Girl’s Madness!!…

*She is more enchantress, sorceress, temptress, huntress and less princess!!...*

**Hades' POV**
"Kora! Kora!" I shouted once she was done writing something on Estrella's head. But then something snapped in her making her realise what she had done. I knew what happened. The guilt of draining life from someone weighed heavily on her heart. She looked all around and then at me as if asking for answers.
"Kora, listen, open the cage," I told her, but she didn't pay any heed. I watched as her shoulders slumped, making her look smaller than usual. Gods, but seeing her like this made me grit my teeth, for she looked like a child who had just had their dreams crushed. She was suffering an internal battle. She took a few steps back as if trying to run away.
"Kora...Kora...Kora! I beg you," I was shouting at her to stop her from making the foolish decision to run away, eventhough it meant begging her because, for her safety, my pride could go and take a flying fuck. But she utterly refused to even look at me. I roared out in desperation, hoping she would listen and stops.
"No! Come back here!" I bellowed in rage, although it was useless as her stubborn mind refused to listen to anything.
"I love you so much, but I need some time," she said in a way that I knew she was already lost to me. I knew it. I felt it, and I fucking hated it.
"I demand you to let me outside now!" I thundered like a wild beast. The rage of Cerberus echoed through me, vibrating my body to tear the shreds to my human form and take over. She glanced at me one last time. Her body was tensed.
"KORA, Wait!" My thundering voice had the power to shake the walls, but not enough to stop her as she took her first step away...I watched helplessly as she ran away.
After the agonising 3-4 hours, the effect of the fucking wolfsbane washed away, and the power of Cerberus exploded through my system, which was strong enough to break the damn bars of the cage. I was in the Bailey in the next second. And the carnage in front of my eyes, I could barely believe that Kora was the cause of it if I had not witnessed it with my own fucking eyes. Although I had seen her destructive power at the lake's edge after our hot sex, this was different and more deadly.
When she was drowned in that fucking well, I thought I had lost her forever because the effect of wolfsbane also affects the mating bond. But when I saw her back in the Bailey, I knew something had changed in her. She was possessed with an unknown, superior and dominating power that was driven by,
Madness and revenge!!
Needless to say, she was killing mad. The rage that consumed her gave total control to her inner animal or whatever. Her eyes screamed just one thing; the blood of the enemies coating her hands. I have no idea what possessed her, but if I could venture a guess, the only name that comes to mind is Melinoe. I don't know why this name came to my mind, but somehow I feel I had a deep connection to that name. But the effects of amnesia are making it impossible for me to remember.
I made it to the centre of the Bailey along the path of destruction. I found my eyes narrowing the moment I saw the devastation. Her power had managed to take out most of the harpies and the vampires. The deep cracks branched through the walls and pillars, and it seemed they were straining to keep the whole structure upright. The large grooves on the floor looked like the cracked ice on the frozen river. The question again hit me, how the fuck was Kora able to do these things?
Seeing the brutality with which she carved the message on Estrella's head, the same fucking question repeated in my mind, what the hell is she? If she was a witch, for there was nothing sane about her, or a demon, for there was nothing angelic about her. She was unbelievable and a true master in the art of killing.
I again questioned myself who she truly was.
Or should I say, who she was becoming?
I looked down at Estrella, questioning myself if she was still alive. She lay slumped over, leaning against the tower wall, and if it hadn't been for the soft whimpers of her pain, then I would have believed her dead. She was unconscious, so I kicked her leg with my foot, not yet wanting to cause too much damage.
I bent on one knee and gripped her by the neck, shaking her until her eyes fluttered open. They were like two crimson snakes that soon morphed back into the blue ones. As soon as she saw me, she grinned, showcasing teeth coated in blood, which made for a sinister sight.
"I see. You are still alive," I asked in a dark, unyielding tone.
Eventhough she flinched, she ginned again and said, "But it isn't long till you and your girlfriend are dead."
