To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour

- William Blake

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The creature was strapped to a metal table, its limbs carefully tied.

Eris stood back and watched, it looked too much like her, it even had her terracotta eyes, she tried entering its mind but it didn't seem to have one.

"Our soul." Her mates spoke from behind her, Ezra walked to her side and embraced her while Hades peppered kisses on top of her head. She relaxed in their arms, her eyes were still magenta, but closing them tightly she willed herself to bring her normal color back. She didn't want her males questioning her about them.

"What do we have here?" Murmured Hades against her head.

He watched a carbon copy of his love strapped to a table, his brows creased and he started caressing his beautiful soulmates shoulders.

"What is this thing?" Ezra's voice snapped Eris out of her daydream.

She opened her mind for them to see what had happened in her pack and they both stepped back from her bewildered.

"Shit, Hades, I told you we should've come to her directly."

Ezra moved closer to the table and inspected the thing, he shuddered a little.

"Why does it look like you, my love?" He questioned while staring at the thing.

He poked its hand and jumped back.

"What the-, Hades come here and check this."

Hades moved painfully slow out of Eris's embrace and walked over to Ezra to see what he was pointing at. Eris stood back and watched them with a curious gaze.

Hades touched the creature and to his utter shock, he felt a spark.

"How is this-" , he was flabbergasted.

Ezra moved back to Eris and pulled her in for a sweet but short kiss, after proving his theory he was extremely uncomfortable standing too close to the strapped thing.

"My love, we both felt a spark when we touched that thing." He spoke disgusted, as a shiver ran through his body.

Eris stilled and a possessiveness like no other gripped her heart, she stalked towards Hades and pulled him back from the table, she didn't like the way he watched the creature.

"Our heart, we're only you-" a loud roar sounded, cutting Hades's voice off, he looked at his soulmate which dragged them both out of the room, she then turned her back to them and walked back inside, shutting the door behind her.

Hades and Ezra looked at each other, their thoughts matching.

Why did they feel the sparks?

Eris was livid, how could he create a bond between the creature and soulmates, the nerve of him.

Fuck the war and damn being patient, she thought.

She stalked towards the thing and elongated her claws, she'd torture it to hell for daring to have a connection with her males, even though a small, more mature part of her knew that it was all his fault at the end of the day, she wanted to make the thing hurt.

She dragged her claws down its face, poking one of its eyes in the process, the essence running out of it only fueled Eris's anger, she stabbed, prodded and ripped the creature apart, she despised it, its whole existence, everything about it.

Magenta eyes searched for Eris throughout the whole pack, and when he could find her, he went to the only place she could be in, entering the cells, his eyes widened at the sight of her soulmates.

"Ruler of the Underworld and King of Darkness, to what do I owe this pleasure?" He greeted while glancing between them.. the last time he saw them it wasn't under the best circumstances, he was skittish, to say the least, he didn't know whether they would react unpleasantly to his presence or not but was surprised to hear their response.

"What are you doing here?" They questioned in union. He was shocked by how similar they acted and how in sync they were. No wonder they were both his Goddesses, she only deserved the best.

"I came in search of my Goddess, this is the last place on my list but seeing at the two of you are here, I'm pretty sure I finally found her, so with your will..." He bowed his head and tried to walk around them only to be stopped by Ezra putting his hand on his chest.

"Yes, my Lord?" He asked while looking at Ezra's hand.

"Where have I seen you before?" He asked. Magenta eyes was confused, to say the least, he remembered the look that the King of Darkness shot him the first time they saw each other, at first he didn't think anything of it but now... now he was curious.

"I'm not sure what you want from me, my King. I am truly sorry but I don't remember meeting you." His voice was soft but there was an undertone of fear that coated it.

"Oh but I think you do." Ezra was sure that the creature standing in front of him knew exactly what he was talking about, he started circling him.

Magenta.

A rare eye color, his hair... darker than the night, his height almost matched his and Hades's.

He was built, strong muscles anywhere the eye looks, he was powerful.

"Where did Eris find you?" He questioned while Hades watched the exchange, to say the least, he was interested in seeing where Ezra was trying to take the conversation.

"I-, she-, it's a long story, my King. You should ask her, it is not my place to talk about it." He went rigid.

He was intimidated enough by the King as it was but when Hades stepped closer, he was close to shaking, a silence fell over them.

They couldn't know.

"Fascinating." Hades was the first to break it. He raised his hand and watched as a shadow reached out to grip the rigid male in front of him only for him to jump out of its reach.

"Stand still." It was an order, on that came from Ezra but the male didn't listen, he took a step back.

Too close.

"I said stand still." This time his voice rose.

The male started shaking his head while muttering under his breath, Hades and Ezra couldn't understand what he was saying but his movement became frantic.

Ezra took a step forward and all hell broke loose.

"." He was desperate. If the King touched him, he'd find out and he wasn't prepared for that, he lifted his leg and slammed it down with as much force as he could, cracking the floor of the prison hallway, Hades and Ezra stood unbothered, the earthquake only alerted Eris.

There's only one other person than her that can do that.

She stepped out of the room she was in and walked towards Magenta eyes.

Calm down, she couldn't have him acting like that.

In his desperate escape, he tried to ignore her command but he couldn't.

"No, no, Goddess, don'-", he couldn't continue his sentence because his mind and body shut down, he almost fell but Eris was faster, she caught him and lowered him slowly to the ground.

Ezra's eyes fell upon the unconscious man and he bent to his level, touching him, he froze.

All of his memories, his hopes, his dreams.

He felt them all rushing through him and he remembered.

"Alcatraz." He whispered and a tear escaped his eyes.

She wasn't meant to own the powers she possessed and he wasn't supposed to fall in love with anyone... let alone with her.

She ripped millions of creatures apart while he created billions.

She defied each and every law of nature that he created.

Creatures bowed at the sight of them yet for different reasons.

When she was present, they bowed awaiting their deaths while when he joined them in their realms, they bowed in deference.

Her existence a mistake... his reign a blessing.

Their union? A cataclysm.

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