Celestial Wulf Chronicles Book# 5 Sacrifice's

OLOFI'S ALPHA

In Crimson's eyes, I see it. He will intervene. But then Reuben, with a melancholy tone, speaks, drawing our attention to him, "Estrella, Cary, you have my word.... Bud?" Crimson turns his piercing optics gaze even shouldered to Reuben's back. "She is right, bud. We cannot. This is fate." Estrella & I watch Crimson's celestial power explode onto the spiritual plane. Lava black dense smoke in plumes soars, the lava itself limns Alpha Crimson's body.

Crimson's endless phenomenal power lashes towards Reuben. His head snaps turns, confronting Reuben with menacing, growled words. "SABLE & ALEJANDRO ARE MY MATES REUBEN. OR HAVE YOU SO SWIFTLY DISMISSED THE HISTORY I SHARED WITH?" But only Estrella and myself, in awe at how it diminishes upon contact with Reuben's own rising aura.

Facing Crimson, Reuben steeled human eyes ignite in response, releasing ethereal emerald flames. Rivaling the power of Crimson. "It is you, Bud, who seems to have forgotten what occurred when SABLE WAS KILLED. How YOU reacted, That is precisely why we will not interfere. Would you place Sable in the same position you once were in? The very plagues you yourself descended upon Egypt. Will it be you to bring darkness?" A sudden look of shock crosses Alpha Crimson's face. Halting his expanding fury.

But not Reubens'. "ANSWER ME 'CRIM." Using the very name, Alejandro calls Alpha crimson. Slowly, Alpha Crimson breaks his Forest -green ethereal piercing gaze. His pulsating aura, the power he contains, is reducing. Estrella and I remain transfixed. From what occurs next.

"I asked you a question, bud. Will you plunge Alejandro & Sable into darkness? Because I won't. I almost did that once, seven years ago. Remember?"

"No, Reuben. Never." Returning my leer, I engage Reuben's own; with a low growl, responding to my soul companion, I was about to argue, but..... Before I say a word, Ethereal power crackles, Spreading, encasing Reuben's form, suddenly imposing on my own might suppressing it! "WHAT!!"

Reuben's human orbs transform into neon green phosphorous embers. The power within them expanding, fusing with uniform force off Reuben's body. Exuding celestial energy compelling me to obey.

My human soul companion's tone is calm, centered, in complete control. But Reuben's astral dominance climbs, dwarfing, suppressing me. With but a turn of his head, his gaze upon me. I am laden with more ethereal might. His authoritative tone staggering engulfing the whole of the astral realm,

"NO, BUD, YOU WILL NOT. I will not allow you to. This is the way it must be. I will not leave Alejandro alone, bud. Bad enough, I abandoned him once Crimson, thinking him dead. I will NOT make the same mistake again. I will be there for him, 'Crim.' We made a promise to both, Crimson. A promise I will keep. Do you remember that promise?"

My response foretold the raging violence at my guardian power being tamed. "I do. But I will not lose my mate OR, HIS MOTHER REUBEN." Reuben's body explodes with unearthly lime green flames, manifesting supreme celestial-like energy unleashing across the astral plane. "Then you leave me no choice, bud." Reuben's response reveals the limitless depth of his rare ability.

Mesmerized, Estrella and I remain disbelieving, hearing Reuben's monotoned words. Bending all in the astral plane. The overwhelming weighted force."In the beginning, I could not understand how you and I could have had so many battles of will." Reuben's voice rises in power in seconds, equal to those of celestials. Its immensity continues expanding as Reuben approaches. "WHAT!! IMPOSSIBLE!! HOW CAN THIS BE!!"

Reuben continues, "It was under the teachings of our mentor; did I surmise the reason why Crimson."

"THIS POWER IS STAGGERING! HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS!! I.... I...MUST SUBMIT..." My gaze shocked interprets my thoughts. Yet Reuben's oppressing might is showing results. My legs buckle beneath the ethereal energy of Reuben's emerging rare ability. Straining with every fiber of my being, transforming the astral plane to lava. Yet, my body continues to lower.

Snarling, snapping my jaws, at this behavior, I am forced to submit. "NO! BUT HOW?? HOW ARE YOU BE DOING THIS TO ME, REUBEN!!? I WILL NOT SUBMIT!! I, I CRIMSON LAVA CELESTIAL GUARDIAN ALPHA SUBMIT TO NO ONE NEVER!!" My will defies and ignites, fully unleashing unrestrained force. Engulfing the astral plane into magma. Fighting with all my might against Reuben's mounting power. But immediately, with ease and a flick of his burning emerald gaze, it bends to Reuben's will, absorbed within. PULLED INTO REUBEN!

"I.... finally understand why. Why for all your might. You could not and will never dominate me, bud. It is because of my rare ability. The rarest ability of all. The one the Olofi has given me... My empyreal domination is over you...." His burning oculars move to the awed duo as he continues speaking, ".... And all seven celestial guardian wulves. I know what it is now."

"Estrella?" my eyes bulge, my body strains with all might in the astral plane. This cannot be?? And yet. It is clear. Estrella responds, "I see also Cary." Amazed at what is happening. "HOW?" Seeing the black lava fiery form of my wulf Alpha yielding, submitting to one whose human form consumes Crimson's own. Removing all doubt.

Reuben's gaze returns upon me, steeling. "We Crimson, We were never equal. And we never will be." Reuben's words transform. Becoming weighed power on my body, forcing me to continue giving in until I rest on astral constellation ground beneath Reuben's powerful burning orbs. I have yielded.

My human soul companion's rare ability is beyond my own. Reuben is... a DESTINED ELITE ALPHA. His tone lowers, "I WILL NOT LEAVE THEM. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"

I've succumbed, Forced to accept the spirit of the only being capable of wielding my celestial guardian's might, effortlessly diminishing it with his own as a child breathes air. The gift Olofi awarded him surfaces throbbing naturally off Reuben's body, dwarfing mine entirely. Meeting my snarling with a steely gaze. Reuben clarifies.

"I now understand why we have no celestial caretaker, Crimson. And so have you. I will not allow you to interfere, my wulf companion. Even if at the moment of its occurrence, I must paralyze you from moving. I will, bud. Make no mistake. I do not want this as much as you do, Crimson. But THIS. This is how it must be."

Exhausted from the exertion, I stop fighting. Ruben Acosta is my Celestial caretaker. He is... My Elite Alpha.