Chapter 44

Kaizen

I held her close to my chest, shielding her from anything and everyone that was around us I had the self-control not to give into my base drive. I wanted to run away I wanted to leave this place and return to Misfit With my pardon and my power I could be the Alpha they needed.

I held the Luna I needed.

"Welcome home." Said my mother, hugging me gently. " I know you're a man now but I still remember when you were the first to growl."

"I only visit mother. My home is somewhere else." I said letting her hug us. She was a strong woman, and I don't say I can rightly remember her crying much. Father had died when we were little, and she shed tears until he was revived back then. Those memories were fuzzy distorted.

. But since not a single tear was shed until today.

"Do not cry for your son mother I left a man child now I am a man." I said firmly.

"Sorry I didn't get Xaxas to come sooner. But even the Horned One commanded we stay out of it." Harmony looked like she wanted to hug me too, so I put Willow down on a pillow, and gave Nixxia, Grace, and her a gentle one.

I was healed of any physical bruising, but I ached my mind and body was tired.

"I know. If I'd have been pardoned immediately, without all this without training nor repentance, I would have learned nothing. They could have Stopped at any time. They did not have to try to bring in a mindless beast, but at the same time, I should have more control." I said lowly, but they all still looked and felt guilty. They held authority, but not enough to overrule the Horned One then later the Realm King Xaxas.

Their tears attracted the attention of my uncles and father, but this time they did not hold the auras of disgruntled gods Now the three felt like regular men.

"You did well." Said Xaxas. He must have watched my final test.

"Should you ever need to be ferried, I can take you." Said Uncle Asanguis.

"I don't think I'll need that favor anytime soon, but thank you." I said returning his smile.

"Also

"I'll take her to my room." I said knowing that she was in Tarteron. I knew this body was a shell, and she would return to me soon. I knew those things because I stopped to think rather than jump to conclusions or panic.

"As you walk your own path, son, know that I allow you three to find your own ways." Father said stoically. "And know that if you wish to return to OpalMoon any who did have a grudge have left, most forgave you though."

"Grandmother showed me that." I said taking my mate upstairs.

They gave me room and I walked slowly with her. When I got to the guest room I could feel the blood drip from my eyes I put Willow on the bed, and lit a candle for her, not thinking of myself. It served no real purpose, other than the nice scent to hopefully cover my wolfish, demonic odor.

Fuck I smelled like Rogue, demon, wolf, and blood

"Grandfather I know you will return her." I said this silently, that I do not wake her.

. I went to flush out my eyes. I looked in the bathroom mirror, the whites of them were a proper black, not tinged coffee brown. The red of my irises were a rich crimson

The shower felt nice, and when I got out, I put on some sweats. I didn't know what time it was, and on Willow's phone it said that it was 1:08am.

Tyson knocked on my door. I knew it was him. I just knew.

"Brother." He said seriously.

"It's not locked.

He opened the door. He was alone.

"I want to-" I cut him off.

"Brother I hold no grudge. You come to apologize, to see if we are square. We are." I said pressing my horns to his I let him see. It was something I learned how to do in Hell something grandfather asked of me.

"What is this?" He asked in Royal Demonic.

"A single day." I said seeing Grace. She likely scented his arrival, since the Prince and Princess floor is shared.

I also pressed my horns to hers,

"We have no right to the secrets you learned." She said in Royal Demon, the highest form of it, spoken only by high lords who ruled entire layers, and Zuviel's generals

"I share this that you two never do what I did But also I wanted you to see for yourself that the wrong was righted. May we be brothers and sister again. We don't need a special bond to link us together, our blood already does this." I said in English. They were a little overwhelmed, but now their eyes matched mine.

. Now they could turn their mindlessness on if they NEEDED it not just whenever something stressful happens.

They shared their trials and tribulations as well Grace had to deal with being accepted as a different species, while Tyson tried so hard to establish himself as a righteous King

"Why don't you take over OpalMoon?" Asked Tyson. He saw my thoughts, memories, and penance. He Knew the reason, but he asked anyway.

"Though they forgive me, I have still as of yet to forgive myself. I have many abandoned, discarded wolves as it is."

"Come with me to release your charges." He said referring to Jack, Ace and Gilbert.

"I'm surprised Ronitus has not spoken to Gilbert yet." I mumbled.

"I already linked him to meet me in the dungeon. Where did you find an Earthen Lycan?" He asked. As far as we knew, he was the only one of his kind.

"Misfit. He was attracted to it because of me." I said casually

I could have come back and behave bitterly. It would have been my right, but I applied Ludvic's words to my own life. I would not attend any royal events anytime soon, but I would be in touch.

-----Willow----

"I think we should give her some time." Said the Moon Goddess.

"My lovely, I will not do that, not for longer than an hour or two. Her body is still on Urth." He said firmly.

That probably meant that if I didn't pick... I'd be stuck here.

"That is correct." He said kingly.

"I wanted to spend more time with her." She complained quietly. I don't think I was meant to hear her, so I pretended I didn't.

"You had Grace. I shall handle the mortal." He said leaning in to whisper something in her ear, but her skin color changed to like a whiteish silver. She looked more like the moon.

"I can agree to those terms my lord." She said changing skin colors again. This time she had dark skin and her hair was yellowish.

"Do not see this as a sentence." He said with a soft smile. "I cannot keep you long, as you are alive. It will not hurt; I have molded and shaped souls for longer than you could fathom." He said cracking his knuckles.

"Um" I paused. "I like the idea of being something I know about I don't want to be a vampire They are too cruel Demons are scary I also feel like their cruelty is too much. Anyone that isn't marked by you is fair game. Werewolves are split souled I think I don't want that either. Witches and elves, and other magic casters are so snobbish and conceited They think less of shifters, and I don't like that I would belong to a people who think like that I also don't like the idea of being a minotaur or other half beast, because their mindlessness is like flipping a coin and Kaizen worked too hard for that to be a problem again."

"So?" He said with a small smile.

"If I become a horned wolf. will I become mindless and attack people?" I asked.

"No." He said firmly. "Whatever you pick, I would strip that from your being, as you would be weak, and only get yourself hurt Would you mind indulging this old man little soul? I believe I have an idea. If you don't like it, I can always make you an Omega. Then you won't have powers, but I know you would hate to remain powerless. I'll make you a normal werewolf without a wolf should you not like it."

"King of Night I humbly accept whatever form you wish to make with the Moon Goddess's approval." I said seeing him nod.

"Very well and well done. My Butterfly won't let me go too far." He said snapping his fingers, and it all went black.