The Dormant Queen of the Hybrid

Book 1,Chapter 3 Dook

The office television was just playing a documentary about something, but was cut off by a news flash. There was an update on a multiple murder case, that is happening since a few years and months ago. Yep. Just a regular day of July 2021 for everyone. Well almost everyone, because Dook Sordlak is a black hole of questions and fury. He needed people to answer his inquisition and no one has the balls to face him. His voice is of a whispering but growling tiger. His ash gray eyes as gorgeous as it is, can pierce a hole with one look. His thin lips, snarling. The wind was flirting with his deep ash blond wavy hair, he is now scratching his head out of frustration. He blew air to separate his bangs so he can see the CCTV video much clearer. Yep still the same f*cking face.

“How come I missed this important bit? Where is the security logs of December 2007?” He is now looking at window, but everyone felt the gravity of his tone, as if he's staring at them to death. Calm down. Or it’ll be dangerous. He let his lungs gather more air and went back to his overthinking as he exhale. F*ck, they won't know a thing. No one suspects an Alpha. It seems that father had hidden this gem before. This is a needed evidence. Dook dialed something on his phone.

“Ms. Park, it's me.”

“Sir Dook? G-good morning.” The secretary sounded like she's chewing something.

“Any news about Edward?”

“I’m sorry Sir, but I still have nothing—”

“I get it. Please call me later if you have something.”

“Yes sir! Uhm, you might want to check Mrs. Madrigal—”

“Yes. I'm about to go there now.” Dook hang up the phone.

“Get my car.” The guys behind him jerked forward in panic and scrambled going outside the office doing what they were told.

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Dook is trying to control his temper while driving his 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The car perfectly matched his neat chinos , dark-colored jeans with a white shirt, a blazer, and a pair of leather shoes. Behind him is a van full of his underlings. A bunch of loyal werewolves and some waretigers. They are a clan of the Sordlak family. They might look like a gang of hoodlums but all of them are honest good working people. It was the year 2014 when Edward and Dook started their business partnership. Edward's clan is a supplier of construction materials, they thrive on that. While at that time, the young age of 21 years, Dook was already the boss and alpha leader of the Sordlak clan. A construction company that builds high-rise buildings. Merging the two business formed the E.D. Construction and Supply and further improved their businesses and their network for clients. However Mr. Edward went missing three months ago and since then, Dook was doing all the work as a Stand-in CEO. That's not the main reason of his anger though.

After coming home from a business trip, Dook was doing his menial house cleaning, taking his day off. Yep. He is still living in his deceased parent's house, when he suddenly come across an old secret stash of his dad in the basement. An old box and inside of it, an old CCTV or video of his father's office. In the video he saw Mr. Edward stealing from his father. It was an important item that belonged to the Sordlak clan for generations. This has been an awful revelation for the young alpha. That missing artifact had caused that horrible event.

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“You brought your guys to intimidate me?” Tia greeted Dook.

“Where’s Edward?” nose flaring, Dook is about to lose his sh*t.

“You tell me,” Tia retorted.

“He stole something from my clan. Remember December 2007? He caused it.”

“He did not kill your parents.” Tia continued to fix something inside her bag. It seems that she too has just arrived home when Dook caught her in the Sala.

“I know who did. But that's not the point. That artifact was curing my parents.”

“I don’t think they were sick. Oh! You mean sick in the head?” Dook was about to unleash everything on the old lady, when she pointed a gun from her purse at him.

“Where’s Edward?” This time Tia is now asking the question.

“Calm down. You don’t want me to lose my temper. You know that. Do you really think that I would have something to do with his disappearance? I don’t have a reason to harm him. Well until now.” Dook is not flinching in front of a gun threat.

“I can think of a lot of reason why a business partner will harm my Edward. Like owning the whole business? What else? Becoming the alpha of both clans?!”

Dook simper, to respond to Tia’s accusation. “Do you even know what are you talking about? I’ve been saving the ass of Edward since day one. The merger of the two company was so I can save his. He was bankrupted.”

“No—”

“Yes Mrs. Madrigal. Gods! this is a waste of time. Just call me if you hear som—”

“Where’s Edward!” Tia is holding the gun with both hands now. It seems that she's in denial of their family's circumstances.

“Calm down woman!”

“No!” Tia fired the gun. The bullet went straight to the wall inches away from Dook's face.

