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Foi regained his control and opened the door. He stepped one foot out into the hallway and stopped dead in his tracks. Jaygen leaned against the wall right across the hall from Foi’s room. It was as if the tiger shifter had been waiting for him.
Foi couldn’t help his reaction with his wolf right beneath the surface. A deep growl rumbled up his chest, and he bared his teeth, knowing his canines were lengthening. Jaygen hardly batted an eyelash at Foi’s hostile greeting.
“Took you long enough. Come on,” Jaygen said. He pushed himself off the wall and turned as if he expected Foi to just obey him.
“What?” Foi shouted. His volume control was shit with his emotions all over the place.
Jaygen kept walking, acting as if Foi hadn’t asked him a question.Fuck him and his pompous ass.Foi turned away from Jaygen and headed toward Porter’s room. He just needed to see that the small, cute human was alright. He made it only another three steps before he was flung against the wall and a hard body kept him still. A fierce growl echoed against his ears that had Foi’s own predator-side answering.
“Don’t even think about it. I said let’s go, you stupid fucking mutt.”
Foi snapped, seeing red for a second until a sharp slap to his face and a hand around his throat, claws barely piercing his skin, pulled him back. Foi blinked a few times. Warm, sticky liquid coated his nails and fingers. Crimson-colored blood dripped from the tiger shifter. Foi shifted his gaze a little from his own hands to see Jaygen’s shirt was shredded on the side, the white shirt quickly soaking up the blood.
Jaygen growled again and his hand tightened around Foi’s neck. Foi’s head shot up and he stared into ice-blue eyes. There was deadly intent behind that gaze and Foi wanted to push more. But with his mind clear for the moment Foi noticed Jaygen was lacking his usual calmness, almost as if he was also battling with his own beast.
“Are you done?” Jaygen asked.
Foi tried to swallow, but with the grip Jaygen had on his neck, he was barely sucking in enough air. Jaygen noticed and loosened his hand slightly.
“What do you want, you shit-for-brains cat?” Foi grumbled.
Jaygen lifted a groomed dark blond eyebrow before abruptly pulling away. Foi nearly dropped to the ground. Instead of embarrassing himself, he reached out a hand to grip the wall and keep from falling.
“Let’s go. How you are right now will be no good for him,” Jaygen said.
Foi knew Jaygen was referring to Porter. And damn the stupid cat, he was right. Foi was one bad thought from shifting and becoming a killing machine.
Jaygen turned on his heels and looked at the ground. His lips dipped into a frown at the mess, but to Foi’s surprise he kept walking to the door that led to the stairs. Foi glanced once more at Porter’s door before following behind the tiger shifter.
Jaygen led the way to the downstairs gym area. Foi had planned to work out, but he needed to calm his wolf first. He opened his mouth to say as much, but stopped once they walked all the way in. All the machines and free weights were pushed to the walls, and in the middle was a large white mat.
Fabric tearing pulled Foi’s attention. Jaygen ripped his shirt off and rolled his shoulders, making the muscles in his back move like water. Every ripple showed off another muscle.Great, he even has perfect muscle definition.Jaygen tossed the bloody ripped shirt in the trashcan and for the first time Foi noticed Jaygen was wearing athletic shorts instead of his usual jeans or suits.
“Stop standing around mutt and get ready,” Jaygen said.
He walked over to the mat and Foi’s brain was seriously taking too damn long to understand what Jaygen meant. It was like a damn light switch went off in his head.The tiger shifter brought him down there to fight.
Foi pulled his own shirt off, blood rushing through his veins at the aspect of fighting Jaygen. He knew the tiger shifter would not be an easy opponent, and that’s what really riled him up.
“What are the rules?” Foi asked. He took his socks and shoes off, tossing them along with his shirt. He let them land anywhere, knowing how much it would piss Jaygen off.
“Anything goes. You can shift or stay in your human form.”
Foi stopped before touching the mat. “Anything?”
“Yes, so make sure you have your head in the game, mutt, because once you step into this ring I won’t hesitate to kill you,” Jaygen said.
Adrenaline rushed through Foi, and he wanted to howl in glee.Jaygen couldn’t be serious.One glance up at the man’s face and Foi saw it in his eyes. They were wild and untamed in need of the chaotic, bloody fight that was to come.
Foi licked his lips, his wolf more than hungry for it. “You know me. I’m all for bloodying up that handsome face of yours.”
Instead of a taunt, Jaygen just tilted his bowtie shaped lips up in a small smile as if he found Foi funny.Damn cat.
Jaygen turned his gaze away, and Foi turned to see what the tiger was staring at. Oz stood there in the shadows. Even Foi had to squint to see the man who knew how to use the shadows to his advantage.
“Oz, don’t be a silent creeper,” Foi shouted.
He came out of the shadows, his dark gaze flicking between the both of them. His eyebrows dipped and the frown on his face told Foi everything he needed to know. Oz was worried about what was about to transpire. And sure, Foi should be worried too. There was a reason there usually wasn’t a sparring mat in the middle of the gym. There had been too many cases of shit going too far and people nearly dying. Arden had put it away after one incident that was so bad the guy never came back to work. Foi had missed the fight, but rumors were that a young dragon shifter had fought against Jaygen. And by young, Foi meant young for a dragon shifter. The guy had been well into his early hundreds.
