C3 Which are you? Prey or predator

This place is damn huge” Evie wowed, taking in the unexpected vastness of the basement. The black walls had little golden patterns on it, an attempt to soften the dark vibe of the room. Looking closer she saw they were depictions of the great Sanguine war. Her eyes landed on the stash of weapons on the wall, and she moved closer to them. Unable to stop the urge, she ran her hands through them feeling excited at the thought of fighting. She picked up a long knife with golden hilt from the wall and walked towards the center where other students were. She hoped her sparring partner would be the cocky boy from before at least she would have an excuse to beat up the spoiled alpha.

“Miss Clark, sit down,” a deep, commanding voice boomed, startling Evie. She hadn’t noticed the trainer enter the room, too engrossed in the surroundings. She took one look at the huge man with golden eyes and the scar marring his face and went straight to a seat near the wall. 'Was he a….. ?' As soon as the thought came, she dismissed it 'Of course not it can’t be possible they had all died during the war. She thought looking at the trainer in curiosity.

“Alright, everyone knows their partner so choose a weapon and get ready” he announced, facing the rest of the students who paired up and dispersed across the room. She realized the girl who had almost hit her was also seated. Was she new too? Then what about the red haired girl? As her eyes roamed the room for her they caught a pair that made her grimace. She saw Claire standing in front of the alpha boy who had the glint of a predator in his eyes. Her knuckles were white from gripping her weapon too hard even as she tried to stand bravely in front of him. The boy on the other hand had no weapon in his hands, his confidence plain on his smiling face.

‘This is going to be bad’ she thought, Claire had little magic to fight and the boy was pretty powerful. He had tried to force her wolf into submission earlier when he bumped into her. She was so focused on the fight that she was oblivious to the fact that she was been observed.

Claire let out a war cry and tried to hit the boy with a sword that was too heavy for her. He dodged and she almost fell to the floor but she dropped her weapon trying to regain her balance.

He punched her in the stomach and she doubled over, he laughed as he dragged her up by her hair slapping her on her face.

Evie couldn’t take it anymore

Mine. A growl sounded from her.

Nyct wanted blood and she wanted an alpha’s.

Before she could blink, she found herself separating the boy from Claire and punching his nose. She felt a surge of satisfaction when his nose cracked and blood dripped from it.

The scent of blood only fueled her excitement. A girl shouted his name from the crowd and rushed to his side “Caiden, are you okay?” she asked him holding his face to examine it.

“and here comes the girlfriend” Evie thought, The brunette turned to her, her face contorted in rage

“Does she want to retaliate?” Evie smiled in relish ‘the more the merrier’. The girl stood up, claws out as she tried to slash her across the face, but Evie had expected the move so she sidestepped her and gave her a punch in her belly.

“Oops, my bad. You could have moved” she said, smirking.

The girl growled and tried to attack her again.

“That’s enough Ryna” the teacher boomed at the girl as he strode towards them. He turned to Evie, “ Now, miss Clark. That was against the rules but I bet you knew that so that's a detention for you” He said, a frown of disapproval on his face.

“I think detention is too easy, I suggest we let her finish the fight she started” Winter said to Darius but her eyes were on Evie watching her with a sick gleam in her eyes. Combat class had never been more interesting and she knew who had the upper hand here.

“Fight! Fight! Fight!” the class chanted, wanting to see the new girl sprawled on the floor.

Caiden wiped the blood off his nose, glaring at her. Anger etched on his face.” Yeah, let’s finish what you started, rogue” he said, baring his canine at her.

“I don’t back down from my fights, alpha”. She replied flashing him a wolf’s grin.

The trainer looked at them with interest and cleared the center for them to fight. The rest of the students urged the two wolves on.

Evie knew that this was just a game for them but she was ready to give them a show

Claire looked at Evie with a mixture of relief and fear, she shook her head slightly to indicate that she shouldn’t get involved but Evie ignored the signal and turned to look at Caiden.

Darius, the instructor, had given her a stick to fight and she moved it back and forth with her hands testing its weight. Caiden growled and rushed at her swiping his claws at her face, she rolled her eyes before dodging it, smacking his ass with the stick, as he stumbled. He turned back to her, a killing intent in his eyes and attacked again. This time she hit his torso and he crash into the crowd.

She was playing with him, Nyct loved playing with her preys. He stood up, half shifted. Little tufts of hair covered his arms and his eyes were yellow and silted, he licked his canines in anticipation. She smiled at him, “Now let’s get real” she said tapping into her natural instincts as she branded her claws. She had totally forgotten how excited Nyct was in fights, now It was impossible to stop. Her mother had tried to teach her how to control Nyct but that obviously didn’t work out . Red clouded her vision as she grabbed Caiden by his neck and pushed him into the wall, she gave him another grin that looked scary with the blood lust in her eyes. She released him and he fell to the floor, breathing hard. She grabbed him by his hair and punched his torso again. She was punched his face again and again and a… until she suddenly heard a voice in her head.

“Be still Nyct”

Evie released him and turned to find the voice, wondering who knew her wolf’s name. The icy vampire girl had a hand on her shoulder and her eyes were red, the way it is when vampires use their persuasion power. Ryna rushed back to the defeated heap of her boyfriend who was laying still on the floor with a bloodied face. Realizing the scene she had caused, she grabbed her bag and fled. Scared of revealing more of her violent nature. She was never going to fit in anywhere, not now, not ever.

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“ __She is here” a deep voice said into the darkness

“After all this time? Finally” It said laughter with in its voice. “ But what I really need right now is strength, I need to feed”.

“Now isn’t the time Kain. Be patient, after all you have waited centuries for this”

“Fine, I will, but I can't hold it much longer” it said, slithering away from the hooded figure.

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