The Supreme Alpha

Author's note: This is from Duke's point of view

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I could feel the antidote burning its way through my veins and when it settled in my abdomen, I used all that was left of my will not to scream. I didn't want Serina to worry.

I told her that I was ready.

This is what I wanted.

I can't show weakness. 

I don't think it lasted long, but it felt like centuries by the time the burning subsided and another presence stirred inside me.

It was weird. There were random thoughts, feelings, confusion, and it was not mine.

'Hello…', I called in my mind. 'Hello?'

Serina told me that my wolf will be able to hear my thoughts like I'm talking to him, and I hoped to hear a response, a bark, a growl, something… there was nothing.

But then something yanked me back, almost like a punch in the gut, but there was no pain, only dizziness.

When I came around, I was moving, but I couldn't control it. What the hell?

My eyes landed on Serina and I could feel the excitement bubbling inside me, but then it quickly drowned in rage.

Serina! Leave!

I tried to shout, but my mouth didn't move. Damn it! My body was moving on autopilot, what if I harm her?

By the time I realized that my wolf was controlling my body, Fynn was already thrown against the machines, and I was fighting with Lazarus.

It was me, but it was not me because my body was just throwing brute punches randomly, without using any of the numerous techniques I mastered over the years.

And then I felt a sting in my back, and I knew that Serina administered the sedative.

I gave in to the darkness, knowing that this will give me time to figure out what the heck is going on.

I was supposed to get a wolf, and not to be possessed by a ghost who refuses to talk to me.

The sounds around me disappeared, but I was eerily aware of my existence and there was something else.

I expected to see my wolf, a majestic black wolf, how Serina described the creature she saw in my mind, but I ended up facing myself.

Before I could ask anything, the bastard threw himself at me.

"Whoa! Whoa!" I tried to reason with him, but he already landed a few solid punches on my face. "What the hell?"

He sneered at me.

"Calm down!", I shouted. "Do you understand what I'm saying?"

He looked at me like I'm an idiot. "Of course, I do."

It was weird to hear my own voice responding to me. "Are you my wolf?"

"Do I look like one?"

I was confused. Was the antidote supposed to awaken my wolf or my clone?

I could see that he was itchy to throw himself at me, and I raised my hands, indicating to him to calm down.

"Let's talk. My name is Mateo Testa and…"

"I know who you are."

"You do?" Well, this makes things easier. "Great! Then you should know that you are my wolf." Maybe.

"Your wolf?", he sneered and I wondered if I got this wrongly.

"I was sleeping, but I know enough so that you don't need to explain the situation."

I thought this was great, but I realized I was wrong as he continued.

"You grew up as the young master, enjoying the benefits of being the son of an Alpha, but never giving anything in return. Whenever you needed a boost, you would use my power to suppress others. For you, I am not your wolf, I am power storage that you can use when you feel like…"

And he spoke how I don't want to avenge my parents or my pack, and that since I don't care about my werewolf heritage, he won't care about me (aka human part), and then he jumped on me again and we ended up in a fight.

With great difficulty, I managed to lose him. I needed a breather and a strategy because just fighting myself didn't work, and my wolf didn't want to listen to me.

I had a feeling that he got bits and pieces from my life, but he didn't have the whole picture. However, he was stubborn and prideful, and I believed that he won't listen to reason even if I try to explain the situation.

My temples throbbed as helplessness descended on me. Did I really mess this up?

I regretted going through this. Serina warned me that my wolf will be headstrong and egoistic, if not feral, but I never imagined anything like this. I mean, it was me, but it was not me, and it seemed that he wanted to get rid of me... the real me.

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My thoughts were interrupted when I heard him shouting, "Look who came to visit us! Should I have fun with her, or will you come to save her?"

My breath was stuck in my throat. Was he messing with me or...? There was only one person who could come, and he said 'her' which created painful knots in my stomach.

I didn't want to rush and fall into his trap, but I had to check if Serina really came, and I peeked in time to see her stumbling and falling into the bastard's arms.

Did she know that was not me? Did he trick her?

I saw the way he was looking at her. Scoundrel!

Rage rippled through me, and I dashed toward them with all my might. "Get your hands off her!"

To my surprise, Serina stood in front of me, defending the impostor, and she told me how they are mates.

What? How can she be someone else's mate? And that someone looked exactly like me, but it was not me… No. Wait! That was my wolf, so that meant how she was my mate also, but I didn't want to share her with that barbarian. I didn't want to share her with anyone. She is mine. MINE!

Serina tried to talk to him, and I let her try. At least he didn't throw punches her way, but I didn't like that she was holding his hand. What was that about?

It seemed that she was making progress, but then he said how he wants everything I don't, and that he wants Serina also.

I saw red. If he said that he wants the Eclipse or anything else, I would give him just so that he leaves us alone, but he wanted the only thing I couldn't part from. Serina. My love. My other half. I will never give up on her. NEVER!

Why the hell did I think that awakening my wolf was a good idea?

And before I knew what was going on, we were locked in a fight again.

Good, good. With Serina here, I can knock him out and ask her to put him back to sleep, or maybe to extract him from my body.

I wanted myself back, without this imitator inside my head.

The bastard was choking me and I kicked him away. I could see his muscles rippling as his eyes flashed with murderous intent and I prepared myself to meet him head-on.

Did he want to end this? So be it. One of us will die, and that will be him.

He was absent until I drank the stupid antidote. Since he doesn't know to appreciate the chance I gave him, he can go back to nothing. No one will miss him.

I pounced on my feet and balled my hands into fists, and just as he was about to reach me, I saw Serina's form flashing between us.

Everything stilled, and I was not sure if I breathed.

Nothing happened, right? She used one of her mystical powers to freeze everything, or he stopped when he saw her defending me, or… my world collapsed when I realized that a pool of blood was forming under her feet.

"Serina!" I shouted and moved toward her just in time to catch her when she fell on the ground.

It was all in slow motion, and I realized that my hands overlapped with another's.

"Let go of her!", I shouted at him. "Didn't you do enough?"

My wolf pressed his lips into a line and took a step back.

I sat on the ground with Serina in my arms. Her abdomen was bloody, and there was a gaping hole in it.

Her eyes were closed.

"Serina…"

I touched her cheek and a thick stream of blood formed from her mouth.

Dread gripped my heart like never before. This was NOT happening.

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