Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride

The previous series of battles had been exhausting for Nikolai, so he lacked the strength to defeat this mature vampire. He needed time to recover, which forced him to listen to the man's stupid, crazy story about Vladimir.

"Did you never find it curious, how their family suddenly recruited you?"

'He's right...'

Nikolai knew Selene carried a great deal of power, but he also learned that Vladimir had the final say in the company, especially for someone who would become her squire. A person who would be in charge of keeping her safe.

"Selene liked me, right?" Nikolai just answered with a simple answer.

"Hahaha, after all, you didn't think deep enough. How would your application appear on that girl's desk? There are no miracles in this world!"

That's when something occurred to him about how everyone else went to another room.

Only he went directly to Selene on that day.

'Damn, this guy is annoying.

Nikolai inched closer to Lunaria, her body trembling as she struggled to speak, the blow he dealt to her much worse than he thought. The man continued to mention events about meeting Selene and Nikita and how they seemed to be some random series of events.

Yet... his words shocked Nikolai.

How did this man know of things that even Selene and the others didn't

"Do you remember the night of your eighth birthday, young hybrid?"

The moment the man mentioned the night he lost his mother, Nikolai's focus and patience almost snapped unable to keep hearing this bullshit from him. But a small voice inside his mind wanted to hear and continued to listen.

"Who do you think helped the Nosferatu find your ceremony and unlock the barrier?"

"You're just trying to turn us against each other. Shut up!"

Nikolai snapped and stomped on the ground to create a crack in the ground blocking the man off from him and Lunaria.

"Now now, don't blame the gentle vampire king. He helped us in attacking your family for one reason young hybrid. In return for YOU, we would help him with a minor problem."

'What kind of problem?'

He wanted to ask but the crazed man probably wouldn't answer and Nikolai thought this was all bullshit and turned away, looking at Lunaria who started to recover.

"I don't believe you."

"Hahahahahahahaha~ beautiful, a foolish boy who refuses to listen!"

Valan's father mocked Nikolai before he gazed at Lunaria, and his smile distorted, "Well, what if one of the vampire king's daughters needed our help to survive?"

That's when Lunaria's body shook, and she looked up at him in shock and horror. "D-don't..."

Because of her sudden reaction, Nikolai's body shook, and he thought back to the vampire king and how much affection he carried for his daughters, but he showed it strangely. This reaction added credibility to the man's words, which made Nikolai bite his lower lip, looking at Lunaria, worried about if it was true.

"Is it true?" He asked, not sure why he did so.

Even if it was true, she had no reason to tell him the truth, and he began thinking about the past and trying to put his thoughts together.

But the crazed male wouldn't allow that.

"Did you not consider the fact that her father sold you out? Because of that attack, you lost your mother, and your father became a disabled has been." He laughed again, looking at the two of them.

"And now, you look to another traitor for the truth. Oh, how amusing."

Nikolai shifted back, his hands clenched, unable to find the answer on his own, before a flash of silver shot past him like a flash of lightning.

It was his father, Ivan, in his transformed state... a silver werewolf just under seven feet tall.

The crazed vampire quickly jumped out of the way from the sudden appearance of the silver werewolf, and Ivan's eyes landed on him before he charged at him with another burst of speed and smashed the man into the ground with a brutal elbow.

"Shut up, snake. Don't confuse my son with your bullshit."

He released an intense aura that wrapped around his body, making him look like a shining star. Ivan gazed at Nikolai with a concerned gaze and then lunged at Valan's father once again.

"Hah! You damn bastard!" Valan's father snarled at Ivan, taking out a gun.

'This is dads transformation?'

Nikolai was speechless, looking at his father's transformation, his silver fur and the power he exuded. It was strange. The aura that used to seem overwhelming and unfathomable was something he could now understand and measure with his own eyes.

It was then he realised his strength when compared to his dad.

At the very least, he knew he could fight him now.

Although his father might defeat him, Nikolai believed he stood a chance.

Bang!

The gun in Valan's hand smoked after shooting, while Ivan grabbed the scientist by the throat. He slammed the male into a broken stone wall supporting the garden, and the pair rolled across the ground.

