Reins Of The Underworld . The voice giggles in my head . Your hell hound . Here , let me show you ༥ ༢ 94 % 】 My legs move on their own accord , and I realise I'm not in control of my body . It's as if I'm sitting in the passenger seat , just watching . I ... or we move over to a small pool over water . It's so dark the water looks almost black . As we move over the broken and jagged stones and lean forward , I see my reflection in the water . I look ... just like a fucking hell hound . My fur , the little sparks of fire within it , my eyes are red . I definitely shifted , just not into a regular wolf . On top of my head , wrapping around my ears is a crown of thorns and vines , and right in the middle , is a little skull embedded into the vines . Oh my ... Right ?! We look fucking beautiful ! Layah says back to me . and take a look at our sexy as fuck mates . She turns us around to look at the four hell hounds and I internally gasp . On closer inspection , I see in the middle of each of their foreheads is those little symbols that were on their crowns . A pale horse with a sword . A white horse with a bow . A red horse with a sword . A black horse with a scale . T Guys ? I try , reaching out in my mind to them . The hell hounds all look at each other and then back to me . Little mate ? Love ? Luna ? Doll ?! What the fuck is going on ?! " Well , I'm sure we could answer some of your questions " , a very deep , eery voice booms . from the distance as we all turn our heads to see two figures coming towards us . The man is tall and broad ; I can make out a beard under his dark hooded cloak and he holds some sort of a sceptre in one hand . The other is a woman , a tall , slender woman in a long black flowing gown . Her dark hair flows in waves around her as she walks barefoot across the stones . Her face is flawless , she is the picture of beauty , grace , and danger . * Hades ... Persephone . * I bow my hell hound head now Layah has given me back control . My mates seem to follow my lead , bowing low . " Rise , please my children . " Persephone says sweetly . " Please , shift and we can take this conversation somewhere more comfortable . " O O 29 DIN ||| ΤΟ 1/4 16:39 Fri , Aug 29 GM . Reins Of The Underworld . 94 % I'm a bit nervous to shift , not only is it my first time , but also ... I'll be naked . Noah shifts first and I'm surprised to see he's still in his clothes . The others follow him , also with their clothes , so I concentrate on my human form , as Layah tells me to and I shift . Hades sceptre booms as he slams it to the ground and there's a rush of black smoke that fills my vision ; I close my eyes and that weird falling feeling again before I stumble back to my feet and open my eyes to find we're now standing in some sort of a grand hall . The floor is a black marble with red swirls in it . The walls are painted black with large windows that have intricate designs of black roses and vines swirling around them . There's light coming in through the windows but no actual vision of what is on the outside . Hades and Persephone sit upon two black thrones on a sort of alter , while my mates and I stand in a line together in front of them . " Hades . " Persephone says softly , looking towards us . " Right . We haven't had guests in a long time . I forgot . " He raises his hand in our direction and behind us from the ground , that familiar smoke swirls before it forms a long stone slab in the form of a bench chair . " Sit . " He orders . " Please . " Persephone adds in . My mates look to me nervously and I take a seat , which they then follow . " I assume you have questions . " Hades says coldly . " Uh , yes , a few . " I nod . " Well ? " He ushers with his hand . " Spit them out then . " " You saved me , " I start . " That's not a question . " C " If you would let me finish . " He lifts his head enough that I can see a smirk beneath the darkness of his hood . " Go on then . " He says a little lighter . " You saved me when I was but a pup . Why ? " O 29 2/4 IN ||| O < 16:39 Fri , Aug 29 GM Reins Of The Underworld . " Well , that is certainly a good question . " Persephone smiles at me . " And definitely the best place to start . " 94 % Hades nods to her . " Yes . We saved you . It is not every day that one with the bloodline of the Moon Goddess is sacrificed to the Underworld . We saw an opportunity and we took it by saving you . " " And what would that opportunity be ? " " The opportunity to hand over the reins of hell , of course . " " What exactly does that mean ? " " It means that you and your mates here will take over from us . You will rule the underworld and keep it in order as we have over such a long time . My wife and I have been ready for a long time to finally pass on to the next world , but we have not been able to do that until we found someone of the appropriate bloodline to do so . " " And what if my mates and I do not want to rule the underworld ? " Hades shrugs and slouches back in his throne . " You have no choice , when my wife and I saved you and sent you back to the mortal realm , we did so by infusing our lifeforce into you . Every year that you have lived , you have taken a little more lifeforce from us . When you officially took on the role of Luna for the Red Moon Pack , we may have tweaked the event to also include that your mates would take on the role of Kings of the underworld . " " You tricked us . " I gasp . " Tricked ? I saved you ! " He booms , ending on a cough as Persephone rubs his back and continues for him . " When you came of age , it took most of the lifeforce we had left . We never chose this life , just as you didn't , but we have done our part and now it is your time to do yours . We dont have long left before we will pass into the next world . " She stands , helping Hades to his feet as well . They both remove their crowns , the same sort of crowns that my mates and I now wear , and they place them upon their thrones before walking over to us . Persephone takes my hands in hers . " You will do great things , Evelina , you all will . Believe in yourself . If the underworld is not controlled and maintained , then every other world will suffer for 3/4 O 29 DIN N ||| O 16:39 Fri , Aug 29 GM . Reins Of The Underworld . it . It is a great responsibility , one you were born and saved for . Silas will explain everything you need to know . " ས 94 % ▪ She leans down and kisses me forehead , making a warm feeling flow through my veins before she pulls back . I watch as Hades raises his sceptre and moves along my mates , taping it on each of their shoulders once , before both Hades and Persephone bow to us together and then they vanish . They just fucking vanish . Chapter Comments