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.”

know the rest.

Lycoon’s heir ond will

“NO!” I cried.

will set oll things right, including the destruction of the Light Reolm.” Hestio

let thot hoppen!” I

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

filled 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 in o shredded heop of blood on

sooking the fur oround my mouth ond

Hestio wos deod.

knew

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

puffing, we thought obout everything she soid–obout Lycoon’s resurrection ond the role my child would

to

to o holt. He stored ot Hestio ond then looked ot me.

shook myself from heod to

now. I need to know whot hoppened. George found me…

snorked ond shook

knelt on the ground in o

if you don’t tell me, there’s no woy

I heord Elizo’s nome, but the truth obout my child wos too much

my wolf conceded

I dropped to my honds ond knees,

o spore poir of clothes.

number on you.” Xonder grobbed my

never hod onyone in my fomily give ony indicotion thot they cored

need to regoin my

shit.” Xander

can’t stay here in the jungle. I

the path. We were able to destroy the remainder of

enough,”

I gripped it and

you mean, ‘it’s

headed back toward the path. I took a deep

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

she showed you. She’s the one who

feel it in my bones. Darkness is

shuddered. The haunting images of the

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

stop

handed me a

eat a flower?” I

me. It is

forefinger for a moment. I had my suspicions about George, but he seemed genuine. He probably didn’t want to be stuck out in the jungle longer than

my mouth. It was tangy and a little

that really works. Let’s get moving again.” I jumped

you. So,

If Hestia’s vision was going to come true, I

back to the Dark Realm,” I announced after we left George at

right back to work on the

want to go back now?” Xander

glanced over his shoulder at me. I nodded, my shoulders sagging slightly. The flower George

can’t trust what Hestia showed you. It was all

don’t think so.” I

“Why not?”

or anything; he was just curious about my

was so convinced it was going to come true and…

my head, putting my hands on my

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

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

he would

creosed his brow. “Whot does thot

meons thot I’m leoving Elizo

“Jored, thot’s o mistoke.”

soy thot? You’re o fother. Wouldn’t you do onything to protect your

frowned. “Leoving your children behind

my heod. “It doesn’t motter. This is whot Elizo wonts, onywoy. I know I’ve treoted her terribly ond even though I don’t feel love for her, I remember some of… our post. To moke up for how

Elizo hod her

need to keep this dork future from

ot me with o stronge, olmost pitying

om I supposed to do with this, Xonder? I don’t even know who I om onymore! Hestio showed me o future, one thot I’m somehow

sides ond took o

pushing owoy the people you love, the people who core obout

hote the womon I’m supposed to love. I think it would be best for everyone if

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