Chapter Hundred and Twelve – A duel?
Rihanna’s POV
Lana was in control now, I made sure all my warriors were away from the training ground. I also made sure Jonah wasn’t close.
This had been want Lana wanted for a while, to be the wild silver wolf again. Jaden was making a commendable proposition.
“His wolf shouldn’t be underestimated. I had felt that wolf having raw emotions, especially sadism and desire.” Lana sighed.
Why’s she intimidated? Her strong points were hate, she didn’t need to hate Jaden but could just hate the feeling of losing to him.
“I’m just saying that Jaden’s wolf isn’t ordinary. He manipulated emotions and could transfer aggression and fear.”
How’d she know that? “Wolfs can do that?”
“Some wolfs. Jaden’s can.”
Well, that wasn’t very comforting.
I’d have to be wary of him transferring emotions to me. It’d be unfair to do so but I didn’t also plan to play fair.
Strutting out of the changing room, I made small snarls to alert my presence.
I sighted his wolf, tall and slightly bigger than mine, staring intensely at the burning incense sticks.
That was the first thing he’d do before a duel? I knew this guy was weird.
Seeing he wasn’t focused and it was a chance to play unfair, I took it and sprinted towards him. With my head, I made my signature head-butt.
He staggered, glaring at my wolf with betrayal in his eyes.
“Don’t look at me with those sad eyes, honey! You’re the one being dumb!” Lana smirked.
This was actually her idea. Her first meeting with her mate, the wolf, and she chose violence.
No one was calling stats for us so we shouldn’t care about mannerism or techniques. Just win.
In other words, the other wolf should be tired, breathless and then call quits.
He made no move so I charged at him again, he dodged it. I immediately made another chance at head-butting but he missed it again.
Was he only dodging? Was he following a defense technique?
Lana pulled out her claws and made a swipe, but he pulled her paw down, hitting her in the sides. She gritted her teeth.
At least, that was an attack.
Her hind legs went up, hitting him in the gut. She wasn’t sorry and he didn’t look hurt.
She tried again, seeing he was still open but his claws dug on her legs and threw them down.
Another defense mechanism but had cost her a minor injury. He was a fast wolf.
Low growls left her as she tried to retaliate but his speed in dodging beat her. It felt like he was trying to tire her out.
“I trained in the wild! I have tons of energy on reserve!” she hissed, getting his hint.
Also, he’d easily manipulate her emotions when she was tired. That was his wolf’s specialty.
Well, hers was initiating barriers but it would be futile unless he charged at her first.
“Then, we’d provoke him to attack.” She said to me, she’s in charge so I gave the go ahead.
Jaden’s wolf slowed down then she swiped at his neck and it caught him, taking him down but his head butted her backwards.
It had lot of energy and Lana slid back, feeling her insides hurting. So far only two real hits. He was going easy on her, and she’d make use of it.
She paused, glaring at him.
He was jerking his head, as blood streamed down his neck. It wasn’t fatal but painful. What did he expect between a two Alpha duel anyway?
When his wolf snapped his head up, his eyes were red. He was mad, and Lana saw that sadism in his eyes.
“Is this good?” I asked.
“Perfect!” she screamed excitedly, anticipating his attack.
I don’t know if she knew that Jaden’s wolf filled with sadism and anger would make him break the laws of a duel. Not that we had laws.
“He wouldn’t go overboard. I’m his mate!” Lana sounded confident. For her sake, and mine, may she be right.
Jaden’s wolf claws struck out to it’s full length and clawed on the marble floor. His eyes hadn’t left my silver wolf.
She growled, tauntingly to fuel his annoyance and he charged at her.
Lana had a choice to activate her barrier, which was the whole reason she wanted him to charge at her at first, but she rather engaged him.
His charges were faster and brutal and he hit her sides with more intent.
Making a backflip, she kicked on his snout and her toe claws grazed his gut. An intimidating growl left him as he charged at her again.
“Lana, he’s really angry! I don’t think Jaden is controlling him anymore!” I expressed my concerns to my wolf.
She didn’t reply this time so I bet she agreed.
A quick head-butt went to her stomach as she had lifted herself to initiate the barrier. She fell back, hitting the wall. That was a fatal blow.
Lana had difficulty standing, she glared at him. “Are you in there, Jaden? Your wolf is crazy!”
“He’s not in there! You angered an Alpha wolf now deal with it!” I shouted back at her. Things were getting really messy.
The wolf threw the shield collections on the shelf straight at Lana, burying her. She pushed from under them, with a growl.
I tried mind linking to Beatrice to make Jonah come get his Alpha but they were far away.
“Lana, move!” I warned my wolf but Jaden’s claws had slapped into her face, creating a four scarred fingerprint.
I pushed for control but she didn’t let me. Her mate had gone overboard with whatever we’re doing.
Couldn’t he sense this? Or was this venting?
“Lana, call it off!”
“How do you expect we do that?” she mumbled under her breath as she rose up again. Calling quits was not an option, so fighting on.
“And I haven’t used my barrier yet!” she smirked.
That annoyed Jaden’s wolf as he snarled at her, charging at her for another head-butt.
“You know what to do girl!”
“Hell, yeah.” She took one hind leg back and the other before her.
No matter how much he force he’d use, he’d not break her barrier.
His eyes became normal, just before he made contact with the barrier. The effect remained, and was more than she expected.
He whimpered, flying almost a feet backwards and hitting himself on the wall.
Lana and I gasped in sync. Was he supposed to fly like that? No wolf she had done that to went that far. Unless Logan.
“Maybe the stronger the wolf, the greater the effect of the barrier?” I wondered.
She nodded, limping towards him. “He’s unconscious. And I feel before he met the barrier, Jaden came back.”
I had noticed that too.