The Reaver Chronicles: Raziel

by Gift .

  There would be no way she could resist me now, my power would be far superior to hers and I could take her easily. I would kill anyone who got in my way, my brother included if need be.

  My thoughts seemed to please the darkness. Anytime I had a negative thought or something regarding murder, or war, the darkness reethed with pleasure, like it was feeding off my anger, off my torment.

  I didn’t care, the only thing I cared about was her. And I wanted her now. Enough lying around in misery, counting on the darkness to satisfy and fill my void. It was time to take my life in my own hands and choose my fate, choose for myself what I want, or in this case, who I want.

  This newfound cockiness was addicting. The more confident I was in myself and my powers, the more I felt the energy pulsing through my veins.

  I was a fucking god, and I was going to get my prize. I dare anyone to try and stop me.

  I thought of Rayne in my mind, and materialized to her exact location.

  The darkness was ready, It was time to collect our prize.

  Chapter 53

  (Rayne)

  As crazy as it sounds I was missing my pack. The past few months I’ve spent here with Raziel were amazing, there was no doubt about that. I have learned so much about myself and my powers, and our relationship has been growing and getting better everyday.

  I can’t deny that things have been wonderful. It’s so funny to me to see Raziel and not feel fear around him. I remember when he used to scare the ever living shit out of me, and I feel like that wasn’t really that long ago.

  I had a brief flashback of him killing Eric, his fangs dripping with Eric's blood, Eric's lifeless body on the floor. A shudder ran through me causing cold chills to run down my spine. I guess there was still a little fear, but not for my own life at least.

  My overall experience here has been a good one, the darkness included which I was still actively fighting daily. It was just different you know? Like something was missing.

  I missed training, I missed my pack, I missed Roman, who was my only real friend, even if he was hired by Raziel to be my friend, ha. I even missed my Alpha.

  As much as I hate to admit it, Alpha Drake was a huge part of my life for many years. We may have never seen eye to eye, but I knew as long as I followed his rules he would protect me. I never faltered in that security except, you know, the time I did break the rules and almost died by his hand.

  But that was my fault, I knew better. Handling grief was never my strong suit as we can see, and I let it get the best of me. I would have deserved my fate. But he hadn’t attempted to kill me again, and he had no reason to as I was following the rules.

  My anger towards him had dissipated once I realized he was forced into his decision just like I was. I couldn’t blame him for being in an impossible situation. What would I have done if I were him? Probably the very same thing, even though I would like to think I wouldn’t have.

  It was just a lot to take in. I had lived in my pack since I was 12, and I grew up a wolf, with a pack. I may have been alone mostly, but I always had Wynter once I turned, and I always had my pack. I know it’s strange but when Raphael sped up time, I missed almost a full year of my life and didn’t even realize it.

  I would be 21 soon, and that thought was strange to me, I completely missed 20, but I was 20.. I still felt 19. This whole thing was insane. Changing time was something I would never get used to. I had witnessed Raziel doing it a few times, but he never let it go on for longer than a few hours, mostly to help me get through my grief faster. Although to me it felt as if it were going slower during those times.

  The thought of me turning 21 just hurt, my grief and the void threatened to return at that very moment, and I had to think of something else to distract me. “Raziel, can we go visit my pack today?” I asked him. I gave him my best puppy dog eyes, hoping he would allow it. I hadn’t been outside since the darkness took over, just in case I couldn't control it again.

  I had been doing really good at keeping it at bay, but Raziel had yet to find out anything from any of his covens regarding how to stop it. That worried him, and I know it did. I could see the worry flood his beautiful face, and I knew he thought it was a bad idea. Especially since my last interaction with Alpha Drake wasn’t that long ago.

  “I promise, I will be ok! I am just really missing my pack. I’m really missing Wynter. Maybe being back in the pack setting will coax her to come out from her hibernation?” I said hopefully.

  His face softened, he couldn’t really ever tell me no and that’s something I loved about him. He was always looking out for my best interest but also always trying to give me what I wanted. He was perfect.

  Today he was wearing something casual, which surprised me. He always wore such fancy clothes, and today he was in basketball shorts, gold of course, and black tee that accentuated his muscular physique.

  His hair was perfectly styled though, not a hair out of place. He took me in his arms, and pressed his lips to mine. My mark went wild at his gesture, and I reciprocated of course. He pulled away, “Let me change” He said with a sparkle in his beautiful golden eyes. And he materialized to the closet.

  How did I know he wouldn’t go out in casual clothing? He wouldn’t be caught dead not wearing a suit. My mind flashed to Raphael for a brief moment, and anger flooded into me like fire running through my veins. He always wore a suit as well, it must be a brother thing, I thought, and immediately pushed the thought from my mind because I could feel the darkness looming.

