Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride

Chapter 115: The Birth of True Rivals

Selene's eyes twitched as her smile vanished, a cold aura emitting from her body. The sensation was like a cold blade pressed against Nikita's neck.

"What are you looking at? It's just a kiss, idiot."

Nikita frowned at Selene's strange face before huffing and turning to leave. An expensive black car soon pulled up, and she climbed into the back seat.

'This damn wolf, who does she think she is always acting superior to me!'

"Heh! Fuck you!" Nikita shouted out in her native R-Dialect, causing Nikolai to chuckle before watching her face look proud inside the car.

The door slammed shut while she extended her middle fingers to Selene and pulled out her tongue as the car growled. Selene watched her figure vanish along with the hum of the engine with closed fists.

"Bitch..." Selene muttered, her body shaking slightly while gazing in the direction the car drove off.

"You two really can't get along, can you?"

Nikolai didn't mind if they fought this way. It wasn't over the top, and they weren't killing each other. However, he knew Nikita kept her darkness under control because she worried he might dislike her.

'These two idiots will fight each other if I don't pay attention. A war between their two families is the least I need going forward.'

'Why is Nikolai looking at me like that... This idiot thinks I will take her vulgar actions to heart?'

The pair gazed into each other's eyes while thinking their thoughts before Nikolai chuckled. His laugh broke the tension between them as they both walked to Selene's car.

"Get in!"

"Heh~ why are you being so forceful today?"

A black M9 Excelsior sat in the VIP parking bay. Though they could have stayed at the restaurant later, Selene seemed to have other ideas as she held her hand out for Nikolai to get in the car first before climbing in on the opposite side. To Nikolai, it felt amusing and fresh to take a ride with Selene, so he didn't complain.

The engine growled as it came alive, roaring out like a lone lion as the headlights lit up the surrounding area, revealing two guards who looked at the car in wonder before turning back to their duties.

"Let's get going. We don't have any time to waste," Selene stated in a serious tone while pulling the car out of reverse and quickly exiting the parking lot.

Nikolai watched her face from the side and leaned back in the comfortable leather seat. His eyes closed, feeling the comfortable tension from the growing speed. The wind blew into his face and rustled his hair. His ears focused as he listened to the surrounding sounds and how quickly they changed.

He liked how everything felt fresh, from the air changing and shifting around the car to the breathing and huffing sounds coming from Selene.

"Are you angry, Selene?"

"W-Why would I be angry?" She stuttered slightly as her eyes darted towards Nikolai's relaxed figure, her long lashes fluttering before returning to the quiet night road.

"Who knows? It feels nice to drive beside you, though."

Nikolai smiled, keeping his eyes closed, feeling the acceleration and the cold air. The smell of the forest filled the air, making him relax even more as he thought, 'I could get used to this.'

'Nice to drive beside me...?!' A lovely red hue began growing on her cheeks while the princess stroked the head of the gearbox, a peek at the peaceful face of Nikolai distracting her for a second as the breaks slowed the car to a half for the traffic lights.

"Hmm...Hmph.... does it now....?" Selene let out a small huff but couldn't hide the corners of her lovely lips trembling before they rose slightly, revealing a small smirk as the light turned green.

Her hands gripped the steering wheel while the accelerator and clutch met her feet. The roar from the engine sounded once more, and the wheels screeched against the asphalt as they took off, causing a passerby to jump in shock.

'Hehe.'

Selene smiled happily while driving, glancing at the handsome face of Nikolai with a sense of achievement. The destination was the slums. Because she noticed Nikolai's worried face, and also didn't want to take advantage of her position to win against Nikita, Selene wanted to win fairy, and while going head to head.

'That girl should feel honoured to be my rival... I won't lose no matter what skills and techniques she uses.'

Selene bit her lower lip, clenching her teeth slightly as her beautiful red eyes turned towards a billboard. The picture was an advertisement from the Scarlet Group, a man of noble appearance with short black hair.

He had a handsome face and a warm smile and was wearing a tailored suit with his arm around an adorable boy and a lovely woman with flowing blond hair. They were smiling happily and wearing matching expensive clothing.

The words on the poster read, 'For the people - The Scarlet family and you -'

'...'

However when the young miss of the Scarlet group looked at the poster, waiting for the lights to change, the child and woman were replaced with her and a daughter, while the male became the man sitting beside her.

This caused the proud princess to shake her head, almost losing her focus, but not without her longing eyes taking a glance at Nikolai.

'Hmm... That could be the future, but maybe it will not end well.' Selene's eyes narrowed, focused on the road as she began to take her thoughts into a dark and lonely direction, the cars screeching tyres like a warning sign as they approached a large crowd of various monsters in the open.

