[P.O.V. Higher King Zyston Woods]
After my son had an outburst towards his twin, his eyes were a color they have never been before. I don't think he realized that his eyes turned that color. Hybrid like myself and my sons cant turn into their hybrid forms. Unless we feel great pain, the feel of darkness, need to protect, or the need to survive. By watching my son, my instincts were telling me its the probably the first two options.
"We need to talk with our pup," Travis says to me.
"Something not right with him. He needs to understand what happened today at the breakfast table. He needs to understand how powerful his hybrid side is, so he's a little more prepared when it does happen to him. Before he unexpectedly experiences it as we did." Stryker put in his say.
"I agree with you guys." Telling them back. Once my Wife and Queen got done talking to the guest, she sat back down and continued to eat.
"Something wrong with him, Zyston. I'm worried about him," Adrianna tells me through our mate bond mind link. "I think you should talk with him."
"I'm already on it, my Queen." Telling her back. She places her hand in mine, looking at her. She smiles that smile that always gets me. Smiling back, I place a kiss on her hand and finish eating breakfast. It will also give Riley time to cool down.
Once breakfast was over, I use Travis's tracking skills to follow our son's scent. He was under the bridge. When I found him, it was too late. He was already in his hybrid form. It looked a lot like mine, but his eyes were a different shade. Looking into his eyes, he had that look like he wasn't there. I know this look. It's the look we get when we have a blackout. The only way he's going to come out of this blackout is if I fight him or he calms down. For him to calm down, that would involve him tearing and destroying something. Going with the only option I have, I have to fight him.
"Dammit, this what I feared. What's worst is he blacked out while it happened," Stryker says.
"There too many citizens here he could end up hurting them without knowing or wanting to," Travis says.
"Then I guess we better stop him then." Telling them back. While he is blacked out in this form, all his humanity is gone and is placed with beast instincts.
Riley looks at me and attacks me before he could even touch me. I dodge it by rolling out of the way. It didn't take him long to turn around and try to charge at me again. This time before he got to me, I transformed into my hybrid form. I grab the arm he tried attacking me with and tossed him against the bridge wall. He gets back up and tries again, only this time he succeeds in getting me this time. His claws got me deep on my right shoulder. He hit me hard enough it knocked me down onto my knees.
"Damn, our kid is strong and fast." Strykers say proudly.
"I think he is twice as strong then we ever were," Travis says, impressed.
"He might be strong, but he is acting irrational, and that is our advantage." Telling them back.
"Yeah, let's teach our kid how the big boys play!"
"We have never been this hard with him. Our mate will kill us if we harm our pup!"
"Well, then I guess she is going to have to kill us because I won't let him harm anyone here!"
Getting back up, I stand my ground. Riley growled and attacked me again, only this time, I beat his ass. I ended up beating him up pretty good, and he got me another two times. Getting sick of his crap, he ran towards me. Getting hold of his throat, I slam him hard into the ground enough to leave a good dent.
"Shift back!!" I yell in my alpha command. He struggled against my hold. I squeeze his throat a little tighter. "Riley Woods! As your KING!, FATHER!, AND ALPHA! I command you to shift back and snap out of your blackout!"
Re-commanding him, he finally started to shift back to his human body. Once he did, I shifted as well. His eyes looked at me, confused. Letting go of his throat, I sit beside him. Damn, I'm getting too old for this fighting shit. I wonder if this is how Vincent felt from the times he fought me when I blacked out?
[P.O.V. Riley Woods]
All I remember is blacking out then my dad was using his alpha command on me. What happened? Why is my body so sore and hurt like hell? Sitting up and looking around, it looks like a huge fight just happened here. Looking at the right of me, my dad sat naked, bloody, and looked tired. Looking down at myself, I to was naked. We must have transformed into one of our beast forms.
"Dad, what happened?" Asking him.
