Devil's Awakening: A Dark Whispers Novel -book 1-

Chapter 25: What Doesn't Make You Stronger, Will Kill You

There was little to no hope left in the waning souls of the underworld. Life had been a horrid torrent when being among the living. Days spent farming, sowing seeds, and working till the earth was barren of its natural resources. Man kind left an ugly scar on the world. Infected it like a disease, left it to ravage the earth and swallow it up like some sort of gaping mouthed monster. How short we fall when we are in a rush to save our own pitiful existence.

Those that worked hard and made an honest living were no strangers to hardship. They were not spared the deafening blows of misery and heartbreak. Every mortal dies, every souls must break.

Hades knew this the day his brothers cast him from their presence. The day his world was ripped out from underneath him, his throne, his birthright. All taken and beat down like some lowly mortal. Centuries of planning his revenge, never had he imagined the misfortune of prophecy to hinder his vengeance. One girl meant to bestow life upon his land, a women not meant for the world of darkness like he. Whether she was Zeus' rightful beloved or not, she belonged to Hades now. An eye for an eye dear brother.

What he had not predicted was the unborn child. The life that was now stirring within his females womb. Like a cancer, that child would be his ultimate downfall. It would infect his soul and threaten the darkness.

Fate has a funny way of playing itself out, the deck of cards we are dealt can have many outcomes. How we ultimately decide to use the information given will determine our future. Hades had predicted obstacles in his plan to overthrow his brothers. Take the women, start a war, and burn Olympus to the ground. It was simple enough to think on these things, however, complication seemed to follow Hades like the plague.

Lorel was truly Zeus' mate. However, damnable that notion was he could not change it. His love for Lorel was tainted by the hate he had for his brothers. True, he loved her, a love built on hate and venom. A love that will never satisfy his needs nor hers. She was not his Sodalise Vitae, he had none. For a soulless being could not have a soul mate. She was a pawn in his game of wits. She was meant to bring Zeus to his knees, bring his fate closer to the end. However, she changed it all. The game Hades once had placed on the board was shifting with the tides. His world was slowly falling apart, his plans for vengeance crippled by one woman. A woman he swore he would not give his heart to, and yet, he found himself entranced by the beauty he had captured and locked away for centuries. The love he felt for Lorel was purely sadistic and selfish. Built upon the betrayal he felt from his casting out of heaven.

Everything he had done was purely out of selfish necessity. Hades had no regret, no pure love to give the women who warmed his bed. Love did not exist in his world, it never had. Not from the time he was conceived to the time his father tried to devour him and his siblings.

Love was not a privilege in Hades life, it never had been, and it never will be. He knew this form the beginning. soulless beings have no soul mates. And so, he made it his mission in life to take the very thing that would cripple Zeus enough to overthrow him.

Or so he though...

What Hades had not predicted was the love and endurance a soulmate may possess. HE had not predicted the power he would give Zeus in possessing his women. The raw need for her had sent Zeus into a state of ultimate rage. His rage fueled his strength and his strength fueled his will to fight for her.

This was not what Hades predicted, none of this was what Hades predicted. He had not predicted forming a certain love for Lorel, nor the power he would give Zeus in keeping her away, nor did he predict the child that grew within Lorel's womb.

None of the events that have transpired were set into motion by his will. Hades, in his lust for revenge had forgot that fate will not be caged and destiny shall never be altered.

However, though his original plans for vengeance were stumped by the demon child growing within Lorel. He soon began to formulate the next steps in his plight for revenge. For the seed that was brought to life by his doing would soon bring Olympus to its knees. For a child of the devil shall bring destruction to the world.

Hades had sent her away in hopes of this child being of his seed, just like him. That this child would grow in the presence of Zeus. For Hades knew that is where Lorel would find sanctuary. The demon child would grow, like a weed in the presence of the gods. For the child of Hades was death itself. Death was upon the heavens as Hades saw it, the child would bring destruction, cripple them within. For no man would suspect a child to be of harm in a world of light. His child will be their ultimate downfall.

Hades ground his jaw tightly has he sat back in his throne, looking upon the dead lands of his empire. His steely gaze rapture the fields of dead souls with terror. Smirking with a spite so vicious, Hades began to ponder on his plans for revenge.

Hades had not felt the gaze of the fates upon him in all his hate and spite. They could not suppress the smirk that arose on their cracked pale lips as they knew the fate of all, living or dead.

They knew that fate was a tricky bastard, but they also knew that love was a force to be reckon with. Whether it be a selfish or pure love, love in itself was dangerous. All three who bore the pain in this triangle of love and anguish were soon going to find out that love does not always conquer all.

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