Ryder
Luca and I cruised a while through the city. The yellow streetlights lining the roadway brightened and dimmed every time I passed by one. The streets are busy, but eerie at this time of night. Beings who look like humans but could be something else walked the sidewalks. I know they can’t be up to anything good in these back alleyways. I know these fuckers, and they aren’t good. Rapists, drug peddlers and lords, gangs, and thieves. The sight of them has me clenching my fists hard on my hand grips. They have a bad habit of giving me a menacing look as I roll by them. It’s a look that makes me want to have them bite the curb as I kick in the backs of their skulls. I try to control that side of me tonight. I’m not letting anything ruin this night for me. I enjoy every time I get to cut loose and go on a ride, but there is something about tonight in particular. It may be the fact that it has been a while since I was able to leave the mythical lands. Dad’s intense training classes have taken too much of my time, and I desperately needed this. Still, I have a feeling that something life changing could happen tonight.
I pulled behind the club and parked my bike in my usual spot, nodding to the bouncer I know as Lloyd. We have a wordless understanding. He watches my bike while he stands here at the back entrance, and I'll give him a good tip at the end of the night. They had to hire him to deter all the shit that tends to happen when you put too many drunk, sex crazed, assholes in one place. Lloyd handles it though. I have witnessed him kick ass more than once, and he’s capable. I have no reservation about leaving my bike for him to watch. I throw my left leg over the seat of my bike and step off. I take off my helmet and I hear Luca’s bike pulling up.
“Bout damn time.” I throw him a shit eating grin.
He ate my dust every chance I got to feed it to him tonight. He parked, took off his helmet, and threw it at me. I caught it, knowing he didn’t mean for it to actually hurt me.
“You can’t help yourself, can you? You have to show off and strut your stuff, even when no one's watching, don’t you? You can’t stand the thought of pretending to lose to me just to give me a little confidence boost, damn you.” I laugh out loud.
“You know me better than that, Luca. No one ever got better by getting things out of pity. I am your alpha. If I let you win just to help you feel better, then you will never really get better.”
“Your machine is way faster than mine! I haven’t got a chance in hell against you!”
“That’s irrelevant.”
I tease him knowing all too well that his bike could never get close to outrunning my R1.
“Irrelevant my ass! One day, Ryder. One day!” He spits as he goes to pull his leg over the seat of his bike and trips, landing his ass flat on the ground with a thud. “Mother fucker! This ain’t my night.” I bend over laughing so hard that I can’t breathe. “Ha, Ha! I hope that sexy ogre finds you tonight. No! I’m going to tell her you're looking for a good time, and you are waiting to get it from her.” Luca threatened.
My eyes widened. I know he is serious, and he will do it.
“You better not, you fucker! I promise… you will regret it.” Unable to come up with a good threat right off the top of my head. Now I'm a little sick to my stomach. The thought of that woman… thing getting close to me with intentions of taking me to bed makes me want to tuck my tail and run away. I know he is bound to follow through on his threat. “You piece of shit, what do you want?”
“All my drinks are on you tonight.” I grit my teeth and nod.
“Fine!” I say, narrowing my eyes at him.
“And all the girls I want to talk to get whatever they want to drink as well.” He gives me a confident grin, knowing I’ll give in.
“You will eat shit for this, you know that?” I told him.
“Yeah, yeah, I know you love me.” I shake my head at him.
He may not be able to beat me in a race, but he knows how to get creative when he wants to one up me.
While walking toward the rear entrance of the club I got the strange feeling that someone was watching me. Looking to my right I noticed a shadow duck behind a dumpster. Not thinking anything of it I moved to knock on the large metal door. I already feel the bass from the loud music beating in my chest. After knocking, the door swung open, and I walked in. Luka followed behind me. Another bouncer named Mark waited on the inside. We do the man shake where we clap hands and half hug.
“Ryder, where have you been man? You know things go a lot smoother for me when you're here. I don’t have to deal with all these females who want to take me to their beds.” Luca moves in to greet Mark.
“Stop acting like you like it when Ryder takes all the attention away from you, Mark. You're a damn liar trying to preserve your pride. What man wouldn’t want these women falling all over them. It’s a good thing I am his wing man.” Mark laughs at Luca.
