Fire & Fangs (GXG)

Chapter 20 - Night Hunting

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TW: Gore

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Night hunting.

When Alcina first threw out that idea, I asked why the hell would we go out at night when we could just do it during the day.

"Because we are not hunting animals. We are hunting the ones who hunt us. We are apex predators and night... We are the most formidable." Alcina replied, a cigarette in between her pointer and middle finger, smoke coming off it.

"What about me then?" I asked, brows furrowed.

"You, Iubirea Mea, are our secret weapon." Alcina replied, with a smirk.

"Secret weapon?" I reiterated dumbly.

"Indeed, my mate, you need to shift. I can see the antsiness rippling under your skin. You need to hunt. You need to catch prey. And what better way to do that than at night where they will never be expecting you?" Alcina asked.

"Are you sure, Alcina? Last time I didn't exactly have con-" I tried to say, but my mate cut me off.

"I will not argue the semantics of that because you were in control, but I digress. You will not be transforming, Andrada. You will be shifting." Alcina explained, but it left me feeling confused.

"Shifting? Isn't that just another word for transforming?" I asked, plopping myself down in her desk chair.

"Do you know what you truly are, Lună Mea?" Alcina asked and the question stunned me.

"What... I am? I... You said I was a Lycan didn't you?" I questioned, remembering Alcina saying the word when referring to me.

"I did, yes, but it was not exactly accurate. I remember you telling me you had been bitten by multiple Lycans, yes?" Alcina asked.

"Yes, you've seen the scars on my body." I answered.

"I have been doing some reading and have come across a book in my private collection. It was given to by Mother Miranda some years ago, but I have found that you are... more. I first started to suspect when you beat my brother so easily. Your raw power was outstanding. My second clue was when you could shift parts of your body willingly. My brother was the supposed Alpha of his pack, but he only could shift into the form you fought. And my third clue? My third clue was when I had received a letter from said brother. Do you want to know what it said?" Alcina explained and then asked.

"What did it say?" I reiterated, hanging off Alcina's every word.

"It said that he was struggling to control his pack. There is only one reason an Alpha struggles to control their pack and that is... that is when another, more powerful Alpha, enters said pack's territory. It is in the pack's instinct to follow the strongest of their ilk. It is integral for their hierarchy. And you, Draga Mea, you are that Alpha." Alcina stated.

"What? Huh?" I said, my brain very confused.

"Think of it like you are the King, my brother is the duke, and the pack are the peasants. There are different roles within a pack, but those are the most basic ones. The book I have 'Liber de Miris et Mysteriis' says one such as yourself can morph into different wolf aspects. Your two-legged form, the hybrid form, and the form you have yet to transform into which is your four-legged form. That is the form I want you to tap into tonight." Alcina said as she took another drag from her cigarette, finishing it, and stamping it out onto the glass bowl she had.