Amarah rested her hands on top of her knees, breathing deeply after completing the pack run early Wednesday morning, two weeks from the time she started living in Clayton’s house. She could feel her sweat drenching her and some dropping on the ground.
“That was a good run, huh?” Jacob called out from behind. He came up beside her and handed her a bottled water and a face towel. “Your pace is getting better based on the report I’ve read before. Soon you’ll be running alongside with us.”
She nodded after taking a drink. She then wiped her face and arms, patting her skin gently. She glanced at the other pack members who are in groups, laughing and sharing their experiences over the pack run that Jacob had organized. She silently envied them, wanting to be also part of a group.
Ever since she arrived at the pack, the only ones she had made friends with aside from Clayton’s close-knit group and the healers, was Ella and
Amarah looked up from her point after the arrow she used hit the board, few inches more from the bullseye on a Saturday afternoon. She smiled gleefully at the small feat she was able to accomplish in just a matter of three days of intense training with Jacob.She picked up another arrow and notched it on the string to take another shot. She aimed towards the target and released it. She watched it fly towards the target. However, before her arrow could be able to hit, her arrow was bump off by another one and it swerve towards the ground.“W-Who -?” She asked quietly and turned around to find the culprit.Erika stood a few feet from her, holding a bow. She is looking at Amarah with a sly smile on her face despite the anger she is projecting from her eyes.“Don’t tell me that you want to become a warrior as well?!” She mocked as she took another arrow. She took aim and then turned to Amarah, looking at her arrogantly and releas
Clayton knew the moment he opened his eyes early the next morning is that Amarah has already gone out of his house. He finally sat up and looked at the clock, showing it at five in the morning. He run a hand over his face to get rid of sleep, his thoughts on Amarah’s sudden weird behavior, which he had noted the day after he came home late over a week ago.“She didn’t say anything else?” He asked Ella, the Omega he had assigned to her firmly, that following day. “You’d better give me a better accounting.”Ella quivered a bit on his tone.“That’s what all she asked, Alpha,” Ella responded slowly. “Ms. Amarah only asked me if you had told me why you will be coming home late. Then, she said that there’s no need to cook her dinner because she isn’t hungry.”Clayton finally dismissed the Omega, sensing that she is telling the truth. He tried waiting for her that night and when
Amarah ducked avoiding Jacob’s counterattack. She swerved to her right when he made another attack. She then grabbed his arm and dismantled the weapon just as he had taught her a few days ago.“Well done!” He praised when she pulled away and stood up straight.Jacob bent down and grabbed a towel, wiping the sweat off his bare chest and then reached for his bottled water. He took a drink while he handed one to her as well.“That feels liberating,” she commented after taking a drink. She reached for her towel and wiped her face gently, tapping on her face lightly. She then looked down at several scratches, some a little deep, she sustained from their practice. “I guess I’ll be wearing long sleeves for a while.”Since starting her secret lessons with Jacob, aside from the secluded spot she found under Clayton’s house, she also checked with him if he also has an area where she can continue her lessons priv
Clayton furiously paced back and forth inside the medical center’s waiting area, while awaiting update from Matt with regards to Amarah’s condition. He cursed Jacob silently, wishing that he did not only punch him. But remembering what his Delta had said about her condition, his priority was rushing Amarah to the center.Adding anger to his ongoing annoyance, the first person that Amarah had called out for is still that damn doctor. Matt is still the first person she had thought of at the height of her vulnerability. Jacob had relayed that message to him.He wondered just how deep that bond and vow her father had made between them that Amarah had always had to call on Matt.“It’s simple, Clayton,” Lily had explained when she checked on him. “She trusts Matt wholeheartedly. No matter what happens, they are always there for each other. Matt has always been the male figure who is her constant. Jacklyn and Gloria are there, but he
Clayton watched as Amarah gently treated the wound that his father had sustained through an accident a few hours ago when Mr. Langston took his usual morning walk along the woods on an early Saturday morning.From what he understood, his father decided to take a different route from his usual path and being a bit unfamiliar with the grounds he went and not informing Clayton about his change of activity, he had accidentally stepped on a trapped that the pack members had laid out. Thankfully it wasn’t a metal clamp or claw that could have been much damaging. However, Mr. Langston had tripped and hit his head on the boulder a few feet away.With Matt and Constance each tending to a patient, Amarah was the only one available. Clayton said this to her carefully as they are having breakfast when Constance linked with him about his father. He also shook his head at his father’s willingness to just wait until the two are done with their patients despite blood dripp
Amarah finally put away the last of the medical supplies that she had done an inventory with the following Wednesday morning that she had started two days ago after a new batch of supplies arrived over the weekend.Knowing the tediousness of the task, she immediately volunteered when she saw the boxes stack at the center and saw Constance looking at them anxiously. With the volume of patients coming in because of Matt’s skill as well as hers, Clayton had made sure that there will be enough medical supplies.“All done, Amarah?”She turned and saw Constance at the doorway of the Supplies Room, looking at her thankfully.“Not all of them but I’m done with all the medical supplies,” Amarah answered with a smile. She took the clipboard she left on top of the box and pulled off several pages. She arranged them properly and handed it to her. “I’ll have them typed in the computer in the afternoon. After I’m do
Clayton looked up from the security plan that Liam and Bradley had submitted to him for review. With the upcoming Mating Festival in a few weeks, he wanted to finalize all preparations and implement all ahead of time.Members from different packs will all come flocking to his territory and one of his top priorities is that the accommodations of the Alpha’s and Luna’s attending will be ready and at par of the Langston’s high standards. He had also inspected a few days ago the villa he had renovated for the royal family that will be attending.“I had additional men already to help in completing the accommodations for the pack leaders,” Bradley informed as he entered the office together with Liam. “I called Luisa, our kitchen supervisor and she gave me the final list for the food she will be preparing.”Clayton nodded as he placed down the plan on his desk.“Have someone order them already so it will arrive a f
Week of The Mating FestivalAmarah looked up from the medical book that she is reading inside the clinic’s reception area, when she heard someone cleaning his throat. She found herself staring up at a pair of brown eyes that belong to a tall, muscular man with red hair.With Constance currently out to check on her father’s deteriorating health condition and Matt currently on his day off, Amarah was left on her own in the center. She secretly thanked that there were only few patients and minor treatments.The man is looking down at her openly and with interest.“Hello. May I help you?” She asked, standing up from her chair and putting the book down.“You must be the Saville girl,” he then said casually.Amarah gripped the edge of the counter gently, not replying to his statement. Ever since the news that neighboring packs are arriving early for the upcoming festival, she had prepared herself after Clayton h