Chapter 26 – Bloodlust
••• Kyson’s POV •••
“She really is your destined mate?” Colton asked with wide eyes.
“Isn’t that what you wanted?” I asked him.
“Of course! But have you talked to her about this mission?” he asked and leaned back in his seat.
“She knows I’m going to kill Andre, but I haven’t asked her what she thinks about it. She seems fine with it, but…” I didn’t really know how to tell her while ensuring that she would be okay with it.
“But you are afraid she wouldn’t have the heart to kill the people she’d been living with,” Colton said.
“Yeah…” That was the problem.
“Well, you need to discuss it with her sooner or later,” Colton pointed out, and I kept silent.
“You said she changed?” Colton asked with interest.
“Yeah. You will see how she changed the next time you meet her,” I told him.
“Let’s go now!” he said with excitement.
Checking my watch, I supposed Aleena had finished her shopping. We went to my car and floored the accelerator.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!” Colton screamed in fear.
I laughed at him. “Why are you so afraid of a little speed?”
“This is not a little! Slow down, Kyson!” he screamed as he hung onto the handrail above him.
He kept screaming for me to watch out, especially when we were nearing every bend in the mountain. I reached the pack’s ground in record time just because I wanted to see him screaming.
“That’s it. I’ll never ride with you again!” he yelled at me as he exited my car and slammed the door.
“The fearless Alpha of the Rogue is afraid of speed,” I teased him.
“You don’t have to drive with Lycan speed!” He bent over and threw up.
“So, I should drive with werewolf speed?” I asked, obviously making fun of him.
“Human speed, Kyson!” he groaned and wiped his lips with the back of his hand. It was so much fun to tease him.
“Come on.” I gestured with my chin for him to follow me.
“So, now that you and Lucas are mates, the packs will be combined?” I asked him as we walked toward the study on the first floor.
“Yeah… He wants to combine them, but…” his cheeks turned red as he stopped his sentence.
“But you’ll be the Luna!” I finished his sentence for him and laughed hard.
“You!” he exclaimed and turned his head to hide his blush.
“Oh, come on, Colton. It’s okay to be his Luna. You’ll be able to breed his pups.” I snickered, and he glared at me.
“Let me see your mate,” he said, obviously trying to change the subject, and I let him as I kept laughing.
“Aleena, are you home?” I mindlinked her. Home… It sounds good…
“Yes,” she answered.
“Come to the study on the first floor. Someone wants to meet you,” I told her before closing the mindlink.
We heard a knock on the door a minute later, and I asked her to come in.
“Alpha, you want to see me?” she asked as she entered the study.
“He wants to see you. He didn’t believe me when I told him you’ve changed,” I said with a smirk as I looked at Colton. He would be SHOCKED!
Aleena looked toward Colton’s direction, and I did, too, nearly laughing out loud at his ridiculous expression.
“You are Aleena?” he asked in shock.
I turned my attention back to Aleena, and I saw her clothes.
Pulling her close, I growled low, “Didn’t I tell you to buy some clothes?” Why the heck is she still wearing the same sports bra and skimpy shorts?
She looked down and realized what I was angry about.
“Ohh… I forgot to change,” she answered shyly.
“You are Aleena?” Colton asked again as he came to us and reached out his hand to touch her. I growled out possessively and grabbed his arm before he could touch my mate.
“Oh, come on, Kyson! You are so possessive, and yet you said you don’t want her,” he snorted.
Night growled when he heard Colton’s words and Aleena’s hurt expression. “Why is he sprouting nonsense inform of her?!”
“Calm down, Night,” I said to him.
“This is your fault for not acknowledging your feelings!” he yelled.
“Don’t mind him, Aleena,” I ignored Night and said to Aleena instead, trying to erase her pain away.
She looked so dejected and hurt that my arms moved to pull her into my embrace while narrowing my eyes at Colton in warning, and he rolled his eyes in return.
“You are…” Aleena pulled back from my embrace with an awkward and forced smile, and I felt a loss instantly.
