Control

Koala

After passing out from screaming, wasn't it weird to wake up and then just tell your mate to find someone for you to kill? Well, for me, it was weird as hell, Danica's hand was still trembling and she had a murderous look.

She was my sister, Tara was my sister, well, half sisters, but I still wasn't surprised, for Tara- I always felt she was my sister and she treated me like her brother.

For Danica, I felt weird and grateful that I hadn't succeeded in doing anything harmful to her, I always suspected we were related.

I'm still wondering why her power wasn't affecting me like it did before.

Everyone had been scared when Danica started screaming and tearing at her hair.

But now we all looked at her like she was mad.

"You want to kill someone?" The Alpha asked, clearly confused.

"I want to murder someone." Danica answered, I shuddered, the voice didn't sound like her own, it was strangely deep and sounded inhuman.

"Would you find me someone to kill?" She asked as she raised a trembling hand to Jerome's cheek and caressed him, "won't you do whatever your mate wants?" Danica said with a feral smile that looked downright horrific.

Even Jerome moved back, looking a little wary.

The hand that was caressing Jerome moved to his neck and stroked.

I was suddenly thrown into a memory.

"Why am I studying about a Hikrata, when the rest are studying different things?" I asked my master.

"Because," Master smiled at me, "you never know when you might need it."

I scoffed "why would I need to know about a Hikrata?"

"Hikrata's are complicated creatures, they can react in many unpredictable ways when their mind is not stable or when their trying hard to process something, do you know what causes it?"

I wanted to tell him we've moved from the question I asked, but instead, kept my mouth shut and moved my head sideways.

"There's twelve creatures inside them that's why their not stable, controlling your beast is hard, now imagine controlling twelve."

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh, sometimes the creatures take control and act irrational."

"How do you know the beast is in control?"

"They act completely different, you can see it in their eyes.." he trailed off, like he was remembering something.

"How do you help them?"

He smiled at me, "you can't help them."

"What?"

"They can't be helped, their host will be the one to gain back control, but whatever they say during that time, you should know it's the beast side talking, and if they don't get what they want…" he sighed, "things could go really bad.

"How can you stop them?"

"You can't stop the Ko, you just have to stall them long enough for the host to take back control."

"What can trigger it master?"

"Anything, Ko, anything can." He had a faraway look in his eyes.

I grumbled, "but why do I need to study about an Hikrata?" I complained looking to my right at Tara who was reading a picture book.

"You know I see the future, right?" I nodded.

"I just know, you'll need it in the future."

I sighed.

"Are you even hearing what I'm saying?" I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at Tara who stood at me left holding her katana like her life depended on it, and turned back to look at Danica.

"How can you be so level headed after what he just said, I don't even know what to do or say."

"I always suspected it, I just never really confirmed it." I answered, still looking at Danica whose body was still trembling and smiling at Jerome, her hand now curving to cup a side of Jerome's neck. Jerome looked like he was caught in headlights.

"I want to kill someone Jerome." Danica muttered, her hand starting to squeeze the side of Jerome's neck.

I knew I had to do something, I just couldn't stand and watch my sister go mad, or act mad.

"Nobody moves, " my words made everyone look at me. "She's not in control of herself, she's not the one talking, so here's what's going down, if she spends another minute without getting what she wants she's going to start attacking everybody, now I'm going to direct her attention to myself, no matter what happens, no one's allowed to butt in, not even our mates."

"What, are you stupid, there's no way I'm letting you do that."

"You have no say in this Jerome, Danica is my sister, and from what I've seen, if she kills anybody, the moment she gains control she's going to hate herself, I can stop her."

"No."

"Look at her mate Jerome, she has him entranced, his not even taking his eyes off her, the moment he gives her permission to kill she's not going to hesitate, and if he doesn't, well she's going to start attacking everybody."

"How do you know that? You know what, I don't even care but you are not fighting her."

"Don't worry, I can't kill her alone and I can't die."

"Wh...how..wait." I didn't wait for him to get his words together as I approached them.

I growled at Danica, she looked away from Jerome and growled back at me, her body still trembling.

I growled at her, showing my teeth and purposely looked at Jerome and growled again, sensing me as a threat to her mate she sprung up from where she lay and growled.

Jerome blinked like his eyes were foggy and he was trying to clear it.

I growled again and took a step forward, Danica took one to the left blocking my eyes from seeing Jerome.

I snarled, then raised my hand up to my neck, and used my thumb to trace my neck, a universal sign for death.

Danica's eyes flared and she rushed at me, I didn't jump at her, I wasn't stupid, the fact that I haven't fed for a long time made me weak, so instead I ran for the door.