The Alpha's Temptation

Kinshra looked at him with wide eyes. Her skin prickled with goosebumps and her heart thundered in her chest. "Biham! Biham!" she shook his shoulders. "Get up!" She wasn't sure what just happened. "No, no, no, no, no, no." Her stomach dropped when her gaze went to his torso at the sight of the gaping holes. There were too many to be counted but the most prominent one was at the center of the chest. Blood was darkening from the wound as it came out.

"He's okay," she murmured to herself. "He is an Alpha and the king of Pegasii. He is okay." He had gone to so many battles and been stabbed and bruised, and he had been very fine. "He's fine."

But Biham was staring at her face with glassy eyes. He was gone...

Kinshra couldn't get up. She was unable to believe that he had left her. She cupped his cheeks and said, "Biham, I know you can hear me!" But he wasn't there. His eyes continued to stare in void. Kinshra started to shake him wildly. "Get up!" she screamed. "Get up now! I command you!"

She looked up with defeat and misery in her eyes. "Can anyone help him? Please? Anyone?" A thick mist surrounded her and she found herself in another room with Biham on her lap. His body was getting colder by the minute. She looked up as to who plucked her from that bedchamber. It was Lord Kral. "Father!" she said as hope exploded in her chest. "Father, do something. He is injured."

Lord Krail sat beside his daughter and curled his arms around her shoulders. He pressed her against his chest to assure her that she wasn't alone, but Kinshra removed herself from him. "What are you doing father?" she said, her voice choked with emotions. "Help him. You have to!"

Lord Krail lowered his face as tears came out of his eyes. "I am sorry, Kinshra," he murmured. "Biham is no more."

"Nooo!" Kinshra shouted. "Stop speaking lies. Just because you hate him, you aren't helping him, isn't it?"

Lord Krail couldn't answer her as his throat choked with too many emotions. His shoulders wracked as he too started sobbing.

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Kaitos shouted. "Kill me!" He wanted someone to kill him because if he was killed, then his blood oath to Felis would be null. And if that happened, all his monks would be free from the commands of the Hydra King. That was the only way he could save his monks and the people of Pegasii from his dark magic.

And a fae did the honors. He sent a sharp beam of white light towards him. Kaitos didn't resist and fell to his death, giving one last look to Biham. As soon as Kaitos died, the monks felt a bolt of freedom.

Tania stared at her parents with complete shock. Her father was lying in her mother's lap. Dead. She was numb. Every breath that she took felt like it was a burden. There was so much mayhem around her.

Her gaze drifted to Felis who was running away with a grunt, without an arm. Everything went in slow motion. He jumped through the blasted door, fell into the garden and then ran across it to the other side.

Her mother's shrieks were echoing in her ears as someone came to wrap his arm around her. All at once, shadows and mist burst out around Biham and Kinshra and when it cleared, they were gone.

"Tania?" Eltanin rasped. "Tania?" But she was too dazed to register him. Her eyes were on the Hydra King who had taken it all away from her. Felis was supposed to attack the Draka Kingdom. How was it that her parents got involved in all this? Felis was supposed to fight with Eltanin. How was it that instead he chose to fight with the king of Pegasii.

Her tattoo moved and she felt it crawling on her skin. It was as if it came to life. A shiver ran through her and she knew that it was the call of the spirit. "I have to go," she murmured.

"Tania!" Eltanin stopped her. "You are staying here. I am going after that bastard."

"No Eltanin," she said in a very low voice. "Felis is mine to kill." She closed her eyes and lifted her arms up and clapped. A jolt of strong energy hit her and Tania's body started glowing. The spirit of Pegasii entered her. It wanted revenge. It wanted to punish those who dared to harm the heir of Pegasii.

Eltanin was unable to hold her any longer. He let go of her, his heart beating against his rib cage like that of a wild horse.

Tania ran towards Felis, her wings outstretched as if she was about to take a flight. However, she ran and leapt in the air and when she landed, she was on her paws.

Everyone around her gasped. Tania had shifted into a unicorn. She ran past everybody who had stopped fighting. Be it Nyxers or faes or werewolves. No one had ever seen an heir of any kingdom of Araniea shifting into anything other than a wolf. The mermaids existed alongside on the coasts of The Jade Sea. But unicorns-- there was not a single unicorn. It was a sight to behold and cherish and treasure in their memories forever.

Eltanin was amazed. His wife, his mate, shifted into a unicorn. A stunning white horse with a white horn and long white mane and beautiful white wings. She was so precious. He rushed after her, scared that Felis would kill her with his dark magic. He was going to let her do whatever she wanted to, but at the same time he would stay right behind her, protecting her. He felt miserable that because of him, Tania's parents became victims.

Tania didn't know what she had shifted into, but she didn't feel the pain of the shift. The spirit of Pegasii was inside her, goading her towards her target.

Felis ran towards the forests that surrounded the wall of the palace. His only chance of survival was that forest. He looked behind and saw a unicorn coming for him. His eyes went wide with surprise. He increased his pace. He jumped over a trunk when an arrow shot through the air and severed his left arm. He let out a bloodcurdling scream.