Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“You finally grew feelings for that little slut then. Isn’t that great.” His condescending tone was about to make me see red. I needed to get myself under control so I could think my way through this fight.
“Enough talk.” I snapped at him. “I will kill you all, and you will tell me where my wife is before you die.”
“HAHAHA!” They all seemed to laugh at once and it sounded just like Edmond laughing instead of them. He was definitely controlling them.
I didn’t want them getting the chance to run away just yet. It would be no fun for me if they got scared and ran away before I got to do what I wanted with them. Killing them would be just the beginning of it all.
With little effort and just a quick thought, I felt myself hovering in the air. I knew that I was flying in front of them, as a phoenix. The look of shock on their faces, the fear dripping from their eyes, that was definitely worth the shift. And thankfully, I would still have clothes afterwards since the warlock shift like this didn’t destroy my clothes. If only all shifts were the same.
I used their temporary distraction to fly a little higher. Soaring in a quick circle I summoned my fire to me. I was a being tied to flames, both as the wolf and the warlock king.
My plan was to create a barrier around them all. Not to trap them so I could leave. No, it was to trap them into the fight. I didn’t want them turning tail to run away when they were about to lose.
I concentrated on my fire very intently. I made sure it would only burn them. Not my warriors or any ally. It wouldn’t burn the ground, and it wouldn’t burn me. We would all be safe, but if they tried to leave the red, all consuming fire would destroy them in an instant.
I landed just outside the fire. I wanted to walk through it, to show them I had control here. I shifted once more before I started forward.
This time, when they saw me, I would be in my lycan form. Both of these new forms I had gained in France, and both marked me as special among the shifters but it also marked me as the Warlock Queen’s mate. They wouldn’t be able to win if they were all too scared to move, and that’s what I planned when I became the lycan just now.
Slowly, with deliberate steps, I walked into the roaring, raging flames. The flames licked and tickled harmlessly against my flesh and fur. When I finally stepped out of the flames, my pants still untouched by the fire, I saw them all take a step back. Their eyes were opened wide and their mouths were hanging in disbelief.
“This can’t be.” I heard the woman cry. “He can’t be a phoenix and a lycan.” She was shaking in fear.
“Worry not, it’s all illusions. They have traitors on their side. Warlocks working with the enemies to fight against their own. They have granted him these illusions. The fire, his two forms, neither of them are real.” The man who seemed to be their leader spoke again.
“Vox, attack him.” The man pushed one of the other men forward, causing him to stumble with fear.
“Come at me.” I spoke slowly, finding it difficult to speak with this new mouth of mine.
“Y-you’re just illusioned.” He yelled as he took a few more steps toward me. I watched as he raised his hand to begin casting an attack.
Faster than their eyes could follow I leapt across the circle, pinning the man to the ground. First, I closed my large jaws over his wrist, snapping his hand off with one quick bite. He screamed as his blood began to pour into my mouth.
“Ahhh! No, no, no.” He pulled his arm away from my mouth and held it against his chest. I didn’t give him more than a second to recoil and show his terror. He had just looked me in the eyes, locking his gaze with mine, when I leaned forward and placed a razor clawed hand against his throat. The next second I ripped his throat out with my lycan hand.
The woman among the group screamed long and loud. The fear was so intense in her eyes that it was clear she was not thinking at all. She turned tail and bolted toward the twenty foot tall wall of flames that encircled us.
She clearly thought she could pass right on through but she had underestimated me. She ran with her arms outstretched like she was going to push a door open in front of her. As soon as she touched the wall of flames she began to burn. Her entire body was instantly set ablaze and she dropped to the ground, an endless scream emitting from her now molten throat.
“They’re real.” One of the men in the back gasped. “We were not prepared for this.” It seemed like Edmond’s mind control had its limits when it came to them burning to death.
“Don’t underestimate me.” I growled at them.
“We will not lose to you.” The man in the lead spoke. “Get him.” This time the other two were pushed forward.
I didn’t hesitate this time either. I summoned my whip of flames and flung it out to meet the first man. It wrapped around his middle and with a yank, the man was pulled into two pieces. He didn’t even have the chance to scream. He just looked down at the whip wrapped around him and by the time he registered the weapon blood was pouring out of his mouth.
The other man tried to run away, but he would not escape me. I flung the whip out toward him and it wrapped several times around his throat. Another flick of my wrist and his head was soaring across the clearing, spraying the last man standing before me with a ruby red splatter of blood.
“Scared yet?” I taunted him with a chuckle. “Now, tell me where my wife is and I’ll make your death quick. If you don’t I will torture you slowly until you talk.
“You will get nothing out of me you monster.”
“That’s rich, calling me a monster. Have you seen what your master has done to those people?” I pointed in the direction of the battlefield that was strewn with monsters.
“That was a necessary sacrifice.” His voice shook as he trembled. “He needs to rid the world of scum like you so we can all be safe.”
“Sorry to burst your bubble, pal, but your leader wants us gone because we’re stopping him from taking over the word and killing anyone who opposes him. He longs for a world ruled with darkness and magic. He doesn’t care about anything but power.”
“That’s not true. That can’t be true.” He seemed to be wavering.
“It’s true and it’s why we’re going to stop him.”
I slowly stalked forward, closer to the man trembling before me. As I walked I shifted into full wolf form. This fight would be best won with my natural fighting style. And like Riviana, I had learned to finally talk to others in this form.
“This is your last chance to tell me where she is.”
As I stalked closer to him I noticed something that seemed to be off. The ground around me was catching fire. Just like my Little Bunny’s steps had turned to ice, mine were turning to molten flames, but they weren’t spreading. The flames stayed in place awaiting a command from me.
Another glance told me I was now glowing bright red, not quite the flames but the ruby glow shining all throughout me. If I moved just right the red was hidden and then it would reappear just moments later as my body twisted or shifted in some way. I could also feel the power surging through me, stronger than ever before.
I leapt forward, landing on the man’s chest. My large forepaws were holding him in place, and his clothing around my paws began to burn.
“No, I don’t want to burn to death.”
