REBORN AS THE GOD OF RUINS.

CHAPTER SIX - ORYXION, THE WOLF OF DEATH AWAKENS

The blood seer froze, staring at Kael with widened eyes.

“Wait, that's not possible.”

“Check if the woman's mark is still there.” he muttered, turning towards Varrick.

Varrick dragged down Aralynn's shirt a little and the half moon mark under her collar bone was almost gone and was being replaced by a mate mark.

“It's fading and a mate mark is replacing it.” Varrick said, his voice faltering.

“Wait, is he using the blood moon to mate her without biting her.” the blood seer asked, rhetorically.

But then, he raised Kael's shirt, regretting it in an instant.

“Seperate their hands and fall back!” he yelled.

But it was too late, Kael was done mating her and the half moon mark on his chest was now a pulsing full moon.

And before anyone could run, his chest exploded with light.

Pure silver light tore through the clearing swallowing the red candles.

The blood seer screamed as the light hit him, burning through his flesh till it turned dust.

Varrick shielded his eyes, falling to his knees.

The sound of chains snapping echoed as the room shook violently, followed by the sound of the table crumbling.

And when everywhere fell silent once more.

Varrick lifted his face, snapping his eyes open but he regretted it in an instant.

A massive creature stood on top of the ruins.

It's fur like liquid silver illuminating the room brightly.

It's dark golden eyes swallowing anything that gazes into it.

And slowly the creature, Oryxion, the wolf of death finally awakened lifted its eyes meeting Varrick's gaze.

Everything around them paused.

Varrick lowered his gaze, instantly trembling like a wet chicken as he muttered incoherent words.

Oryxion leaped but it was too late, Varrick had vanished using dark magic.

It roared outraged, the ground cracked under it, trees groaned and the air itself seemed to recoil.

Shadows peeled from every corner of the forest, drawn toward him.

Kael snapped Aralynn's chain free, letting her fall to the ground slowly.

The guards shifted and lunged towards him but fire consumed them mid air, their screams echoing in the clearing.

Oryxion moved with terrifying grace, consuming the Darkthorn Pack in a wave of pure destruction.

Flesh scorched, bones shattered, sorcerers twisted and snapped like brittle glass before they could utter magic.

Aralynn's eyes widened with horror as she watched him tear wolves apart like paper until she passed out.

—

The forest was eerily silent, the aftermath of chaos lingering like a smoke in the air.

Oryxion moved silently among the towering pines, Aralynn unconscious body in between his baring fangs.

The moon case pale silver light over the forest floor, shadows twisting around them like living things and tress bending subtly as if acknowledging his presence.

He stopped in his sacred stop lowering her beard the river on the moss covered ground.

Oryxion shifted, skin replacing furs and slowly Kael emerged, he drapped a cloak over his bare body.

He lit a fire next covering it up with a fog to avoid smoke but blazing enough to keep Aralynn warm.

—

“My lord, news comes from packs.” A guard rushed a room housing Darian who was barely alive with burnt scar all over his body and Korrah.

“What…what news,” Darian stammered.

“Oryxion has awakened.” the guard reported.

“Oryxion?”

“The myth?” Korrah repeated.

“He is not a myth anymore, he was really the man that kept the alpha in this state.” the guard said, his head bowed.

“Where did he awaken?” Darian asked, whispering.

“In the Deathhorn’s pack, he killed everyone in the pack.” the guard replied.

Darian and Korrah exchanged glances, fear lingering in Darian's eyes.

“But…” the guard began as they snapped their eyes back to him.

“Speak,” Darian ordered, his lips trembling.

“Their Alpha, Varrick is rumoured to have escaped using dark magic.” the guard completed.

“Find him, search every nook and cranny of the earth.”

“He is now a rogue wolf so he will need help.” Darian instructed, hope brewing in his chest.

The guard with Korrah bowed and left leaving only Darian to his thoughts.

—

The sun was high and blazing when Aralynn snapped her eyes open but when she saw Kael's back, she snapped it shut instantly horrified to see him.

Kael approached her seconds later, his gaze towering above her as he checked her pulse and temperature.

Without any word, he straightened his back and exited the clearing.

Aralynn waited till she couldn't hear his footsteps anymore before snapping her eyes open, she didn't even glance around the clearing before bolting out of it.

Hatred and fear surged through her, but all that mattered was running and staying clear of the monster that had always been a myth yet now hunted her like prey.

But across her stood Kael watching her run blindly into the forest with a smirk smudged on his face.

“Run all you wish, mate.”

“But you can't run from me unless l let you go.” he said, coldly.