14 | Fight

AUTHOR'S POV.-

"How long am I supposed to wait?"

The male sitting on the chair grumbles while leaning his back completely on the chair and raising his foot to place it on the table. Ryan rolled his eyes and sigh inaudibly before walking towards the male and holding his ankle. "If you had bothered to inform before visiting, then maybe you didn't have to wait." Saying this in a sarcastic tone, he yanks the leg down making the male stumble and hold the arms of the chair for support. His blood boiled with anger, but he kept a cool expression. "Aww...looks like my little brother is getting irritated." Ryan closed his eyes trying to control his anger and not to burst in front of him. "Isn't that obvious, Damien? Everybody gets irritated with the presence of unwanted people." He huffs with a scoff which made Damien's smile fade. He looks towards Ryan who was looking in the other direction. "Being with Lucian, you've changed a lot." His word caused Ryan to turn his head towards him. The look both of them gave each other clearly stated how much they despise each other. "I've changed for good. Unlike you." It was getting out of hand for Ryan to stay calm. But Damien was all ready to add flue to the fire. He smirked when he saw Ryan's eyes slightly changing colour showing that his wolf was being bothered. His words and behaviour were triggering him. "Really? What's good about talking back with your elder brother and disrespecting him?" Damien stood up and walk around the room while Ryan stood still in his place. His heart beat increasing with each passing second. "You only lost things in his company." Damien faced the big glass window in Lucian's cabin and gazed at the view of the city. Ryan's first clenched in anger as he shut his eyes close to calm his growing wolf. Damien could hear Ryan's wolf's growls. That brought an evil smile to his face.

Damien Mitchell. The first heir of the Mitchell family. Elder brother of Ryan. He was elder than Lucian too. And according to him, he was supposed to be the Alpha of his clan. But that didn't happen because the clan and the pack believes that only the son of the Alpha king can take the position of the next Alpha king. Due to this Damien had to give up on his desire of being the king of the clan. And that desire in his heart made his heart turn into a ball of fire. Which always wishes to burn down the one who caused him this despair. Lucian.

"Should I count what you've lost?" Ryan didn't budge from his place knowing very well that if he looked at him now, it'll be his wolf who'll talk to him. "Did you forget that our father died because of him? Did you forget he snatched our mother from us? He made us apart from each other. He made sure that whenever the time comes, you'll stand for him and not for me, your real brother." Every word Damien spoke only ignited the fire in Ryan's heart. All the memories he had buried in his heart, all the pain he had swallowed up got picked as a fresh wound which Damien decided to poke. "And because of him you still haven't found your mate either." Damiel pulled the last straw on Ryan as he turned around abruptly holding Damien's collar and glaring at him with his red eyes which were so ready to burn him down alive. Only if he could. "Shut your f*king mouth before I shut you up." He growled in a low octave with his hand gripping the collar tighter. But Damien only smiles cunningly at him. "Why? Does that hurt you?" He asked back while keeping powerful eye contact. Ryan knew that he was just trying to trigger him and he couldn't let him do so. Letting go of him, Ryan slammed his hands on the table and closed his eyes. Taking deep breaths to control his wolf, he fisted his hands in an attempt to subtle his anger. Damien stood unbothered looking at his brother losing his temper. "I wished you'd react the same when someone talks bad about me." Realising that his heartbeats somehow became normal, Ryan calmly yet sorely looked at Damien. He heaves out a deep sigh before folding his hand in front of his chest. "I would have. Gladly. But only if you were that brother to me which Lucian is." Damien's smile withers as he stared at Ryan and saw his lips curving from one side forming a smirk on his face. Damien's fist clenched inside his pocket as he threw daggers at Ryan through his eyes. "Only if you shouldn't have tried poisoning someone just so you could get his position, which was never yours." Ryan could see Damien getting worked up by his words as his eyes slowly turned red. Damien took slow steps to reach Ryan who now was unbothered by him. "You sure got a long tongue." He commented trying to intimate Ryan, but he just scoff and shrugged his shoulders. "Something that comes from family blood. Why? Does that bother you?" He taunted and stood straight in front of Damien. Both of them fiercely stared into each other's souls. "You should know your place better, Ryan. For Lucian, you're just like a pet." Damien's words made Ryan laugh loudly, raising his anger to the max. "It's still better than being a backstabber, isn't it?" Losing his cool, Damien held Ryan's collar and smash him on the table behind him. His hand gripped Ryan's throat, cutting his oxygen but Ryan's smile didn't fade at all. Damien could feel his veins popping out of his neck as he applied more pressure on his grip until Ryan's face turned pale and he shut his eyes closed.

