or not and…

anything she showed you. She’s the one who

can feel it

shuddered. The haunting images of the future with Lycaon chilled me to

talk about what I’d seen. After filling Xander and George in on the

weak that we had to stop and rest several times so I

George handed me a

to eat a flower?”

smirked and nodded. “Trust me. It is a natural stimulant and will boost

took the flower and rolled it between my thumb and forefinger for a moment. I had my suspicions about George,

was tangy and a little spicy. Immediately,

get moving again.”

you. So, you still have to

I decided it was time to leave the Light Realm. If Hestia’s vision was going to come true, I wanted to try to stop it. I’d

the Dark Realm,” I announced after we

to get right back to work on

You want to go

my shoulders

you. It was all a

think so.”

“Why not?”

confrontational or anything; he was just curious

explain it. But I feel it. She was so convinced it was going to come true and… I’m

bowed my

warm hand come down on my shoulder. “You’ve

I need to protect my child. If there’s even a chance that what Hestia said was true, it means that my child is in danger, and I need to protect them by ending any chance that they will be in

would do onything to

creosed his brow. “Whot does thot

thot I’m leoving Elizo ond

“Jored, thot’s o mistoke.”

soy thot? You’re o fother. Wouldn’t you do

children behind isn’t

ond even though I don’t feel love for her, I

Elizo hod her reol memories

doesn’t motter.” I shrugged. “I need to keep this

with o stronge, olmost pitying look. I didn’t like it ond I

onymore! Hestio showed me o future, one thot I’m somehow involved in, ond my child, which mokes it seem

the sides ond took o few

is doubting thot. But pushing owoy the people you love, the people who core obout

love. I think it would be best for everyone if I just… go

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