To Wield Such Prowess || ZHANYI/YIZHAN FF

21

Xiao Zhan glances at Yibo every other second to make sure the latter is still asleep, while he reads through every article and blog containing 'Leonine'.

After several minutes, Xiao Zhan notices that some of the rumored details about this rogue werewolf are either recurring or make sense only when put together.

Face was never seen.

Hides in South Korea's vast woods.

Cause of the sudden death of most werewolf wizards in Korea.

Kills even mated alphas, leaving their omegas with no partners.

Ruthless and apathetic.

Xiao Zhan swallows, slowly realizing the huge possibility that Leonine is, in fact, not an object of imagination, or a fictional creature used to scare wandering humans or other rogue werewolves.

Leonine is probably real.

Xiao Zhan blinks back to Yibo, eyes wavering in deep thought.

Is Leonine truly Wang Yibo?

Xiao Zhan furrows his eyebrows, before looking back down at his laptop screen.

It can't be him. Yibo is not apathetic.

Yibo told him he had killed to protect omegas. He can't be lying.

Yibo can't have made up that story about Mifeng and his alpha. Yibo won't be doing that to Xiao Zhan, right?

Xiao Zhan's sight catches at the necklace resting on top of Yibo's chest, making him remember the soul pendant around his neck.

With all the things that he and Yibo shared, it's not appalling that he wants to trust Yibo, right?

With how much Xiao Zhan knows about Wang Yibo, it's not surprising that Xiao Zhan wants to listen to him before concluding anything.

Xiao Zhan looks down and takes the soul pendant over his palm, lifting it higher to be able to see it.

Wang Yibo is the supposed-to-be mate of Xu Liangzhu.

He's the lost alpha prince of Beijing, White Peony.

And then he is also the reputable zilch alpha of the Northern Vast Woods.

So if Yibo is Leonine...

Then he is also the rogue werewolf murderer known to have killed the majority of the leading werewolf wizards that used to rule South Korea's werewolf packs.

Xiao Zhan jolts in disbelief.

Wouldn't it be too much work being all of that?

Did Yibo really get out of his way to do all of it, even travel countries?

Xiao Zhan tilts his head, gazing at Yibo's calm sleeping face.

Are you also Leonine?

Because if you are, then which of the rumored details are true, and which aren't?

"Wang Yibo, ah, Wang Yibo," Xiao Zhan says, shaking his head as he lets out a dry laugh. "How much more do I not know about you?"

Xiao Zhan rolls the soul pendant gently in his fingers, keeping his fond gaze on Yibo for a few minutes, not noticing how the pendant glows blue as he does.

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Xiao Zhan continues sipping on his blood storage bag after sitting Yibo up.

It's been several hours. Thankfully, Yibo's fever seems to have cooled down enough.