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I flicker my eyes and start climbing the nearest tree.
Swinging from tree to tree will get me back to Scar faster.
Fox can drag Thor’s body through the woods on his own since he offended me.
Chapter Five
Scar
KnockingOrion’sheadbackfrom my mate, I am relieved to see he has not broken her pale skin with his fangs as he intended. He crashes to the ground and smirks at me as he moves slowly back up onto his feet.
“You are very easy to goad, brother.”
“You are not my brother,” I tell him, denying the blood link we share from our father.
That man intended to kill me, and this boy tried to hurt my mate. We will never be brothers.
“I guess not,” Orion says. “Because you were born to die, and I was born to rule.”
He is swift on his feet and dodges my hand when I reach out to grab him.
“You will never rule this town,” I promise him, knowing I would die if it were necessary to drag him to his own death. His brothers were weak, but this one has a cunning streak that I do not like.
“No.” He shakes his head. “You will never rule Nightshade. You will die, and Lita will be mine.”
He says such things, yet he shows no sign of changing form. His body remains small and human. If he is fully aware of what he is, it does not make sense that he would not shift into his chimera form to gain the advantage in our fight.
It is troubling, but I should not question it for too long.
I may lose my own advantage.
“You will die, and Lita will never have to see your face again,” I growl at him.
He laughs, dodging me again with those swift feet of his.
He will only elude me for so long, considering how quickly he is backing himself into a tree next to a cluster of bushes with sharp leaves. His fragile skin would be shredded up nicely if he tried to escape me through those bushes.
“She likes my face a lot more than she does yours,” he snaps back, scowling at me. “How could you think for one minute that a girl like her could fall for a monster like you?”
His expression is smug, up until he backs into the tree and realizes he’s trapped in a corner.
The sliver of white-cold-fear that shows in his eyes only lasts for a moment, but it’s enough to show how he really feels about getting into this fight with me.
He is as helpless as his brothers.
He may have Alpha energy, and he might know what he truly is, but that does not mean he is able to shift into his true form. If he could, I’m sure that would be his move. Since he is not, something must be stopping him.
He stares back at me defiantly. “Kill me, then, brother. Spill my blood on the forest floor where yours should have spilled before I was even born.”
I take his head in my hands, and he remains stoic.
A true Alpha would be, in this situation.
But a true Alpha would never threaten an innocent the way he and his brothers threatened my mate.
Whatever he is, he is no longer permitted to draw breath.
I sink my claws into his skin, making him bleed.