"LEAVE HIM!!" A scream echoed in the cabin before Ryan felt the grip on his neck loosening and completely removed. Before Damien could understand anything, he was thrown on the floor harshly which made him groan in pain as his back hit the marble floor. He opened his eyes to see Lucian standing in front of him, while Ryan stood behind him coughing and trying to breathe. "How dare you touch him?" Lucian's breathing was heavy, his eyes were bright red and his muscles were strained due to the amount of force he used to throw Damien away from Ryan. His fangs were poking out. Anyone could tell that it wouldn't take him a second to turn into his wolf form and rip off Damien's head. Ryan normalized his breathing and looked at Lucian before hurriedly getting in front of him. "Alpha. Calm down, please. We're in company." He tried to calm the growling wolf of alpha, while Damien slowly got up and sat on the floor while holding his rib. He could feel the pain in his back. He raised his eyes to look at Lucian but flinch a little at the vicious gaze he meet.

"Alpha." Ryan's call made Lucian divert his gaze from Daniel to him. His eyes soften a little when he noticed the red bruise on Ryan's neck. His anger which was already high crossed its limit as Lucian turned to look at Damien and stormed toward him. Pulling him by his shirt, Lucian made him stand on his legs and towered over him. "You did it today. But never again come here and lay your filthy hands on my brother. I swear to the moon goddess, that will be your last day on earth." Lucian's voice growled in Damien's ears as he again yanked him away causing him to stumble toward the door. "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE." Lucian shouted as Ryan held his shoulder and tried to calm him down while Damien looked at him with hatred and a ferocious gaze. "See you soon, brother." He muttered to himself and walk out of the door. When the door shut close, Ryan went towards the table and brought the glass of water before holding it in front of Lucian. "Alpha, calm down." He tried to subtle his anger by rubbing his back. Lucian took deep heavy breaths while closing his eyes and gulping down the whole glass.

After a few minutes of silence, Ryan felt Lucian's heartbeat normalised. He sighs in relief but frowns almost immediately. "Alpha, what happened?" He asked carefully while pointing towards Lucian's forehead which had a small bandaid on it. Lucian looked at Ryan with his now normal eyes and sigh. Walking towards his chair, he removed his coat and placed it on his chair's back. That's when Ryan noticed the red stains on his clothes which without a doubt were blood stains. His eyes widen as he rushed towards Lucian with a worried expression and stands beside him to examine him fully. "Alpha, are you hurt? Is there anything serious? We should go to the hospital." Ryan blabbered and Lucian just stood there chuckling at him. "Ryan. Now you need to calm down." He said causing Ryan to shut his mouth. He stared at Lucian who had a light smile on his face as he looked at him.

Suddenly, Ryan's eyes weld up with tears as he hugged him tightly making Lucian confuse but he hugged him back. "Ryan, you okay?" Ryan just sniffles while hugging him making Lucian smile even wider. "Aren't you such a baby sometimes?" He caressed Ryan's back until he calm down and parted from the hug.

"But how does this all happen?" Ryan asked while placing the mug of coffee on the table and looking at Lucian, who just sigh after hearing his question. He rested his head back on the sofa in his cabin and closed his eyes remembering the incident that happened an hour ago. He again looked at his front to see a curious Ryan staring at him, waiting for his answer. He chuckles looking at his big eyes.

"Do you want to hear the whole thing?" Lucian asked to which Ryan thought for a few seconds before shrugging off. "Why not?"

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