Let the fight begin

A nervous breath escaped my lips. Even though I wanted to give Hailey a taste of her own medicine, her abilities scared me. They had the potential to turn my strength into hers.

I cleared my throat, blinking way too fast, trying to regain my composure, remembering what Sam had to go through.

My intentions to win this fight was strong, as I wanted to be the Beta. I didn't want to reveal that I was the princess yet, so this competition has come as a golden opportunity for me. As a beta, I will have easy access to the public ears as well as to the elders, along with handling foreign affairs. I'm not letting this opportunity go, not because a fight freak decided to test my skills.

Channing stood between me and Hailey repeating the instructions for the match, "okay now that the instructions are clear, how will you choose to fight?"

I looked at Hailey, but she was staring at me without blinking, even for a second. Her insanity was dancing in her eyes and her thirst for blood had filled thick into the atmosphere.

She slowly turned to look at Channing. There was something about her personality that went extremely pleasure bound when she was loaded with bloodlust. A sensual voice escaped her lips, "Both"

Channing took in her expressions for some time before turning towards me and raising his eyebrows as a question, asking for my answer.

My eyes met Hailey's. They were big with anticipation, an evil smile waiting to creep on her face. "Both," I said and her smile broke free onto her lips, which still had a cut from the previous fight.

It was a dumb decision, but my Alpha healing abilities worked best when I was in my wolf form. And for some strange reasons, my special abilities worked only in my wolf form. It was an extremely useful ability that I could once use round the clock, but somewhere it abandoned my human form, only sticking to my werewolf. I had a feeling that I would need that in this fight.

"I like enthusiastic opponents," smirked Hailey. Her eyes going wide with delight, "I would love to see that liveliness in your eyes die"

"Let the fight Begin", Channing removed his hand from between us and stepped out of the fighting zone. My eyes took in Hailey's expression and her words. She sure loved to see people squirm under her, not her threats, but her hands that mercilessly drew blood from the opponent.

But that is exactly what I wanted, for her to taste my blood! Arina wasn't exactly wrong when she had talked about the ritual where the Alpha kids were born, bringing death to their mother. She also wasn't wrong about the Alpha kids, now known as Warchilds, being taken to safekeeping behind the Goddess Luna's tree and the fact that we Warchilds have developed Blood Noesis.

Hailey would be the first one to get the taste of my abilities, my Blood Noesis.

I wasn't expecting Hailey to attack first, but she did. A forceful blow from her kick on my torso sent me flying back, as I barely managed to block it. "Come on Selene, I have high expectations from you!" Said Hailey casually walking side to side where she was standing.

If she had not hurt Sam to enrage me, I would be scared. I would have felt if I really fought this girl standing here, death would have knocked on my door. Atleast, another trip to the hospital was a sure thing. I could still complete my mission if I'm not the Beta. Why should I risk a huge deal here?

But not right now. Right now she was sure to receive hell from me, without having to go to the hospital. Just the right time was all I needed.

In the blink of an eye, she was standing in front of me as I was busy thinking of creating that opening. "Didn't I tell you, Selene, focus on ME!" And she punched me across the face.

I could tell my cheek would soon turn black and blue by that blow, but I wanted her to hit better. "Honey, still not focusing on me?" She mocked and punched me on the other side of my face. A cut formed around my mouth as blood dripped down it.

My tongue licked the blood from the side of my lips with the rusty taste flowing through my lips.

Hailey lifted her fist to her lips and licked the small stain of my blood from her knuckles, "Hmm sweet, bleed more for me, darling." She strode towards me and my eyes finally met her bored eyes. She was taking her sweet time waiting for me to attack, and I was taking my sweet time to find my opening. If I were to evidently make her drink my blood, everyone would understand that my special ability is related to blood, planting doubts in people whether I was one of the Warchilds.

"Quitting rookie?" asked Hailey, looming over me as she pressed me down to the ground by my neck.

"You would wish I quit." I held her wrist of the hand that was pressing me down with my left hand, and with my other hand hooked her arm and twisted as she loosened her grip.

Her eyes lit up, and so did the crowd. For some unknown reason, they counted on me, and that was more than enough. The trust was yet to be there, but I could see it won't be tough to get it from the people here. My eyes caught Suzan looking at me with a concerned expression, and I offered her a reassuring smile. Beside her, Diana had joined the audience to have a better look at the fight and her wishes for me to get wrecked in this match were spewing from her gritted teeth.

I got a fair enough distance from Hailey and removed my shirt. It was comfortable to move in the sleeveless slip and better for shifting to my wolf to activate my abilities as soon as she gets some more of my blood in her. I raised four fingers calling her at me, "Come ahead Hailey, I will make you pay for what you did to Sam"