Chapter 131: Ancient Betrayal
Void Walker Leader POV
The moment the god-versions of Lily began breaking through reality itself, I knew our time was up. My name was once Marcus - not the Alpha Marcus these wolves knew, but another version from the very first timeline that ever existed. Now I was just the Void Walker Leader, and I had seconds to tell the truth before everything ended.
"Stop!" I shouted, stepping between the collapsing cave walls and the frightened group. "Let me show you what really happened!"
I pressed my gray hands against the nearest cave wall, and the old symbols began to glow. The whispers of failed timelines fell silent as my memories poured into the stone, forming pictures that everyone could see.
"Long ago, before any of your worlds existed, we were the Guardians of Reality," I began, my voice shaking with pain I’d carried for countless years. "We weren’t monsters. We were guards."
The pictures on the wall showed beautiful beings of light, tending to the space between dimensions like gardeners caring for flowers. We had been happy then, working together to keep all the different worlds safe and linked.
"I had a family," I continued, touching one image that showed a younger version of myself playing with children made of stars. "We all did. We were given the job of watching over every timeline, making sure they stayed fair."
Lily stepped closer, her eyes wide. "What happened to them?"
"The beings you call the Moon Goddess, the one who gives you your mate marks and powers - she wasn’t always alone," I said, feeling old anger burn in my chest. "There used to be many like her. They called themselves the First Ones."
The images shifted to show magnificent beings that looked like live constellations, beautiful and terrible at the same time.
"They created the system of wolves, werewolves, mates, and packs," I stated. "But they needed someone to keep it across all the different timelines. That’s where we came in."