A moment later, Chastity was roughly pulled away from Mawthrough.

"Don't thank me for bringing back the worst thing to ever happen to you!" Inferno snarled, before twisting back to Mawthrough.

"Listen up, incubus, you've got some nerve - telling me off for not telling you about the time thing, KNOWING what you did to her?! She may be fine with it but you've got her wrapped around your little finger, haven't you?!"

Mawthrough looked at Inferno.
"Don't do that."
His eyes were cold and dark and angry.
"Don't do that to her or I'll kill you."

Inferno growled, angrily.
"OR WHAT DID YOU SAY!? You going to take my soul, huh!? It's a good thing you don't love me or anything because otherwise you might hold back - oh wait, you proved you don't even for that!"

Mawthrough raised a hand.
A long, stainless broadsword with a flaming handle appeared in it and he held the tip to Inferno's throat.

The word Chastity was carved down the blade.

"Be silent, or I shall cut your tongue from your mouth or your head from it's shoulders."

Inferno summoned a broadsword of his own - and Mawthrough's blade flickered down, cut the sword Inferno held in half, then refocused upon his neck in an instant.

"This is a weapon that is made from Chastity's soul. It is a weapon that I have never used before. It is a weapon that will see your blood, Inferno, unless you hold your tongue."

Mawthrough sounded like he was willing to kill Inferno in the next microsecond if Inferno even so much as uttered a breath.
Inferno's eyes widened.

Then, he grunted.
"I'm... sorry, Mawthrough -"

Blood dripped from Inferno's throat.
"Not. To me. To her. Now."

"I'm...sorry... Chastity..."

Cereza pressed her nose against Kye's as she continued to smile. "I'm sure we'll all have fun."
Cys walked back and folded her arms. "Wow..you're almost done." She commented.

Kye gave her a loving kiss, "My family works fast, and so do I....well......until we're behind closed doors........" He used his hand to play with her ears, "I take my time to make sure everything.....goes....right........" He grinned.

Grevian's body became flesh again as the tree constructed a perfect frame for the den, large enough to fit the entire pack inside, and more.

"and i dont ever want to lose you or livia, you both are my world , my everything"
she looked back up at grey



chastity nodded upon hearing her fathers apology, she walked back over to maw looking at the blade as she did, she placed her hand on his to push the blade down
"please no more, i want you both to get along"
she looked over to her father
"that means you to, if not for me then for......"
she looked down and placed her hand on her belly
"for our child, your grandchild father"
she looked back at the both of them
"please"

Grey placed a hand on her cheek. "As long as we have this realm, you'll never have to worry about that ever again, we can have true peace here, we be safe, and can have as many children as we want.....speaking of which........" He placed his other hand on her upper thigh, and kissed her ever so sweetly upon the lips.

He seemed to weaken the instant her hand fell on his, and the blade slackened.
Then it fell.

He seemed to look at her, his eyes faintly glowing.
Then he turned and walked over to where his mother's body still lay, undisturbed.

He held her dead hand.
"Goodbye. Mother. I hope you're with Father now."

He waved his hand slightly, and her body glowed and vanished.
He bowed his head for a moment, grief seemingly overcoming rage.

Then he walked back to Chastity, tears falling from his face.
"Of course."

He reached for her stomach, and circled her belly-button with a finger.
"I'm going to be a father..."

Inferno breathed normally again, but still growled.
"Fine. But don't come near me for a while, got that? Still not happy with you..."

Mawthrough ignored him and spoke to Chastity, his voice quiet.
"I want to go home with you. Please let me take you home..."

Cys raised her brow slightly. "I think that was a little more information then I needed to know, Kye." She pointed out.
Cereza smiled. "Thank you so much for helping."

Kye turned to see Cys and sighed, "Well its true, you're not gonna beat me over the head with your claws or anything right, I mean, I get enough of that from my sister, damn does she have a fierce right hook....." Looking back to his mate, he kissed her on the forehead, "and your welcome my love."

Grevian walked by, then looked to Alpha, "All of you are welcome, its the least I could do with my power, I haven't had much to do lately. Not after I taught some trees and animals how to kill poachers."

Cys smiled and walked over to Kye, placing her hand on his head. "No...I wouldn't do that." She said. "Tomorrow, I shall name you both Alpha...today is yours." She added, smiling at her daughter.

Kye didn't realize that she'd make them the Alphas so fast. "I see.....well then, we're gonna have to get this den fixed up before tomorrow...hmm.....and I'm gonna have to invite everyone from my family for that little celebration, should be grand."

Grevian's skin returns to wood, and his body was taken into the ground.

Cys smiled warmly. "I will take care of that. Today is yours...do as you wish." She instructed.

serenity smiled
" are you insuianting something ?"

chastity looked at her father
"fine, will you let us know when we its fine to come see you?"
she looked up at maw and nodded
"yes lets, im a bit tired from everything"
she looked down at her belly
"and a bit hungry as well"

Kye nodded, "Okay then, that works.....so, what are the duties of the alphas?"

Grey kissed her neck, and rubbed her leg with his hand, his ears exposed, "Why, I thought we'd get to work on adding another member to our family, when the time of peace arrived......."

Cereza smiled warmly. "We lead the pack." She replied. "We maintain order, and if anyone from the pack attempts to challenge us, we put them in their place." She added, as she pressed her nose against Kye's, then kissed him softly. "When mother names us Alphas, there will be a ceremonial challenge. We display our dominance, and usually that is enough to quell any thoughts of a challenge from anyone else."

Kye relished in the taste of her lips, and grinned, "Well that ought to be fun, can't wait, that I can guarentee you!"

