Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride

The first light was not natural.

It hummed to life with a sterile flick—white and soft, yet pitiless in its exposure. A cold breath of air crept into the chamber from hidden vents, dissolving the warmth that had clung to skin, sweat, and silk.

The bodies on the bed groaned faintly, limbs twitching, tails shifting.

Selene murmured, one silver eye opening, only to squint against the light and roll back into the crook of a warm thigh. Risa's legs kicked once, a sleepy tail smacking the sheet. Amphitrite winced when her muscles clenched.

Nikita groaned and tried to roll away—but the soreness in her hips betrayed her.

None of them rose.

The scent still lingered. Rich and heavy, soaked into every fabric, every breath. Salt and silk, blood and perfume, the unmistakable tang of sex, layered and ripe. It clung to the walls like a memory that refused to fade.

Then came the sound of heels—soft, even, controlled.

Three women entered.

All in pale robes. Clean white cloth that hung without ornament or symbolism, cinched only with silver cords. Faces without emotions, focused on their jobs with neat, tied hair.

They moved without greeting. No bows. No eyes for Nikolai.

The first produced a folded cloth and stepped toward the bed.

"Commence examination," she said simply.

Nikolai didn't move. He sat upright against the low headboard of the spare bed, half-dressed, silent. Lunaria remained tucked at his side, watching with wide, quiet eyes.

She flinched when the first girl stirred—when Selene was touched, when her body was lifted and turned by the doctor's clinical hands.

They moved each girl to a special room, examined and cleaned them. There was no gentleness. But there was no cruelty, either.

Just procedure.

They swabbed tongues. Checked pupils. Bent limbs. Pressed fingers into the inner thighs and hips to observe muscular resilience. When Risa hissed in response, the doctor did not comment—just marked a long vertical stroke on her wax tablet.

It was of utmost importance to test each girl's health and safety because of the first recorded instance of multiple Lunas appearing.

Especially the two black threads. Lunaria and Amphitrite... The checkup also helps to check for pregnancy, a testament to the Werewolves' medical skill.

Nikita was cleaned with slow, careful wipes. Her thighs were parted and inspected. Her cervix was examined by a slender, unadorned tool. Another checkmark was made.

One by one, the women were lifted from the altar of the bed and lowered onto fresh sheets on the cool tile floor, their heads cradled in soft cloth, their legs drawn in loose, eyes still closed.

Until only Lunaria remained.

She sat up straighter without realising.

The doctors paused. The leader turned her gaze to Nikolai, who gave no order, just a short, subtle nod.

Two women approached.

"Lunaria," one said, not unkindly, but with detachment. "Lie down."

She hesitated.

"I'm not… like the others."

"No," the head doctor murmured. "You're not."

Lunaria obeyed anyway.

Her back met the bed, now cold. She shivered.

The doctors touched her only lightly at first. Skin temperature, pulse, and aura resonance. Then deeper. Gills. Inner ears. Reflexes. They guided her legs apart, not forcefully, but with precision, to examine the space between her thighs.

One doctor's brow furrowed.

"She's intact," she said.

"No bruising," added another. "No penetration trauma. No micro-tears. No injection sites."

The lead medic tilted her head. "But elevated vascular dilation. Scent markers are off. Breath pattern consistent with overstimulation."

Lunaria closed her eyes, lips parting, the heat of shame rushing back to her cheeks.

"She made herself cum," one of them said, dispassionately.

"She did more than that," the head doctor replied, fingers still pressed lightly to Lunaria's inner wrist. "Look here."

She lifted a small crystal—no larger than a coin—and held it near Lunaria's chest.

The crystal shimmered faintly. Then pulsed.

Faint silver. Then, faint blue. Then back again.

The colour fluxed, too subtle for most, but unmistakable to the trained eye.

"Imprinting signature," the head doctor whispered.

"She wasn't touched."

"Not physically. But the aura resonance is identical to the Clan Head."

She looked at Nikolai now for the first time.

He didn't blink.

"She's bonded," the woman concluded, turning back to her assistants. Despite the lack of consummation. Anomalous imprinting."

Lunaria sat up, slowly, knees drawn together. She looked at the doctor, then past her, to him.

Nikolai's face hadn't changed. He said nothing. But the corner of his mouth moved—just slightly.

A twitch. A smirk. A warning.

The head doctor bowed her head—not to him, but in acknowledgement. Though they were all female doctors and highly trained, Nikolai didn't like how they made Lunaria feel insecure and embarrassed.

But because he knew they were doing this for Lunaria's safety, a huge amount of auras filled the room during the orgy, causing affects invisible to the naked eye, hence why his aura flooded her body, despite them only cuddling.

The women gathered their tools. No ceremony. No closing rites. The white-robed medics turned, heels tapping in unison as they vanished back through the sliding panel.

The scent was still in the air, but now it was tempered—muted by mint, vinegar, and ice.

