Taming Her Beastly Mate

Erebus spat out a mouthful of b***d and sand as he lifted his head up from the ground. The titan was so much stronger than he imagined. Yet, he couldn’t focus on the fight. He kept glancing over at Aken and Alexis. Aken wasn’t even bothering to fight. Instead, he was staying next to HER. It was bad enough that Aken chose her. Now he was even too good to fight against him. He wasn’t even given the decency of facing Aken in battle.

He grabbed a fistful of sand in his hands as he clenched his teeth together. He was never good enough for Aken. Even now, he wasn’t even worth Aken’s time. He pushed himself up to his feet and sneered at Micah.

“You are stronger than her you know? How does it feel to be below her? That your existence is nothing compared to hers?” Erebus watched as Micah quirked his brow up at him.

Micah looked at the man dumbfounded. “What are you talking about? All I want is to protect her. My existence is meaningless without her. It is nothing without her.” He narrowed his eyes at Erebus and let out a low growl. “What is your problem with my princess?”

“I don’t understand. Why her?” Erebus finally turned and looked at Aken. “Is the mate pull that powerful that it left you no choice?!”

“She is my choice… my only choice. There could never be anyone else for me but her.” Aken listened as Erebus scoffed at him.

“And what about before?! What about before her? Admit it. The mate pull trapped you. Yes, that is it. It must be it. You never kept anyone by your side like you are keeping her. You are bewitched. She is a poison.” Erebus began to ramble to himself with wide wild eyes. His fist were clenched and they were trembling with anger.

“What is wrong with you? A poison?” Aken snorted and shook his head. “She is my salvation. I wasn’t living until now. She is my purpose. The air I breathe…my everything. It is hard to explain but the mate pull isn’t like that. You have a choice but why deny what was made for you? What is wrong with you? Why have you changed so much…”

“BECAUSE OF YOU!” Erebus roared.

“I’m sorry about your hair. It was a joke—” Aken started to say but the loud laughter from Erebus stopped him.

“I was never vain. I can’t believe that is what you think…” Erebus’ voice dropped to a whisper as he looked at Aken with wide wounded eyes. “Did you ever think of me as anything but a joke?”

Aken furrowed his brows and shrugged. “I never thought you were a joke. It was just a prank. Some fun to pass the time. And you were vain. You went crazy trying to reverse the effects of the dye—”

“I DIDN’T WANT THE REMINDER OF THAT DAY!” Erebus snapped bitterly.

Aken looked over at Micah who was also looking at Erebus as if he lost his mind.

“Aken…” Alexis whispered out tilting her head up to look at him.

Alexis didn’t have to say anything. Her thoughts swam into Aken’s mind, and he knew. He stared at her and swallowed hard. He tried to reminisce on the past, but he didn’t remember anything that insinuated Erebus’ feelings towards him. It didn’t make any sense. He turned his head to look at Erebus. He was unsure what to say… to say he was shocked was an understatement. As shocked as he was, he was also angry. Erebus did all of these horrible things because he thought he was in love? That was ridiculous.

“How the hell was I supposed to know?” Aken finally growled out in a gruff voice.

“How didn’t you know?!” Erebus snapped back poisonously. “And would it have made a difference?”

“No. I’m sorry but no it wouldn’t have. At least not for me. But maybe it would have for you.” Aken watched as Erebus shook his head angrily.

“You think you are too good for me, don’t you?!” Erebus growled as Micah started to choke on his spit.

“Time out. I am missing something here…” Micah looked over at Aken who shrugged his shoulders shaking his head.

“Apparently… I guess he… well… from my understanding…” Aken stumbled over his words which angered Erebus.

“You can’t even say it?! Am I that repulsive to you? Is the idea of me liking you that unbelievable?” Erebus glared at Aken who stared at him blankly.

“Da.mn… Aken has game. Mr. Stuuuud Muffin.” The corner of Micah’s lips curled upwards as a full grin reached his face. He looked over at Erebus and shook his head. “I don’t get it. Is all of this because of your feelings for Aken?!” He raised his brows up and looked back at Aken. “The guy isn’t even that hot. He is like a seven.”

“A seven?!” Aken scoffed. “What the hell are you then?”

“I’m a ten… easily.” Micah flashed his white toothy grin at Aken who let out an airy laugh.

Erebus looked at Micah and then back at Aken. “This is not a joke. You did not give me a chance. You never even looked at me.”

“I am sorry, but how was I supposed to know that you were interested in me?” Aken frowned at Erebus who scowled back at him.

“It’s a good thing I didn’t say anything. You would have just used it to torment me more. I was nothing to you—” Erebus wasn’t able to finished his sentence as Aken spoke up angrily.

“What?!” All of the sudden Aken’s face darkened, and he turned to look at Erebus. “Just because I was never interested in you doesn’t mean I didn’t like you. Maybe I didn’t like you the way you wanted but at one point I considered you a friend. Maybe I took my pranks too far. The hair dye was just supposed to be a fun prank we would laugh about. Look I’m sorry about that…” He shook his head and looked over at Alexis. “But this… what you have done. I can’t ever forgive you. You hurt the most precious person in the world to me. I can’t forgive and forget. Damn.it Erebus… how could you do the sh.it you’ve done? This isn’t just about me. This is about you. You blame all your actions on me.” Aken scoffed and rubbed his forehead. “But this isn’t about me at all…”

“Of course it is about you! I wouldn’t be this way if it wasn’t for you!”

