Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“M..m..m..m..mommy? W..what is g..g..going to. h..h..happen?” Zander pressed his protective barrier against me as he got closer to me. This time around, the barrier was more like an invisible full body suit of armor. It was closer to their body so that they had a lot more range of motion this time around.
“We are going to get out of here, baby boy. Don’t you worry, I will protect you. I will keep you all safe. I promise you.”
Although I was promising them this, I didn’t truly know how I was going to get them out of here. There were so many people surrounding us that even if I put us in a barrier that I could use as a battering ram, I would most likely get stuck and overwhelmed by them sooner rather than later.
“M..m..mommy, th..th..they are c..c..coming.” Zachary pointed at the people that were merely inches away from us and I could hear the terror in his voice.
“H..h..help m..me, m..mm..mommy.” Zayden buried his face in my side while he sobbed.
I needed to think of a solution and fast. I needed to get the four of us past thousands of souls that were in between us and the door all while also dodging the other few million people that were going to be coming my way.
I hated to think this, but Hekate might actually win this time.
As I thought that, I seemed to be watching the entire hall start to move in super slow motion. It was like every movement took ages for everyone to make. Even the boys that were clinging to me were moving so slow when they turned to look up at me.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to move any faster than they were, but I had to try. I had to see what would happen if I tried to move into this sea of slow moving attackers.
The first thing that I did was to cast another barrier. I put it up so fast that I had barely had time to think about it, and the next thing that I knew we were all surrounded. That was good. I would have hated it if it would have taken forever to go into effect, just like the way they were all moving. Thank the Goddess that I was still moving normally.
Now that the barrier was up to protect me, as well as the boys, it was time to get us out of here. I attached the boys with magic, something I should have thought to do a lot sooner than right now. Once I knew that we were not going to be getting separated at all, I took off running with them in my arms.
I was still moving at normal speed while everyone else was going so slow. This allowed me to move in between all of the souls that were in my way. I was weaving in and out of them and pushing them back away from us at the same time.
Every soul that I touched seemed to light up as I moved past it. At first, I thought it was some sort of flame that was taking root on them, starting to burn them. I hadn’t summoned fire magic, so I didn’t know why that was happening at all.
Then I saw that the light was coming from within them. It looked like they were all glowing and floating in the air. I didn’t know what to think about it, but I knew that it was something important. And if I had the time, I would wait to see what happened to them all.
I didn’t have the time, though, so I was still moving at the quick pace that I had been at. I moved from soul to soul, practically leaping off of them as if they were springboards or obstacles in my way.
Finally, I was about to leap over the last soul and get to the door beyond. This was all going way better than I had planned. However, at that moment, the people around me started to move at a normal speed again.
I felt someone reach for my foot, something that I would have been worried about if it hadn’t been for the barrier that I put around us. Or I wouldn’t have been worried if I would have remembered about the barrier. Instead, I pushed out toward him with my magic and felt him reel. Like the others, he started to glow and I saw that his soul actually condensed into a tiny little ball before moving very fast through the ceiling.
“Where are they going?” I asked the other me quickly as I grabbed the door. I saw that others had done the same thing as that man.
‘They are going to be reborn. You destroyed them with your magic, so their souls are going to be put into the cycle once again.’
“I..I killed them?”
‘No, they were already dead. You just recycled their souls. That would be best for everyone here. It is better than eternity here.’I
“I don’t want to make that decision for so many souls. I will just leave.”
With that, I flung the door open and the four of us were sucked through it like we had been several times already.
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Riviana
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I was glad that the boys were attached to me with magic, otherwise I would have lost them during the fall through the next door. We were being buffeted now more than ever before. I was trying to pull them back to my sides because they were terrified and screaming so loud that it was breaking my soul.
“M..M..M..MMMMOOOMMMMMYYYY!” They were all three screaming that same thing over and over again. They were reaching for me and I wasn’t able to pull them in toward me again.
I also knew that we were going to crash just like we had the last couple of times. I didn’t want to hurt them at all. I didn’t want to risk something damaging them in the land of the living or here. I needed to protect them in two worlds at the same time. That was harder said than done.
I could still feel the magic surging inside of me. I could feel the power that I would need to save us right now. It actually felt that with every floor that I progressed through my magic was getting stronger. Even just being here, falling through the air of this next level of hell, I could feel the power surge inside of me.
With the magic returning to me more and more, I was going to make sure that I used it. I was going to protect my boys and I was going to get us out of here. I was going to destroy Hekate and then I was going to go home to my family.
I reached out for the boys again, this time with invisible hands made out of magic. I used those hands to pull the boys closer to me and hold them to my chest while I started to use my wind magic as well. I slowed our descent just in time for me to land on my feet in the darkened realm.
“We made it.” I sighed in relief as I set the boys on their feet, still attached to me with magic and holding onto them with the invisible hands.
“M..m..mommy s..sa..saved us.” Zayden was shaking when he spoke, still scared.
“M..mommy was m..moving s..so f..f..fast.” Zachary didn’t look as scared but he looked stunned for some reason.
“What? I was not moving fast.” I was confused by his words. “Are you talking about when everyone was moving slowly?”
‘They were not moving slow, Riviana. You were moving so fast that they could not see you. The triplet only saw you because they were attached to you. You simply tapped into the speed that you have been building up for years.’
“Wait! Really?” That was a shock. I didn’t expect that at all.