“I’m Colton,” that stupid Alpha introduced himself cheerfully.
“You are the Alpha of the Rogue?” Aleena asked in surprise. Everyone always had the same expression of shock when they were introduced to Colton. He was nothing like his rumor.
“Yes.” Colton nodded and began circling her.
“You… changed. You really changed!” he exclaimed in disbelief.
“How is this possible?” He sank to his chair.
“Umm… I guessed because Kyson marked me?” Aleena said with a bit of doubt as she looked at me.
“That seems to be the case.” I nodded in agreement and pulled her to sit with me.
Colton kept staring at my mate in amazement, and I let out another growl.
“So possessive,” he smirked, and this time, I was the one who rolled my eyes at him.
“I have an idea,” he said with a mischievous smile.
I looked cautiously at him. Nothing good ever came out of his mouth whenever he had that silly smile on his face.
“I wanna spar with her,” he said with excitement.
Spar?
“No fucking way!” Night protested.
“Don’t look at me that way, Kyson! I just want to see how strong she is. If she changed, her strength should change too.” His words actually intrigued me. Would it?
“I want to.” I heard Aleena agreeing with Colton before I could say anything.
I turned to her and saw her looking at Colton with a grin.
“It’s too dangerous,” I rejected their ideas. I didn’t want Aleena to get hurt. She wouldn’t be a match for Colton.
“I want to. Please…” Aleena pleaded with her huge eyes as she took my hand in hers.
I sighed. It seems I couldn’t say no to her…
“Alright. Don’t use your full strength,” I directed my eyes and words at Colton.
“Don’t worry. I won’t hurt your precious mate. I just wanna test her strength,” Colton said as he grinned at Aleena.
I led them to my private training ground and leaned against a tree not too far away to give them space.
Both Aleena and Colton faced each other, and Colton unleashed his full Alpha aura all of a sudden, causing Aleena to be startled and stagger two steps back.
To all our surprise, she straightened up and took two steps forward in the next second, not fearing Colton’s menacing aura.
“Good.” Colton grinned, and Aleena smiled back.
“Look at her aura…” Night said in awe. Aleena’s aura could match Colton’s without a doubt.
“Ready?” Colton asked, and Aleena nodded.
The next second, Night and I were stunned as Aleena delivered a right kick and Colton delivered a right punch at the same time, stopping just a few inches away from each other’s ears.
“Ho ho… You are good,” Colton said, still with a grin.
“Her speed matches Colton’s…” Night said, still with awe.
“I know that’s not your full speed, Alpha Colton,” Aleena said with a grin. Colton only used 25% of his speed, and yet he was nearly taken aback by Aleena’s kick.
“Kyson?” Colton asked, and I nodded.
“Just don’t hurt her,” I agreed to his request to increase his speed.
“Let the show begin.” Colton cracked his knuckles and neck.
“Bring it on,” Aleena gestured to Colton with her hand.
“She seems to love fighting,” Night said, and I agreed as we looked at Aleena, facing Colton without fear.
Just like before, they delivered their first moves at the same time and began sparring for real with increasing speed. Aleena and Colton both had a grin on their faces as they kept fighting. They were enjoying it.
“Unbelievable…” Night gushed out.
“She could actually match the speed of an Alpha… Colton, no less.” Never had we seen anyone who could match Colton’s speed. His full speed was nearly as fast as a Lycan, and Aleena had no trouble evading his attacks.
“A Lycan’s Luna…” Night sighed wistfully.
We were too engrossed in watching their fight and failed to notice changes in Colton until we saw Colton’s devilish grin and felt his bloodlust. Shit!
“Night!” I yelled to him to take control and ran toward them while shifting in the process.
We reached them just as Colton shifted into his wolf and lunged toward Aleena., managing to block Colton’s attack and throw him back.
“Aleena, get back! And don’t run!” I mindlinked her. If she ran, it would be more difficult to stop Ace.
