<h4>Chapter 247: _Time To End This</h4>


    Odessa’s POV


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    When I saw Kaelos getting snatched out of my hands, I froze. My lips trembled as I held my breath, contemting what to do when my ears caught the sound of him growling with rage at someone.


    Then a female voice began echoing a monologue, revealing all sorts of atrocities including killing his mother.


    The raven witch.


    I could feel Kaelos’ shock and confusion in that moment as if it were mine.


    And on top of all that, I could feel his rage simmering just beneath the calm exterior he kept with the raven witch. She was taunting him.


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    Trying to show him how powerless he was within her pocket dimension. Trying to force him to react, knowing fully well that she had used the element of surprise to subdue him.


    I couldn’t stand it any longer.


    ’Odessa, if we step out of this truck... there’s no turning back.’ Sirena blurted solemnly just when the invisibility sigil on my arm wore off. ’Are you sure about this? I think—’


    "We can’t stand idle, Sirena." I interrupted with a cold tone, snapping my fingers as I felt my magic brim.


    "Kaelos is out there fighting for his life while I’m here being... being nothing." I croaked, trying to hide my pain through gritted teeth. "I don’t give a fuck what the elders of the Luminari Coven say. I wouldn’t stay put and watch the people I care about get hurt when I know I can do something to help. Not anymore."


    With that, I nced over my shoulder at the four werewolf children in cages behind me. They were still unconscious but one of them seemed to be stirring in his sleep.


    I smiled wryly, drawing in a deep breath before I barged out of the truck.


    That’s when the real chaos started.


    From me releasing a sonic howl to sending sts of fire magic at the raven witch who seemed so eager to taunt me and get me to use my hybrid abilities.


    Too eager if I might add.


    But my emotions led me, spiking my will to shoot her off the air of the pocket dimension when she separated Kaelos from me through a dark magic wall.


    "Let it all out, hybrid girl!" The raven witch goaded with a mocking voice. "All the pain. The years of bullying and stigmatisation you’ve faced. The fact that the people you once called family want you to hide who you are."


    My eyes widened slightly as I blinked at her with confusion and shock before speaking slowly. "H–How do you know so much about—"


    Suddenly, she stretched out her arms while levitating several meters above me and made a few hand gestures, causing my jaw to clench.


    "Still so naive." She cackled as I slowly brought my gaze to the ground underneath my feet.


    That was when I noticed a connection of dark purple runes spinning in unison, causing a cold shiver to run down my spine.


    ’Girl, I don’t know what that is but it ain’t good.’ Sirena echoed in my mental space but her voice soon started bing distant.


    I swerved my head to the dark wall blocking me from Kaelos and realised it was no longer visible like it used to be a few minutes ago.


    And worst of all... I couldn’t feel the mate bond!


    It kept flickering, one second making me feel like I could hold onto Kaelos mentally if needed and the next just... disappearing.


    Like it never existed in the first ce.


    Dread filled me as I took a few steps back, violet mes still burning around me as my head spun. A voice soon began whispering in my head.


    ’Odessa... How long do you want to run away from your destiny? From who you really are?’


    I breathed heavily, roaring with anger before I began sending sts and shes of violet mes everywhere around me, but no matter how hard I tried, I didn’t hit anyone or anything.


    Meaning whoever was talking in my mind wasn’t here.


    "Who the fuck are you?" I snarled, baring my fangs as I red at the raven witch.


    She had a knowing smirk on her face but kept levitating, not bothering to send any attacks my way.


    Whatever was happening with me now... it was part of her n all along. And I had conveniently fallen into the trap.


    ’I am your salvation. I am the one who truly gets you on this where true hybrids have been hunted to extinction for centuries.’ The voice continued with a calm that made me uneasy. ’Just give in. Give up control. Trust me. And you’ll see how much different your life will be.’


    Was this some kind of fucking joke?


    "I will NEVER give control to anyone. You hear me?" I snarled, fixing all my attention on the raven witch as I ced both my hands on my forehead.


    I struggled, trying to fight off the voice in my head. And then... my magic suddenly spiked to a cataclysmic level, causing my mes to turn to a violet golden colour.


    I let out a scream, spreading out my arms as the pocket dimension shook from the power I exerted. Something came out of my body at that moment... like a corrupted parasite that had tried taking seed.


    The raven witch proceeded to send a st of powerful ck energy at me which I blocked with my arms crossed in an "x".


    And then... Kaelos finally ripped through the ck wall with his wolf transformation as the golden violet mes shot into the air in the form of a pir of mes.


    The air pulsed with energy that sent tingling down my spine and caused my skin to vibrate. The heat slowly started causing my clothes to peel off piece by piece but then... it stopped.


    It was as if my magic had more control. More shape. More substance.


    Yet, it still felt as chaotic as ever.


    "Die!" I let out a final roar that shook the entire pocket dimension, my eyes zing with a bright light as I pushed at the raven witch with a st of mes.


    At the same moment, my gaze flicked to the truck in which Kaelos and I hade here. The human soldier who had been standing close to the truck was now nothing but a pile of molten flesh.


    I could tell the truck was heating up as well and couldn’t imagine the situation the children inside were in.


    Kaelos suddenly jumped past me in his wolf form, his silver eyes glinting as he exchanged a quick nce with me. That quick look was enough to let me know that now, as always... he was there with me.


    We were in this... together.


    With that, Kaelos let out a guttural growl as he lunged at the raven witch in the air, sending a shockwave when his feet disconnected from the ground, sting dust and debris everywhere.


    The raven witch was already disoriented and quickly went on the defensive, trying to dodge Kaelos’ attacks.


    At that same moment, I fixed my gaze on the truck containing the wolf children and managed to lift it off the ground with telekinesis, sending it away from this side of the pocket dimension and all the way to the other side where the captives were waiting.


    With that done, I turned my head back to Kaelos and the raven witch, watching her eyes brim with panic as she tried dodging each of Kaelos’ strikes which sent shockwaves and shes of wind.


    "Time to end this," I muttered, pointing both my hands at the raven witch and clenching my fists.