The door shut.

Lunaria curled her knees tighter. Her voice was barely audible.

"Why do werewolves call it something so embarrassing... I mean… bonded?"

Nikolai stood up and brushed her silky hair. "Get some rest, I'll be back later."

"Ah, you're going?" She asked, watching his back fade. He simply looked toward the far end of the room—toward the high door. Beyond it, the stairwell that led to the council chamber awaited.

And all the predators were sitting within.

——

The double doors to the high chamber opened without a sound.

The room beyond breathed authority. Stone walls climbed to a domed ceiling of glass-veined crystal. The morning sun had not yet risen high, but light filtered down through the facets, casting pale beams across the black and gold floor.

Twelve seats.

Set in a half-moon arc, each carved from dark oak, etched with the sigils of their bloodlines. From smallest to greatest, they formed a rising tide toward the centre, where a single, elevated throne stood like the blade of a crown.

Nikolai walked in silence.

His feet tapped the ground with each step as the room echoed, his messy silver hair shuffling as the Volkov crest fluttered on the flag above the window proudly.

The eleven others were already there.

Some upright. Some leaned lazily into their chairs. Some sat still as stone.

Eyes followed him, but none spoke.

Until he passed Ivan Volkov, his father.

The silver-haired elder sat with his legs crossed, a single gloved hand resting on a carved cane—not out of need, but habit. His silver eyes met Nikolai's as the younger man ascended the three quick steps to his throne.

No nod. No expression.

Just the cold regard of a man who had built empires from silence.

Nikolai didn't look away.

He sat.

And only then did the council shift.

Dimitri Fenrir cracked his knuckles with a low growl, half-hidden behind the collar of his heavy wolf-fur cloak. Next to him, Nagisa Okami tilted her head, black hair falling over one shoulder. Her golden-violet eyes shone faintly in the crystal light.

"Punctual," Nagisa said softly. "Or were you watching us first?"

Mikhail Zorya snorted from the far end. He lounged sideways in his seat, boots propped casually on the lower rung of Kazan Orlov's chair, who pushed them off with a flick of his wrist.

"Let the man fuck in peace, Nagisa," Mikhail said. "He's earned it."

"I didn't say he hadn't," she murmured.

Irina Zharkov rolled her pale blue eyes and crossed her arms, porcelain-pale fingers tapping her elbow. "If you're all finished with the jokes, we do have a review to conduct."

"Start it, then," Nikolai said. His voice cut across the room—low, sharp, impossible to ignore.

Not a suggestion. A directive.

A pause followed—respectful, wary.

Then, Lev Markov shifted in his seat, his voice like a blade scraping stone. "The medics submitted their reports an hour ago."

"Anything unusual?" Nikolai asked.

"Everything is as expected," said Seraphina Volkova, her voice as smooth as moonlight on water. "The girls have recovered quickly. No lasting trauma. Elevated aura levels across the board. They've bonded… to varying degrees."

"Except for one," added Tatiana Karpov, tapping a finger against the neck of a small white snake coiled around her wrist.

Nikolai turned his head slowly.

"She's technically untouched," said Alaric Drago, his bronze skin glinting in the crystal light. "But her resonance signature… isn't clean. She's been marked."

A silence followed.

Ivan Volkov spoke at last.

"Explain."

Nagisa's eyes shimmered faintly. "The black thread," she said. "Lunaria."

"She wasn't taken," said Irina. "Not physically."

"She was watched," Dimitri growled. "And touched. Emotionally. It was enough."

"Enough for what?" asked Vasili Morozov, leaning forward, his brown eyes flickering as he studied nothing and everything.

"To imprint," Nagisa said.

She looked at Nikolai now. Directly.

"Your aura left its shape on her."

Nikolai didn't blink.

"So?"

Nagisa winked back at him and gave him a double thumbs-up. "Good Job!" Then she continued with a more serious tone. "So… it's rare. Bonding without penetration. It's usually a sign of emotional linkage. Unconsummated resonance. That's unstable."

"Or dangerous," Irina added, coldly.

"Or both," Mikhail shrugged.

Silence fell again.

Then Ivan spoke, low and measured.

"You chose not to take her."

"I did."

"You allowed her to mark you. And vice versa."

"I didn't allow it," Nikolai said. "It happened."

"Things that 'just happen' often define the fate of clans," Ivan replied.

A beat passed.

"I'm aware."

Nikolai's father nodded. "Take care of her then." His father acted seriously, making sure that his son wouldn't just abandon her.

"She's mine," he said.

Not a claim.

A decision.

The room stilled.

Mikhail raised an eyebrow, amused. Tatiana glanced down at her snake, whose tongue flicked once.

Ivan looked at his son. Measured. Cold.

Then nodded once.

"Then treat her will," he said.

And the room exhaled. "Now, about the previous patriarch and those who went missing."