Welcome back, my lovely reader~
If this is your first visit to Silverpaw, I strongly recommend starting from
episode one
to get the best experience.
If you are new to Blood & Carrots as a series, you need to start with
the first serial
if you want to fully enjoy it, no 'silverpaw' in the title.
Take your time, I'll wait for you to catch up. :3
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And with that out of the way...
There's a lot to unpack in this episode, my lovely reader. We're coming off the heels of quite the dramatic situation from the last episode, aren't we? Sarnai has a lot on her mind, what with the events with Alex and Gloria.
Ah, did you think I wouldn't give those two wonderful dogs some time to shine in this series? Well, shine may be subjective after the last episode, but I digress... Why don't we check in on them now, we can start with our newly turned werewolf.
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Episode 16:
Changes
I managed to lick my wounds within a few days, as did Alex. Once we were confident the frenzy was past and he wasn't going to kill us all, we let him out of the cage too. One of the first things I did was take him to the training room to see just what he could do against me when we were both full strength.
"I'm down for this, but why did you insist it be just us? It was hard to pry Gloria off my hip, she's not left my side since that night," Alex spoke the words while clenching his fingers, his outfit consisting of nothing but a set of baggy workout pants that would accommodate his shift. I could still see the rake of four scars across his chest, but they had been slowly fading and would most likely be gone within a week.
Rolling my shoulder, I gave the wolf a level look as I eyed over his form. He was lovely to behold, maybe more so now that he had the supernatural charisma that came with our kind.
However, given the pending situation to come, I must confess I had pushed my libido very far down for this training.
"Because if it gets out of hand, I don't need her getting between us. I plan to push you to your limit and I don't need her jumping in the middle!" I snarled the words as I thrust my hand out, flames bursting forth from my ears and tail, the bloody flames drifting off my fingers.
He set his jaw and folded his large brown ears as he lowered into a martial stance. "Alright, and when should I change to my-" My fist drove straight into his jaw, a gout of flames scorching his flesh before he left his feet and sprawled several yards deep into the facility. He picked himself up with a furious snarl, his eyes already blood red.
"You change as soon as you feel overwhelmed, brother!" I shouted the words and blurred towards him, bringing my knee up towards his midsection. He caught it with surprising speed and the grip on it even hurt, something I can't say I ever recalled him being able to do when we sparred in the past.
I tried to pivot for a counterblow, but he just hauled me off my feet leg first, spun me fully around, and launched me into the nearby wall. I saw the wall coming as I tumbled and righted myself in mid-flight, letting my feet land against it, springing off it as I touched the floor in a full sprint, blurring as I shifted behind him, driving my elbow into the back of his head.
Alex stumbled forward from the blow before I swept his feet out from behind him with a kick. We weren't mundane, we didn't need to play by their rules, I was already atop him in the midst of his fall, driving a heel into his back as he slammed to the training mat with a displacement of air.
"Cmon Alex, I think you put up more of a fight in your old form," I spoke the words mockingly as I hopped back, beckoning him with a finger.
The wolf snarled at me with bloody eyes as he slammed a palm to the floor and started to climb, wisps of reddish-black flames drifting off his ears, as well as his hands. I watched him blink out of sight with surprising speed, speed I'd not even seen him exhibit in his full form as a werewolf. He threw a quick jab that landed in my midsection, it was enough to make me yip from the blow and stagger. He then returned the favor and dropped his heel on my head, sending me sprawling down to the mat.
I groaned and tried to collect my thoughts, that really hurt, his blows were much more intense now. My teeth clenched as I looked up at him with a snarl, "Pretty good! You've not changed yet, so I guess I need to get more serious!"
Springing to my feet I pulled deep from the powers in me, bringing forth a level of power similar to what I was burning that night with Triallia, red flames poured off my hands, little crackles of blue energy coursing at my fingertips. "Come on, Alex, show me that cute doggy form of yours!" I barked the words with a haughty tone, my demons getting the better of my disposition.
The wolf snorted and folded his arms. "You told me to show it when I felt overwhelmed, still waiting.'"