“Whatever makes you feel better, Luca. Try not to get crushed by Betty tonight, will ya?”
Mark was referring to the ogre who has her nipples and nose pierced. Luca shifted behind me. His size seemed to shrink in size as if he was trying to disappear.
“She’s not here, is she? Ryder, we need to get the hell out of here!”
Luca’s voice was lower than a whisper as he spoke out of one corner of his mouth and looked another way as if trying to make sure someone didn’t sneak up on us. Mark belted out a laugh as Luca’s reaction.
“No, she’s not here. Security had to hogtie her and pack her out last weekend. She got angry at an elf who told her that she needed to pluck her nose hair.” No doubt Luca’s eyes grew wider because I know mine did. “Yeah, she almost castrated him. If a healer hadn’t been here when it happened, the poor man would have been a bit lighter to say the very least.” Luca sighed in relief and stepped around me.
“Thank fuck!”
Luca was now standing back up to his full height. All I could do was laugh. He should have learned his lesson with the first two stalkers. I shook my head at the two of them. I am ready to party and let loose for a while. I turned back to mark.
“We are going to see what we can get into tonight, Mark. I’ll try not to take all the attention away from you.” I grinned at him.
“If it’s not too much trouble, I’d appreciate Mr. God’s gift to women of all races.”
Ignoring his attempt to rile me up, I stepped further into the club and made my way over to the bar.
Chapter 5: A Little FunRyderA doe eyed beauty greeted me from the other side of the bar.“Ryder, long time no see. What can I get you, a margarita, wine cooler, wine?”Rain knew me better than that. I raised my eyebrow at her, she gave me a flirty smile. Taking out my favorite whiskey and a couple shot glasses she simultaneously looked me up and down. She growled low. I couldn’t help but laugh at her.“I didn’t know elves growled. I gotta say, I find it sexy as hell.”She smiled and licked her lips. Her confidence drew me in like a magnet, easily disarming me from any idea of finding someone new to entertain me tonight. Long brown hair she likes to style with flowers and foliage from her garden. A tiny shapely body. She had medium tan skin. Her cheeks were always slightly blushed, making her look shy and innocent. I know very well there is nothing innocent about this elf. Hell, I even found her pointed ears sexy. The fact that she was wearing a black leather form fitting bodysuit th
Chapter 6: What’s Her Name?RyderIt wasn’t easy keeping away from girls who wanted to grind on me. I decided to stay off the dance floor all together. I picked a seat in the back of the club and ordered a few more shots. I patiently tapped my knuckles on the table as I looked around me. I let my eyes roam briefly over the left side of the room and paused on something that caught my eye. Leaning with her back and one foot propped against a wall with a drink in her hand stood a woman. Never have I felt the need to do a double take, but this female had me doing just that. We locked eyes and held each other's gazes. Neither one of us wanted to look away. I felt captivated by her beauty. My heart rate sped up as I drank in her features, I let my greedy eyes pour over her, Intent on burning every perfect detail of this woman into my mind. Silver blond hair fell in waves over her shoulders. She had tan skin that seemed to glow with golden hues and a sprinkle of freckles across her cheeks an
Chapter 7: HerRyder“I don’t even want to know.” Cam said.I wiped the corners of my eyes and attempted to gain control of myself. It’s time to train, and I take my training seriously. Luca and I went back to stretching while Dad and Cam got everything ready. I’m practicing shifting today. My dad is a full-blooded dragon, my mom is a Lycan. So, what does that make me? A hairy dragon? No… I can shift into either. I’m the very first of my kind. Many think I am an abomination but are too afraid to say it to my face. People are also creeped out because my Lycan doesn't have its own alter ego. It’s just me, I am my Lycan, the same as I am my dragon. I don’t have voices talking in my head, and I like it that way.I ran straight ahead moving in a blur. I pulled my dragon forth feeling the power pulse throughout my body. My arms, legs, fingers, and toes tingle as the shift begins. I continued to run as I stretched my arms out to the sides. I threw my head back as pain radiated from the back
