Chapter 5. Training and ice cream

Amalia’s pov

We were going to the training grounds. We have a huge inside gym with the latest equipment and rings but I preferred to practice at our huge outside training area. We had the best warriors and we needed the best equipment to keep them in form and to train them after all.

I usually train late, so no one is around. My trainer is always one of my bodyguards but I am not allowed to train neither on my lycan form nor using magic.

I rarely can be at my Lycan form and for that to happen my father cleans up the area for me. It happens approximately once a month and Bella needs more exercise than that. The problem is that Bella isn’t like any other lycan, we aren’t.

In lycan form i have white coat but it has colorful highlights making it obvious to anyone that sees me that I am not the typical lycan.

Both Christopher and Peter came with me. ‘’There was no need for you to come with us, my shift will start in twenty minutes, I can take it from here’’ Christopher referred to Peter who looked annoyed with him.

‘’I’ll never leave early and I also expect you to be on time’’ Peter replied to him. These two collaborating would be a miracle.

‘’You misunderstood something. I am the future beta and I give the orders, not you. You better learn your place’’. They both looked feral. The eyes of their wolves were present, the same color as their regular ones just darker.

‘’You are the beta but that doesn’t mean that you are also the strongest or the quickest, remember that Christopher’’ in a moment he had an arm around Christopher’s neck from behind. He was very quick as he had vampire speed.

Christopher lowered his chin immediately to protect his neck and quickly locked on to Peter’s offending arm.

‘’That’s enough guys’’ I said but neither of them listened. Something inside me was telling me to protect Christopher even though my mind knew that he was not in any real danger. Without even realizing it I had them both pined to two different trees that were in front of me. One side of me was very protective of Christopher.

They were both surprised and looked at me, Peter looked at me with worry while Christopher had worry and fear mixed written on his blue eyes. ‘’Let us free warriors will come, they will sense your magic if you keep it for long’’ Peter said but it was more of an ask rather than an order.

I immediately let them free and they both fell down to the ground. ‘’I am sorry, I don’t know how to control it’’ I apologized to them.

‘’Does this happen regularly?’’ Christopher asked masking his emotions and trying to look cool. ‘’It doesn’t’’ Peter answered him like he was scrolling him and gave me a small smile to reassure me.  

‘’How am I supposed to learn how to use magic when I am not allowed to use it? And I am training to protect myself without magic and my lycan form, that’s bullshit’’. I was angry, not with them but with the situation. My father was trying to protect me but he was not allowing me to be myself in order to do so.

None of them said anything but hey both had sympathetic smiles on their faces now. ‘’I am going back to my room goodnight’’ I said to them while walking towards my room.

‘’You didn’t practice’’ Christopher tried to argue but Peter put a hand on his chest and he stopped.

Once inside I had a bubble bath, oh how I would like to make the bubbles fly with magic but I wasn’t aloud either. How was possible for my mother to hide who she was for three years? To not be able to use magic?

I finished my bath and put on my pink satin pajama set which consists of a crop tank top and shorts. When I finished comping my hair I heard a knock on my door. By the smell was Christopher. ‘’Come in, it’s open’’

‘’I know it’s late but I brought ice cream’’ he offered me one bowl while he kept another for himself. He sat next to me on my bed wearing his clothes. ‘’I know that you don’t like people sitting on your bed with their clothes but I don’t think that’s appropriate for me to get them off’’ he chuckled mischievously.

Oh, how I wanted to see him with his clothes off. It was normal for us lycans to be naked but we were inside my room and alone. Oh, how much did I want to see his defined abs to touch his muscular arms and to feel his skin against mine.

My nipples hardened only at the thought and I had to be careful because he would be able to smell my arousal. Don’t think about him, don’t think about him. ‘’well I am thinking about him naked as well’’ Bella spoke inside my head. ‘’Horny wolf’’ I teased her, ‘’horny human’’ she chuckled.

‘’About all that happened today, I think we have a lot to talk about. I didn’t even know that you were a hybrid’’ Christopher brought me out of my thoughts. ‘’Do you hate me now like you hate Peter?’’ I asked him trying to hide my concern.

‘’I could never hate you and you know it’’ Christopher said looking into my eyes. I was looking at his eyes too searching for a lie indication but all I could see was affection. He looked into my lips and I instinctively bit my lower lip feeling a surge of desire.

The intensity of his gaze made me believe that we might kiss but he shook his head. ‘’uhm it’s late. Better leave you to sleep’’ he said standing up from the bed and looking at my bedroom’s door. ‘’Thanks for ice cream, that was my favorite flavor’’ I said trying to sound cool and uninfected.

‘’I know, goodnight Lia’’ he was still moving towards the door without turning to face me. ‘’Goodnight Christopher’’ I managed to say before he closed the door.

‘’what was that? We didn’t even talk and then there was the intensity’’ I talked to Bella inside my mind. ‘’I think he finds us attractive, he was about to kiss us’’ she replied happily. ‘’Why didn’t he make a move then?’’ I asked her but she remained silence. We both knew the answer deep inside, he is not into me. It was clear to me that Christopher's lack of interest in making a move meant that he simply wasn't attracted to me. Bella and I had to accept that sometimes feelings are just one-sided.