Lyla’s POV
As soon as Tunde informed Damon about what was going on, he dropped me on my feet, kissed my forehead, and said a quick apology before running out of the room after Tunde.
I stayed back to arrange my clothes and other stuff in the closet before leaving the room. As I walked out of the elevator, I saw Ashley.
“Hey stranger,” I called out to her and when she turned, I saw her holding a knife.
“Lyla” she screamed out. “When did you get back?” She asked, before throwing her hands around me.
“Just now. Where are you going with the knife?” I asked, curiosity getting the best of me.
“Training ground. Late-night training with the wolf warriors” she answered, grinning.
“You fight?”
“Of course not. But there have been some changes around here and according to what I heard from Dean, they would be needing every hand on deck. So, I volunteered even though I don’t know if they’ll let me in” she explained.
“Can I go with you? I’ll love to see the training ground”
“Of course. The major reason why I volunteered is that I want to see those abs, baby” she winked at me and I laughed.
We got to the training ground and saw some warriors in their wolf forms while some were training with guns, others knives. I cringed at the sight of blood as one slashed the other on his hand.
“I’ll stay here, I can’t go further with you,” I told Ashley before we could move into the training ground.
“Don’t be a coward Lyla. Come on. We’ll just talk to the leader, if he lets me in, fine. If not, then we’ll go back. It’s really simple”
“I hope so,” I whispered. I hope I won’t get shot or stabbed by mistake while I’m here.
“Hey buddy,” Ashley suddenly yelled at a huge guy who was busy watching the others with his hands folded against his chest.
“What are you doing here?” He asked, scrutinizing both Ashley and me with his criticizing looks.
“I want to join in. I know how to fight with a knife a little bit. All I need is a little training” She grinned, showing the guy her knife.
“Get out of here, woman” He spat, grossing me out.
“At least, give me a chance to prove myself. Let me fight one of your men first and see for yourself if I’m worth it or not” Ashley’s voice was raised. She was getting the attention of others purposely.
“I said get out of here, you little rat. This is no place for a woman. If you’re so useless and jobless, then go fuck some Ds”
He mocked, pushing Ashley away from him.
“Don’t talk to her like that” I yelled at him suddenly, surprising myself.
He looked at me with disgust and spat again, “Pathetic human,”
“Fuck you, asshole” Ashley flipped him the middle finger.
“You can do better than being friends with a useless creature, little wolf,” he said pointing at me.
“What the fuck did you just call me?” I asked as anger clouded my senses. Something was pulling at my soul.
“What the fuck did you just hear me call you? Useless, pathetic, disgusting creature”
Before I could think straight, I was charging towards the huge guy, with my fist intact. I raised my hand high and landed a punch on his face.
Breathing heavily, I turned to face Ashley, who was looking at me with surprise evident in her body language. I was fuming, I was angry.
“What the heck? You b*tch” the huge guy said pointing at me. Before he could move closer, surprising myself, swiftly I removed the knife from Ashley.
He raised a fist at me with his mouth bleeding from the hit earlier. I also raised the knife at him, ready to kill him if he touched me.
“Lyla, please calm down, okay?”
“Back off Ashley” I warned her before she could get closer to me.
“You want to die right? If yes, touch me. I beg you, touch a strand of my hair and I swear on my life, that I’ll cut you into pieces and feed you to the animals” I threatened.
His eyes were also blazing with anger.
When I thought he’d stop, he suddenly turned and shifted into a huge brown wolf. Charging towards me fastly, he knocked me down with his wolf.
I touched the part he’d hit and I lifted the hand up to see the blood.
*Nimue, kill him* *kill him* *He just disgraced you* *Kill him* *Make him regret touching you* *Make him pay for hurting you*
Different voices whispered in my head.
I turned to face the man and realized he had shifted back to his human form, laughing with his friends, mocking me, his back turned against me and not knowing death was about to embrace him tightly.
I picked up the knife as the voices continued whispering in my head, pushing me towards him.
All I saw was blood.
I need his blood!
I want his blood!
Picking up myself from the ground, I charged towards him with the knife. His eyes went wide as he suddenly turned and saw that I was about to stab him. As the knife made contact with his skin, someone forcefully pulled me back.
“Lyla,” I recognized the voice but I still couldn’t see the person. My focus was on the man I wanted to kill. I kicked the hand holding me, I wanted to escape so I’ll finish what I started.
“Lyla,” The voice screamed again.
“What did you do to her?”
“Let me go. I want to kill him” I growled.
I thrashed around in the arms of the person holding me, fighting him off.
“I’m sorry, Lyla” The voice apologized before I felt a sharp hit at the back of my neck and the next thing I embraced was darkness.
*Kill, *Kill, *Kill*
Damon’s POV
“They were werewolves, vampires, and dragons. They outnumbered us, I’m sorry we couldn’t do anything, Alpha” The last surviving soldier apologized and I touched his shoulder, telling me not to worry.
After Tunde informed me about the attack, we left for the borders. By the time we got there, five of our warriors were dead already and the remaining two were wounded. We couldn’t see any of the attackers as they had already left.
Before we could bring the two soldiers to the pack’s hospital, one died.
“Get some rest,” I told the soldier and walked out of the room to meet Tunde and Dean waiting for me outside in the corridors.
“He’s being delusional. There’s nothing like vampires and dragons. Moreover, Vampires don’t walk in daylight” I assured the two men who looked at me as if my head was not in its right position.
“The attack happened in the evening, Damon. This means all he said could be true” Dean argued.
“It’s impossible Dean. What century do you think we are that vampires and dragons to exist? Do you even know how huge a dragon is? You both went back to inspect the borders, right? Did you see any burnt thing?” I asked.
“No, we didn’t see any sign of fire or anything similar but what we are trying to achieve here is to understand the possibility of these two creatures attacking our borders. Lives have been lost, Damon” Tunde yelled the last part.
“That much I understand and I’ll see to it that we’re much prepared for this. Don’t spread ridiculous rumors about vampires and dragons in the pack. I don’t want my people in fear of what doesn’t exist anymore, understood?” They both nodded.
“How many warriors do we have left?” I asked.
“About 34” Tunde replied.
“Where are they?” I asked.
“Training ground” I nodded and walked out of the hospital.
I mindlink Tunde to instruct him to announce a meeting with the important people in the pack. We need to move fast and take the right actions to prevent this from happening again.
As I walked into the training ground, I saw Lyla on the floor, while the leader of the warriors shifted back into his wolf. Before I could say flapjack, Lyla had charged towards him with a knife.
“What the heck?” I muttered and quickly ran towards her to stop her from hurting herself.
I pulled her back as the knife with her made contact with his skin.
“Lyla,” I screamed into her face but she wasn’t looking at me. Her green eyes were brighter than anything I’d seen. She was screaming, thrashing, and kept on repeating ‘kill’
“What did you do to her?” I asked, yelling at the guy and Ashley. Ashley was already in tears while the warrior’s leader was scared to death.
“Let me go. I want to kill him” She growled.
At that moment, I realized it wasn’t Lyla. This isn’t my mate!
“I’m sorry, Lyla” I apologized as I hit her hard at the back of her neck, making her lose consciousness. I picked her up and ran towards the house.