Lycanthropy
Chapter Thirty-Seven

From the edge of the forest:

Even though the fights upon my packs had ended, I still found out that some of those warriors had shifted into their Lycan form. Henceforth I had ordered to replace out where Emerson had been born, to replace her father to question him about Lycans.

Besides, if she wanted to replace out more herself, I assume she would go to her father as well.

The moment I had entered her former pack, I had smelled her delicious scent. So I had spread my elite warriors, at the edge of the forest to surround her pack of warriors.

This time I won’t underestimate her, and this time I will show her how strong I am! She will become mine, even if she doesn’t want to be!

“Are you going to force her to mate us?” Winston asked me.

“Yes! She wanted a strong mate, one that really presented the King I should have been before!” I yelled angrily towards him.

“Love can’t be forced, I won’t let you do it!” Winston wailed at the back of my mind. Down, and deeper he got pushed by me! I won’t let my wolf dictate me, about how I can get and achieve what is rightfully mine!

I’m done being the soft King!

And as I was determined in my own actions, I roared with the mightiest roar that I could muster. And soon all my warriors did the same.

We rushed out of the treeline and onto the green meadow, encircling the group of wolves from my mate’s pack. Some of my warriors were fast enough to reach hers before I did. I had let them go first, as they would probably get killed by Emerson. Let her tire down with some of my weakest wolves first!

“Bastard! I don’t know you anymore!” Winston yelled at me, and I scolded him, and pushed him even further to the back of my mind.

I’m going to do this alone, without my wolf it seems!

My warriors shifted and fought in their wolf form, against her warriors who had shifted as well. Her former Alpha and his wolves fought against her too. And after she had killed a few wolves, in her full Lycan form, I stood behind for a moment, to see how tired she had become. But as I had seen her rip out a heart without even a sweat, I figured I had to do this myself. She was going to submit to me, whether she liked it or not!

I charged her way, still in human form, as I had pushed Winston to the deepest corner of my mind. I used his strength only at the parts of my body where I wanted it to, never letting him take full control of my body.

“Ahh there you are! Finally coming out of hiding are you?” She said without hitching her breath.

“Yes! I will show you what I’m worth! You are going to beg me to take me back!” I yelled to her, while roaring fiercely.

“Why not make this little battle stop then, and let’s see what you are really worth, in a one versus one battle? If you are truly the man you claim to be, then act accordingly!” She shouted, while laughing out loud.

“Then shift back, and we will deal with this as humans!”

Without a counterword, she shifted into her naked human form. I licked my lips, looking at her bare body, and back came the memories of where I had touched all of her skin, at the showers. A wicked grin plastered my face and I was sure to dominate her!

We both yelled to our warriors to stand down, and as they formed a circle around us two, we walked closer to each other.

“You actually think that you can control me?” She asked me.

“I don’t think I can, I know I can!” I roared against her, while standing only inches away from her. My height towering over her, and I looked down at her face.

“Strange though, that you can be so confident, all the while your wolf won’t agree with you.”

“I don’t need my wolf!” I roared to her again. “You are mine, and mine alone!”

A sudden chuckle from one of the wolves around her, startled me for a moment. I glared his way and he focused his gaze right back at me. He wasn’t fazed by my appearance and I didn’t know what to do with it. But right now it isn’t the most important thing I should focus on. Emerson is!

I felt the need to mark her, and emotion overflooded my brain. If I was going to show her how powerful I am, I have to fight her, make her submit to me. So without further notice I swiped my fist towards her, and hit her face. Her lip burst, and a bit of blood dripped on her chin. But she hadn’t moved an inch with her feet. She had just accepted the hit, without even flinching.

“Hmm. Really?” She said, and before I knew it, she had swung her body, went low, and kicked my feet from under my body.

I fell down on the ground, but got up instantly.

The minutes after that, went by in a rush, as we fought and landed hit after hit. She was stronger than most of my warriors, and was actually challenging my own fighting skills as well. But so far, I think I could still win this thing.

I had put her head in one of my strong arm-locks and told her to yield. “Submit to me!” I yelled.

“Never!” She roared, and with a newfound strength she took hold of my arms and her biceps grew, forcing my arms to spread and for her head to slip out of them.

“Stop this act!” She yelled to me. “You know you can’t win.” She said in a whisper now.

I got more angry now, and used all my strength to charge her again, hitting her and forcing myself to show her my raw power! I had hit her belly, kicked her legs, knocked at the temple of her head and even made her dizzy because of it. I was winning this!

Right?

Winston tried everything to push forward, to take control and submit to her. But I didn’t want that to happen! She is mine! I want her, I need her!

“No, you need to reject her! Your pain is only weakening us!” Winston pleaded in the back of my mind.

“No, I can’t do that! I won’t” I said to him, not wanting to give up. Even though somewhere I know that this fight is going to be endless.

I kept fighting her, and my energy was draining soon. But I didn’t care, I just kept on going, even though my muscles began to burn right now. My will was too strong to stop now. My pride was being crushed as we speak, as my pack sees that I’m losing this. But I can’t lose now! I have to show them how strong I am!

From the other side:

What is he doing? He is panting and draining himself of his energy, he has to know that he can’t win this battle, right? I’m stronger than him, because of my Lycan power. This is no longer a battle of showing who is the strongest, there is something that is pursuing him to go on.

His hits won’t even hurt me no more, in fact, I can block and avoid every single one of them.

He has pushed Winston so far away, that he can’t take over his body now, to make him stop. If he continues this, then he will lose his wolf for sure! Winston doesn’t want this, so why is he continuing his futile efforts?

“He hasn’t rejected us!” Dakota yelled to me.

“What? Not even after all this time?” I asked her, and she nodded agreeing.

Shit, it has been months after I had rejected him formally! And even though I hadn’t used the right last name, the Goddess knows that I have rejected him. I don’t have any feelings for him anymore, whatsoever. Nor do I want to get him back.

But I have never heard, of someone not rejecting a person back, after such a long time! His mind is probably working overtime, he is going crazy of not having me! And if his wolf is in the back of his mind, probably on the verge of not coming back, he is going to go mental! And even though he is not the man for me, and he has changed his character for the bad at this moment, he is a good man in general, and the people need their King!

“Dakota, keep yelling to Winston! We need him!” I told her, and instantly she tried to reach him.

“He is too far! I can’t replace him!” She wailed for the wolf. Not out of love, as she had severed the bond with him as well, but out of sheer character. No one wants to lose their wolf, no one wishes for another to lose their most precious thing in the whole world!

“Keep on trying!” I yelled once more.

“Daniel! Let Winston out, you need him!”

“No, I won’t! I have to show you that I’m worthy!” He yelled, as he charged onto me again.

“Not like this! Show me the wolf that resides inside of you! Let him fight!” I tried once again, but he refused to listen to me.

I kept avoiding his attacks all this time, while he was becoming really tired, but I need something different to do right now. I don’t want to kill him, I don’t need a Kingdom to rule, and I don’t need a mate. He just has to return to his duties, so I can live my life in peace, with my own pack, as he should with his.

And maybe then he can replace himself a loving mate.