"We fought... You changed into your hybrid form while blacking out." Dad says while sounding a little tired. Did I really change to my hybrid form and blackout? That was the first time for me to blackout and change into that form. Then it just dawned on me. Did I hurt anyone? Before I could ask, my father answered it for me.
"If you're wondering if you hurt anybody? The answer is no. Well, besides your old man here, and that only because I fought you. Wanna tell me what triggered it?" Remembering what happened before I blacked out, my heart ached a little. I really didn't want to talk about it still. "If you don't want to talk, then fine, I'm not going to push you. But that doesn't mean we're done talking."
"What do you mean?" Dad looks really serious right now.
"I don't know what kind of darkness has come to life recently, but you can't let it retake control of you. Hybrid like us is at our strongest when we're in our hybrid forms. We were even stronger when we blackout because our beast instincts kick in, and our beast has full control. It dangerous to blackout not only for us hybrids but for anyone that serves our Goddess."
"How do I not blackout?" Asking him. I don't want this to happen again.
I know how dangerous it can be to blackout. I've seen my dad lose it twice growing up. I have also seen Uncle Shiloh lose it, too, one time. I remember a story Uncle Shiloh told me about how he lost control and his mate was too close when he did. He ended up hurting her badly on accident. He remembers how horrible he felt hurting his mate like that, how he felt like he wanted to die inside for what he did. I don't want to lose control like that.
"The best way not to lose control is to tell someone what's going on with you. When you keep it bottle up eventually, the top will blow off, and everything you feel will be released. Another way is to learn how to control how your feeling by trying to stay calm." I hear whats he's saying. The thing is, I didn't want to open up.
"Like said, you don't have to talk about it, but I'm going to tell you a true story about your mother and me. Maybe it will help with what you're going through before you boys were even born when your mother and I started to see each other. An old ex of hers kidnapped her and did horrible things to her. I won't ever forget that sight its burned into my head..." My father says. I could see his eyes watering. It was a shock for me to see this for my whole life. I have never seen my father cry or even almost cry.
"What are you talking about, Father?" Asking him.
"Everyone in the kingdom thinks your Mother and I have the great, perfect fairytale ending. The truth is we don't, and sure we have a great love and bond with each other. But behind the curtains of it all, it's not perfect. I'm saying your mother was physically, sexually, and emotionally abused, and when I found her after the bastard took her away from me. She was all but dead. I felt like a failure like I couldn't protect my mate..." Watching his facial expression, it was like he was almost reliving that day. His voice sounded raw. It was strange to see him this way.
"The point is after I rescued her, she seemed fine at first, but I think it was because she was in shock and she didn't want to think about what happened to her. Then after a couple of days later, reality hit her and knocked her out of her shock. Every time I would go near her or wanted to comfort her. She would reject me and scream as if she was reliving that awful day. The only way she would calm down was when Katrina and Jolene would comfort her. It continued for months, and it tore me apart. I kept having blackouts because I didn't open up about it. It was harder to stay calm when my beast felt the same as I was. The emotion was overbearing." He finished talking for a minute.
"What got you through it?" Asking him. I didn't know any of this about my mother. She always happy and trying to make other people laugh. She doesn't even seem like the person that has gone through something like this.
"My elder brother Vincent... Whenever I would blackout, he was there fighting against me, trying to bring me back. Even when I wasn't blacked out and I was about to, he was there to make sure I didn't. Most of the time, we didn't even talk about what I felt. There were even times I didn't want him around. But just him being there helped me, and I'm glad he was there." I have never heard my dad talk about Uncle Vincent. In fact, it one subject he doesn't like talking about. "The point is you need to talk to Jared. Your his twin don't break the bond between you just because you want to do this alone. Also, know that I will do the same for you as my brother did for me. The second point of this is don't let whatever going through taking control over you." I didn't know what to say about what he told me besides thanks for him being there for me. We sat here for a few more minutes until Gilo came and gave us some clothes.