C4 Infinite Power

They struck a deal. As her aunt concocted a deadly plot for revenge, Genève shook her head and smiled. Nothing would please her more than ending her mother’s existence. She stood tall, brushed herself off, and walked purposefully toward the woman who had given her life. Oh, what a pleasure it would be to take hers away.

When her mission was complete, she would plot her next move. Once she controlled every realm, she could go home. Who could stop her?

Thankful she was still alive. Genève tried to adjust to her current reality. She felt empty, and she understood that would never change.

As a child, she had woven tiny pieces of her soul into the essence of the realm. Few had ever seen Anwyn's spirit before, and no others had manipulated the energy. No one else realized it, but Anwyn was a living thing.

The realm cried out for Genève, drawing her in. She knew if she could get back, she would feel Talon there. She didn’t care what her aunt said. Adonis was not someone to be trusted. Genève had learned the hard way not to trust anyone.

Just a few weeks ago, everything had been perfect. She had been so naïve back then. Now, she had nothing. What goes up, must come down. They say your twin flame is the other part of your soul.

This made perfect sense to Genève. The instant she lost Talon, she gave up the part of her capable of love, compassion, and trust. He had been good, and now all she had left was malevolence.

The pain was too much to bear. In the aftermath, she slipped into survival mode. As her heart hardened, a deep rage began, constantly simmering on the surface. After losing track of her true self, she became darkness.

Finding a wizard became her obsession. It was the only plan that would help her return to Anwyn. She finally got the attention of a powerful wizard named Zeek. It took months to entice him to look up from his experiments, and look up he must–he was only three and a half feet tall.

After that, it took Genève another two years to con him into proposing.

The kind of love she had for Talon spanned space and time. She had no intention of ever loving anyone else.

Her chance of living happily ever after died with Talon, so she may as well marry someone who could help her get home. And maybe some of her brokenness could heal as well.

As a sidhe, Geneve possessed magical abilities, abilities that would surpass even the most powerful beings in the human realm. Unfortunately, losing her connection with Anwyn had weakened her powers significantly.

She could still manage to implant suggestions into the average human consciousness--that was how she had built her vast army two years ago after killing her mother and leaving her aunt. The problem was, otherworldly creatures, such as wizards, could not be affected by her mind tricks.

It had to be the real deal. She had to make a master magician fall hopelessly in love with her if she wanted his help to complete her plan to rule the land.

Genève went to Zeek first thing the morning after he proposed and stood back, watching the tiny man with a mixture of revulsion and excitement.

She put her palm on her stomach and sighed. When he had asked for her hand in marriage, she told him yes without hesitation. Now it was time for her to reveal to him that she was with child.

She sauntered toward him and kissed him on the cheek. Judging from the look on his face, Genève could tell that he was excited.

Before she could say a word, Zeek grabbed her hand and said, “I finally figured out how to do it, my love. I knew it was possible! All these years, everyone thought I was a fool. We will see who laughs last.”

Genève forced a sweet smile and looked into his eyes. “That is wonderful, dear heart. Which theory have you proven?”

His lips spread into a childish grin, and he exclaimed, “I can now cross the threshold into the alternate dimensions! Try as I may, I could not persuade the world that alternate realities exist, and now I need not convince anyone. I can enter them!"

Genève’s eyes grew wide and her breath caught in her throat. Before she could stop herself, she blurted, “Other dimensions–do you know what this means? We will rule all the realms. We will have infinite power. All we would have to do is find the rulers in each realm and kill them. We will plan a siege–they will never even see it coming. I could finally go home…”

She found herself rambling, which was not like her at all. She turned around to look at Zeek and was taken aback by disgust in his eyes. Things would never be the same. His rose-colored glasses had been ripped away with just a few renegade words.

“You never loved me. You conspired to use me to gain power. Leave my presence, dear heart. I never want to see you again .”

Genève stood up straight and lifted her chin high. She was determined not to let him see that he had hurt her. When he had informed her that he could move between the dimensions, it had taken her by surprise, and she had let her mask slip.

It was just for a split second, but it was too late. A tiny glimpse of her true self. That’s all it took. He broke it off and ordered her to leave.

Genève could not believe her plans had to be put on hold again. She briefly considered crawling back to her aunt to get help to start all over. Adonis would take her in without a fuss, especially after learning about the baby.

Genève knew nothing about babies, but she did know her aunt. She vowed to herself she would never let Adonis anywhere near her child. Without another word, she walked away with her head held high, never once looking back.