Sweeter Tease (Sequel To Sweet Tease)

Chapter Thirty-One

{Third Person's Point of View}

The screaming became louder as the wolves made their was deeper into the building.  They passed dark room upon dark room, sneaking their way deeper into the building.  Octavia let the wolves according to the map that was given to the pack, and so far it was proving correct.  While the panting of the wolves could be heard, they made sure to keep themselves quiet enough that one wouldn't be able to hear them unless they really focused.

Delving further into the building proved to be nerve-wracking.  Around every turn, there was a possible threat.  When the wolves made it to a room that had been shown to them as the ritual room, Octavia looked at the twelve wolves with her.  She made eye contact with every single one of them, including her wives, before she opened her mouth and spoke to them.

"I am unsure as to what we will find in this room.  I also cannot promise that this room will not be our grave.  So far the woman that is our source has been honest with us, but we're also taking a big risk here.  I'm grateful for every single one of you.  Now, let's get in there and ruin us a ritual!"

Those wolves pranced as quietly as they could, making sure that they did not make any whimpering noises.  Octavia turned on her heel and poked her head around the corner and snuffed when there was a dark hallway instead of an open room.

Alright.  Quietly now.  Listen for the Ritual, and keep your eyes peeled for anything strange.

The wolves moved quietly down the hallway, making sure that the clicking of their claws was at a minimum.  As they continued down the dark hallway, there was a loud noise and the lights suddenly came on, casting a white light on the wolves and down the hallway.  All of the wolves crouched low to the ground while Janessa and Winifred plastered themselves to the wall on either side of the wolves.  When they could see again, they continued walking down the hallway.  Octavia stopped dead in her tracks when a voice sounded in her head.

Alpha Octavia Montgomery, and pack, welcome.  The Sabin has already started the Ritual.  The time to interrupt and ruin the whole thing would be right after he says the words "Arise, Goddess, Arise!" If you are too late, I fear for your daughter's safety.  Now, follow the path I have lit for you and you will be in the Ritual room before you know it.

Thankfully, the woman had made it to where all of the small pack heard her words, so Octavia didn't have to explain what was going on.  She looked at her pack and nodded.  Some of them still didn't trust the woman who had been helping them, and Octavia understood their concerns, but she also trusted their own witch.  With a turn of her head, she led the wolves down the lit hallway.

They followed the brightly lit path for what felt like miles until they heard chanting.  Slowing their brisk walk to almost a crawl, they got closer to the chanting.  Nodding, Octavia took a cautious step forward, stopping when there was a loud clattering, and then piercing screams.  The wolves flattened their ears, and Octavia darted into the room followed by her pack, consequences be damned.  The room that they ran into was like one they hadn't seen before.  In the dead center of the room there was a large table that was in the shape of a five pointed star.

The star table was large enough that it could fit an adult human.  There were divots  in the table that ran around the outer edge of the star, with about three inches between where the divot started and the edge of the table began.  Within the divot there was a liquid that was glowing an electric blue.  On the points of the star, there were bone pieces; a canine skull to represent the head of Anubis, the front legs of a wolf where the arms would be, as well as the rear legs of a wolf where the legs would be.

At the very top of the star, there was what looked like a medieval goblet with jewels sitting on a pedestal.  On the pedestal there were more divots that ran from the goblet itself to around the table.  The divots that ran from the goblet to the divots that ran around the star glowed the same electric blue.  The electric blue liquids origin point was the inside of the goblet where a darker liquid glowed the same electric blue and overflowed out of the chalice and down the sides.

In the center of the star, there lay a woman in a sheer white dress.  Her chest was heaving as she too glowed a dimmed shade of the electric blue.  There were much darker blue veins that pulsed and squirmed throughout her body, which had the wolves shuddering in disgust.  Octavia stepped forward, which put her standing in the glow of the ritual and the sight of everyone involved.  A woman with bright red hair shot her eyes over to where Octavia stood, and brought her eyes back to where a man with straw white hair stood with his arms upraised.

A few loud gasps sounded as the man started laughing and started lowering his arms.  The  wolves shuddered collectively as he stared directly at them.  His mouth broke into a wide grin as the woman on the table began to fade to her normal colours.  Janessa was the first to gasp when the electric blue faded completely.

"Guinevere!"

The man who had been laughing now stared at the vampire woman in disgust.  He sneered at her, not bothering to hide his hatred.

"You're too late, disgusting tick!  The Goddess has already taken over her body, and she'll be my ticket to a new world!  She will do my bidding to create a world for the pure breeds!"

The red-haired woman looked at him in absolute shock.  She stepped over to the man and grabbed his forearm, whispering loudly and frantically.

"That was never the goal, Gideon!  What are you doing?!  Stop this madness!"

The man called Gideon raised his arm, throwing her off of him and onto the ground, making sure that his fist hit her jaw as she went down.

"Stand down, Scarlett!  This was always the goal, but you were too busy helping those stupid wolves to their deaths to realize it!"

Gideon snarled at the red-haired woman.  Scarlett moved her hand to hold her face and stare up at Gideon in shock.  Her shock turned to anger quickly as she stood up.  Her face broke into a snarl and wind began to blow in the ritual room, making the other ritual participants cower and the wolves fur ruffle.  Scarlett's eyes began to glow a very threatening red.

"You cannot control a God, Gideon!"

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{I've added a very very quick sketch as to what I imagine the star table looks like. How much effort did CAEON put into this drawing? Absolutely none at all. In any case, enjoy my stick figure drawing.

Much love,

CAEON}