A mad little giggle bubbled up from my throat. "Ooohh, such bravado! You are a fine male, on par with my husband. Why if Gloria didn't adore you so much, I'd take you down to that mat myself, well after I put you in your place!"
Alex looked shocked at my lustful words that came forth, in truth I was a little surprised myself. I took the opening though and sprang upon him, leaping up before grabbing his head as I drove my knee up into his face, hearing the crunch as I broke his nose. He howled in fury as I found my feet and simply roundhouse kicked him in the jaw, sending him spiraling to the ground. He tried to climb and I sent a spear of hellfire straight into his side, the impact making him sprawl another few yards.
"How about now puppy?! Feeling overwhelmed?" I barked the words then grinned as I heard him howl furiously and spring to his feet, his whole form shifting and growing nearly ten foot in height, those lovely muscles of his bulging as they grew larger under a thin coat of black fur.
The full-on werewolf howled and I felt the power pouring off him, black flames wisping from his fur, red ones licking at the massive razor-sharp claws he sported on his paws. His eyes met mine and I could see the unrestrained fury, my own widening as he simply vanished from sight. A microsecond later I felt his presence behind, narrowly blurring to the side as his paw raked down, slamming into the floor cleaving mat and concrete away in the swing.
I wanted to be afraid, I wanted to be impressed, but all I felt was a giddy madness fill me at seeing my progeny so powerful, seeing what was now my wolf and already so strong. My eyes blinked at that thought, 'my wolf', he had been turned by me, he belonged to me now, I could do whatever I wanted with something I sired.
Being lost in thought for a moment didn't do me any favors as the wolf dove on me, claws out and raking. I sidestepped one but the other caught my side as I yowled out, the tips dragging against my hip, carving away flesh and cloth alike. I pivoted and bounded back in retreat, panting as I clutched at the wounds, willing my blood to heal them. It didn't want to do it, the process felt slow to work as if his strikes were now infused with much more than just my hellfire.
The wolf barked out in what I could only surmise was an eager tone at having made me retreat back, his challenger now injured. He bared his maw, his teeth looking larger and his canines looking massive as he sprinted towards me on all fours, charging me like a mad bull.
"F-fuck!" I barked out and summoned two lances of foxfire, one radiant, the other my natural hellfire. Both slammed into the charging wolf but only seemed to halt his advance a few paces before his paws came down in two slashes.
Like before I could only dodge a portion of the attack, seeing as I was already banged up. I hissed out as the claws raked through my shoulder, tearing swaths into my training top and dragging through my chest, as well as my belly. I fell back with a yelp, clutching both my chest and hip now, huffing and snarling furiously at him forcing me back so handily.
"You're pretty good now..." I panted the words as I snapped my teeth together, pooling my energy. The wolf wasn't having any talk and simply charged me again to presumably finish the job. I knew I had coaxed him into a frenzy, he'd most likely kill me if he could.
If I was nothing, I was cool under pressure when someone was trying to kill me, lots of experience I suppose. Alex dove upon me with a mighty swing of his paws, teeth bared and tongue hanging out in his open maw. I simply grabbed his paw and pulled him with his own momentum, the massive wolf simply leaving his feet as I used his own attack to propel him forward. He felt an elbow come down on his head next as I drove him straight down into the ground chest first.
The impact made the concrete floor shift under the mat a few inches and as he moved paws under himself to climb, I sent a vicious kick into his ribcage, bones shattering as the massive dog left the floor and crashed into the nearby wall with a thud.
He found his foot-paws surprisingly quickly and I folded my arms, frowning at him as blood rolled over my hip and down my front. "That's enough!" I shouted the words, putting my will into them.
The wolf winced at the orders but the very nature of me giving them compelled his body, even in a frenzy. He violently shuddered and shifted out of his were-form, dropping to a knee and panting with fatigue.
I took a few moments to compose myself, finally letting my body focus on mending the wounds he left me. I stood there watching him for a few moments before putting a finger to my cheek and speaking out smugly, "Alex... you don't need to breathe anymore, no need to pant when you're winded."
He growled and shifted to sit on his backside, drooping his ears as he tested the theory, halting his breath, and then looking surprised that it wasn't doing anything. I chuckled and frowned before rubbing my hip while wincing.