Chapter 8: EavesdroppingDemiI pressed my back flat against the wall as I attempted to keep my presence unknown. I wouldn’t chance eavesdropping on Selene and Typhon unless It was completely necessary, and right now, it’s necessary.“Things are getting serious, Typhon. They want to limit his power and abilities. We can’t let this happen!”I heard shuffling of feet. I can imagine Typhon crossing his arms over his chest and shifting his weight in response to Selene's concerns.“I know, Selene. At this moment, there is nothing we can do. The fate of the boy remains unknown at this time. You and I are tempting fate as it is. Keeping him safe may mean we have no other option but to let them bind his powers.”“Unacceptable!”Typhon groaned at Selene’s response. Her stubbornness is one of her greatest attributes. It’s one reason why I look up to her. She is the only female Goddesses that isn’t afraid to stand up to Zeus, and she does it for her children of the moon. The werewolves and Lycan
Chapter 9: My Name is DemiRyderHere we are back in the city. Why the hell my ass followed Luca here, I will never know. All I know is I told him about my trip to the pack, and he said he needed to pick up some things before we left. “Why are we here, Luca?” I groaned as we passed by another dark alleyway. We always find ourselves here at night. All my senses were on high alert. I don’t want to get caught off guard by anyone, especially here. The thing is, I am getting that feeling of being watched again, and I am getting damn tired of it.“Chill, man.” Luca responded to my question. “I just want to be prepared.”I rolled my eyes at the man child before me. I thought maybe he wanted snacks for the trip. So, I decided to grab a few things for myself. Something for a sick stomach. We don’t like to fly all the way to the pack from the mythical lands. We need to keep a low profile in the human realm. So… car ride it is, and I am dreading it. I haven’t ridden in a car mu
Chapter 10: Don’t LieDemi “So, Ryder, this is your way of getting her in your bed, isn’t it? Don’t lie…” Ryder sighed as his friend tried to whisper while nudging him with his elbow. His friend’s teasing had me grinning. We walked through the veil separating the mortal world from the mythical lands. “I don’t blame you.” He continued to whisper. “She’s fucking hot!” Ryder’s fist flew out landing a strong blow to Luca’s shoulder causing him to land hard on his side. Ryder didn’t even have to look to know exactly where to strike. Ryder kept walking, not caring that his friend was putting on a show as he rolled around on the ground. Luca hopped up, not taking long to catch up to us. “Ryder, damn! I thought you loved me.” Ryder still didn’t turn to look at Luca. “And you…” Luca pinned his gaze on me. “You're a lady, you were supposed to check on me. I could have been bleeding out while you two nonchalantly just walked right on by.” Surprised by how direct Luca was
Chapter 11: Half BloodRyderI can’t believe this. By the way Demi talks, the Gods have turned against me. Limiting my power? How will I protect my pack, my people, and my family? I looked over at Demi, her aqua blue eyes met mine with a look that told me she was worried. I also noticed something else hidden in their depths, was it longing? “I am here to assist you in any battle you may encounter, Ryder. You are not in this alone. I know that if I ask to stay by your side, Selene and Typhon will allow it.” Demi said with certainty.“No,” I said. Demi looked up at me in confusion.“What?” She asked. Her brows pressed together.“You can’t stay. I can’t risk you getting in trouble with the Gods, Demi. This isn’t your fight.” He said without hesitation. I stood and walked over to him.“I want to help you, Ryder. I have been watching you for a long time, and I know that you are a good man. You deserve none of this.” I grabbed my head with both hands as I felt the worst headache of my lif
Chapter 12: New TricksRyderThe son of Poseidon. Does he mean the God Poseidon? “Are you saying you are the half-blood son of the God who talks to fish?”Yes, I had to put it that way. I think it’s safe to say, the Gods don’t seem to favor me at the moment. Why should I show them any respect?“Well, yeah. But he can also do other things. So can I. Watch this...”Thomas lifted his hand, palm up, then moved his fingers. I didn’t notice the large bucket size blob of water hovering over my head until I found myself looking straight up. Just when I thought he was going to let it pour over my head, the blob started to lower. I stepped to the side, not sure what he was trying to do, but the blob followed. I gave Thomas a confusing look when the blob encapsulated my entire head. I struggled to breath and moved to step away from its path with no success. Just as I thought I was going to drown, he let the water spill over my shoulders and down my back.“What the fuck are you trying