I took off my boots, feeling the icy earth in contact with my feet.
I took off my jacket, feeling my skin shiver with the cold wind
of the night.
-Don’t call me a fox! -shot Clary with rosy cheeks.
Aiden attacked me quickly and I dodged with agility, he tried
kick my stomach but I bent back almost touching the
ground, I took his foot and threw him to the ground.
I felt my pupils dilate and began to see everything clearly
with the adrenaline pumping in my veins, my instincts
savages dominated me. Aiden stood up in a jump and smiled with
pride for me. As a proud master of his apprentice.
So he stepped up and so did I. Before our bodies collide,
I swerved a little to the side and with a pirouette, hit a kick in
his jaw and he staggered back a little but came back to me
strike again.
My brother tried to hit blows with his fists, but I deflected and
attacked him harder. He jumped on me, but I rolled to
under him and scratched his abdomen, my blow took him by surprise, already
that he fell rolling, and then stood up in a jump and growled to
me. I opened a smile and growled back making clear that her dominance
didn’t hit me.
We were the same.
-Go Hayley! -I heard Dylan scream. I looked in his direction and ended up
distracting.
Aiden took advantage and jumped on top of me and knocked me down, arrested
my hands on my back and kept me down hard. Arfei
against the earth with its grip.
Are you done, little sister? -She asked teasing me.
-Not yet. -Grunted and stuck my claws in his arm, doing
back through the pain. I hit a headbutt from behind and he let me go. Me
I leaned on his shoulder as I cast my body over his and
spinning his body in the air, threw him hard on the ground and held his arm
You’re twisting it backwards.
Shit, Hayley. He moaned in pain.
He tripped me making me fall, then tried to hit a punch
in my face but rolled to the side deflecting and got up. I tried the
attack from above, but he bent down and tried again to hit my
belly, but hit his hand hard. He hit a strong kick in
my ribs and punched me in the face.
Gani of pain and ended up falling to the ground, the air was missing from my
lungs. I was dizzy from the impact.
I could feel the metallic taste in my mouth.
"Come on, Hayley. Stand up and fight!"
-Hayley. -You offered my name. -Are you okay? -Aiden asked
preoccupied.
He approached me and I gave him another headbutt. I returned the kick
in his ribs, I stood up quickly and with another pirouette hit a strong kick in his mouth.
I fell squatting on the floor and threw my hair back. Aiden fell on the
ground.
-Are you giving up?
Aiden raised his head, his eyes intense. Blood flowed from his mouth
and chin.
-Only when you give up. -Replied.
My brother would not give in. And neither would I. That fight would end
in spilled blood and I was more than excited.
When I got a kick in his jaw, I heard Rebecca scream.
I think we had a draw!
Everyone agreed with her, interrupting my fight with Aiden,
predicting that things would only get worse if we continued.
I ran my forearm through my sore mouth, wiping the blood that
slipped down my lips. I raised my hand to my brother stretched on
ground, trying to catch my breath. He gave me a slight smile and
held my hand.
held my hand.
-I’m out of air.
-And I have head trauma. -My brother grumbled.
Dramatic. I made a face at him.
-You’re getting better than me. -Aiden messed up my hair, smiles
to see that gleam of pride flashing in his eyes.
So cute, it doesn’t look like they were trying to kill each other for a minute
ago. -Rebecca said with ironic.
I almost laughed, but I stopped when I felt my ribs hurt.
-I’ll break your face, Aiden. -Murmurei sitting down again at
side of Dylan.
-You just did that. -He replied by moving his jaw.
Dylan laughed loudly beside me, flicking my nose. Threatened
bite your finger.
If Becca hadn’t stopped the fight, Hayley would have won.
I gave Remember throwing a smug look at my brother Dylan handed me a towel for me to clean the blood in my
mouth and hands.
-Congratulations, Hayley. You’re becoming a true warrior,
as your mother once was.
My eyes burned with Peter’s comment. Knowing I was
similar to my mother made my heart be squeezed inside the
my chest. I wanted so much to know more about her, to have more memories
about the years we had together. But all the memories were
erased from my mind in the course of the last
my life.
-Was she stubborn like Hayley? -Dylan asked in a provocative tone,
knowing what it meant to me.
Peter let out a low laugh, holding Melissa’s hand.
-Ellen was worse, believe me, a pit of stubbornness. She was a warrior
like you, always thinking of others before yourself. -Declared
and I narrowed my eyes towards her, realizing the indirect in her words. -She defended the females of the pack tooth and nail, was
a true Alpha for your people.
"I’m still so angry at him. My anger is just
increasing."
I spit the blood accumulated in my mouth at the fire, cleaning the
rest with the cloth. I avoided looking at Peter when answering.
-We are similar then. -I spoke, hoarse.
I risked a glance at the Supreme, he had a smile on
singing of the lips as if enjoying being teased and that
infuriated me.
-You are the hope of those females. -Peter spoke in a calm tone.
Took a deep breath, holding me so as not to scream in the face of
Peter and say how much he was being ridiculous in going back that
subject in the midst of all.
-But everything has a price-I crossed my arms. -I would have to sacrifice
my life and my freedom, change my essence and be shaped
reality of our hierarchy. And that will not happen.
-Many would see her as selfish. -Said the beta. Aiden did not have the
off?
-Why worry about saving a ration killed my parents and
persecuted innocents for years? I asked bitterly.
-It was rebels who created that rebellion, we had no fault of the
that there was. -He replied and I rolled my eyes.
-Will not erase the price I had to pay to survive or all
blood that stained my hands.
-We were all affected by that rebellion. -Tried to lighten the mood.
-I’m a survivor, and I will always prioritize my freedom, beta.
They’re not gonna take that away from me, not after everything that cost me.
I turned my attention to the fire, hated to get into that subject, was
a part of my past that I couldn’t bear to remember.
The fact that my innocence was ripped from me against my
will was something I never forgot All the years I killed for
not to die, that I got blood and cried all those deaths
would never be clear of my mind.
It was just one of the scars I carried in my
back, to remind me of who I was and my strength.
I squeezed my eyes hard to expel those images from my
mind.
-Is everything okay? -I felt Becky’s hand covering mine. I forced a
smile aside, nodding. -Know you can trust
me, don’t you know?
-I trust. -Assured, leaving no room for doubt.
Almost an hour passed of conversations and fights before the fire,
Dylan had fought Rebecca and beat her at great cost, but
my sister-in-law had lost her honor, he left bloodied and
with a dislocated shoulder.
I sat in silence at all times. I drank a few sips
of the beer, but I threw the bottle away before finishing it. I changed
a few words with Clary, and when she realized she wasn’t
with enthusiasm for conversations, began to talk with Melissa. Jackson
had said few words and stood by Peter.