  Anytime I had a thought of anger, emptiness, the void, anything negative or upsetting, I could feel the darkness just below the surface, threatening to explode. I couldn’t even open the door for it to come in, or It would force its way through. That door had to remain shut at all times, and boarded up from both sides.

  Raziel came out of the closet looking like a million bucks. He had on a traditional gold suit, except this time the suit pants and jacket were solid gold, and his shirt and vest underneath were black, same with his shoes.

  I Immediately thought of Raphael and his solid silver suit, and immediately regretted the thought. The darkness was so close to rearing its ugly head and it was getting harder to push it away. Everything lately had reminded me of Raphael, and my anger was just boiling, threatening to explode at any moment.

  I was like a ticking time bomb, and my minutes were almost up. I had to stay strong though, I fought the darkness back again for the third time this morning, luckily I was successful.

  “Are you ready?” Raziel purred, flashing me a perfect smile that had me melting. My mark was shooting lightning bolts through my body and that wasn’t helping either. I couldn’t resist the marks pull, I threw myself into Raziels arms and hoped the marks pull would calm the darkness because it was too close to exploding.

  Thankfully It worked, as it always does. Raziel laughed as I pulled away reluctantly. I touched his beautiful hair and felt sparks flying through my mark.

  “I don’t think I will ever tire of this, of you” I purred. I softly kissed him, enjoying every moment we had together, free from the darkness.

  Then I grabbed his hand and we materialized to Alpha Drakes office.

  Chapter 54

  Alpha Drake was in his office talking to Roman. I could see a brief flash of fear then worry flash through Alpha Drake’s eyes when he saw me, but my smile seemed to calm his mind.

  “Hi Alpha!” I said excitedly. I ran up to him and threw my arms around him. He stood there for a minute in shock. I had never done anything like that before, especially not in front of another wolf from the pack.

  I was a little worried what his reaction might be knowing he was a ruthless killer and all, but then he slowly wrapped me in a bear hug, calming my worries.

  My mark was burning out of control, which had me wondering if it knew peoples feelings for me and burned worse when they were in proximity as a warning, or if it just didn’t like Alpha Drake.

  I pulled away and locked eyes with Ro
man. I could see his face light up, but also a look of worry washed across it. “Rayne!” He said and he then grabbed me and threw me into a bear hug, causing the same type of reaction from my mark.

  I had never thought of Roman romantically before. I had never even noticed if he liked me like that or not, but my mark was burning just as bad as when Alpha Drake touched me, so now I had to wonder.

  I didn’t say anything of course, and just pulled away. “What happened to your eyes?!” Roman stated. He was the first one since I had allowed the darkness to take over completely to say anything about my eyes.

  Of course he would be the first one, friends always break the awkward ice. I took a deep breath in, it’s a long story. But I promise I’m ok.” I said, and I could tell Roman understood that we would talk later, but not right now.

  “What are you doing here, Rayne? Are you ok, do you need something?” Alpha Drake asked. He of course was wondering because he thought I had moved for good. I couldn’t blame him, after that long of not being here I would have assumed the same thing.

  “I just missed you guys so much! I miss training, I miss the pack, I miss my house. Basically I wanted to come back because I just really miss you guys.” I said, fighting back the tears threatening to flood from my eyes.

  “Well your home has remained untouched, I’ve made sure of that.” Alpha Drake said. I didn’t realize just how much I missed my life, until I was back here. It may seem stupid or trivial, but I really needed the normalcy, I needed my pack.

  I couldn’t help but feel a slight flutter of butterflies when Alpha Drake said that he had made sure my home was untouched, probably hoping I would return.

  “Also, um, Wynter hasn’t been in my mind for a few months. She’s hibernating due to the loss of our mate bond… I was really hoping that being back home would maybe coax her out.” I stammered.

  So far I hadn’t felt her move so it didn’t seem to be working. I could see the regret flash through Alpha Drake's eyes when I mentioned Wynter. He of all people understood how important our wolves were.

  “She’s not in your mind?” Roman said curiously. “No, it’s just quiet in there, and honestly it’s been driving me a bit mad.” I said. “Does it have anything to do with your eyes?” Roman questioned.

  I honestly hadn’t even thought about that. It was strange to me that Wynter would abandon me during this rough patch... She never had before, why would she suddenly abandon me now? What if it was due to the darkness? Oh my god, how could I be so fucking stupid?!

  “I’m, I'm not sure, but it’s not out of the realm of possibilities.” I stammered. I couldn’t believe I could overlook that... “I don’t know how I could have missed that? How can I get her back?” I asked, hope flowing through my words.

  Raziel was sitting in a chair in the corner just watching intently. He rarely stuck his nose where it didn’t belong but just him being here helped me stay calm.

