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“Then I expect you to find us a way out,” I tell him.
“And if I can't?” Dominic asks, and I glance at him to see his knuckles turning white from the pressure of his grip on the steering wheel.
“Then I'll bring the Moon Goddess realm down if needed,” I tell him.
“You'll what?” he blurts in horror.
“It will be fine, stop being such a negative Nancy, Dominic,” I tell him.
“I am not being negative, my son will be trapped in your form, you get stuck he is stuck with you!” I sigh heavily, and Kyan yawns as if this conversation is already boring him.
As we pull up, I see that Eziah is already here with Temperance, and Dominic pulls up beside his car. Climbing out of the car, Kyan's skin makes me itch. Dominic takes his sweet ass time. “Old man move it, I got realms to hop,” I tell him.
“Don't you old man me when you're as old as fossilized dinosaur shit!” he snaps, shutting his door a little too hard.
I shake my head, and move toward the pack house, just as I am about to knock on, the door opens revealing Ezra. He steps aside and motions toward the living room. “They're in there,” he tells me, and I start taking off my shirt. I peer around into the living room to see Eziah trying to calm down Temperance, who looks like she is having a panic attack.
“You'll be right with her?” I ask Ezra and Dominic as I remove my pants, chucking them at Dominic.
“Kaif!” Kyan snarls in my head.
“I've listened to him whine the entire drive here, he can hold them unless you prefer driving home naked when we return” I tell him. Zoning back into my surroundings, Ezra is staring at Dominic with a sly smile on his lips, while Dominic looks like he is about to attempt to beat me with the clothes I tossed at him. Humans and their multiple layers. In my day, we walked around barefoot not with more layers than a damn onion.
“Back in your day, you wore a butt flap like a damn caveman,” Kyan retorts as I toss the banana hammocks Kyan likes to wear at Dominic.
“I take it back, I hope your ass gets stuck!” Dominic snaps, peeling Kyan underwear off his face with a shudder.
I shift, and Ezra peers up at me, and I crack my neck and shake out my fur before bending, deliberately slapping Dominic's face with my tail as I do so, only to be zapped. I jump, spinning and snarling at him.
“You're still my son,” he huffs. I try to wrap my mind around that clusterfuck of a mind bender. I go to argue before seeing Katya come over to me.
“You sure you wanna do this?” she asks, peering up at me, I nod, ducking my head to step into the living room. Temperance backs up, her knees knocking the couch before she topples back onto it.
“Kaif! Warning next time!” Eziah growls. I return the same growl back to him, ready to get this over with.
Katya steps closer to Dominic, and I see them exchange a few words regarding Temperance. However, the energy flowing through Temperance isn't much different from his, so I know he can handle her just fine. Eziah quickly pecks her cheek when Dominic sneaks up behind her. Eziah notices him but doesn't acknowledge his presence behind her when Dominic reaches and a hand brushing the back of her neck as he whispers, “Somnus.”
She passes out, and Eziah reaches for her, but it is Dominic who catches her. “She's fine, she is just sleeping,” Dominic assures him, though Eziah looks like he wants to snatch her from him.
Ezra grips Eziah's shoulder. “We'll keep her safe,” he assures his son, and Eziah finally tears his gaze away from Temperance, turning to face his mother. I watch as Kat's skin ripples, and Eziah's eyes glow, burning brightly as I feel their magic fill the room. Suddenly, Katya turns her gaze to me, offering me her hand.
“Ready?” she asks me, her voice melodic, and I nod, dropping my hand into hers when Eziah reaches for my other. Their magic is warm, not cold tendrils like mine. Their magic washes over me, while mine slivers, and ebbs, pulsing, while theirs is more gentle. I blink, waiting for the shudder of the portal, only within that one second of blinking I open my eyes to a field. The soft gentle breeze brushes through my fur and I gasp, letting them go. I turn, looking at the magnificent crystalline castle, forests, and wildflowers surrounding the place; wolves and Lycans coexisting peacefully. Much different from what I am used to in Hades' realm.
“Kaif?” Katya asks, drawing my attention to her. I peer down at her and her son. “Are you alright?” she asks, watching me warily, as if she expects me to disappear or drop dead on her. Yet, it is the complete opposite, I actually feel at home here. Something I never felt in the underworld. I feel calm, like I am drugged on Valium or something.
“I feel fine,” I tell her, looking at my hands to make sure I am in one piece.
“Phew,” she says, breathing out a sigh of relief. “I was worried for a second. Seems your theory was right, being of Celeste's creation you can pass between both realms.”
“Well, come on,” Katya says, and I follow her and Eziah toward the castle. However the closer we get, the more physical the place becomes, it's not, in fact, crystalline but gold. The gigantic doors open as she climbs the steps as if the place is welcoming her home, everything here is so white and bright.
Katya leads us through the palace when Eziah stops by a set of stairs. “Ah, where are you going, the fountains are upstairs?” Eziah asks his mother. Katya pauses for a second.
“You'll see,” she says, waving at him to follow. He shoots me a glance as he does it. I shrug, this isn't no realm I'm used to, I do not have answers for him here.
We follow Katya to a spiral staircase that leads down. There are no rails, and I tread carefully as it is a sheer drop on either side, yet as I step down a step the step behind me disappears.What in theworld? Eziah looks at me, startled. Katya descends the steps, each one disappearing behind me as I follow Eziah and Katya.
“Keep up, the stairs dissolve,” Kat calls.