Cereza smiled. "I cannot wait either." She retorted. "We shall have fun tomorrow."

Mawthrough nodded - then cracked a smile for the first time since his return.

"I haven't eaten for a good few hundred years or so. I could do with a bite to eat, too."

Inferno huffed.
"Get on then, I'll let you know the next time I can tolerate his face in my presence again."

Mawthrough took her hand.

The next thing Chastity knew, she was lying on a warm bed, and Mawthrough was nowhere to be seen...

Kye took her hand and kissed, "Yes, and they'll see I'm more than just a runt too, heheheheheehe....."

serenity smiled
"hmm i would very much like that, i cant wait to have a little one of our own, a sister for livia"
she started to nibble his ear



chastity curled up on the bed enjoying the warmth she reached out for maw but realized he wasnt there with her, she sat up quickly looking around the room
"maw?...where are you?"
she started to panic thinking something happened to him, she thought maybe the transporting was too much for him to handle, since he had been stuck in the portal. she crawled to the foot of the bed and yelled for him
"MAW WHERE ARE YOU?! PLEASE ANSWER ME"
she started to climb out of the bed

Grey's blood stirred when she went after his ear, so used his hands to lift her up onto him, and kissed her passionately, breaking the kiss a moment later to say, "Of course she'll love having a little sibling, that what she's always wanted, and now Livia can be reaffirmed that she's our daughter, since Minerva changed her blood around." He continued to kiss her.

A gentle touch and Chastity fell back into the bed, Mawthrough having reappeared and placed one finger gently on her chest.

"Don't be afraid."

Their eyes were inches apart.

"I'm not going anywhere. Don't be afraid. Please."

With his other arm, he placed two plates on a bedside table.
On them were sausages, bacon, eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, and some fried tomato.

"I made this for you back when we were in the hunting lodge. For you, less than a few months ago. For me, over a hundred years..."

His eyes, that had become misty slightly, suddenly refocused on her.

"I missed you. I missed doing what you asked me. I missed you leading me around with teasing little words and a smirk on your face and a light in your eyes that only lit for me. And I missed listening to your heartbeat speed up when you say my name. I missed the throwaway conversations we had, I missed the times where you turned around and saw me, I even missed the times where you got angry with your father."

He smiled, the motion breaking the cold expression he now wore as standard.
"I missed touching you, holding you. I missed being with you, even if we didn't do anything, even if we didn't say anything, just the knowledge that I was with you. I missed that."

Then he moved the finger on her chest up to her lips, looking at her body as he did so.
"But there was one thought that I couldn't stand. One thought that dorve me insane. One single thought that I never ever want to think again."

He lowered his lips to hers.
"I thought I'd never get to kiss you again..."

serenity nodded
"livia will make a great big sister and i know she will protect her and our daughter will be safe"



chastity reached up and ran her fingers through his hair and smiled
"im soo sorry you had to go all those years without me, i know just the short time i was away from you i missed you soo much, i can only imagine how hard is was for you to be gone that long with out me, wanting to feel your touch, your love, your kiss"
she leaned in and meet his lips kissing him passionatly

Grey kissed her gently upon the lips, then went back to giving her neck an intense kiss as well, "Yep, we'll all be happy, and no one will be able to shatter our joy ever again."

Mawthrough let the moment continue for much longer than it needed to.

Then, he eventually broke the kiss and looked down at her.

"Don't be sorry. This is what I saved. This is what I managed to save. Your purity. Your innocence. If you'd agreed to go with Friend, he would have taken that from us. From you. And I would have gone insane."

His eyes suddenly flashed with darkness and anger, but then the look faded.

"But here we are. Here I am. Home at last, with the woman I love carrying my child. But, Chastity, I'm going to be honest..."
He stroked her hair, then paused. her hand still in his own.

"I'm older now. I'm wiser. I'm more powerful - and I'm a lot darker than I used to be. I've been through suffering, I've been through torment, I've nearly lost my mind. Like you saw, I was ready to kill Inferno in a heartbeat for daring to even push you. I'm going to be a lot more... ruthless than before. Colder. Angrier."

Then his eyes met hers again, and for a moment she could see it.
Something inside, something that hadn't been there, nightmarish, cold as winter snow, cruel, monstrous, powerful.
Deadly.

But then the darkness in his eyes faded and the Mawthrough she knew was back.
"Also, we now have a pretty substantial age difference - I'm about four times your age," he chuckled.

"But no matter what age I am, or what age you are, I'll always be yours..."

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"For the hundredth time, I'm telling you - this is a TERRIBLE PLAN!"

"Oh, stop being such a wuss. This is a plan that will get me on the Elders for sure. It's not even that hard a plan."

"Well... when are we going to do it?"

"Just pick the right moment, and it will be no problem at all..."

"NO PROBLEM!? What about her dad!? What about if the rumours are true?!"

"Leave her dad to me. And if the rumors are true, you can't be worried about one little sex demon, are you? Besides, it's not like I'm taking her away from him FOR GOOD, is it?"

"Well... no... but-"

"Don't worry... in a few days, I'll be on the Elders, and everything will be just fine..."

serenity tilted her head
"i hope not, we finally have some peace and quiet let hope iit last longer this time"


in the moment she saw the nightmarish, coldness, cruel, and power in his eyes she was slightly scared, but when it went away she was relieved, she placed her hand upon his cheek
"and i willl always be your"
she placed a tender kiss on his lips then looked back in his eyes
"with you being ruthless, colder, angrier, it wont be towards me will it"
she had concern in her eyes but gave a smile
"im sure we can figure something out, i guess ill have to not be so defiant"
she gave him a wink