With her brain filled to the brim, Visena came to her senses.

Zeir stared at her, open-mouthed and twitching with rage, his aura holding something far beyond anger. Black veins spidered from his eyes, chest, and facial deformity, and fetid, viscous mucous dripped from his wounds. He glowered at the scene as a shadowy haze seeped from his pores and shrouded his naked body.

Visena felt a gnarled tether to Zeir. The bond that held them together was powerful and grotesque, a large portion of her strength flowing through it from the forced mate bond. When the other wolves returned from the Veil, they would feel its command, too, and Zeir would control them all.

The Dark Alpha prowled across his platform and stood over Gideon, still hunched in the dirt from the last command.

Gideon kneeled to no one, and seeing him bow down to Zeir made Visena's blood boil. Zeir raised his clawed hand to deliver a fatal blow when she remembered one more thing. A terrible, manic smile split her face.

I'm a powerful fucking Faery.

In an instant, she crushed the larynx of the Witch restraining her and raised her hand towards Zeir. Her fingers clawed as her magic searched for water within his body. His corrupted blood followed her whims as she dragged him across the dirt and pinned him to the earth.

"Wha- What are you doing?" Zeir's face was so red and veiny that she was sure he would burst a blood vessel or go into cardiac arrest before she got her justice.

"You can't hurt me... I'm your mate. It is impossible."

Visena said nothing, looking numbly where her mother had fallen, and opened the Veil again.

To her surprise, dozens of portals opened all around the clearing, and Water Fae piled out. Some were covered in black wolf ichor, and others were drenched in golden Fae blood. All held solemn expressions.

"You fucking bi-"

With a flick of her wrist, she took his voice from him. Now her memories of glamouring had returned, she took reasonable pleasure covering his gaping mouth with a patch of illusory stretchy skin. He moaned and extended his jaw wide, staring at the portals Visena created. It looked like the underside of a scrotum. Perfect.

Invictus and Praelia wolves exited next, followed by Eve and Thyra arm in arm, slick with sweat, dirt, and death. They met her eyes and nodded before gathering next to the Vampires. A few cast uneasy looks at their sworn enemies, but mutual respect won out.

Finally, the portal closed with no Calypso or Mihnea. Visena smirked knowingly before an unexpected guest caught her attention. Queen Cecilia strode in and floated past everyone towards her daughter's grave.

Oren and Elowen shrank into nearby foliage with wide eyes.

They have never been in the presence of a Queen before, Visena realised. Nevertheless, she couldn't stop scowling at the arrogant, entitled, murderous tree fuckers.

With a hefty eye roll, Visena drew her thoughts back before she killed them too.

Cecilia made her way to Esmerelda's small self-made shrine and knelt. Then, with a gentle cupping motion, she scooped up the Blue Lotus and stored it in a small pouch around her neck before walking back in silence toward Visena and staring straight into her soul.

No words passed between them, but Visena felt her grief like no other. Cecilia tucked a stray hair behind Visena's ear and carried on back to the Veil with a procession of Fae behind her. It was the only time Cecilia had shown her any tenderness.

As the portals closed for the last time that night, Visena turned to Gideon, blinking back tears. He was still kneeling in the dirt, but it was for her this time. His green orbs shone beneath the light of the moon.

"You remember?" His voice was barely a whisper.

Visena nodded with a broken smile and turned her head towards Jed. "Go be with your brother."

She turned her back on Gideon as he rose and jogged over to Jed and Liam, the former still unconscious and cradled in the Beta's arms.

The Fae stared down at her monstrous 'mate' and flicked his nose with her sharp nail. The glamour disappeared, and he growled, snapping at her fingers. Withdrawing them quickly, Visena tutted. "You can't hurt your mate, remember?"

"Elowen, Oren, kill her! Kill them all!" Zeir searched the darkness for them, but they were hiding out of sight.

Visena clenched her jaw. They could be a problem later.

Sighing, Visena spoke while stifling a yawn, "You're pretty pathetic now, huh?" She contemplated his fate and decided on mercy. No matter how evil Zeir was, Visena wasn't a murderer. Unless it was for self-defense. At least not when the target of her killing blow looked so pathetic, pinned to the ground. His tiny appendage curled up inside his sack. Small dick syndrome. She realised with a nod. "Makes sense."

No, I won't stoop that low. Not after my mother- Not after she- Why did she have to?

Her distracted mind and constricted throat gave Zeir enough time to seal his fate.

"KILL HER!" His intention was to target the wolves, and they couldn't resist his amplified Alpha command.

Her wolves, her family, Eve, Thyra, Liam, and even Gideon were stalking her with feral looks.

"Fuck you." She growled at the desperate Alpha, rearing her arm back to strike him. The gnarled tether between them sprung forth in Visena's mind as if to say, back off.

It was a boundary that had never been crossed. Hina had blessed the wolves with mates but made it impossible for them to hurt one another with the intent to harm.

But Hina didn't account for Calypso's gift and neither did Zeir. The rules binding Visena were gone. Calypso had gone against nature, and Visena would forever be grateful.

Her sharpening nails slammed into Zeirs stomach, fingers shifting into her wolf form. Silver tufts of fur across her clawed hand quickly became doused in brackish blood as Visena plunged her fist inside his abdomen. She jammed her arm upwards inside Zeir's ribcage with a grunt, cutting off his terrified screams with choked gargles.

His heart jackhammered in his chest as his wounds tried to heal themselves. Visena didn't have time to think. Her wolves descended on her crouched form as she palmed his beating organ and wrenched it, plucking it from his chest cavity like a ripened fruit.

The Blue moon loomed overhead as Visena turned to face down her approaching wolves. The light cast an eerie shadow across the Fae's face. They all stopped immediately as Zeir's command died with him. There was hardly a sound from his mouth as he passed- a stark contrast from his loquacious existence. Her arm lifted to reveal the Dark Alpha's heart as it beat for the last time.

"That's enough," she said sternly, standing before the Wolves, Vampires, and Earth Fae, dropping the flaccid organ onto the dirt.

Visena took a moment, eyes closed, to think about what she had done and whom she lost. Dwelling on Esmerelda's death too long had her heart tearing in two and throat throbbing.

When her gaze finally lifted, she blanched at the sight before her. The Wolves dropped to a singular knee and bowed. The Vampire's inclined their heads in respect while the Earth Fae skittered away into the dark. I'll deal with them later.

In a chorus of voices started by her true mate, kneeling before her, she heard it for the first time. Her title. The true explanation for her unnatural life.

The rising voices shared the reason she had been blessed by the goddess, Hina, the Fae Queen, Cecilia, and the Hidden one, Calypso. Visena Sage finally fulfilled the Witch's prophecy. She wasn't Invictus' Alpha nor Praelia's.

The chant seemed to bring the forest to life, birdsong erupted, and the trees swayed in a gentle breeze. Over and over, until the blue moon dipped behind the ninety-foot redwoods, the Wolves howled,

"My Queen!"

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A/N

Well, well, looky here. You did it. You made it to the end.

Well... this was supposed to be the end and then for some unknown reason, I kept writing... forty more chapters.

I think it's because there is so much left to do,

Like what happens with jed? Prims baby? The council? And the Earth fae...

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So instead of creating a whole new book, I'm going to continue the chapters on and consider it a part two.

Thank you for readingggg, I know I said I'll double update, but I'll have to do it tomorrow as it's late as hell. As a reward/ apology , I'll do the first 2 chapters of part two 😊❤️❤️❤️

Also I got spooked from people talking about mirror sites stealing work so just to clarify-if you see this story anywhere else, it's stolen so pls report and let me know xxx

Love you all,

K ❤️💋