“What do you mean? Why are you doing this?”I scream at her, but she doesn’t pay any heed.
The drugs are wearing off, pushed out by pure adrenaline and panic. I struggle against the chains, but they just hold me tighter.
My power is buried deep inside me. I’m locked in the form of the wolf while the drugs are still present, unable to move, helpless as she paces the outside of my protective circle.
“Alpha of Winter, you are less than human now. Your god powers won’t work as long as you are wearing my chains, and only a god can set you free. You are helpless. But I can put you out of your misery. Run you through with a sword now and end this. You can become a stone for the rest of eternity.”
I stare up at her with wide eyes. She’s a monster. I can see it now. How did no one notice? How did I miss this? I didn’t see any sign of this living inside her. Still, for a moment, I’m tempted by her offer.
If I die here, my omega will be at this mad goddess' mercy. I can’t allow that. I huff, refusing to look away. I’m going to live so I can protect my omega. I won’t let her hurt my heart.
“No? Fine. Stay here on this rock until the end of the world, then. No one will see you; no one will rescue you. Aw, Alpha,” she starts to cackle, and I realise she’s mad, completely and utterly mad, “no one is comingto save you.”
My breathing is rough as I try to wrap my still-dizzy head around what she’s saying.
“You drugged me.”
“I did. You were easy to manipulate. It has been incredibly tedious talking to you for these last thirty-eight years. So tedious.” She spreads her arms and twirls. “Now, the worlds are mine.”
“Why?”
“You’ll see. After all, you’re going to stay here and be a silent watcher. You may as well start now.”
I hear a whistling sound, it’s not just heard but felt. With my whole body.
What is that?
She looks up. I try to look, but the first falling object confuses me. What is that? A large shape is hurtling towards the Earth. It crashes with a boom into a city in the distance. A plume of dust rises into the sky, but I can’t figure it out; my mind won’t let me.
More and more fall, and slowly, my mind makes sense of it. My mind unravels as the truth becomes clear.
My claws dig into the rock as I strain. I pant, struggling against the chains. When the first one collides with the Earth in an explosion close enough that I feel it through the rock, I start to scream.
“What are you doing? Let them go. They never did anything to you!”I howl, wordless, as explosions hit the Earth all around me. The dull thuds break my heart. Each blow ripping my sanity away. I hated them, but not truly. Not enough to want to see them end like this.
The falling objects are the bodies of the alpha and omega gods, falling lifeless to the Earth. The bodies of everything I know. The fabric of the universe is being massacred.
On and on, I watch them crash. I feel each collision. I scream their names in my head.
This is my fault. It's all my fault.
Madness turns my vision white at the edges, but I keep fighting, trying to remain here, trying to free myself.
A body hits the rock in front of me; the Omega High stares sightlessly at me with her throat torn wide open. The third part of the trinity of ruling gods is dead. My mind will not let me accept what I’m seeing.
She’s so pretty, even in her death. She’s not supposed to die!
“Omega?” I shout, hoping I’m wrong and I can rouse her.
I lose hold of the wolf form, sitting bowed over on my knees as I stare at the omega.
Tears run down my cheeks, but it’s shock more than anything. Gods can’t die. They just can’t.
My chest aches.
“What have you done!” I howl.
The Spring Alpha lands beside me with a thud that has me jumping but barely jiggling the chains. I haven’t seen him in thousands of years. He looks the same as the day we last met.
