Triple Moon Rising: An Omega's Destiny

Dmitri POV

I tore the dimensional door open with my bare hands, the fabric of reality screaming as it ripped apart. Power I’d forgotten I owned surged through me like liquid fire, and for the first time in thousands of years, I felt like the Original Vampire I truly was.

"Stop!" Sage grabbed my arm, her touch burning against my skin. "You’re making it worse!"

But I couldn’t stop. Through the swirling portal, I could see another timeline falling - buildings crumbling, people running in terror as their world simply ceased to exist. The Moon Goddess was accelerating her plan, using my corrupted brothers to tear apart reality faster than ever.

And it was all my fault.

"Don’t you understand?" I shouted over the portal’s roar. "Every reality that dies is because of what my kind did! We broke reality in the first place!"

The guilt was eating me alive from the inside. Each recovered memory brought fresh horror - images of the Original Vampires carelessly ripping holes between realms, stealing whatever they wanted from other worlds. We’d thought we were so smart, so powerful. We never considered the effects until it was too late.

"That wasn’t you," Sage said desperately. "You were barely more than a child when it happened."

"I was still part of it!" I released the door, letting it snap shut with a sound like thunder. "I voted in their councils. I cheered when they brought back treasures from other worlds. I never once questioned if what we were doing was right."

The memories wouldn’t stop coming. I saw myself laughing as older vampires demonstrated their portal-making skills. I remembered feeling proud to be part of such a powerful species. The guilt was overwhelming.

"You can’t change the past," Sage said softly.