We heard a dangerous growl coming from in front of us. Despite Colton’s fair build, his wolf, Ace, was black in color and as big as other Alphas.
I looked back to see Aleena a distance away from us, and Night released his full Alpha aura.
“Ace, calm down,” Night said to the black wolf in front of us, but his menacing gaze was locked on Aleena.
He charged toward Aleena, and Night jumped in between them, blocking him again while slashing Ace’s front right leg.
“This is troublesome,” Night said as we kept blocking Ace’s attack and trying to keep his attention on us. But no matter what Night did, Ace already had his sight on Aleena.
Colton’s reputation for being ruthless was not because he loved to kill his enemies without mercy. He was different. He took pleasure in toying with and taunting his enemies, especially the powerful ones. And once he set his sights on his enemy, no one could stop him until he killed them. Even Night had difficulties facing him once he was in full bloodlust.
“Let’s end this before he gets to our mate,” I said to Night.
Night crouched low and lunged at Ace with his hands outstretched, slashing Ace’s neck, but Ace didn’t even stop, no matter how many injuries we inflicted on him. He even had a sinister smile on his mouth.
“End this, Night!” I growled as I looked at Ace getting more dangerous. His body was covered with gashes, yet his expression was becoming more sinister. He was loving the challenge we provided him in getting to Aleena.
Ace pounced toward us again, and Night crouched low at the last minute with his hand stretched upward, digging his claw deep into Ace’s collarbone, slashing a straight line down to his stomach, and finally, Ace went down.
“Still can’t beat me,” Night smirked smugly as he looked down at his opponent, who had shifted back to his human form.
“Damn you, Kyson!” Colton groaned as he lay with his body full of wounds.
“Who asked you to go full bloodlust on our mate,” I snorted as I shifted back when suddenly I felt the same bloodlust from Ace coming from behind us.
Shit! Did someone else get to Aleena?
I shifted back to my Lycan’s form and turned swiftly, only to get the shock of our lives.
Aleena was standing there looking at us with the same demonic smile as Ace’s on her beautiful face and her aura… That bloodlust was even more intimidating and terrifying than Ace’s.
“Aleena?” I asked her, still in my Lycan’s form.
I cautiously approached her, and her malicious gaze was locked on my every move as she growled low with her claws out.
“Aleena?” I stood in front of her. Her body was shaking, yet she didn’t do anything.
“Kyson, something’s wrong with our mate!” Night said anxiously.
“Aleena!” I reached out and shook her body.
Her eyes closed, her claws retracted, and her body swayed.
“Aleena!” I took her into my arms, preventing her from falling.
“Ky… son?” her melodious voice rang out to my ears.
I shifted back to my human form and looked at her. Her eyes were wide, slightly dazed, but there was no more bloodlust coming from her.
“Are you okay, Aleena?” I asked anxiously.
“I was… I was looking at you guys fighting, and I got too excited. Did I… Did I do something?” she asked with worry.
I heard Night let out a sigh of relief. “She was just too excited. She was similar to Colton.”
“No… You didn’t do anything.” I was relieved, too. For a split second, I thought Aleena wanted to kill me.
“Umm… Kyson… You are naked…” Aleena’s small voice reached my ear.
I looked at her, saw her blushing face, and couldn’t help but smirk. How is she still shy when I’ve been inside her?Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.
“Kyson, bring me to the infirmary!” I heard Colton groan. I looked back and quickly spun Aleena around, hindering her from looking at Colton’s naked body.
“I’ll ask Liam to fetch you,” I told him as I gently pushed Aleena to walk away.
“But what about Alpha Colton?” Aleena asked as she glanced back, but I put my palm before her eyes.
“Walk away if you don’t want to see another man naked.” I took her hand, and she obediently followed me without looking back.
“Kyson, you stupid fuck!” Colton yelled as we walked away. I sneered. Who’s the stupid fuck? He was the one who nearly killed my mate.
“Liam, pick Colton up at my training ground, and bring the Gammas with you to my study after that,” I mindlinked Liam as I walked my mate to her room.