Hunted Hybrid – Aegis War Saga 1
Chapter 9
My blankets were tangled, my chest tight, my head pounding with too much truth.
I stumbled to the mirror..and froze.
Holy fuck.
My hair.
It was no longer just deep brown.
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It was black as night, tipped in shimmering silver and icy blue, glowing faintly like moonlight caught in ink. My tits felt bigger. My muscles and body were definitely more defined and firmer. My senses were way sharper than they should be. I could hear the crickets in the grass for fucks sakes.
“LYSSI?!”
She didn’t answer.
Too stunned.
Too still.
I threw on a hoodie, yanked a cap over my head, and flew out the door in my truck.
I got to school by the skin of my fangs. The second I stepped into the hallway, I knew something was off.
I kept my head down. Made it all the way to my locker.
And then…
“Nice hat, Thorne,” Vaela purred behind me.
I didn’t turn.
She did it for me.
In one swift motion, she ripped the cap off my head.
My hair tumbled down, dark, silver and blue tipped, glowing faintly in the morning light.
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The hallway went silent. Vaela and Soria’s sneers could curdle milk.
Gasps.
Whispers.
Wide eyes.
One girl dropped her hydroflask.
I stood there frozen.
No more hiding.
No more pretending.
The whole pack was staring.
And for the first time in my life…
I felt like myself.
Even if I had no idea what the hell that me was about to become.
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“Keep walking. Don’t look back. Keep walking,” Taya muttered as she yanked me through the hall like I was
a grenade she had to smuggle out of enemy territory.
People were still staring.
Phones were out.
Whispers followed like smoke on my heels.
“Is it dyed?”
“Is that moonlight?”
“She looks like a damn slut fae.” Soria snorted in laughter.
“I heard she killed someone.” Vaela shouted.
“I should kill someone,” I hissed under my breath.
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“Not before third period,” Taya snapped. “Come on.”
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We slid into our seats in Wolf Pack Politics just before the bell. I could still feel eyes burning into the back of my head. Vaela glared like she was going to manifest a murder charge. Mr. Halden hadn’t looked up from
his tablet.
And then out of nowhere.
it hit me.
A scent.
Not just any scent.
Something insanely intoxicating.
Warm, sharp, heady, like the woods after a thunderstorm. Like… I don’t even know.
My whole body froze.
“What the hell is that?” I whispered, eyes wide.
Taya turned. “What’s what?”
“That smell.”
She sniffed the air. “You mean cafeteria reheat beef stew? Gross, right?”
“No. Not that. It’s…” I trailed off, completely overwhelmed.
Because the scent wasn’t fading.
It was getting stronger.
I twisted in my chair, scanning the hallway, the classroom, everywhere.
No one new had walked in.
No one obvious.
So why did I feel like I was about to combust?
“Elowen?” Taya leaned in, eyes narrowing. “You look like you’re about to either pass out or hump a chair.
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What’s happening?”
I couldn’t answer.
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Because that’s when it happened.
Lyssira, who had been dead silent since the goddess dream, exploded in my head with the force of a hundred moons.
“MATE.”
My breath caught.
“MATE. MATE. MATE. FIND HIM. MINE.”
“Lyssi..what the fuck?!”
My heart slammed against my ribs.
My skin flushed hot and cold.
I could feel her rising…like she wanted to tear through me and run. Right now. Toward that scent.
Toward whoever was giving off that energy.
I clutched the desk like it was the only thing anchoring me to reality.
Taya’s eyes went wide. “Oh my gods.”
I could barely speak. “I…something’s wrong. Something’s wrong.”
“No, bitch,” she whispered, eyes sparkling with panic and excitement. “Something is so fcking right.” I think you just smelled your mate.”
My entire body
trembled.
“No. Nope. Not ready. I just got my hair cursed and a divine dump of trauma. I’m not adding a fated mate to my to–do list.”
Lyssira howled again.
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“MINE.”
And I swear to the moon, I was this close to shifting in the middle of Wolf Pack Politics.
