"Both. Neither." Riley replied softly, if Tao hadn't been out of his line of vision, he would have avoided the vampire's eyes. "We're shifters." He growled, "We're not supposed to treat each other like animals." His chest heaved. He was healing, but very slowly due to the extent and severity of the wounds Tao had inflicted on him. "It was personal." He added, "In the moments before, the day I announced my challenge - but at the time?" He opened his eyes, they were dark blue and human, his pupils tiny, the whites bloodshot. "Blood lust. Best kind there is. Don't have to think, don't have to breathe, just have to kill." He had heard the rustle of fabric hitting the floor, and that caused a twitch deep down in his lower stomach. Even if he was completely human at the moment, he still had the keen senses of all of his animal forms, even if he couldn't always tell the difference between red and green. He let out a growl, "I survived tribute and I'll survive you-" He said resentfully, "And I'll survive being alpha- until one of my sons tears out my throat, and I'll die happy."
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