LOGINLyralei walked away from everyone and her emotions were suddenly a mess after her outburst. For some reason she felt shaken after challenging that stupid Elder and she couldn't for the life of her understand why the pack let him get away with assaulting little children. And why someone like Gerald would allow it.Had she misjudged him?What did she expect from him anyway? All he considered her was a conquest and nothing more, just something to prove to those other three Alphas. Remembering those assholes made her mood sour even further, especially that prick Malachai who never seemed to want to get her name right. She could swear with everything in her that he was doing it on purpose and honestly it was infuriating. She hated him the most amongst the other Alphas and that was saying something, seeing as she should hate Vale the most since she knew exactly what he saw her as.An object.A tool for whatever the Moon Goddess wanted them to do.She looked at the sky and saw it was already
I fucking love this fierce wolf.The thought hit Gerald square in the chest as he watched Lyralei stare down at Rienna with that defiant look in her eyes, chin raised and shoulders back like she owned the entire training grounds. He'd doubled back after telling everyone he was going to wash up, curiosity getting the better of him because he wanted to see if he'd get a show.She hadn't disappointed him.The moment he'd arrived he'd seen the three little followers of Rienna on the floor, beaten and groaning, and had seen Lyralei facing Rienna herself. When he'd caught snippets of conversation from the warriors who were watching, he'd realized she'd faced all three of them at once.That had sent a rush of blood straight to his dick and made his wolf rise up howling with approval.He'd watched her take down Rienna with slaps instead of punches and that had filled him with satisfaction so great he'd sworn right then and there that he was going to fuck her the first chance he got. He'd use
Rienna stumbled backward and her hand flew to her cheek, eyes wide with shock. Her face had gone bright red where Lyralei's palm had connected and her mouth opened and closed like she couldn't quite process what had just happened.The crowd went dead silent.No one moved, no one spoke, everyone just stared at the two of them in the ring like they couldn't believe what they'd just witnessed.Then Rienna turned back to Lyralei with a shriek that was more rage than pain, her face twisted into something ugly as tears of humiliation gathered in her eyes."You bitch!" she screamed and went on the offensive, throwing punches and kicks with no strategy behind them anymore, just pure emotion driving her movements.But emotion made you sloppy and Lyralei had been counting on that.She dodged the first punch easily, ducked under the second, and when Rienna overextended on a wild kick Lyralei grabbed a fistful of her hair and yanked hard. Rienna's head snapped back with the force of it and before
Lyralei watched Rienna approach and the way the girl moved made something in her chest tighten with anticipation. This wasn't going to be like fighting her friends at all.Rienna got into her stance and Lyralei studied it carefully, taking in every detail she could. The positioning of her feet, the way she held her weight, the angle of her shoulders. Everything about it screamed competence and years of proper training.Lyralei shifted into her own stance and Rienna adjusted almost immediately, her body flowing into a counter-position without hesitation. It was smooth, practiced, the kind of reaction that only came from having good teachers and actually paying attention during training.Lyralei smirked despite herself because Rienna was good, she could see that clearly now, but she could also see something else in the way the girl positioned herself.She tried to protect everywhere.Her vital areas were covered like they should be but she'd also set herself in a way that let her react
She’d taken their measure in that first exchange and Tove was definitely the weakest, Maren was rash and aggressive attacking with emotion instead of strategy, but Kessa was the real threat.The blonde hadn’t committed to her initial attack and she’d held back, testing, watching to see how Lyralei would respond, and while the others had thrown themselves forward with full force Kessa had played it carefully. That made her dangerous.The three girls regrouped quickly and they were breathing harder now, their false confidence shaken. Good.Lyralei didn’t give them time to plan their next move because she went straight for Kessa and the blonde’s eyes widened. She clearly hadn’t expected to be the primary target since most fighters would have gone after Tove again, pressing the advantage against the weakest link.But Lyralei had learned long ago that you didn’t win fights by doing what the enemy expected.She closed the distance in three strides and Kessa raised her hands to block but Lyr
Lyralei stared at the faces around her and every single one of them looked at her like she’d lost her damned mind. Maybe she had, but her wolf surged forward anyway demanding this fight, demanding she prove herself to these people who saw her as nothing more than a lucky refugee.She grinned despite the exhaustion weighing on her bones and turned toward the sparring ring, her feet moving with purpose even as her body screamed at her to stop, to rest, to admit she was pushing too far too fast.Rienna’s expression shifted from confusion to something darker and her eyes narrowed as a smile curved her lips that had nothing to do with warmth or kindness.“The newcomer insults you all,” Rienna called out, her voice carrying across the training grounds with practiced ease as she turned slowly, making sure everyone heard her, making sure every warrior present felt the slight. “She says our warriors are so weak that three of them together still wouldn’t be enough to challenge her properly.”Mu







