THE HYBRID'S MATE, sterek [book 01] ✔

xx. kate argent

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐘𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃'𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺: 𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵

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     I FEEL AN ALL-CONSUMING rage fill me. Someone dared to take a member of my Pack; my friend; my Alpha. Someone dared to mess with me. I want to rip them limb from limb, but I know that no one will let me do that - both because it's a stupid idea, and because none of them knew what it would do to myself.

     Then realisation hits me. "Deaton wasn't talking about my Mate when he said 'she's coming for the Fox'."

     Realisation hits Peter. "Oh damn. He wasn't at all. He meant Kate was coming."

     Derek narrows his eyes. "Kate came for my Mate? Who does she think she is?!"

     I place my hand on Derek's arm, calming the Alpha slightly. "She knows who she is. She knows that I've been Turned, but she thinks I'm just a Fox."

     "Can you hide your Wolf scent?"

     "Yeah. I can make her think that I'm just a Fox. Then, she'll be in for a big surprise when I Shift in front of her and rip her throat out. Again."

     "Stiles."

     "No. I'm killing her. She took my Alpha, and my friend. Did I forget to mention that he's a part of my Pack?!"

     "Stiles, you need to think this through."

     "Bite me. Oh, wait. You already did."

     I turn on my heel and walks out of the loft, Peter following me. I speed down the stairs, too impatient to wait for the elevator, and out of the building. I run into the Preserve, howling to signal my location to the rest of my Pack, and wait for them. Only minutes later they appear from the shadows, their eyes blazing with anger, and the scent of their need to kill Kate for taking their friend and Alpha.

     My eyes burn brightly. "If we do this, we do this together. We fight to get our Alpha - our friend back from that monster. She doesn't get to mess with the Packs of Beacon Hills without a response any longer!"

     The Pack nod in agreement, growls escaping them as my very words reach their ears and take a toll on the Werewolves and Werecoyotes. Lydia simply holds onto Aiden as they take off into the Preserve, the trees slight blurs as we run faster than we have ever run before. In mid-step, Malia and Theo Shift into Coyotes and speed ahead, malicious snarls leaving their mouths.

     We reach the Hale house, and then we see Kate. She has her claws on Liam's throat, ready to rip it out at any given second. The Pack skid to a stop and I growl warningly at Kate, my eyes flashing dangerously. Her own eyes burn brilliant green in response and her face turns almost black as she Shifts, her canines lengthening and a snarl of her own leaving her mouth.

     "Hello, Stiles," Kate says, her voice sickly sweet. "Come to get your Alpha back?"

     I growl. "No, I've come to have a nice little talk that ends up with your throat ripped out for the last time."

     "Very well."

     Kate throws Liam to the side, ignoring the pained yelp from the young True Alpha. Hayden runs to his side and snarls at Kate, her own eyes a golden green colour. Kate ignores them and launches herself at me, only to be tackled by Malia and Theo. Whimpers sound and then next second the two Coyotes go flying into the trees.

     Kate stands and stalks towards me, her claws out and ready to kill. I hold my hand up as the rest of the Pack go to attack her, and they stop, shock rolling through them but still listening to me. I grin, my ears, teeth and claws lengthening while my eyes burn a new level of dangerous. Kate pauses for a second to assess me, but then runs at me, snarls leaving her mouth and her eyes dark.

     I duck all her swipes at me and then follows with a sucker punch to the gut. She staggers backwards a couple of meters and I run forward, slashing across her abdomen before flipping backwards to escape the kick she aims at my head. I grab her ankle out of instinct and drag her body with my own. She goes flying over my head, towards Lydia. Lydia screams, pushing it out in front of her, and forces Kate back towards me.

     I jam my claws into her back and she gasps in pain. "You shouldn't mess with me, Kate Argent. You should have followed your little Hunter's Code and killed yourself when you found out you were turning."

     She coughs up blood. "Then we wouldn't have had as much fun with little Derek."

     I shove her to the ground with a snarl, dragging my claws out of her back. She growls in pain and flips over, kicking me in the head. I take it in my stride and flip again, landing in a crouch, a grin covering my face. I push off with my feet and claw her throat as I fly past her, my claws digging into her throat and catching on her oesophagus.

     As I go past, it rips out of her body and stays attached to my claws. I land on my feet only metres behind Kate as her face turns back to normal and she drops to her knees, her hands covering her throat to try stop the profuse bleeding. I turn and look at the blonde woman, my face showing no signs of sympathy or regret.

     "You deserve this, Kate," I growl, my features returning to normal. "I don't care what happens to me, or if my eyes change. You killed innocents, and you have hurt my Mate more than enough."

     She falls to the ground, no breaths leaving her lips and her heart no longer beating. I drop the blood covered body part to the ground and walk away from the fallen Werejaguar. The rest of my Pack follow, Liam catching up to me and walking beside his friend. I look over to Liam and smile.

     "I'm sorry about that," I say, ducking a branch. "I should have checked to see if you wanted her dead first."

     Liam laughs. "God, Stiles. I might be an Alpha, but I'm not going to stop you from saving my life by any means necessary."

     "Derek didn't want me to do it. None of his Pack did. They thought it would change me; change my eyes."

     "You're a Turned Hybrid. I don't think the laws of the Werewolves bind you. I mean, look at Malia. She killed her family on a Full Moon. Her eyes were always blue."

     "Yes, but she's a full-blooded Werecoyote. I'm a Hybrid of a Werewolf and a Kitsune - a goddamn Dark Kitsune to make things worse."

     "Show me your eyes."

     I look at Liam and make my eyes glow.

     Liam grins. "You're good. They're still their deep purple."

     "But?"

     "The silver streaks are more prominent. The gold are fading. I don't think they'll change any more."

     "Well, that's comforting. I don't need to turn into a full-blown Nogitsune again."

     "Yeah, no. I heard about that, and I don't think I actually want to see that. Then again, you sounded really bad-ass while you were Void."

     "Thanks, Liam. I'm serious. Now, I actually don't feel as bad about it anymore."