“That is bull.shit! That’s enough! It’s time for you to take accountability for yourself. Quit blaming others for the sh.it you are doing. I didn’t ask you to fall in love with me. You did that on your own! You never told me so how was I supposed to tell you I didn’t return your feelings? But you… YOU are the one who has hurt people. You even lashed out at me?!” Aken laughed and shook his head. “You didn’t love me man. I could NEVER hurt Alexis. No matter what she did to me. Whether intentional or not. I love her too much. She is too dear to me. You are trying to take the guilt off of your shoulders by throwing it onto mine. This is not my burden to bear… it is yours.”

Erebus’ shoulders raised and fell as he breathed in ragged breaths. This wasn’t his fault. He didn’t want to be this way. Maybe it wasn’t Aken’s fault either… but then whose fault was it? He looked down at his feet in deep thought for a moment. Of course. He lifted his head and his eyes beaconed in on the woman next to Aken. It was her fault. Her future existence back then… her current existence now. Because Aken was destined to have a fated mate he was unable to see him. Yes. Yes. This is the reason.

It wasn’t Aken. It was Alexis. It was her existence that was the problem. It was fated mates. “The real reason…” Erebus mumbled to himself as he glanced at Aken out of the corner of his eye. Aken and Alexis needed to be separated. “Don’t you see? It’s her… She is the problem. You will be better once we get rid of her.” His eyes narrowed in on Alexis as Aken stepped in front of her protectively. Suddenly Erebus felt something hard slam into the side of his face. His body flew through the air until he smashed into the sandy ground.

“I don’t think so…” Micah growled as he pursued after Erebus. “You are the real monster in this world. I am not going to tolerate this any longer.” He swung his fist down at Erebus who rolled out of the way a split second before impact. Micah’s fist connected with the ground with a powerful surge of energy making the sand and dirt fly in the air.

Alexis watched as Micah and Erebus began to battle again. She shook her head sadly and looked up at Aken. “What do we do about him? Can we seal him?”

“I don’t think we have a choice but to eliminate him. If he comes back through the glass at least that body will have limitations. He is a tier one deity right now—” Aken’s eyes widened in shock. “Micah! Look out!”

A dark black electrically charged cloud engulfed Micah momentarily stunning him. Erebus took this moment to flee. He flashed away but ran into something solid making him stop. He wasn’t able to teleport…

He lifted up his gaze to see what had stopped him. He felt his chest squeeze as his body trembled in fear. Aken had flashed in front of him blocking him from teleporting away. His green eyes bore into him. Erebus licked his lips nervously as Aken reached out and grabbed his wrist.

“No more tricks. No more running away. No more… No matter what you can’t be allowed to live any longer. If you come back through the nembrant glass, then we will just have the pleasure of killing you again. You have brought this upon yourself…” Aken looked at Erebus but didn’t feel any pity for the man. All he could see was Alexis bloodied body… and Lucy’s. The pain Alexis went through when she lost her great grandparents. He remembered how Erebus had put the nembrant glass in Alexis’ eye and she couldn’t even look at him. He remembered it all.

A loud explosion was heard behind them and a bright orange glow surrounded Micah’s body. He slowly walked towards Aken and Erebus. The sand stirred below him as the orange glow pulsated from it. He looked up at Aken and nodded his head.

“Goodbye… Erebus.” Aken said quietly as he looked at the white in Erebus eyes widen. The deity was nothing like he used to be. Honestly, he was more a shell of himself. “I’m not sorry about what must be done. I am sorry if I unknowingly hurt you…”

Erebus’ looked away from Aken bitterly. He didn’t want to hear his apologies. They would rue this day. He would make them all pay. This wouldn’t be his end.

Micah stepped forward with a cold expression on his face. His eyes were dark as his anger bubbled to the surface. This deity was a threat to his princess. And it was time to get rid of him. He reached his hand forward and Erebus tried to flail himself away. Aken reached out and grabbed onto his other arm gripping him tightly. Micah’s fingers gripped around Erebus’ throat and his orange energy concentrated in his hands.

Erebus’ neck started to burn, and his eyes began to bulge out. He struggled against the hold Aken and Micah had on him. “N-no… you’ll be sorry for this. This isn’t over. I will target you…your family. It won’t matter to me. I will become your never ending plague.”

Micah growled as he squeezed harder on his neck. “May the darkness you have chosen swallow you up.” The bright glow pulsated and with it Erebus’ screams. The energy burned a hole straight through the middle of Erebus’ throat halting the screeches he was making. His body went still and fell to the ground as Micah and Aken released their grips.

The sky above rumbled quietly as the wind blew softly. The storm was moving on. “Should we seal him?” Micah’s voice was low.

“There is no need. Erebus is no longer connected to this body.” Aken said turning away.

Micah stepped backwards and turned around as well. He walked next to Aken as they made their way back to Alexis.

“Such a shame.” Micah said shaking his head back and forth.

“What’s that?” Aken looked next to him as Micah sighed.

“Nothing really. It’s just such a shame you know? He loved you to death…”

“Really Micah…” Alexis watched as a sheepish grin reached his lips.

“What? Too soon?” Micah suddenly felt an icy whip lash across his back. “Ouch! What was that for?!”

“That was for disconnecting your guardian link.” Alexis reached her hand out like she was going to punch him. Instead, she wrapped her arms around him.

Micah pulled her head to his chest and leaned his head down on to hers. “I missed you too Lex.” He whispered quietly with a small smile.

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The dark room lit up with a red ominous glow as a cruel smile spread over the demon king’s face. He reached out and grabbed a piece of red glass and twirled it in his fingers.

“Welcome home.” Marcus chuckled and sat the glass back down on the table. “The puzzle pieces are all coming together. It may take some time… but when this war is over, we will be victorious.”