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Chapter 14

Kayla's POV

It's been a few days since the last collection. My lycan keeps talking to me, and we have been getting stronger. My mother sees it and even tells me how proud she is of me when I'm training even longer these days. I don’t want to be in pain when it's my time to shift. I'm already scared, but I just don’t want to tell anyone. I knew I had to be strong for this, and if my mate decides to reject me, I will be ready for it. I’m not getting my hopes up on finding a mate. I was outside enjoying the morning songs of the birds. They love to chirp so early in the morning. I even see the owls flying to their nests, and the hawks were landing on the trees to eat what they caught in their long sharp claws. The recruits were coming out to join me in the training today. My grandmother wanted me to do the training since she was still mad at grandpa. I don’t blame her; I wouldn’t put up with that crap either.

“Alright, guys, I want to see ninety laps. I want to see sweat pouring from you. I’m going to do this too, so let's do this. I want to see those feet running. Come on now.” I got in line running with the group. I knew they were tired after the eighth lap, but I didn’t care. I knew my grandmother wouldn't be easy on them. Why should I? When the laps were done, we did sit-ups, push-ups, leg lifts, squats, and whatever else I could think of.

“Alright, guys, I want you to pick a team mate and get on the mats. When I say go, I want you to start sparring.” They nodded, picking their teammates. They stood on their mats. “Alright, are you ready? Get in your fighting stance, now go.” Everyone started fighting each other. I saw a few that were doing something they shouldn’t, so I stopped them.

Red: “What the hell are you doing? Did I tell you to shift and attack? No, I didn’t. Put those claws back in and fight in human form.” Smirking at me, he stood in front of me, challenging me. I played dumb, seeing what he was going to say and do. No one knew I had my lycan just yet. I wasn’t supposed to say anything so I haven’t, but he really pissed me off when he said next.

“What's wrong, boss? Are you jealous that I can shift and you still can’t? I'm surprised you're not kicked out of here. We don’t like weaklings in this pack.” I was thinking, who doesn’t like weaklings? We train them to be strong. Where did he come up with this bull crap?

“Red, where did you come up with that bull crap? We never said that. We train everyone to be strong so they can help protect the pack. So are you sticking your foot in your ass already?”

“No, I just thought since your grandmother is taking a break from training us, she wanted a weakling to train us. You could barely keep up with us, human.” I wanted to laugh because he was the one that almost fell on the ground, but I wasn’t going to point that out to him.

“Red, just get your butt back on the mat and fight in human form until I tell you otherwise. If you do not listen, I'll kick you out, and you will have to wait another three months to do the training again.” I knew what he was going to do before he even knew. I have seen this every time in other packs. He nodded his head at me, turned to walk toward the pack, but instead, he swung his arm to backhand me. I ducked out of the way; his arm got the top of my head almost making me fall, but I held my ground. Swinging my leg, I made him fall on his butt.

“Everyone, what did you see? What did he do wrong? What did he leave unguarded?”

‘When he swung, he left his legs unguarded. He forgot to take a few steps back before he swung to hit you,” Carrie had said."

“Oh and his biggest mistake was to try and hit you," she said. I chuckled at her.

“You are correct. Are you done?” I helped him up, but he pulled me down on the ground. He got on top of me pulling back; he was going to punch me right in the face. I embarrassed him, so he wanted revenge. Right when his fist should have connected, I moved. We all heard a loud crunch when his hand got broken as it hit the ground, and we heard him scream out in pain. I took the chance to kick him right in the back of the head. He fell off me. I did a slide kick, kicking him in the head. He fell down again. He got up, pissed off; his hand was healed, and his sharp claws came out.

“I’ll kill you, human!” He didn’t get far when someone grabbed his arm and broke it - it was my uncle Spike. His eyes were an oxy blue; oh shit, his wolf was forward. I had never seen his wolf eyes. I heard him speak.

“PUT YOUR FU*KING CLAWS BACK IN, OR I WILL BREAK MORE THAN YOUR MOTHERFU*KING ARM. IF YOU EVER TRY TO CHALLENGE HER AGAIN, I WILL FU*KING KILL YOU!” I knew Spike was pissed. I hurried over to him, linking his mate to tell her to hurry over here. She was there in a few minutes, trying to soothe Spike's wolf.

“Shh, she's okay, she's okay, Drago. She's not hurt, see, she's not hurt. It's okay, it's okay.” He was calming down. Her hand went to his face, making him look at her.

“Drago, please let Spike back out. Kayla is okay, I promise she is,” he looked over at me, whimpering. I walked over to him.

“I’m okay, Drago, I promise. Please let Uncle Spike back out.” He nodded as he went back inside. Spike had a worried look on his face. Drago never comes out unless someone was trying to hurt me. He was very protective of me because I was Grandpa's granddaughter; he loved me like I was his grandchild.

“I'm sorry, Kayla. But when I saw what was going on, Drago came out and wanted to kill that bastard,” Red whimpered, then slowly backed away, bowing his head toward us.

“I am truly sorry. Please forgive me, Spike. Sometimes, my wolf comes out; he likes to challenge people he thinks are weak. He doesn’t like it.”

‘Red, I am far from weak. I think I had proven that. And tell your wolf next time he wants to challenge me, I will kill you and him, and that's a promise,” he nodded, bowing his head once more. He got back on his mat.

“Alright guys, training is over for today. We had enough thrill for today. Go and shower and relax. I want every one of you to be out here in the morning. I want an answer: Why do you want to become a warrior? Now get going.” I turned back to Spike, making sure he was okay. Vegas was holding him close. I liked her. In the past few weeks, we had gotten close. She had told me all about how she got in that cage and how she fought for her life every day. She's a tough cookie to be able to handle Spike. Something in the corner of my eye caught my attention in the woods. What is that? It didn’t smell rogue at all, but we were all on our guard. Out came a man dressed in all black. His hands were up as if he meant no harm. I wasn't taking any chances. I was ready to attack at a minute's notice if he tried anything. I was ready to rip that man's head right off his shoulders. No one will just walk in here and try our family like this. He came forward with his hands still in the air, holding something in his left hand like he was hanging on for dear life. When he stood in front of us, he spoke, “I was asked to come here and give the leader this letter. Please give this to him. It's only for his eyes to see. And young lady, you're one badass lycan wolf.” Huh? What did he just say? How did he know? He left as quickly as he came. I looked at the envelope in my hand.

‘Well, Uncle Spike, let's go give this to Dad. It must be important if he came here risking his life just to hand this to us.’

Red POV

I was sent here to test this girl. The rogue boss wanted me to join this pack and then become a warrior so I could let him know every move they make. This was not a good idea; this girl was crazy. I thought she was weak, but she wasn't. She is stronger than any human could ever be. Now I'm stuck here, not knowing what he wants me to do. It was supposed to be for the Lycan King; he wants his crown. So when he received the call from his little spy from the kingdom, he sent me to join the pack and then become a warrior so I could use their own moves on their own people. This was a bad idea. It makes me wonder if I could get out of this situation and just run to another country.

"Listen, Red, you know they will find us. Just do what they tell us to do, and when it comes down to it, we will think about what we actually need to do. We need to stay alive. And what were you thinking challenging that girl? You blamed me for it. Are you crazy?"

"I had to think of something. Besides, I was the one who got my arm broken. Luckily, we healed quickly. I'll stay, but I'm not going to use their own moves on them. We'll have to think of something when it comes down to it. Until then, let's stay out of trouble. I don't want to end up dead because of my stupidity. I'd rather stay alive. Let's just hope the spy gets what she wants so she will leave us alone."