Still Mavericks POV
“Wow!!!
It’s the king who came back from the dead, or is it the king who refused to die?
Which is it?” she asked me teasingly, getting me riled up.
“The girl is mine, Alpha. I need you to step away from her and surrender her powers to me.” She said firmly, looking deep into my eyes as if she was searching my very soul. Her orbs were not like ours, they were plain white and
“Who are you, and what do you want with us?” I asked calmly, pretending not to know that she is the white witch. I’ve never met her before, but I can feel her powerful aura. It’s as strong as Valerie’s aura, but not as strong as mine. When it comes to supernatural creatures, Val can be counted among the strongest because her powers come directly from the moon goddess. But when it comes to leaders like Alphas and Betas, I’m at the top of the food chain, and I know that there are very few people that can dare to challenge my power. Although I’m not at my strongest, I still haven’t shifted for the first time and my wolf is not as strong as I should be, but I know I can still try to get us out of here in one piece.
“What the hell are you doing here, why are you after my woman?
Are you the reason why she fainted, are you the reason why she can’t remember anything about her past?” I asked her furiously, glaring daggers at her.
“What do you think?” she responded in an icy tone, admitting to being responsible for what Val is going through.
“You asshole!
You fucking bastard!
It’s been you all along, you manipulated Charlotte and Liam, didn’t you?
Now, what the hell are you doing here?
Did you put her up to it, did you force Charlotte to try to kill me?
How did you even do it, what did you give her to make her so heartless, why did you even turn against us, what did I ever do to you. Why did you turn her family against her, what on earth is wrong with you?” I asked furiously, sounding so pissed that I couldn’t even recognize my own voice. I have so many questions, I just don’t understand why she would let her personal vendetta against King Gerald turn her into a freaking monster.
“Why the hell will I do that, Alpha?
Why should I send mere humans to do my dirty work for me, are you that difficult to kill?” she asked nonchalantly, making it look like I was a fucking weakling or something. I was angry already, but her words were making me so damn furious, like, who the hell is this bitch to speak to me in that tone?
“You have no right to…”
” Oh, shut up!
Shut the fuck up and Listen to me, little boy, if I wanted you dead, you will be dead already. I would have taken you out myself because I can take you out with just a snap of my finger. You are nothing before me. You are still alive because need you to help me find the last healer. You two are connected to each other, I know she would find you immediately if she starts to notice her powers. Her aura would lure you in like a magnet, the same way your aura would lure her in as well. I just needed you to find her and lure her to me. So don’t you stand there and threaten me because it would take me nothing to snap your neck right where you stand, little boy,” she admitted proudly, trying to intimidate me, sounding so rude to me, her king. Her goal was to intimidate me and get me frightened of her abilities, but I didn’t flinch. I simply smirked evilly and I took a few steps forward, coming to stand in front of her.
“Call me a little boy one more time, and I’ll pull out your canines and plug out your eyes with it.” I threatened her, smirking in front of her, giving off dangerous vibes. I’ve been looking at her since we stumbled on each other, I keep teasing her, trying to get her furious, but I couldn’t deny the fact that she looks way different than before, and her aura is a little off the charts. I don’t know what she went through from when her family was killed, down to this day. But whatever it is, it somehow changes her and made her aura stronger and more dangerous and domineering. I’ve never had the honor of meeting her before, but this is definitely not the first time I’m meeting with a white witch and I can say for a fact that she is no longer an ordinary white witch. She is more stronger, and even more evil.
“Don’t push me Alpha!
You may not like the outcome. I have no time to fool around with lesser creatures, so don’t you fucking test my patience.” she warned me sternly, releasing her dangerous aura and hypnosis on me, trying to subdue me and force me to submit to him. For a split second, I thought it was working, I actually saw myself in her white orbs, I was getting weaker and bowing my head in submission. Then all too suddenly, my face turned feral, and my eyes glowed a deep red. Before she could react to this sudden change in my demeanor, I dealt a heavy jab to her ribs that sent her flying to the other side of the room. She landed on a door, and with the force she used in landing, she shattered the door and some part of the wall.
I growled and hissed in anger, with lightning speed, I picked myself up and attacked her with everything I got. I was not surprised when she attacked back with the same strength, after all, she is a shapeshifter, so I was expecting this all along. She proved to be a formidable opponent, and she fought back furiously, matching my speed and strength. I’ve never seen anyone who could stand me this way, no one could ever match my strength and speed, not even my fellow Alphas in the academy. I was not surprised, nah, I wasn’t. But I was curious, Like, how the hell did she get so strong and fast, and why do I feel hurt whenever I hit her?
“Stop it you two!
Stop this madness at once!