  The darkness was lurking right below the surface, and the thought of the darkness being why Wynter was gone had my blood boiling, which in turn fed the darkness making it push harder to break free.

  Dealing with the darkness was a conundrum in itself. Nothing I did was truly darkness free, there was always some reason for it to try and rear it’s ugly head. I only hoped we could figure out a way to get rid of it before I lost control again.

  “Have you attempted to turn since Wynter went dormant?” Alpha Drake asked. I actually hadn’t even thought about turning. I rarely turned outside of patrol or training as it was, so to think about turning the past few months, I definitely hadn’t.

  “No I have been so distracted lately, I haven’t even tried.” I said. Hoping my Alpha had an idea that might work. “Lets go to the arena so we can test it out.” He said, and he grabbed my hand as we made our way to the door.

  My mark and Raziel didn’t quite like the idea of Alpha Drake holding my hand as we walked, but I knew he was doing it to make sure I didn’t lose my control over the darkness.

  He had witnessed it first hand, and I'm sure he never wanted to witness it again. I couldn’t blame him, I almost killed him the last time. I swear I thought I saw Roman smirk sarcastically, at the gesture, but I ignored it.

  There were too many men in this room who wanted to be with me apparently, and I was only now noticing. My mark, however, was fully aware, and made sure I was too.

  We got to the arena, it was just myself, Raziel, Roman and Alpha Drake. “Shift, you know how to do it, it’s like riding a bike.” Alpha Drake said. I called Wynter forward and tried to shift, but nothing happened. Wynter never came to my call.

  “She’s not there,” I said with a sigh. “Try again” Alpha Drake said with conviction. He was treating me now like we were in training, and I actually missed this.

  “Yes Alpha” I said back with the same conviction, and I tried again. “Wynter, cmon, where are you!? I know you’re still in there, please come forward!” I begged her in my mind.

  I thought I felt a tiny stirring, but it was gone before I could tell you if it were really anything or not. “Nothing, I thought I may have felt her, but it was gone before I could tell” I said, exasperation filling my voice.

  “Stop stressing Rayne, concentrate. You know how to do this, Shift!” Alpha Drake sneered. This was the Alpha Drake I was used to, His conviction gave me power, made me feel strong. I could do this, I would shift. “Wynter, Come to me now!” I sneered, and I could feel her stirring, like I had awoken her from a deep slumber.

  “That's it, come on girl!” I said to her, “Come forward.” I coaxed. “Rayne?” Wynter stammered. “Wynter?! You’re here!” I cried. “The darkness Rayne, it keeps me trapped, keeps me quiet. It suppresses my powers, we can’t shift.” She cried back.

  “I’ve missed you so much, I hate when you are gone, I hate this! I’m so sorry Wynter, I did this, please forgive me!” I begged.

  “I’m going to fix this! I swear, Wynter” I promised. Suddenly Raziel was by my side, and I could see a look of terror flash through Alpha Drake’s eyes.

  “Hello Beautiful” Raphael purred.

  Chapter 55

  Raphael was honestly looking like a gorgeous dark god. He had on a solid black suit with a silver suit vest and silver shoes. His dark hair was perfectly positioned on his head in a neat short cut. He had stubble on his chin and his Silver eyes solid black, black as night.

  He was absolutely breathtaking in this form, but the second I saw him the rage just hit me. I also noticed a strange pull towards him, a sexual attraction that was pissing me off, and making my mark burn out of control.

  I could see that he was engulfed in the darkness. It was writhing under his feet and flowing around him in waves just like I had been, but it seemed as if my darkness wanted to get to his darkness. The pull was so strong, and that shit I didn’t like at all.

  All the feelings of anger and rage towards him for being the reason I ended up in the darkness to begin with, came flooding back and hit me like a fucking freight train. I didn’t want to let the darkness back in, I couldn’t. Not after how well I had been doing keeping it out, and I just was able to contact Wynter for the first time in months!

  I couldn’t lose all of my progress, but the pull was so strong. The feelings were so extreme. Wynter was long gone by this point and I locked eyes with Raphael.

  I couldn’t help but want to walk over to him, it had to be the darkness pulling me his way. That was the final straw, I couldn’t hold the darkness back any longer. I raised one of my arms up and above my head palm up, surrounding myself in a whirlwind of black smoke.

  I felt the familiar icy warmth washing over me, and then it hit me. The power, the confidence, the control. I levitated eye level with Raphael and sneered.

  “Rayne, well aren’t you fucking beautiful this way” He sneered back. “What I wouldn’t give to have you rule by my side, to replace that mark with mine, forever!” He purred. His voice sounded like liquid silver penetrating my entire core, agitating my
mark to no end.