**THANATOS IS BACK!!!!!!**

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Before I could disappear into the woods, a large woman dressed in a black cloak step in front of me.

She blows powder in my face, and I inhale a sweet scent of lavender.

"Faex" I mutter [Shit in Latin]

Witches Ulrica mutters distastefully before the world goes dark.

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I will make her cower under my power.

I will start a war hunting you down.

You crossed the line, my dear, and I don't forget.

Hold onto that child, my love, care for her.

Protect her.

And I will show you how truly powerless you are.

I won't rest until I've beaten her down - and I don't mean just beaten down until there is nothing left but death.

No...that will be far too easy.

I mean, I will keep that child forever. I will use every means of torture this world has ever thought of.

She will beg for death, and I will never give that gift to her.

Death, too, must be earned.

There isn't a place you can hide.

I will find you.

You will belong to me again.

And I will destroy everything you have ever come to care for.

I don't much care how it happens.

I just need you to suffer, to pay for your mistake.

I just need your cold eyes to focus only on me.

You may think this is an overreaction, but you underestimated how much I love you.

Don't think I'll play by "the rules" either, love, by leaving me you allowed me to exterminate that child you chose over me.

I'm coming. Just know that.

After all - I gave up my sanity up for you.

Three weeks.

These thoughts and promises consumed Thanatos for three weeks of pure agony.

I will keep this body, and it is MINE.

But regenerating it after that little blow up is a complete bitch to deal with.

This will be one of our torture sessions Thanatos thinks cheerfully, imagining several scenarios of Anala being torn apart and put back together.

She will blow you up again and again, and again The weak voice said smugly.

I see you're still here. Thanatos mutters distastefully.

I will never leave. He growled. And Thanatos gave a hard chuckle.

With time you will. He thinks smugly. Thanatos shoved the voice into the darkest place of his mind and focused on putting his body back together. Pain radiates throughout his corpse, but he welcomed every snap of his bones, shifting back into place. It was a reminder of the promise he made, to return every painful sensation to that child. To make her suffer far worse than what he is enduring now. When Thanatos body finally started to form the skin, he breathed a mouthful of the bone-chilling mist, filling his lungs with life again. He lifts his hand to his eyes, observing how the muscle and flesh merge back together to form the hand he had grown accustomed to. The fingers were long and robust, olive toned skin covered the bones and knuckles. Not a scratch on the new flesh.

The shadows come closer, seeking Thanatos' presence and twisted and wrapped around his body in a cold, crisp black suit. Thanatos stood up and brushed a hand through his head while looking around.

The trees veiled in the lightest of mists, their trunks a mixture of browns and greens with cracks that gnarl the bark. As his eyes travel to the edge of the woodland, they become silhouettes against a blanket of white light from the moon casting down on him, spotlighting his rebirth.

"Your children are misbehaving my dear, Selene. It's my responsibility to discipline them." Thanatos chuckled darkly in his smooth deep voice, turning his back on the Moon Goddess he began to walk towards the edge of the forest. The need for revenge fueling his rage and urge to find the little bitch. It was like a rat gnawing at his core, relentless, unceasing, and it can only be stopped by the cold steel of a rat trap.

A trap I will create myself.

It will be my beautiful savage revenge.

Unforgiving.

Thanatos cracked his knuckles with the anticipation and the thought of that little child crying and begging him to spare her.

Thanatos went to the darkest part of the forest and began calling the shadows around him, forming a large tunnel, the shadows swirled around him, stealing any trace of warmth and leaving frost in its wake. At the end of the tunnel, a small light emerged getting bigger and bigger as Thanatos called it towards him. He stepped through to the sun, and his breath hung in the air.
The light immediately blinded Thanatos, and he raised his hands to block out the blistering sun.

"Filius canis" He hissed under his breath as he made his way down the shiny castle halls his new eyes still adjusting to the light. [Latin - son of a bitch - literally 'son of a dog']

Thanatos came to a stop at a large pair of solid gold doors. He pushed through the door and entered the throne room where the King stood pacing back and forth in front of his throne. The chair was carved of beautiful oak, crested with several jewels and decorative metals forming an elegant coat of arms. It was designed to stand out in a room full of gems and blood.
The King looked up when Thanatos entered the room. Relief flooded his old features, and he began looking behind Thanatos, in search of something.

