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Third Person POV

Everyone watches this battle, this fierce exchanging of blows. They would probably only see this once in their lifetime. No one else would fight like this and they knew this fight would end in death.

Mate vs Mate

Hate vs Love

Ceasing their individual fights, people can only watch in silence. It is a fight between King and Queen. Making noise would be a disrespect. One shouldn't attract the attention of these four predators. No matter how good you are in fighting, the four of them are in a different league.

One couple fights with swords and each one bleeds when the other gets in a hit. The other fights with claws and magic. One as wolf and the other a witch, they find themselves as foes in this battle of life and death.

Who will win in this fight?

And will the other wish to live when the other dies?

Emma

Dodge,

Lunge,

Uppercut.

I was losing and I knew it. It was clear that Alec was more skilled with a blade than I was. It was clear, but I cannot surrender. It is apparent that our fight alonside Sabrina's is catching everyone's attention. My people who escape will be safe.

Tuck and roll

Alec gets another cut in. At this point, I am bleeding pretty heavily. I can't shift because my wolf would surrender to our mate. I cannot win, but I will not lose. 

"Surrender!" grunts out my mate as I dodge another of his blows.

Sending back another hit, I reply, "Never!"

A smile overcomes my face for once. If I die today, it is the death I want. It is the death of a warrior. When I was little, all I wanted was to lead the Smith Organization. Now, I would be satisfied in giving it up to someone capable and just being a fight. It's a bit late for me to have these thoughts. 

Dodge

Hit!

Shit, that hurt like a bitch! I am heavily bleeding. Alec is avoiding the hits he could make to end my life and instead is trying to give me small cuts to make me surrender. One thing he doesn't know is that I am really fucking prideful. There is no way I will surrender. 

Run

I lead our fight a little away from Sabrina's because if I attack Sabrina's mate she will feel a primal need to protect him as I would Alec. No, it is better to have our own fight each. I finally catch a glimpse at Sabrina and she is in pretty rough shape. First off, her healing is slower than ours and her magic will be wearing off.

Lower cut

I need to help her. I smirk as an idea comes inside. Using my semi-pack bonds with the Smith Organization, I drain the power of those safe. I take it inside me and push it to Sabrina who is only a semi-member. She stops still shocked at this new power. Sabrina catches my eyes and nods her thanks. I don't have time to nod back as Alec comes at me from a new angle.

Lunge

Spinning around after my failed lunge, I get rather close to the people watching us. It is kind of funny to see them run away and give us more space. Surprisingly, I see the twins Jack and Jason with Axel, Alec's Beta! With the way they are possessively holding him, I think they found their second chance mate

Duck

Fuck! I feel blood drip down my back as Alec lands another hit. Not to say that Alec wasn't hurt, I got a couple good solid hits and unlike him, I am going in for the kill. That gives me the advantage. He is trying to be careful and get me to submit. A lot of high-ranking werewolves need their mates to submit to them and their wolves will not take disrespect lightly. 

Move

"Stop this madness!" called out the Alpha King of Europe.

Jump

Both groups were closer to each other. I knew that the Alpha King of Europe was talking to me. He already had had this conversation with his own mate and she won't give in. He is also aware that she answers to me. Hell, every supernatural in North America answers to my mate except rogues. It certainly helps that I am a rogue!

Roll

I smirk, "You'll have to kill us!"

Back-to-back

I find my next position with Sabrina. We quickly switch around our spots in order to avoid the other from being attacked by one's mate. What a messy situation! At the same time, my mind is being bombarded by mind-links. One of my people watching must be keeping them informed. No one wants me to die and that warms my heart. It just renforces why I am willing to sacrifice myself for them.

Fake forward

Alec makes eye contact with me and states, "You're dying!"

Cut around his back 

Breathing heavily, I make a sarcastic answer, "Of course, I am! That's the whole point."

Stab

I want him to keep talking because if he talks, he isn't attacking me which is good. That's what everyone wants. I really need to catch my breath. I thought I was in shape, but wow, this is killing me. As I look upon my mate, I see his internal conflict.

Run

He enunciates heavily, "I am killing you."

Dodge

I nod, "Yup."

Alec looks over at the other Alpha King. I can tell by his eyes that they are mind-linking. Technically, we are still circling each other and so is Sabrina, but if they don't attack, we won't either. We both need a break. I can't even use my wolf because the damn bitch would surrender and Sabrina has to fight against her every instinct that is calling her to her mate. It isn't like me, she just found out while I have had weeks to come to terms with the situation.

I can tell what Alec and the European Alpha King are talking about. Apparently, my mate is the only smart one. He is informing him that he would rather die than surrender. It seems that us saying it wasn't enough to convince them. Alec has figured it out. Sabrina and I are giving our mate a choice of their own.

Alec frowns as if he didn't like the answer that the his European counterpart has given him. Not a second later, Sabrina and her mate resume their fight. I put myself in a position of readiness for his next lunge, his next charge, his next blow.

How long will this go on until one of us ends it?

Alec walks towards me and I dodge out of the way, anticipating a blow that never came. I freeze as Alec just stops. I don't get it. What is he doing? This isn't the prideful Alpha King of North America that everyone knows. Who is this? But more importantly what is that look in his eye as he stares at me?

Alec drops his sword unto the floor, "I will not harm my mate anymore."

I frown, what the fuck! This isn't how it is supposed to go! I lunge forward and fake towards him, but there is no reaction. If I wasn't faking my lunge, I would have stabbed him in his heart. He isn't even fighting. It's not a surrender. I could kill him, I could kill my mate and get revenge for Josh, for Chris, for all the people he killed. I walk forward and not even his own people come forward to stop them.

I know that they would, they respect him. This is something that hasn't even been seen before. Sabrina and her mate are still fighting, getting more violent than ever, but that doesn't come into my mind. It is my mate and I in our own world, and not for the best reasons either.

To kill him,

Or to not kill him? 

That is the question.

Every part of me that is wolf yells to save our mate, every other part wants him dead. 

He should pay! 

He is your mate! 

He killed them! 

He is our other half! 

What leader are you if you don't rid the world of your biggest enemy?

No!

Yes!

I clutch my head, why can't they just shut up! They don't, they pause to see my next actions, my next choice that will define my future.

Who am I? A mate killer. Will I be remembered as the woman who took the life of her own mate? I won't outlive him, I won't let myself. But can I actually go through the action of taking my beloved's life?

I can't, but I can. But should I?

At this point, I am in front of my dearest mate, my other half, my Alpha King. I raise my sword and he doesn't flinch. Alec speaks no words to convince me not to kill him. He just stares at me with a look in his eye.

A look of love.

Love is like life-it isn't always fair and it hasn't been fair to me.

I lower my sword and let it rest on his shoulder as if to behead him. What have I done to have his love? We should hate each other, we must! He will always have my heart like my other half should, but I have to consider my own people.

The ones he killed!

I raise my sword one last time,

To take the life of the one who I hold dearest in this world.

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You don't have to read this part, but this is a poem that I found on the internet. It's what I would imagine how Alec feels when he decided he rather die than kill his mate: