Page 49 of Alpha King's Mate

Waking to her trying to remove the handcuff around her wrist. My hand moved involuntarily as she jerked on the steel. I move my arm jerking her toward me and she falls half sprawled across me. She uses her free hand to push off my chest.

“Stop fidgeting,” I tell her wanting to go back to sleep. Why do I feel so drained suddenly I wonder, Brax too felt exhausted which was extremely unnatural for us and I could hear her yawning as she fiddled with the handcuffs.

“You need blood,” Reika says before I see her claws slip out and she jams one in the lock jiggling it around when I hear a click. The handcuffs release suddenly and she rubs her wrist. I reach for her, grabbing her and she growls at me, her lips pulling back and revealing her sharp canines.

“Don’t try to leave, just stay,” I tell her, yawning again. I could feel myself slipping into darkness again and she yawns suddenly mimicking me.

She lets out a horrid noise and I realize it is her skin tearing, my eyes darting to her when she suddenly jams her wrist against my lips. I throw her arm off wondering what the fuck she is doing. “Reika!”

“Not Reika!” She says, running her claws across her wrist before offering it to me.

“Drink I am sick of feeling tired,” She snaps before jamming her wrist against my lips. I was about to tell her I don’t drink blood that only Brax does when suddenly I lick my lips, her blood touching my tongue and I suddenly sink my canines into her. She doesn't even flinch, as I bite into her flesh, instead, she watches me with a strange look in her eyes. Her blood fills my mouth and I feel myself growing stronger and becoming more alert.

She jerks her hand away and I growl at her. She glares at me hopping off the bed. While I feel dumbstruck that I just fed off her, that gene was only passed onto the girls, not me.

“And you think I am dumb,” She mutters rummaging through my clothes.

“Huh?” I ask, confused. Why did I just feed on her?

“You’re, so stupid,” she says tossing stuff out looking for something.

“What are you talking about?”

“You’re a hybrid, and don't think you drink blood?” She snarls.

“I don't normally, Brax does when in wolf form, that gene was only given to the girls,” I tell her and she looks at me over her shoulder, her eyes twinkling dangerously.

“Yes until you died, now we are even,” she says. Before picking up a pair of my track pants. I look at her clothes only just realizing how much blood she had on her. I jump to my feet worriedly looking at the door but it was still locked, sniffing the air I realize the scent is my own.

“What do you mean we are even?”

“Reika killed you, awoke your vampire side,” she says very matter-of-factly like what she said wasn’t a big deal.

“Excuse me?”

“You're excused, now run along I need to leave,” she says, slipping my pants on.

“I died?” I ask, shocked.

“For a minute or two before your stupid genes kicked in, I was hoping to be rid of you, looks like I am stuck with you now,” she says.

“Open the door,” She demands.

“No,” I tell her and she growls, stepping toward me. I let my Alpha aura out, forcing it over her in a rush. She grits her teeth trying to fight against it.

“Sit down, now,” I tell her and she glares at me, her canines slipping out as she fights the command. She whimpers slightly but refuses to submit.

“Sit down,” I tell her, shoving the full weight of my command at her. She lets out a mangled scream before suddenly dropping to the ground in a heap. I walk over to her crouching beside her.

“You may have caught me off guard before, little wolf, but it won't happen again. Now fucking explain what the hell is going on.”

“You’re a pure hybrid, but you get the traits from the same-sex parent,” she says.

“I know that already,” I tell her, my sisters were exactly like my mother without a wolf, and more vampire than wolf. My father was a wolf so I have a wolf, but mum's genes are still in there because my wolf craves blood along with the kill.

“Kade is my father, the boys that were born came out hybrid like him, the girls had to awake.”

“So you know who Kade is, know what he did to my family.”

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