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Bones cracked as her clothes shredded, falling to the ground. A cream colored wolf with flecks of caramel emerged, the same hazel eyes filled with primal hunger reflecting back at me now. She was fairly small compared to the majority of the pack, but she could still do immense damage to me if I wasn’t careful.
"Time to play, love," I called to my wolf with excitement burning through me, mirrored by her own desire to put Sofia in her place. She didn’t take well to being called weak.
I might not possess a ton of combat skills in my current form, but my wolf would shred this bitch to pieces and use her bones as a toothpick. I just knew it.
Chapter Fifteen
Kira
Apparently Sofiaand her wolf didn't give a shit about a fair fight, because they charged me before I could shift. My wolf growled in my mind at their disrespect, but I couldn't focus on that right now with a snarling wolf rushing for me.
Shit, shit, shit.
I glanced around quickly and the glint of her knife reflected up at me. It would be risky to dive for it, but it was my only option. Throwing myself to the ground near it, I grabbed the hilt firmly and rolled away. Not quickly enough though, and her claws raked me, sending a searing pain through my shoulder.
"Fuck!" I yelled, before jabbing out with the dagger as the shadow of her wolf alerted me to her pouncing towards me once more. She barked out a yelp as I felt the knife bury into a meaty part of her flesh.
Stupidly, I had closed my eyes, preparing for her wolf to annihilate me, so when her attack faltered, I peeled them open to assess the damage. I had pierced her side, and she dislodged herself, prowling back a few feet. The flow of blood rapidly coated her light fur, but I didn't let that fool me into thinking I had won.
I’d lost the element of surprise with the knife, and my shoulder blade hurt like a motherfucker. Rolling my shoulder forward gingerly, I winced as the skin tugged the wound open further.
"Sofia, allow her a moment to shift. Or are you too cowardly?" A tall man with broad shoulders and salt and pepper hair called out. It took me a moment to place him, but I recalled him at one of the parties introducing Sofia as his daughter to a visiting pack.
Her wolf let out a low whine and lowered its head.
Thinking back to when Milo told me that we heal quickly in wolf form, I hoped that she could handle fighting with this wound for a bit while it closed.
Ready.
I stood, throwing the knife off to the side of the yard, and centered my thoughts. Looking inward, I found my glowing blue flame and imagined it sweeping through my body and consuming me. A burning sensation flared, but it wasn't unpleasant, and I felt the mental switch to riding as a passenger in our body.
Opening our eyes, I internally cackled at the look of shock on everyone's faces as they took in my wolf for the first time. It was odd, but I was able to picture her wolf form in my head when I was in control. So, I knew she stood before them as a breathtaking white wolf with striking sapphire eyes.
We gazed down upon the pale wolf before us, almost doubling her in size. I trusted in my wolf implicitly and didn't restrain her desire to pummel the smaller wolf into submission. Our eyes locked onto the alpha, and a low growl rumbled in our chest.
Alpha.
Haha, woah there, girl. We're not the alpha.
Stunning me, a look of pride flashed across the alpha’s face as he stared back at us. What the hell?
She ignored me, and it felt as if I could mentally feel her brushing me off for acting like she couldn't take him on.
Let's focus on Sophia for now, okay?
My words were all the encouragement she needed, and we shot off like a rocket, easily knocking Sofia to the ground. She thrashed under us, but we leaned with our front two paws on her, easily holding her in place with our weight. Pain still pulsated in my shoulder, but I could actually feel the skin knitting itself together, and we still managed to hold her firm.
A warning growl worked its way up our throat as our teeth lowered onto her neck, demanding submission. She continued to struggle beneath us despite our teeth slowly tightening onto the soft part of her throat. We'd keep going until she submitted, no matter the cost.
This moment would determine how the pack treated us moving forward, and we couldn't risk even the slightest hesitation or they would consider us weak.
Snarling at her to signal that we would not give her another chance to concede after this, her movement halted all together. Her ears flattened in submission, and we released her throat, hesitantly moving back a few feet with our eyes trained on her still.
We both found her to be dishonorable and wouldn't put it past her to jump at us despite her submission. She rose to her feet, and I saw that the wound in her side had stopped bleeding, leading me to believe that she'd be just fine in a few hours. Limping off the yard towards her father, we took in his downcast gaze that settled on her, disappointment simmering in his eyes.
A small part of me hurt at seeing his disappointment in her. I'd give anything to feel the warmth and love of a parent, and part of me wondered if she ached for the same. We couldn't all be alphas or warriors, and he should accept her no matter the ranking she took on in the pack.
Glancing around, we took note of everyone’s bowed heads, including my mates. A trotting of paws caused our ear to flicker, bringing our attention back to the entrance of the yard. The alpha.
