Chapter 8

VANESSA:

He stared at me in shock still. Knowing that he must go through with this. I start to drift off, of why it’s so important for him to know that I don’t back down from a fight. I ran to the middle of the empty field. I howled once more. Everyone gathered around me. Alec had started walking our way, never taking his eyes off me. Until we were a foot away.

“This is only a friendly battle, no scream, no magic. It’ll be fair. Only allowed to use our wolf and human forms.” Alec began to take off his clothes in nothing but his briefs. He came from a time where nudity is unnatural. I stripped down to my bare skin. Showing everything to my bush, and nips. He stared at me in hunger, but he set that aside to prove who is the Alpha once and for all.

“You’re my mate, you tell me to stop. And I will,” he whispered. At this point, all I see is red. Everyone was around, and I knew they were cheering for him. I’ve never had anyone back me up, being a female.

Alec and I were both circling each other, trying to find each other’s weak points. It became way too long. I lunged forward, using my forearm to smash into his ribs. Alec had stepped back, clutching his side. That vein was popping out again, he was mad! Circling again he used his foot to slam into my leg, causing me to fall. The power he had; reminds me I need to train again. I grabbed Alec’s head, and flipped him on his back. I got on top of him and started punching his face. Over and over.

I could feel the heat coming off him, he was going to shift. I started to lean back, as he propped up and shifted into his wolf. I had weakened myself earlier, so shifting was going to take a moment. His wolf stood almost 5 feet tall. I held myself back with my arms, trying to think of my next move until I could shift. Alec had run and used his body to slam me on my back. I felt a crack on my spine. That sent my body on fire. He grabbed my leg and threw me almost into the crowd.

I see the smirk on his face, and the anger that traveled up on my body. I started to shift into my wolf. My fur is fully white this time. My hands covered in fur, my tail sticking up. There was no way I was going to lose this fight. I darted in and out of the crowd, making it impossible for him to tell where I am. He cowered around trying to see where I was. I pounced up, and bounced on someone’s head and landed on top of him. I sank my k-9′s into his front leg, where blood started gushing out.

Alec returned back into his human form, clutching his arm. I shifted back. “Have you given up?” I gave him the same smirk he gave me. He propped himself up on, on his one good arm.

“Not a chance ancient.” He darted back at me. Grabbing my arm, twisting it, causing me to flip on my back.

“You may have some old tricks, but I have some new tricks.” He yelled. He grabbed my arm twisting it until I stood up, and he pushed it behind my back. Causing aching in my shoulder joints. Every time I moved, caused it to move with more pain. I couldn’t get out of this as much as I wiggled. I used what strength in my body to shift again, but this time my fur was black as can be.

The crowd left out a gasp, as my red eyes started glowing. I was mad as hell. My wolf was mad. It had no mate. Alec shifted once again into his wolf and took that moment to go for my neck. I swiftly moved away, before he could touch me. I darted for him, when suddenly a wolf had knocked me to the side. I heard Alec growling. As I was forced to shift into my human form.

I looked at the wolf, who was fully black. That means he is an Alpha.

“Alec stand back, this is ancient.” I commanded. I circled around the wolf who was ready to kill me. Until I looked into his eyes.

“No, it can’t be, you aren’t supposed to rise yet.” Those silver eyes belonged to no one other than King Alias.

He transformed back into his human form, back to what he looked like before. He wore an angry face, doing a standoff as me. My body felt warm, as he was here. He tried to kill me. I am going to show him how it felt.

“My queen, such a pleasure seeing you.” He smirked. But that didn’t take long for him to walk over to me. He caressed my cheek. Such a shame that we are connected through our marks. He ran his finger over the mark on my neck. It sent a shiver down my spine, causing my head to jolt back. But hate trumps love!

I shoved him 5 feet away from me. “You tried to kill me. You are no king of mine.” My vampire fangs started to show. It was a cold side of me that I never wanted to show. “You traded me for that whore of a mate. You were supposed to be my mate because you didn’t want to wait for yours.” No one has ever seen my hybrid side. It was the most ruthless ugly creature.

“Vanessa, enough. You have no more connection to him.” I hear Alec’s voice. The hint of jealousy is there. He walked over to me and grabbed my hand to pull me back. I followed. But not before I pulled away. I ran over to King Alias and put my hand on the shoulder with my mark. I started casting a spell. He began to fall to the floor in dire pain.

