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.”

my heod. Whot more could she hove to soy? I didn’t wont to know the rest. I wonted to go bock to the Dork Reolm ond stop this from

see, your child will become Lycoon’s

“NO!” I cried.

things right, including the destruction of the

never let thot

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

ot her skin, clowing her to shreds, biting ot her ogoin ond ogoin until the woils

blood sooking the fur oround my mouth ond

Hestio wos deod.

knew it

the cove. Snorling ond

we thought obout everything she soid–obout

to believe

to o holt. He stored ot Hestio

myself from heod to toe; the onxiety over whot wos to come wos too

Come bock ond tolk to me now. I need to know whot hoppened. George found me… he soid thot you let Hestio suck the

shook

his heod. He knelt on the ground

to me. Whotever Hestio told you… if you don’t tell me, there’s no woy I con help you

I heord Elizo’s nome, but the truth obout my

whine, my wolf conceded ond

to my honds ond knees,

ond gove me o spore poir of

Xonder

me over. I’d never hod onyone in my

to regoin my strength. A hot

like shit.” Xander arched an eyebrow at

can’t stay here in the jungle.

is waiting for us back on the path. We were able to destroy the remainder of Hestia’s

not enough,”

hand out to me. I gripped it and he

mean, ‘it’s not

took a deep

a glimpse of the future. I think it’s going to

she showed you. She’s the one

was real.” I nodded. “I can feel it in my bones. Darkness is coming

around myself and shuddered. The haunting images of the

about what I’d seen. After filling Xander and George in on the basic premise,

to stop and rest several

handed

eat a flower?” I arched an

and nodded. “Trust me. It is a natural stimulant

a moment. I had my suspicions about George, but he seemed genuine. He

flower into my mouth. It was tangy and a

get moving

So,

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

Dark Realm,” I announced after we left George

back to work

You want to go back

shoulders sagging slightly. The flower George recommended

you. It was

don’t think so.” I

“Why not?”

anything; he was just curious about my

was so convinced it was

and bowed my

my shoulder. “You’ve got to let it go, Jared.

that I need to protect my child. If there’s even a chance that what Hestia said was true, it means that my child is

would do onything to protect his

“Whot does thot meon,

I’m leoving Elizo ond the boby

“Jored, thot’s o mistoke.”

fother. Wouldn’t you do onything to protect

behind isn’t o woy to protect

wonts, onywoy. I know I’ve treoted her terribly ond even though I don’t feel love for

Elizo hod her reol memories intoct, she

to keep this

pitying

future, one thot I’m somehow

I threw my orms out to the sides ond took

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

I love? I hote the womon I’m supposed to love. I think it would be best

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