“What the f*ck!” The woman is insane. Dook caught Tia by surprise, they're now wrestling to get the gun. Tia is weak but Dook is trying not to hurt her despite how angry he is. The Alpha Tiger’s eyes are starting to change into its animal form but he is mustering his strength to control it. The werewolves behind Dook rushed towards them to help their boss when suddenly a group of guards came rushing out from the kitchen door. A rumble begun, everyone started punching anyone. It only took a few minutes, until Dook got the gun and fired a bullet at the ceiling which stopped everyone from doing the idiotic things that they are doing. Except for a young lady with long black hair and blue eyes that just came out from the kitchen rushing and kicking Dook in the groin, mistakenly trying to save the day.

“What the f*ck!” And then Dook lost consciousness.

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Dook woke up after a few minutes to find out that one of his goons is holding a bag of ice on his groin, smiling. He shooed him with a snarl. He tried to find the horrible being that massacred his mini-Dook and found her having a serious talk with Mrs Madrigal. He chose to listen and gave his groin time to heal. It seems that the young woman is a new hire in his construction firm. 20 years old and a CAD operator or the one who draws the plan of the building with the instruction of his architects. And It also seems that the woman infiltrated the Madrigal's house before she even went to work. It is her first day to work under the firm and she already started a bad reputation by kicking her boss' junk. Dook made a mental note to fire her later. The alpha waretiger is now able to stand and tried to go near the crowd and demand their attention since he's still so angry about everything.

Each step Dook gets closer to Mrs. Madrigal and that awful lady, he would see the ocean blue eyes much clearer. Rare indeed. The goons seemed captivated by that unique set of marbles. “She seems approachable,” one of pack says. Dook is very sure that she's a snake in a sheep’s clothing though. If that's even a thing. Her slender body hinted by her black small shirt and a jean that clings to her—Well her ass, and a baseball cap on top of her head hiding that silky long black hair and natural red lips, shouts boyish. Obviously a brute. How else would she have the guts to kick an alpha on the groin? The lady flipped her hair and everyone near her smelled her shampoo. It made the goons clear their throat. Mrs. Tia and that she devil never stopped talking though.

“A-Asterids.” Tia’s dark eyes, is of a deer facing a headlight. Shaken that in front of her is the ghost of her step-daughter. Her corn colored pixy hair is mess from the previous event. Dook took note of the she devil's name. It seems that this is that Asterids, the missing daughter of the Madrigals. He watched her ponder on something. She seems trying to organize her thought before responding to the old lady.

“Yes. Care to test my DNA again?” she said sarcastically. Dook heard her explanation on how within the past year after healing in the orphanage, Asterids was able to gather news and found out about how St. Luke’s hospital made a huge mistake. It seemed that she was Edward's biological daughter after all.

“B-but.”

“That hospital have no good reputation. So here we are stepmother,” her voice went soft, as if whispering.

“This is a mistake. We shouldn’t have met this way. I was just trying to see the house and then I heard a gunshot. I need to go.” The devil-snake-lady rushed out of the house.

“Wait!” Dook interjected. His voice is of an uncontrollable growl. What the f*ck is going on today? The whole week has been wearing his patience down, and this deep fury kept trying to creep out of him. He tried to calm himself down remembering his mantras and breathing exercises. The outburst can be dangerous. It did not work. He’s definitely passed the boiling point with all this stupidity. He’s been trying to be a good, understanding boss and alpha clan leader. And all the troubles of the company and the clan hasn’t given him time to process his personal demons. Seeing the video and the event a few minutes ago, and definitely not the groin kicking, is the last straw. He had enough, so he let go a little. It’s been a while, but he’ll be unleashing his animal self. The whole house shook with a wave of his aura being released as if a small bomb has bin lit then exploded. He needed to chase the girl, since he's not yet done with her. Having his waretiger body will improve his physical ability greatly, like his speed. Or maybe he’ll just use the car? Nah. He plans to bite her head off— He immediately removed that thought. He let go of the mental lock that binds his inner tiger and let him transcend from his subconscious, taking over his body. It will be a partial transformation though. He won’t let himself do a full animal form. Ever.

With a deep breath the changes in his body happened immediately. For a regular shifter, the changes takes a min or few. This involves a painful bone crushing and muscle spasm for some. He's an Alpha though. Suddenly his feet and hands changed to claws. His chest, shoulder and biceps expanded, tearing his shirt off. His gray eyes, to dark cat slit crystal silver pupils. His skin, covered in white furs with parallel black stripes, evenly spaced and perpendicular to the spine. His tin lips, a snout with large fangs. Ears, pointed. His back and neck furs is a bit longer and wooly making it look like he's wearing a king's fur cape, while standing on two legs as the bipedal version of his tiger self. He then immediately rushed outside to chase Asterids, his new f*cking employee.

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