The Dark World

Chapter 19: Revelation

Cairn

F.uck! I had not expected the beast to go for Marisoll, I was standing right in front of it.

I chased it while it chased her, Ezekiel was hot on my heels to offer help, mystic Zerena blasted the wolgoral, but it simply shook its body like the blast was nothing more than a bug.

We froze in horror when we saw Marisoll on the ground, the electricity shot across her arm and she fell on her back, the wolgoral stood over her, snarling and foaming at the mouth ready to tear her to pieces. I would be just as dangerous to her, to all of them if I lost control, but I had no choice right now, if I didn’t do something she would die.

F.uck, f.uck, f.uck! I dropped the sword and pulled off my armour as I ran towards them.

“What are you doing, you’ll get killed!” Ezekiel yelled, I ignored him, and he ignored his own words too, following me, it was difficult to hate him when he was so willing to risk his life with me. I looked back at him and yelled fiercely, “no! Stay back, trust me!”

He faltered, confused, but I did not have time to explain. I tore out of my human form and shifted to my lycan form, it was big and much more powerful than my wolf form. I heard both Ezekiel and mystic Zerena gasp in shock at the sight of me. I knew they’d see a beast in me, as a lycan I was eight feet tall, my fur golden blonde, muscular body, I stood on my two feet, a full wolf’s head with dark yellow eyes.

Right now, I was in control, if the others did not run or react in terror I would be able to control myself for the most part, right now, I was focused on the Wolgoral and that helped give me something to focus on besides them.

I rushed towards the wolgoral and slashed my claws across its side tearing flesh and spilling blood. It roared in fury and turned to face me, good, it gave Marisoll the chance to get away from it and she did. One of the heads snapped at me and I grabbed its jaws with my clawed hands, my muscles bunched with the effort to prise apart the jaws, the other head attacked, biting down on my arm deep enough I felt its fangs scrape against bone, growling from the pain I did not stop pulling until I felt its jaw snap off in my hands, both heads roared and it stumbled back.

I clawed its chest drawing more blood and electricity shot out from under its feet towards me, I jumped out of the way and managed to get onto its back, it bucked and kicked, using its heads to try to reach around and bite at me.

I had no time to waste, I reached down and slashed at its throat tearing chunks away, the head fell limp, lifeless, leaving me with only one left to deal with, it was becoming difficult because the wolgoral had bitten so deeply into my arm, I was starting to lose feeling in it.

The wolgoral was bucking and trying to throw me off so violently I almost fell with only one good arm to hold on tightly, Ezekiel saw me struggling and rushed over slashing at its legs violently while Marisoll fired arrows at it.

Although Marisolls arrows pierced its skin, they did not do much damage, Ezekiel’s sword did not do much damage until he started hacking at its left leg, whenever it shot out electricity along the ground he would dive out of the way and then come back, eventually he was able to stab the sword through its nearly hacked off leg and the wolgoral fell forward, sliding along the floor and onto its back sending me crashing to the floor with it.

I quickly stood up, but already the wolgoral was back up too, it was running for Marisoll again, her arrows must have been irritating it more than I realised. I ran as fast as I could towards them, then I jumped and launched myself in the air so that I was stood in front of her, protecting her.

It didn’t stop coming at us so with every bit of strength I had in me, I slammed my clawed hand into its chest, tearing through until I felt its beating heart and pulled it from its chest.

The damn beast was still charging, and I remembered they had two hearts not one, I did not have the strength to punch my way through its chest a second time, I knew I would make myself look even more a monster to everyone, but right now, it was the only option I had left.

I grabbed the wolgoral around the throat with my hands, and then I tore its throat out with my fangs, biting down and not letting go until chunks of flesh and other things came away in my mouth. It faltered once, twice, then it finally collapsed to the floor dead.

For a moment I let instinct take over, I started eating the wolgoral, hunger intensifying at the smell of fresh raw meat. When I had filled my stomach enough to think more clearly I quickly shifted back to human form and thanked the gods the others had been behind me and not moved or set me off.

I was naked, I was bloody, and my arm was torn and damaged. I braced myself for an attack, Ezekiel surely would run me through with his sword, but when I looked over at them, they all looked wide-eyed and bewildered, all except Marisoll.

She had looked afraid when she had first seen me, but now she was the only one who was looking at me with this soft expression I could not quite decipher, I was not accustomed to such a look, anyone who saw me in either my lycan or wolf form ran in terror or tried to kill me.

I did not move, I did not know what to do or how to react, I did not want to startle anyone in to attacking me. Marisoll broke the spell by coming over to me and very gently she touched my shoulder. “It is ok Cairn, it’s ok.” She helped me pull on my underwear and pants, so I was not displaying myself to everyone, I suppose I looked just as bewildered or something like that.

Anyone who knew what I was had only ever reacted violently or in disgust and so when she more firmly held my shoulder and whispered, “you saved my life, you are a good man,” I clung to her. I pulled her in against me and held her close, I do not think I had dared ever be so vulnerable with anyone and certainly not in the open for others to see, but she held me too, and I suddenly never wanted to let her go.

Ezekiel came over and lightly s.lapped my other shoulder, “you did not need to hide such a secret from us.”

I broke this moment of peace between us all and snorted, “really? Just the other day, you were talking about beasts and how they need to die, what am I if not a beast?”

Feeling more myself, I pulled away from everyone, and then thought ‘f.uck it’ and grabbed Marisolls hand. “You can walk with me, darling,” I grinned at her confused expression.

I did not hate her right now, she had shown me both understanding and kindness about the one thing I was most insecure about, that meant a lot to me, and ok, I was still feeling the rush and adrenaline that the change brought on, I was lightly sweating for as fast as I could shift, it still hurt like hell, there was always an adrenaline rush after, and I knew my eyes would be glittering with that.

If she cared that my hand was clammy she did not show it, mystic Zerena had not said anything and I understood she probably needed to come to terms with everything she had seen. We were walking along for a while, but I could not resist sliding my hand down to squeeze Marisolls a.ss. She was not in heat anymore, but f.uck did I want her so badly, the adrenaline rush always made us werewolves aroused after and Marisoll was not only the one woman available to me right now, but also the woman I had claimed, I was the first to claim her, take her virginity, and it turned me on.

She glared up at me and snapped, “is that all you want from me? S.ex?”

“What else would I want?”

She yanked her hand from mine and punched me in the stomach.

“F.uck! What was that for?!”

“I am not some lady of the night that you can use to see how you see fit!” She kicked out at me and I caught her foot, sending her sprawling to the floor.

I made the mistake of laughing, and she launched herself at me. “I hate you!” She yelled and started hitting me in a frenzy, I wasn’t expecting that, and I was not expecting to feel such a negative reaction to hearing those words leave her mouth. I realised I did not want her to hate me, so what did I want?