And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie) novel Chapter 324

"You let it out, didn't you… Talon told you about that—" Laughter escaped me at his response. Yes, Talon had said a lot of things but he wasn't here.

"Fight or die, Pollux. Your choice."

I wouldn't really kill my brother, and he knew that. It was simply something we had done as kids. The first one to land a potentially deadly blow was the winner of the fight, but the problem was where he did like to fight he didn't train as often as me because his ego over being the "future Alpha" made him believe he didn't need to.

I however… I thrived for the battle. A secret I held deep inside me.

The desire to watch blood flow like rivers upon the ground.

Standing his ground, he took his stance with an angry glare. A glare I lived to see, because honestly, he and Talon were the only ones who ever gave me a run for my money when it came to battling and the adrenaline was a drug I craved.

Taking the same stance as my brother, I heard the murmured words of the coach. "Lux, are you sure about this…"

"Yeah, I am. Start the fucking match. If she wants to get what they had, that's on her."

So cocky and foolish.

A voice inside me spoke softly in the darkness, and as it did, I hesitated for a moment. One single moment, and during that moment, Pollux made his move catching me in the side of face. I paused for just a moment, the tangy metallic taste in my mouth causing something in me to smirk with satisfaction.

"Oh, brother—is that all you have?" Making my move, I launched myself into attack. Swing after swing, hit after hit, we battled and our movements matched like that of an elegant dance between partners. We were evenly matched in our current state, but there was a side of me he would never be able to touch.