I squeezed her neck tighter, yanked her close and made her moan in pain before I told her, "I can either snap your neck and make your death quick, or I can make your last moments extremely painful before damning you to endless pain."
Even after the threat, she still grins, "You know what...just kill me." She didn't fear death but begged for it because, for a vampire, living without wings is endless suffering and lack of them is dreaded more than death. It was like a ghost that felt pain, agony, loss, and misery.
"I can't do that," I told her. Trust me, my thoughts were debated on this one. I can kill or burn her to wipe away the proof of what Kora has done. She had threatened Vlad and made another fucking set of enemies, King Hogan and Vampire King. Or, I let Estrella live to pass on the message and be prepared for consequences.
"You don't have the balls to kill me! You are a scared little boy!" she hissed in a croaky voice. I know well enough that she was goading me so that I fucking lose it and kill her. I closed the space between us and snarled in a way that she would not only hear these words but feel them also,
"I may not have balls, but I have respect for you being my mother, no matter how evil. And as for my fucking enemies, may god have mercy on them 'cause I won't."
"Do you really think she is Kora? Then you are a most stupid werewolf." She snarled in my face, and before I could give her a befitting reply, one of the vampires grabbed her by claws and flew into the night sky. I let them go for two reasons, one was obviously for the message to reach its recipient, and the second was also obvious; I quickly had to get to my girl.
I sniff in the air to take in her scent and follow the path picking up more of her scent. I walked straight down the steep stairs that seemed to go on for infinity, leading deep within the bowels of a forgotten and desolate dungeon, where darkness reigns, and only flickering torches provide meagre light giving it an eerie glance. A hidden door-like thing stood at the end of the hallway. It opened into an enormous-sized cavern-like thing that could easily have been the size of a cathedral. Its jagged ceiling went up forever, and its floor was made up of deadly drops. I took my steps carefully, avoiding the sheer drop. And it was when seeing my multiple reflections that I did realise and uttered a "fuck."
This place is made to appear as a deadly cavern due to the maze of mirrors suspended from the damp, cobweb-laden ceiling. They gleamed with a sinister aura as placed on the jagged ceilings, walls and pillars in different positions. There were mirrors even on the floor at such a creative level that it appeared as if we stepped on it, we would fall to our dead in the deathly gallow beneath.
I have heard about the stories of this mirror room but never truly believed that it truly existed. It was said that the ruler of this kingdom was an ardent follower of the dark entities. She would communicate with those dark energies through these mirrors, believed to be enigmatic portals into otherworldly dimensions.
But now these mirrors lay dormant, having long lost their shimmer and now bear the marks of rust. Their once-gilded frames are tarnished, the ornate carvings chipped and weathered. The glass is the silvery surface pulsating with malevolent energy. The infinite reflection gazed back at me, but something was amiss. I catch glimpses of faces that are not my own but distorted and marred by sinister forces. They expose every flaw and fear that lurks within the depths of humans. As my fingers graze the surface of the glass, a cold surge of energy permeates me as if some darkness is swirling in them. As I ventured deeper, a stagnant chill sent a shiver coursing through my veins.
Ultimately, my eyes settled on a small, naive figure sitting hopelessly on the floor.
"Ha..des." She uttered in a croaky voice. "I...I don't know what had gotten me. I...I don't know what happened?"
"It's okay, Raven. You are safe now," I said, touching her cheeks. Her lips started quivering, and she began to shake in my hold.
"No! Please go away!"She shouted, breathing hard into every word.
"Kora, it's okay." I tried to calm her, but she was not ready to listen. I felt helpless, and this feeling gutted me from the inside out. I want to help her...but I don't know how. So there was only one way to distract her from the current situation.
"Okay, fine, I'm giving you one chance to run and hide in this mirror maze. If I find you, I fuck you...and if I don't, I'll give you some time to get over it."

*There's blackness in her heart, a shadow in her eyes and a secret in her reflection!!...*