You are attracting attention to yourselves and it’s not good for us. People would start asking questions, and we don’t want any of that. The cops will be here soon, cut it out already!” Valerie kept calling out to us, trying to reason with two furious beasts that are trying to rip each other apart. I had no idea that she had regained her strength, I left her leaning by the wall while I faced the white witch alone. She tried to come in between the both of us and stop us, but she couldn’t get either of us to listen to her and back down. I was getting more upset by the minute, and so was Devon.
We kept trying to hurt each other, fighting so roughly and destroying everything around us. Then I saw an opportunity to injure her, I saw her struggling to free herself from the strong grip of my guards. They must have been alerted by the blaring sound of the building alarm and car alarms as well. We have destroyed quite a lot of cars, and we created several holes and cracks in the building. I’m sure the lycan spies would have sensed our aura as well. I’m pretty sure that after I take her down, I’ll need to take Val away from here, and this time we would stay away until the night we mate. It’s so close already, the first phase of the wolf moon night would appear in a few nights. We just have to stay hidden until that say, but first, I need to take down this witch.
I don’t know how the guards did it, considering the speed we were both using to attack each other. They are human, and we are both shapeshifters yet they managed to hold Devon firmly, trying to stop the fight by pulling us apart. Val was still chanting in that strange language, and this time she focused on Devon, keeping her eyes fixed on her as if the chanting was directed at her. So I guessed anyway. The guards succeeded in slowing Devon, but that wasn’t a good move because it didn’t stop the fight, instead, they created an opportunity for me to hurt her, and I gladly took it.
With my talons popping out of my fingers, I tore at her chest, drawing blood as my talons dug into her flesh. I thought I was winning, I saw a perfect opportunity, and I took it, hoping to hurt her pretty badly. I never expected what came next, I never thought I would get burned by her blood, I mean literally getting burned. The blood on my nails felt like fire on my hand. It hurt so badly, and I felt a searing pain in my chest as well.
And as Devon was screaming in pain, so was I also. It felt like the wound was on my chest and not hers, and as her blood remained on my fingers, it kept burning me badly, hurting me so much. I screamed in pain while looking around desperately, searching for water or anything that I could use to wash off her blood from my fingers. After a few minutes, the pain in my chest started going down slowly. It means that Devon was healing herself, and as she gets better, it’s rubbing off on me as well.
I was lucky to find a bottle of water lying around, I picked it up and splashed water on my hand, desperately wiping out the blood stains. By the time I was done, the pain in my chest is no more, and I could see Devon standing on her feet again, gazing curiously at me. I lifted my hand to my face, gazing intently at my fingers and my palm, searching for a scar or bruises from the fire that was burning my hand. But there was none, my hand was perfectly okay. It only burned me when I have blood on my hand.
No, wait…
Let me correct that statement because this has never happened to me before, I’ve fought and killed thousands of people in my lifetime, and I’ve stained my hands with the blood of thousands of people, but this never occurred before. Never has it been said that an Alpha king was burned by blood, it even sounds ludicrous. It only burned me when I hurt Devon, her blood felt like fire on my skin, I swear I thought I would be scared by that scorching heat that I felt in my hand. But there was nothing, I mean absolutely nothing.
“W… What kind of sorcery is this, what did you do to me?” I demanded angrily, glaring furiously at her. I can’t believe I’m scared to approach her again. I have this urge to punch her in the fucking face, but I can’t bear to feel that pain anymore. It was so unbearably painful. I just can’t explain how I felt when I still had her blood in my hand, it hurt so bad. I couldn’t think of any other explanation for this, it’s got to be sorcery and nothing more. Devon must be following the footsteps of her arch-enemy, King Gerald. She must be a dark witch now, she must be practicing the dark acts. That is the only explanation I have for this.
“If I had magic that could hurt you, I won’t just use it to hurt you, Maverick, I’ll fucking kill you!” she responded angrily, glaring daggers at me.
“No… No… No… No,
I can’t allow this. This has got to stop, right now!” Valerie scolded angrily. She took a few steps towards us, coming to stand between us. But I wasn’t even looking her way, I was focused on Devon. I don’t trust that bitch, I don’t know what trick she would try to pull on me again. I need to be very careful around her.
“I know what you are thinking, Huntington. But trust me, it’s not going to work because your family broke our bond when they sat down and watched the lycan king kill my entire family. I’ve come too far to turn away, so if you think you are going to command me to stop, or if you think you can force me to submit to you, then you need to think again. I’ll advise you to give me what I want before I change my mind and pounce on you.” She threatened fiercely, making me smile at her audacity. I guess she has forgotten that I am the king of all wolves, the mate to the last white wolf. The white witches have been working for my family for ages.
“Did you really sever our bond, do you really believe that our bond is broken?” I asked her, earning a fierce glare as she hissed in anger.