"It seems we are here..." Nikolai looked at Selene, who seemed tense, and reached out, stroking her soft cheek, so cold it felt like a piece of squishy ice.

"Kya... w-what are you doing, idiot?!" After she released a cute sound, her eyes glowed while she glared at him, they arrived at their destination. Nikolai got out first with his coat blowing in the night wind, followed by Selene.

Selene could only huff and puff before climbing out of the car, ignoring the low bleeping as she stepped onto the gravel. Her low heels tapped against the road while the surrounding crowd looked at the pair.

"W-What the heck is this?" Selene exclaimed when she noticed many members of the Fenrir clan, but she knew they weren't the ordinary kind. Then, standing opposite them was a mixture of wolves with silver fur and strange monsters with an aquatic lineage.

'There are too many...' Nikolai thought while he noticed their bodies were different, their muscles bulging with veins visible on the skin. This wasn't like the monsters they fought a few nights ago, but they were probably the true forces of the Silver and Hati clans, respectively.

"It seems like a fight between clans." Nikolai calmly stated with his arms crossed. Many of the people were glaring at each other. A fight could break out at any moment.

Selene's gaze hardened when she looked at the wolves, but her face didn't reveal any emotions. Her eyes focused on one individual, in particular, a female wolf of her age.

Nikita no longer wore the pretty dress. Instead, she was in white shorts, black tights underneath, a simple t-shirt with chest wrapping underneath and a black leather jacket. At the same time, she held a studded metal bat over her shoulder, standing at the front of the Fenrir clan's group.

'So... they have their true elites with them. Why did she not tell Nikolai?'

Selene couldn't see Nikita's expression, but she didn't feel nervous or worried about her surroundings. Her face was cold and indifferent to everything, her eyes revealing a dark, murderous intent.

The wolf clansmen all had a similar expression of arrogance and superiority—while their leader watched Nikita and nobody else, it seemed that the entire thing was because of her.

'Is this because of our relationship?' Nikolai wondered as the leader of the Silver clan forces stepped forward with a haughty smile and arrogant atmosphere.

"Bitch of the Fenrir clan, my master has given me a message to pass on." The male had blond, windswept hair with silver streaks and was a head taller than Nikita with strong muscles. He was the typical alpha wolf, and his face was handsome, but the sneering and arrogant attitude destroyed that. His teeth shone under the moonlight as a powerful pressure radiated from his body.

"Hmm?" Nikita's cold gaze focused on the male while she raised a brow, her eyes narrowing, not the slightest bit intimidated as the male walked over to face her, followed by two other wolves and a fish monster.

"You will come with us, or your life will become worse than you can ever imagine."

A chilling aura spread from the Silver Clan male as his body grew bigger. The two other wolves transformed as their bodies took on their monstrous form, towering over Nikita, yet she remained calm. "Or that pathetic guy you are seeing will die." Yes, she was calm until that moment.

"Nikolai... did you just threaten Nikolai?" Nikita's words were spoken in the R-dialect so Selene could understand some of her words, while Nikolai understood everything and just watched while wondering if to step in or not.

However, that proved a stupid thought... The surrounding crowd watched in horror as the male fell onto his back with blood flowing from his mouth and face.

A sudden gust of wind filled the area, it's howl haunting yet peaceful. Nikita towered over his body with a feral look on her face and a snarl on her lips. The male had not expected her to react this way and was caught by surprise.

"Ugh... H-How... W-Why?!" He couldn't understand what happened to him.

However, Nikolai's Obsidian Focus and Obsidian Eyes saw everything—the brutal swing of that metal bat crushed the face of the bragging wolf, and his jaw, nose and teeth were all destroyed in one blow.

Nikita looked at him and spoke, her dialect switching to a more Universal R-dialect. One that everybody could understand.

"Know this... If anybody touches... NO! If they even think of hurting, no, no, no~ touching... even a mere threat to my precious treasure..." Her voice was terrifying, with a sense of ice-cold brutality, like an unsheathed sword, yet an obsessive fire that only burned when speaking about Nikolai.

Nikita lifted her right leg and stomped on the male's crotch, a disgusting pop and crunching sound.

"My beloved treasure, My Precious! I will protect him with everything I have." She growled, the low roar causing Selene to twitch; while her face became stern and serious, she seriously now saw Nikita as her enemy and rival.

'She's serious... her feelings are no joke. I should not doubt or make fun of them.' Nikita thought.

"You and everyone involved will suffer, and it will not just be their reproductive organs, but I will crush everything and leave you alive with only a mind capable of breathing and suffering in regret. Boys, kill them."

Selene watched in silence—however, her gaze of disdain and arrogance towards Nikita faded. Instead, she looked at the small white wolf as her rival, and for the first time, Selene began to accept the idea of someone equal to her.

'I won't lose, Nikita.'