Chapter 31

" Alright, we'll do something a little different from today onwards, everyone follow me outside " we follow after her in a single file, some helping others walk along the corridor.

We get to the edge of the woods and she hands each of us a blindfold " our training will be out here from today onwards, you've all been into these woods, all of you should by now, know it like the back of your hand, you all know there is a creek in these woods and I want all of you to walk to that creek without taking your blindfold off, you will rely on your sense of smell, hearing and touch, if you get past this hurdle today, tomorrow we move onto something more, all you will have to guide you is the sound of my footsteps and if you're sensitive enough, the sound of my breathing and heartbeat or perhaps even my scent, bare in mind I have no intention of walking there slowly, may the odds be in your favour kids "

' Okay Finn, we got this ' ' of course we do human ' Finn heightens his sense of hearing and smell and inhale deep, I know what Red smells like as I've spent time with her and even stayed in her home but with other scents mixed in, I need a refresher. I inhale deep and hone in on her scent above all the others and try to concentrate to see if I can hear her breathing or heartbeat.

" Alright, let's go! " her steps are light, very very light, almost non existent, I follow them, even though they are as faint as they can be and keep my focus on her scent, ahh a tree branch grazed me, must keep her scent, focus Beau, * crack * THUD! I take it that someone next to me fell ' focus human, we're losing her trail' ' right sorry ' I extend my hands and feel my way through, I think back to the numerous times I've been through these woods and took this exact path, its amazing that you could walk the same route everyday but not be able to retain a single thing on it.

Okay, I entered the woods about Four clicks of the side window of the training arena, what's there, what's there again. Ahh! about Forty paces in there's a log, well fallen tree that we sometimes sit on which I guess is what that person tripped over, okay okay after that there's trees we go around to the right because they're thick on the left and hard to manoeuvre, I divert to the right and keep going, soon I should come up on the fire pit where we have parties and bon fires, after a few minutes I pick up the faint smell of wood burning, now the question is am I facing directly at the fire, or am I to the side of it and if I am, which side am I on.

I make side steps and inhale to see where the smell is strongest and once I figure it out, I continue on my way. Oww! okay now I know where the thorns are, I move to my far left and open my ears because not too far from here would be the creek, I need to listen for the sound of flowing water.

' I hear it ' ' so do I buddy ' I follow the sound of the running water completely forgetting there's rocks in the area, I trip and end up falling into the creek which earns a roar of laughter from Red.

At least she's civil enough to help me up, she removes my blindfold still laughing " good job rookie, you made it first " " thank you drill master " " take a seat, you did good, let's see how long it takes the others to figure out their way" I sit on one of the big rocks and we wait in silence because talking would give our location away to the others.

I wake up once again in my room, away from Noah, I don't know what is the reason why he never let's me sleep next to him, does he have insomnia or some sort of manic episodes in his sleep that he doesn't want me to know about, I've tried sneaking into his room more than once and it's always locked or he's not yet asleep and would take me back to bed after fking my brains out.

I must admit he's damn good at it too but no matter how much time I spend with him I do still yearn for Tyler, he's the only thing that can really make me feel like I'm complete, well him and the crown, I most certainly was born to be Queen, it's the way I've been raised all my life so why must I give up on my dream just because we're not fated? never! I'm simply biding my time here with Noah, I'm certain Tyler is no saint either so why should I save myself for him.

Noah, I must admit is very yum, in terms of looks, body and below the belt, mmm just thinking about it grinds my gear ‘ why don’t we just let him mark us, rather than you having us wasting away over a man that does not want us’ ‘shush now Carmen, that man will be mine, whether he likes it or not’ ‘ how can you possibly resign yourself to be with someone who does not want or love us, why won’t you let us look for our mate stupid human’