Respect

Chapter 15 - Respect

Penelope

I tried my best to bury the unease that was working its way through my chest. A lot of these people were bigger than me, but I was used to being the smallest in a group. For a she-wolf, I was tiny, but what I lacked in height, I made up for in speed and precision.

I trained with my brother and the warriors of the Bloodstone pack. I may not have had the experience that most Fae and Dragon warriors got, but I still had some under my belt before I had left for the academy, and then I got more hand-to-hand combat there too.

Yes, humans were weaker than other species, but that didn't mean I slacked. I worked hard; I could do this; I had to do this.

I knew what Mildred was doing. She was trying to psych me out, and I couldn't let her get the upper hand. I came here to prove Garren wrong, and it started the second we walked through that portal.

So I swallowed the lump that was forming in my throat and nodded.

"Right," I said before making my way towards H