All Chapters of Bound by a Hybrid and a Lycan : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

I sat by the dying fire and fixed my gaze on the crescent moon above. Zelena’s words kept ringing in my head, over and over, like an annoying tune.“The only way you can achieve Bloodlust Ascendancy is by marking and accepting your mate fully.”The idea of it, its very concept, seemed absurd on paper. But I could understand why it caused a dissonance between Kyrax and me, leading to our regression in the Bloodlust Ascendancy. He wanted her; I hated her. This entire situation favored him, and to be honest, I was starting to get sick of him and this whole mess.Could I fake it then? Could I pretend that I accepted her just to gain the power I needed? I questioned myself but quickly discarded the thought. If there was one thing I had learned with the mate bond, it was that it didn’t take kindly to deception. I couldn’t fool it, nor could I fool Kyrax, my Lycan.In frustration, I kicked up some dirt into the air. Each passing day that I spent with her, the mate bond made me want her, crav

Kaliyah's POV I raced alongside Kovu, pumping mana through my limbs as my paws pounded against the forest floor. The name *Darius* reverberated through my mind like a dark omen as memories of the last time I saw him in battle resurfaced. He was Asterion's Beta. A force of pure, unyielding brutality. Cold. Merciless. A powerful old werewolf who killed without hesitation or remorse. The last time I… no, the previous Kaliyah… encountered him, Darius was leading a section of the Eldrath pack, gruesomely killing members of the Volkov pack. He had been the one to keep Kovu at bay, preventing him from supporting me when Asterion overwhelmed her. If there was one thing I knew from those memories, it was that Darius was stronger than Kovu. **Look alive, Kaliyah! The campsite!** I barely had time to register Akira's voice before the camp came into view. The scene ahead sent a cold chill down my spine. Six werewolves, all in their monstrous beast forms, brimming with ominous mana, towered o

Kaliyah's POVThat idiot. That one sentence kept repeating in my mind as I ran like crazy through the cursed forest. Mana surged through my limbs as my paws tore through the underbrush.That fucking idiot! He thought he could handle Darius all on his own after what happened last time? There were moments when his arrogance astounded me. Yet, even though I was pissed to my very core, I felt a faint sense of trust in him and his strength.For all his idiocy, Kovu was strong. Stubborn, yes, but he wouldn’t go down easily. He never did.*Why did you leave him behind?* Akira growled in discontent as she pushed for control.*This was his idea, why are you blaming me?* I snapped back at her, forcing her down with a firm mental shove.I could feel her bristling with rage, but she knew I was right. Kovu needed space to fight Darius, and normally, two of us should have been enough to handle him and some of the wolves. But I wasn't exactly at peak strength like the previous Kaliyah. I had been tr

Kaliyah's POVThe wolf warrior in front of me froze as his expression slowly turned into shock. Then, suddenly, his body jolted backward as if pulled by an invisible force. Before I could process what was happening, a scream tore through the air, followed by a deafening crash outside the narrow passage.My heart pounded as I heard the sound of growls and howls, bodies slamming against each other, and the powerful surges of mana rippling through the air.“What the heck is going on?” I muttered in disbelief.“It’s Calum,” Akira said quietly, making me widen my eyes in delight.“He's alive!” I breathed a sigh of relief. We had feared the worst when we hadn't seen Calum's body among the fallen warriors, and he came to my rescue just in the nick of time. Slowly, I crawled towards the edge of the rocky outcrop, cautiously peeking out from behind the boulders.I saw Calum, already fully shifted into his massive Lycan form, snarling at the two men who had shifted into their wolf forms. They c

Kovu's POVThe first step to activating Bloodlust Ascendancy was to become one with Kyrax. It was a merging of our minds and bodies until we were a single unified entity. I had always crossed this stage before, but recently, I couldn’t even get through this stage without a painful backlash wreaking havoc throughout my body. Now, though, as I prepared to activate the first phase, something felt different. The connection between us merged seamlessly into something deeper and stronger. Something different.It snapped into place with a fluidity I hadn’t felt before. My muscles coiled with newfound strength as our energies began to merge, slowly at first, but then with increasing intensity. Kyrax’s instincts melded with mine, sharpening my senses, enhancing my strength, and perfecting my control over mana.The mana around me thickened, taking on a crimson hue, and flared to life like an inferno.*Kyrax* I called for him, my voice merging with his deep growl. This is unlike anything I had