The Evolution Chronicles

Mian followed after Daniel as the two boys hurried through the Patriarch's mansion. A servant had only just informed Daniel that the Patriarch had woken up from his slumber a few minutes ago, and that the signs of the illness were not present. Upon hearing that, Daniel had been in so much of a rush to see his father that he had nearly left Mian behind.

"Hurry up!" Daniel called back without turning around as he hurried up the stairs and through the corridor that led to Han's room. Mian only sighed and shook his head before hurrying up. He could not blame the boy. His father had been under the control of some strange drug for several years, preventing him from truly being himself around anyone.

"Dad!" Daniel burst through the room door and froze in his tracks when he felt multiple pairs of eyes on him.

"Please, wait outside, son. I have to take care of this." Han smiled just as Mian came to a stop behind Daniel. His eyes widened when they saw who was inside the room. A trio of humans stood before Han's bed with stern expressions over their faces. But that was not enough to cause the waves that were set off within Mian. No, what caused those waves was the familiar face of the human who had captured Mian some time ago.

"Well well well, look what the cat dragged in," Adam Henshaw drawled as he crossed the space between Mian and himself. He stopped just before Daniel before glaring at the dominant. "Move." His voice was authoritative and his eyes threatened to bore holes into the dominant.

"No." Daniel didn't back down from the threatening man. He squared up his shoulders and stared Adam in the eyes. His action drew a surprised look from the three humans in the room. They were used to getting what they wanted from the pack with no problems in the past.

"What nonsense is thi-!" Before Adam could complete his sentence, a solid fist connected with his nose and flung him to the ground. Wide eyed, Adam's escorts quickly drew their swords to defend their master, but two large hands appeared on the sides of their heads and slammed them together, immediately knocking them out.

By the time Adam regained his wits, he found Daniel stepping on his chest firmly to keep him from standing up.

"What is this? What is going on?!" He exclaimed, looking from the bodies of his unconscious guards, to the faces of the two demi-humans and one Beastkin surrounding him.

"You slimy bastard!" Han exclaimed and jabbed a clawed finger at Adam. The human paled when the claw stopped just a few inches away from his face. He dreaded finding out what it felt like to have a dominant's toxins running through his veins. He had used it as a torture method before, but having it used against him was something he would rather not experience.

"How is this happening?" Adam still demanded an explanation.

"Let me guess, you must be the one behind the drug in the waterfall?" Daniel scowled and pressed down harder on his chest, causing the man to cough and wheeze. Adam's eyes went as wide as saucers when the drug and its location was mentioned, and Daniel immediately pounced on that opening.

"Oho! So you do know about the drug? I guess we've found out culprit, Mian." The young dominant turned to Mian and grinned widely, showing off his sharp canines that glistened in the light that shone in the room through the windows in the room.

"Drug?" Han spoke up from where he stood beside his son.

"Yeah, some idiot," Daniel put more pressure on Adam's chest, "Planted some weird drug in the waterfall and let it pollute the water and affect the entire pack. I'm not sure what the drug does, but Mian here does." He jutted his head in Mian's direction.

Upon hearing that, Han put on his most intimidating face and turned to face Adam. The sight of the powerful dominant looking down on him made fear run through the entirety of Adam's being, but he managed to hold himself together. He was a noble, and no random mistake of a Patriarch would make him cower.

Adam opened his mouth to insult the demi-humans, but a sudden snap rang out through the room, and Adam's head swung back. His eyes glazed over and his head hung back. The punch had knocked him out.

Two of the people still conscious in the room turned to face Mian with incredulous looks.

"What was that?" Daniel asked. For the couple of weeks that he had known Mian, he had never seen Mian being violent. In his opinion, Mian was a harmless little kitten who couldn't hurt a fly. Yet, he would have to reevaluate Mian after seeing him knocking out a human with a single punch.

"I'm just repaying him for his terrible hospitality. He kept me in a cell for over a week and used me as part of his entertainment in his 'Demi-human Games'." Mian explained as he cracked his knuckles. The punch had hurt, but he was happy that he was able to trounce the cocky human.

"Demi-human games?! These bastards have some guts." Han exclaimed at the side. He was livid when Mian explained what the Henshaw Dynasty had put hundreds of demi-humans through. Not to mention those that had even died in the middle of their 'games'.

"Tie him up. We will squeeze out every bit of information we can from him by the time he wakes up.." Han declared.