Selene's pov.I wheezed and coughed and my breath caught in my throat. All I could see in front of me was more miles ahead to cover.Fuck I can't!“You should continue moving.” A voice said from behind me.I turned around to see Daruis struggling behind me. His wounds had begun to heal but his face was still burnt in some places.I did not care about his wounds because the urge to curse him was strongly on my mind. I turned forward and continued moving forward. I could see the backs of Gabriel and Magnus who occasionally turned around to check on our progress.Gabriel's eyes were looking back in our direction at that very moment.“Hurry up you two, it's not safe to be this stretched out.!” He yelled. His voice echoed towards us. He should have thought about that before making me hike through the woods for over a freaking day. It was already way past the afternoon and the mountains still looked as far away as ever.Gabriel stopped moving and waited at the fallen tree trunk with a pret

Selene's POV:“let go of your fear.” The moon Goddess whispered to me.What she asked of me was impossible, j could not. No one could.I turned back to her and pleaded with my eyes. “You allow your fear to control you. You allow it to play the host of your mind.” She walked next to me and held my hand in hers. “You cannot remain here for too long child. You are not ready.” “No please we need help finding the tomb of the first.” I pleaded. I had learnt nothing from her in the time we have spent together and that was an awful waste.“I know what you seem, but you must know that everything happens at fate's time and will.” She stroked a strand of hair away from my face. She was speaking in parables and I was not in the mood for that.“What do you mean fate? You are the Goddess, all-knowing and all-powerful. You protect your people and that is exactly what they need from you right now, protection.” I could feel tears of frustration falling from my eyes. She had to understand, she had

Daruis's povI remember the way the sun warmed up my skin every day as I ran through the streets with him. I remember feeling a sense of joy and happiness every single time were were together. It had been me and Magnus against the whole wide world and we were always confident the world had nothing on us. I remember hating the nights in the pack, especially the full moons. The way everyone turned feral, attacking one another with not a single care in the whole world was something that shocked me. I hated being a wolf. Even now, I only change into mine when it is necessary. I remember wanting to be human, to live in one of those big fancy cities. To be friends with other human children and not have just one mentally unstable one. I wanted so much for myself. For my life.I remember how hard it had been to convince the council to let me leave for college. I remember coming back home to see things exactly the way I had left them. I remember Magnus being cold.I remember hearing new

Gabriel's pov.I ran to the cliff as fast as I could, all the while praying in my heart for my daughter. That scream, those sounds of fighting, something was wrong. “Selene!!” I yelled out one last time as I hurriedly made my way to the cliff. My Injuries were healing but they weren't doing so fast enough. I ran through the little bushes that shrouded the cliff to see Darius standing over a body. I stopped right in my tracks and stared at him. He looked back at me with a wicked grin.What was going on here? Darius?I looked at the body on the ground, the naked wounded body belonged to my daughter. I could not breathe for a good few seconds and looked back up at Darius.“You?” I asked in shock. “What have you done to her?” I was angry, so angry that I wanted to tear the little thwart head off, but I was more afraid than anything else. What did he do to her? And most importantly was she still alive?He looked back at me and smiled one more time before grabbing Selene and leaping into

Selene's povA strong wind blew through the entire cave, sending packs of dust everywhere including my eyes. Daruis's spell on me held strong and I still could not move my limbs. Blood and dust pack around the cut. The blood flowed down into a little gutter, one I had not seen or paid any attention to earlier. The blood through the little channel down to the gate. Fucking hell. I struggled some more but his spell held for and strong.The wind centralized on one spot and a faint glimmer of light shone. Daruis's face turned pale at this because at the center of the cave now stood Magnus and my father.My heart leaped with joy, I had never been happier to see my father before. Never.Magnus ran to the corner of the cave and vomited. He stayed that way for a while, vomiting the little he had inside his stomach. My father turned his eyes towards us and a gasp escaped his lips.“Selene!!” My father called and ran towards us.“Oh shut up!” Darius said and flicked his hand away. A strong