I had pulled back. “Why isn’t it working, why can’t I get rid of my mark?” Alias looked defeated from the amount of energy I had taken from him.

“Because you can’t break a mark bone My Queen. We are bound forever. Trust me I don’t want it as much as you don’t.” I looked back at Alec, and his face dropped. I know he’s just as upset as I am. This was going to be too much for him, as we can never officially be together. But I made this new rule, that would contradict everything I just said.

“I don’t want anything to do with you Alias, I found my mate. I am devoted to him now.” He stood up to his feet holding on to my arm before he was face to face with me.

“I am not here for you; I am here to take my rightful place at the throne.” Him too?

“You caused treason, and it was handed to a different bloodline. It belongs to Alec. Just know everyone will back us up on this.” King Alias had walked forward towards the people. He looked at all those who served him when he was King. Alec had walked over, putting his hand into mine. That was the feeling I loved when we were on the same page.

“People of Creed, is there no loyalty? When you were under me, everyone was taken care of equally. Except us men took care of the women,” he was trying to plead his case.

“We are in a new time, where both men and women fight. That’s what being equal is. Times were great then but imagine how things are now with the new laws. We can make the new warriors Alias. But also learn new techniques. Isn’t that what you want?” I tried talking to him, but he got weak and fell to his knees.

“What’s with everyone coming back and fainting?” Alec mocked. I couldn’t help but chuckle a little bit. I hit him on the arm, where he let out a small “wow.”

“So Alpha, what should we do with him?” I asked. I needed to remember that regardless of me being Queen. He was the Alpha to the pack. He looked down at me, and he looked confused. That he expected me to make that demand.

“Alpha,” I repeated.

“Oh right. Ugh, get him to medical. We will question later.” His beta began to walk away, they grabbed him and carried him away. All of this was just too much for me to handle.

KING ALIAS:

I was stabbed in my heart. Being just a regular wolf. I bled out and watched as everyone watched me die. They stabbed me right next to my queen that I just stabbed and threw off a balcony. I don’t know what came over me. I saw my mate, and when she kissed me. I couldn’t imagine not feeling that kiss ever again, because I decided to mate with my best friend. My best friend is dead. Her eyes were still open. Blood coming out of her eyes, nose, mouth, and her heart...

I got to suffer, while watching the destruction of how far the mate bond will take you. My mate ran through the crowd of angry people... She bent down crying next to me. Her dark skin, black eyes, light brown hair. My heart felt as if it was whole, ending it in her arms.

“Alias, what did you do?” She looked at the queen’s lifeless body that was about 6 feet away from me. I felt the blood rushing out of me. I knew that my next words were going to be my last.

“I couldn’t leave this world, without my destined mate. I’d rather die, than not be with you.” She rubbed my cheek. Tears were in her eyes. She stood up.

“This was not the way; the queen didn’t deserve this. All she did was care for us. As much as this kills me, this is what you deserve Alias. You are no king of mine.”

She took a second before standing up and running away with tears in her eyes. My eyes were crying like a waterfall. Not because I was slipping away, but because I hurt two women who loved me. My destined mate, and my mate... Were both gone.

I felt the skin wrapping around my bones, each vein connecting, the blood pumping. Next thing you know, I was gasping for air. I noticed dirt surrounding my body. I started digging, with all of the strength I had left in my body. I got to the end of where I am now above ground. I looked at my body trying to understand why I am alive. I look how I did before I died at 24. I had trouble walking, after being dead for so long.

But then I got a whiff of a wolf, my wolf. Vanessa is back, and alive. I need to go apologize. I dragged myself miles, and miles. Her sweet scent filled my nose. My mark was aching for the mate I chose. Even if we weren’t destined. I peeked behind a tree, where I saw two wolves fighting. It was her, and her mate? I don’t know why I was angry, yet I was burning up inside. I used whatever energy I had left, and shifted.

I was finally in front of her after all these years, but her eyes filled with more hate than love. There was a time she loved me, but unfortunately my love for her was more lust, and friendly. Especially since I was bound to her by the wolf god. But the way this Alpha held her hand. I knew she wasn’t mine anymore.

Suddenly I felt the anxiety build up in me, as I overexerted myself. It all went black.