My moment of weakness flees the moment my instincts to protect kick back in, and I summon the strength from my body to bring forth the controlled savage I know won’t be strong enough to stop Ty. I can’t go full three, lose control, and keep our people safe though.
Please don’t be Hale and Brazen.
I feel the strength burning from within as it boils the blood in my veins. My eyes burn as the violet glows inside them, and Ty’s menacing smirk blossoms all the more when he sees the challenge he has been waiting for.
“I’m glad you did that. Your savage blood is the only blood I can enslave,” he chirps without hesitation, and suddenly he lunges at me full speed, my eyes seeing nothing but a blur of colors mingling in the dark.
I feel him connect with my body before I can push him away, and then I feel the jabbing of the needle strong enough to penetrate my invincible flesh against all possibilities. I scream as the excruciating burn floods through me, burning me, forcing me to convulse and scream all the louder as he takes a step back.
“Electric pulses on the tip of a uranium dipped needle. Clever huh?” he chuckles. “Don’t worry. The pain is temporary. Don’t fight it. It’ll hurt less if you just give into the burn.”
I scream as the tears scald my cheeks, and then I feel gravity shifting beneath me, leaving me swirling in a painful sea of confusion as my love for Hale and Brazen dissipates. My violet eyes stare over at the man I love… Ty.
My breath is taken, stopped along with the beat of my heart as his eyes catch mine. The draw of his pull, his beauty, his wonder suck me in as I stand to my feet and move toward him without reservation. His eyes alight and dancing, he reaches out his hand to ask for mine. I take it without hesitation, and I feel the bonding power between our touch stealing the rest of the air from my lungs as his lips lean over to touch mine.
The swirls of static electricity charge the forbidden kiss I never knew how badly I wanted, and he grips the back of my head while pulling me in to make the divine touch all the stronger. Our tangled lips and rasp breaths bring the heat stronger, closer, and the kiss erupts to be almost uncontrollable as he squeezes my entire body.
“You’re mine,” he breathes. “Finally mine.”
“I’m yours,” I promise involuntarily.
I need him, I’m devoted, and I have to keep him safe. I turn to face the masses, and I realize the new savage hybrids are facing the old savage hybrids. I’ve never seen the gifted fleet in person. I’ve never seen them all savage.
It’s so beautiful. The powers escape their fingertips to collide with the powers of the others, and the firework sparks meet in the middle as the counter strikes rise up to accept the full brunt of the force. It’s so amazing, breathtaking actually.
Ty’s hand tightens on mine, and he leans over to whisper into my ear with his heavenly breath invading my nose.
“Show them how it’s done, my queen.”
I smile affectionately while stepping up to the gifted fleet facing the new army of men, and I smirk before giving a small wink. The bodies fly through the air as if they’ve been hit by a storm - my storm. They flip backwards as the crashing force of the new hybrid’s powers rain down on them.
I smile heavenly while walking back up, and then I hear screams… my name I think.
“Araya! No!”
I turn to see a face that almost seems familiar, but I can’t actually place it. The dark hair, chiseled face and perfect hybrid blues shine even in the dark as he runs toward me. Who is he?
“Araya, stop,” he pleads, but why would I stop?
He doesn’t know me, so how does he know my name?
“Kill him,” Ty commands, and I turn to oblige his request as the hybrid blues widen in disbelief.
“Hale, go. She’s not herself right now. He’s got her! She’ll kill you,” a full blood screams from behind the crowd. “Get back. We have to pull back.”
“No, Brazen. I can’t leave her,” the man he called Hale says.
I flick my wrist, and they both go sailing into the danger zone being ravaged by the gifts of my king’s army. I hear the screams erupting from all over, but one scream stands out.
“Clay, you have to save her. You have to remove his blood from hers,” the full blood screams to a man clutching the hand of a dark-haired beauty, her eyes holding scars I don’t understand.
My teeth grind as if something is wrong, but I quickly dismiss the odd feeling as I stalk toward the trespassers attacking our men, hindering my king’s mission. They don’t realize what a wonderful world this will soon be. They don’t understand us, and they’ll kill us for being stronger.
“You’ve got more power than you know,” Ty whispers.
I smile before I feel my power exuding from me, lifting the armored vehicles high into the sky, and the clouds overhead begin swirling. I feel weaker for some reason though. I should feel stronger right now with my king by my side, but something is missing. Something is wrong.
“Araya, kill them,” my king demands. “They’ll try to kill us if you don’t.”