Ivan punched Valan's face before the crazed man blocked the blow with his gun, which became dented from the strike.

"Ugh... you brute!"

"Shut it, worm."

The werewolf's eyes glowed, and he snarled before grabbing the gun and bending it. The crazed vampire gasped at the inhuman strength but quickly used the weapon as a distraction to smash his elbow into Ivan's abdomen, only sinking into the firm muscles of the older man.

"What? My attack did nothing!"

"You're a weak little runt."

Ivan grabbed his arm before snapping it with ease and then proceeded to beat him against the ground with a flurry of strikes until the male stopped moving, convulsing with his nose oozing with blood.

"Damn... this is why I told you to keep training Nikolai! You'll end up like this fool."

"Dad!"

"W-Wait... this girl is going to die, hurry give me a hand."

Lunaria's face looked pale, worse than usual, as she continued to bleed out... her eyes fading as the crazed man started gurgling and coughing.

"Hahaha... you foolish wolves, always brute force and never using your brains!"

The father of Valan rolled onto his side, looking at the

Ivan ignored the words and looked around, unable to find any sign of help for Lunaria. Nikolai walked over to Lunaria and looked down at her, seeing her slowly lose life, and he sighed with exhaustion.

"Say Ivan... you already know the truth, why deny your son learning?!"

"Shut up!"

"Dad!?"

Ivan charged over and slammed his leg into the man's body, but he hit something hard. The impact even sent Ivan sliding backward, making him shake his leg in pain. Then a wall appeared, growing from the ground, and iced spread and dispersed the flames created by Lunaria's fire.

"Nikolai Volkov, the reason the vampire king helped us, to destroy your family, to kill your mother is because one of his daughters was stillborn! He needed our powers to save her, the poor little child, dead in the womb."

Unable to stop his crazed words... Nikolai learned of the past at least from this man's words.

Vlad's wife carried twins, but when he learned that one of them was dead, he turned to anything and everything to save her... and thus the Nosferatu used their special ability related to corpses to give her life, and it was enough.

However, there was something that they didn't tell him...

That her life would be limited... and the time limit just was her next birthday.

'What...'

Nikolai's body shook; he couldn't help but become overwhelmed with the words... trying to focus and see the life. He looked at Lunaria who was stunned, but then the crazed started laughing as Ivan punched the wall repeatedly.

"Shut up, Don't speak!" Ivan bellowed.

"The daughter..."

"PLEASE!" Lunaria's voice trembled as she winced, grasping onto Nikolai's hands tightly with a sense of desperation. "Don't... say it."

At first, Nikolai felt sorry for her, but then... his mind became blank.

Because a strange name came from the man's lips... the name, although spoken softly, sounded loud as if screamed.

"Yes... that little puppet, Selene Hahaha to think that she managed to break free of our control, but it doesn't change the fact she's going to die!"

"Eh...?"

'It's not... Lunaria?'

Confusion. Delusion. Denial... all those feelings and emotions flowed through Nikolai's mind

His face distorted from a smile, to a frown and then into a deformed smile...

"..."

"It's a lie right?"

His voice twisted and low, like a growl, as his eyes turned black, dripping with obsidian tears like ink, staining his cheeks.

Ivan looked at his son, his fists covered in blood from the wall he couldn't destroy.

"N-Nikolai... we are doing everything to help."

'There's not a year left... there's only 4 months left until her birthday... no, that's not the issue... she's carrying my child.'

White noise and static filled Nikolai's mind; the words of Ivan and Lunaria became like dogs and cats hissing and barking. He stepped forward, his figure a head taller than his father.

He looked down, with madness drowning his eyes.

"Hahaha! Look, yes... that's it! Turn on your father!" Valan's father pressed against the window, his crazed actions increasing.

However...

Nikolai just turned to the vampire, his aura pumping into his left arm, all of it bubbling and surging as a painful throb went through his arm.

"Nikolai... please..."

Ivan's voice seemed pitiful, and it made Nikolai smile.

A broken smile on the face of a werewolf before he smashed into the wall with everything he had.