Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I guess even when he was locking his wife away from the evil deeds that she had been committing, Thoth couldn’t bring himself to be harsh and cruel to her. He loved her, no matter what she had done. He loved her enough to make sure that she was comfortable in her banishment and punishment.
Aside from that bed, I saw a beautiful fountain with fresh water inside of it. There was a grove of trees from which she could collect various fruits. And everything was just bright and clean, and in no way at all a punishment.
I think what struck me as the most odd of it all, was the fact that there was a giant screen in that prison cell. It was a screen that looked much like a television screen. And on that screen I could see myself.
I was literally watching me and the others zoom closer to that cell as I looked into that screen. This was some sort of viewing magic that I had never heard of. It was magic that was letting her watch me the entire time that I had been here in the underworld. That was how she knew where to send the beasts. That was how she knew when to make people attack me. She had been watching me, and listening to me, this entire time. She was able to do all of those things because she was watching me.
“HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!” She was laughing hysterically in the distance. She was most likely looking into the screen and seeing my face the way that it was frozen in shock and awe. And that look on my face was probably what had made her laugh like that. That fucking hag. I would get her for this. I would make her pay. I swear I would make her pay.
This had to be the reason why I felt like someone was watching me ever since I got to the Hall of Damnation. This had to be why I felt like someone had been keeping tabs on me. This had to be it.
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Joaquin
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“What in the fucking hell!?” I bellowed at the screen that I was looking at. “That looks just like this magic here. Talia used magic that has been in the underworld for centuries. No, for millennia. How in the hell did she do that? How did she know what to do?”
I hadn’t taken my eyes off of the screen as I asked the other men those questions.
“I don’t know, but I think that this means Talia is going to be a lot stronger than any of us ever expected.” Valerian sounded serious as he answered me. Not that his response did anything to alleviate my worries.
“I think that my niece is going to be giving her mother a run for her money.” Noah did laugh at that, even though it sounded like it should have been a joke.
“Yeah, I think we have all been underestimating little Tally.” Trevor shook his head, just as worried as I was.
“Yeah well, I think we all need to learn to stop underestimating my children.” I actually did laugh then. It was the truth though, we had all been forgetting from the beginning, that Riviana is powerful, and she’s unlocked a lot of new magic. And that magic is flowing inside of my children too. It only stands to reason that they would take after her. And thank the goddess that they did. Talia had made such an amazing magic screen for us to see what was happening to my Little Bunny.. Now, though, it was time to see what was happening on the other one of those screens, and inside that cell specifically.
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Riviana
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I tried not to dwell on the fact that this supposed to be a prison cell was far too luxurious for someone that was here to be punished. I had to also remind myself that Hekate was put here by a man that loved her dearly. And she was a goddess as well.
Being a goddess meant that Hekate was subject to certain benefits that the others would not be. Or at least that is what I told myself. Hekate was a goddess and would just summon these things to her side even if Thoth hadn’t provided them for her.
The thought and words weren’t doing much for me though. All I wanted to do was hurt that annoying Hekate. She had probably not suffered at all. Aside from this being her home for the last few millennia, this was paradise for Hekate. She could do what she wanted whenever she wanted and all the people around her had to see that every day for eternity.
Now that I was close enough though, Hekate had finally decided to show herself. I was just starting to slow the platform down, getting ready to bring us all to a stop, when she stepped forward and grinned at me.
Hekate didn’t look anything like what I expected her to. I was picturing what all the ancient Roman and Greek gods looked like in the myths. I was imagining something along the lines of the two that came to me when they wanted to make Vincent and Gabriel their new hosts so that they could be reborn. They were very stereotypical looking.
Hekate, on the other hand, was not at all stereotypical. She was as dark as night. Her complexion literally looked like the night personified. There was even a slight bluish hint so that it looked like there was a little bit of the actual night inside of her skin.
To contrast her complexion, Hekate’s hair was pure white. It looked like the brightest of full moons woven into hair and made to flow down her back until it hit her knees. And the hair was as straight as could be.
The eyes that were looking out at me from inside of that cell were pure white as well. There seemed to be nothing relieving all of that white that I saw in her eyes. There was no iris. There was no pupil. It was all just white on white on white. And of course, they were lined with white eyelashes and white eyebrows.
I couldn’t take my eyes off of the goddess as we got closer to the cell at the end of the hall.
“Mommy, I am scared.” I heard Zachary whisper behind me.
“I don’t want to go over there, Mommy.” Zander was following his brother’s lead.
“Mommy, stay back here. Don’t go see the lady.” Zayden rounded them out.
“I have to see her, boys. She is why Mommy came all the way here. I have to stop her.
“HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!” Hekate laughed again, long and loud. She apparently thought that my words were funny.
“Is something wrong, Hekate? Did you catch sight of your reflection or something? I don’t see what else you would find so funny right now.”
“You need to stop thinking you can disrespect me, girl.” The fallen goddess glared at me as she snapped the words at me. “And the fact that you think you can talk to me like that, and that you think that you can defeat me, that is truly disrespectful and hilarious. I will end you and take your magic. You are here and that is proof that I will destroy you. I brought you here. That was me. That was my power. I brought you here and I will get exactly what I want from you. You need to prepare for that now, Riviana. All of you are going to die and I will finally be leaving this prison of mine.”
“No, Hekate, you won’t be. I won’t be letting you out of your cell. I will not be giving you any of my magic. And I will see to it that you will never be able to do this to anyone else ever again.”
“HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!” She truly did like laughing like that, didn’t she? That annoying overly loud laugh of hers, ugh! It was grating on my ears and making me wish that she would just shut up already.
Finally, the platform that we had been riding on came to a stop in front of the ornate door. The door was a lot taller than I had been expecting it to be, and Hekate was a lot taller than I expected her to be. She was standing on the other side of the door and I swear that she was at least seven feet tall. She was about as tall as Alexio, at the very least.
I didn’t want to stress the boys out at all. I needed to get them away from this door and I knew just what to do about that. I slid from the platform and stood just in front of the door on my own. After that, I moved the platform so that it hovered above me in the cavernous hall. I was keeping the others out of harm’s way and making it so that the two men would protect my children while I fought the evil goddess.
