THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

“Mom!!” Eva screamed, bashing her knuckle on her parent’s door, her chest moving up and down as she panted heavily.

She casted sharp looks behind her, afraid that perhaps the monster who had possessed her brother would come after her.

When she heard the door unlocking, she inhaled deeply to calm her over-sensitive self down.

“Eva…” She heard her mother call, and immediately hugged Melvina who was a bit surprised at the vigor of her little daughter. Right behind her was her mate, who was also staring at Eva with confused eyes.

Why had they girl awoken them.

“Mom…” Eva stammered, disengaging from the tight hug so that she could tell her mother what was happening.

“C’mon baby, talk to me. what is that? Why are you crying?” Melvina asked calmly, although watching her daughter wipe off unending tears from her eyes whilst struggling to say something was a disheartening.

“Derek…” Eva stuttered, now hiccupping. Her overwhelming emotions weren’t allowing her to talk comfortably.

“What happened to Derek?” Alpha Peter asked, squatting down to her height as he brought her to himself, cleaning the tears on her eyes with a wipe of his thumb.

“Stop crying cupcake. What happened to your big brother?” He asked, even as he mindlinked Anthony to go check on his brother.

“The monster…the monster possessed him.” Eva spluttered, shaking visibly shaking as she remembered the outlook and the voice of the beast in her brother’s body.

“What monster?” Melvina croaked out, as she stood up to her full height, already getting wind of where the conversation was going to.

“The monster from my dreams.” Eva replied, shocking her parents.

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Anthony jerked up from the bed immediately he heard his Alpha’s voice roar in his head.

“Get to Derek now!”

He had said.

Not finding it necessary to ask why, he rushed to his wardrobe and picked out a blue top, before walking out of his room in large strides.

The passageway was void of any person. Of course, why won’t it be? The time was two a. m. He had hastily checked his wrist watch before leaving the room.

So, what was happening with his brother? And why did the Alpha ask him to go check it out? Was he busy?

Since he didn’t know the answers to these questions, he decided to rush up to his brother’s room and find out.

But as he was about to turn towards a bend, he paused as he sensed a very bad energy in the air.

Immediately, he literally felt something wheeze past him.

He swiveled around, but saw nothing.

“What was that?” He mumbled, sure that something must have passed him.

He looked ahead, running as he discovered that the shadow or whatever it was must probably be coming from his brother’s room. The latter’s room was the first on the curvature.

He would think about the invisible being tomorrow later today, perhaps even talk about it with Esther. She might have an idea of whatever that was.

Getting to Derek’s door, he found out that it was already open.

Taking a deep breath, a bit unsure on what to expect inside the dimly lit room, he opened the door slowly, balking as he saw Derek: no, not surely his brother, he had thought: the being had horns protruding from his head.

He looked around the room, searching with his eyes for Derek, not wanting to alert the monster which was backing him. But he did not find him. Where was he? He thought, as his eyes rested on the monster figure which seemed to be looking out from the window.

He took two steps forward, then three steps backward, unsure of what to do.

“Derek is not in his room. But a monster is here.” He mindlinked to Alpha Peter.

“That is Derek.” Alpha Peter replied.

“The monster stemmed from the evil force within him. Don’t do anything. Leave the room. Wait till I come.” He stated.

“Okay.” Anthony agreed, but as he was about to move back into the passageway with his back, the monster-Derek called out his name.

“Don’t bother moving Anthony. I have already seen you. I had just waited for you to call in reinforcements before killing you.” It said, before turning around and facing Anthony who now stood still and accessed the beast which had overtaken his younger brother. He had to shift. There was no way he could combat this thing with thorn like horns all over its body in his human form.

“What gave you the impression that you could kill me?” He asked, crossing his arms around his chest, already gearing his wolf for action.

The monster snickered, obviously finding his statement funny.

“It is good that you are trying to be brave. But you are no match for me.” The beast said, marching to him in slow but steady steps.

When Anthony saw that the monster was ready to fight, he tried shifting, but before he could do that, the monster was already holding him by the neck.

It was fast! He thought worriedly, as he gazed into the fiery red eyes of the monster, feeling helpless and powerless, unable to even fight back. He was paralyzed.

He closed his eyes, waiting for death, as he felt the monster tightening its grip around his neck.

But the next minute, he felt something bobbling within him, a strange energy which he hadn’t known that he possessed. He felt it flow to his hands, and his legs, filling his bone and marrow, stretching even to the nerves in his head.

Immediately, his eyes burst open, blazing blue hot!

He could see its reflection in the fiery orbs of the monster.

Instantly, the monster threw him aside.

“Impossible!” The monster shouted, unbelief coating his voice.

“Who are you?” He bellowed, staring with contempt at Anthony who was struggling to get up.

But Anthony gave him no reply.

Rather, he stood up and took a stance of a warrior, ready to fight.

Although this time, he didn’t feel the need to beckon on his wolf. The strange energy simmering within him was all he needed.

He balked in surprise as he felt a burning sensation in his hand. Opening his palm, he gasped as he saw a luminous blue flame sitting atop his hand.

What the hell was happening to him?

“Answer me boy.. who are you?” The monster asked again, standing still, not moving to attack him again.

“He is my son.” Alpha Peter replied, stepping into the room.

“Your son??… that can’t be true. This power does not reside with the Alphas.” The monster said, as he darted his eyes between Alpha Peter and Anthony.

“Then take this as a first.” Alpha Peter answered, successfully masking his surprise. He had been shocked when he had seen a blue flame appear out his son’s hand.

Immediately he had communicated the finding to his wife who was currently with their daughter in their room. The latter had refused to stay alone in the room, obviously terrified mightily from what she had seen this night.

They had convinced her to talk about her dreams, and when she had done so, they had been shocked. Their daughter had seen a vision of what was to happen to her brother, as they had calculated the first time she had seen the dream. She had first seen the dream two weeks before the incident of the orb. But in her small mind, she had thought that it was just an unreasonable nightmare, and she hadn’t bothered to tell them.

And he had also tried to kill her.

Or rather, the monster in him had tried to kill her.

“He is not your son. Your blood does not run in him.” The monster insisted, even as he screened Anthony with his eyes.

“Enough of the talk.” Anthony said, irritated by the monster who was trying to spoil the image of his brother in his mind.

“Get out of him.” He stated, annoyed as he heard the laughter of the beast roar across the room.

“I can’t even if I wanted to.” It replied, smirking.

Anthony suspired, looking at the beast. The being no longer looked like Derek. His face was metamorphosed into an ugly state. A sticky liquid like saliva was dripping from its mouth. There were two horns on his head, and other smaller ones all over his body. His former fair handsome face was also darkened and twisted on some parts. Terribly ugly. He thought.NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

“Then let him surface.” He said, even as he heard the blue flame minister to him.

“I don’t want to.” The monster said.

“Make me.” He added, tightening his fists as he geared up for a fight.