"I don't have her," Thanatos growled, and The King jerked his head back to meet Thanatos' eyes.

"Did you know," Thanatos whispered, the air suddenly thick.

The King's face turned a sickening green color. He moved to stand in front of his throne, and with a heavy sigh, he sunk into the lavish chair.

"It's her, isn't it?" The King asked dishearted. Thanatos took a step forward.

"Did you know?" he demanded. The King shook his head.

"I had a feeling."King Trevino admitted rubbing his head.

"You had a feeling?!" Thanatos growled his temper on the verge of exploding, "Fourteen years, she has been trapped inside that body, and you had a feeling!? " The shadows in the room began to shake with rage and power, but the King held Thanatos' gaze.

"How did she get away?" King Trevino asked.

"The child blew me up. The records didn't mention she was ex igne. When I found out she was a Blood Wolf, I thought it was another demon that had escaped. But you knew." Thanatos growled, and the King looked away.

"I wasn't aware she was born with fire. I thought that would be the-"

"It's not." Thanatos cut him off, the King rubbed his head, he opened his mouth to speak, but before the words could come out the doors burst open.

A man clutching his eye, dragged his body to the two men, leaving a trail of blood in his path.

"My king," He rasped, "She - she overpowered us." He squirmed in agony and Thanatos watched in amusement when the man coughed up blood until the liquid almost touched his shoe. Disgusted, Thanatos took a step back, and the King raised an eyebrow at him.

"These are new," Thanatos explained.

"The Blood Wolf killed them...she slaughtered them all.  She killed - She killed my mate" The man sobbed, and Thanatos jerked his head back to the half-dead man.

"Where?" He demanded.

"Pennsylvania. It was one of the vampire's last known locations." The King answered. Thanatos whirled around to face the king.

"How many did you send?" He asked, and King shrugged.

"About fifteen men." He guessed.

"So she might have fifteen more souls under her control!" Thanatos roared but was drowned out by the man's scream.

"She had a message." He gasped, trying to crawl towards the King. He looked bored as he picked at his nails.

"What is it now, Bram?" King Trevino grunted, annoyed about being interrupted.

"The next time you send someone after her, she will personally deliver their heads to you. And she will not rest until she burns your entire kingdom to the ground and makes you watch." As soon as Bram finished those words, a look of blissful pleasure crossed his face before his eyes began to leak blood and he fell to the floor, dead.

"Cheeky bitch isn't she." The king chuckled, and Thanatos shook his head.

"This could've been prevented had you just kept to our deal," Thanatos growled.

"I didn't think you'd care about this low leveled life." King Trevino mused, gesturing to Bram's bloody carcass.

"I don't," Thanatos snorted, "What I do care about is you fulfilling your end of our deal. I have given you everything you have asked for, and all the power is in your court and yet here we are." Thanatos took a step forward. King Trevino launched out of his seat and stood face to face with Thanatos.

"Don't give me that!" He roared, "I gave you my son! My only son!"

"Fourteen years," Thanatos hissed, "You have hidden her from me for fourteen years! Because of that lost time, that bloody prophecy that you are so afraid of has an opportunity to actually come true you buffoon!" This shocked the king, and he took a step back dazed.

"What are we going to do?" King Trevino squeaked. Thanatos let the King go, smirking down at him

"I'm going to find her...and this time I will never let her go." Thanatos grin widened.

"But she might have more souls under her control. She can already do this!" The king gestured to the corpse.

"It doesn't matter. I'll win in the end." He said, smugly walking back towards the door

"And why is that?" The King called out.

"Because I can resort to savagery if I need to. She won't stoop so low. I'll kiss your boots if it means I get to stick a knife in your throat later."

"Good to know." The king muttered when the doors closed behind Thanatos.

"I'm coming for you, Ulrica." Thanatos grinned, "Be ready, my love."

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