All Chapters of Wrapped in My Enemy’s Arms : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Ayla’s POVAn entire week of playing maid while trying to keep up with the training had left me a hollowed out version of myself. I pressed a towel dripping with ice cold water against my forehead, a small gasp escaping my lips as the chill cooled my system. I slumped back against the wooden bench, closing my eyes for just a second…“Sleeping on duty?” My eyes snapped open to find several more on me. I scrambled to my feet, my joints popping in protest as I joined the line. Silas stood before us, his presence looming and cold. I rubbed my eyes, hoping the dark circles weren’t too obvious. “From now until the end of this training, we will work exclusively in our wolf forms,” Silas announced.The words hit me like a physical blow. My heart hammered against my rib. A wolfless wolf in a pack full of predators.“But for today,” Silas continued, pacing the line, “the final day of physical strength training, we hold four duels. The victors will go against each other and the last man standin

Ayla’s POV.Kael had asked me to meet him tonight in the warriors’ inner chambers.Now, with the silence of night pressing in, my thoughts refused to stay still.Sebastian’s warning clawed its way back to the surface.Don’t trust the Alpha.I exhaled slowly, trying to steady the unease curling in my chest. I was beginning to trust Kiara… but trust didn’t mean innocence. Not entirely. Not when I remembered that moment— whatever she and Kael had been about to do before something interrupted them.What if tonight was another attempt?My fingers tightened around the hilt of my dagger before I slid it beneath my shirtThe moon was brightest tonight and the energy I felt from other wolves was immense.Do you think my sayer powers could be the one stopping us from shifting? I mindlinked my wolf. I don’t think so, she responds. It’s like I’m being caged and it hurts when I try to break that cage open. I really hope Kael doesn’t plan to hurt me and actually knows what he’s doing. I sneaked

Ayla’s POV.“Hell yeah,” Maya muttered, her voice a low vibration in my mind. “I bet they didn’t see that coming.” I could practically feel her tail wagging in victory.We gathered in a tight circle around the trainers. Kael stood at the center, his presence heavy and demanding as usual. As the trainers moved through the crowd to inspect the newly shifted wolves, the atmosphere turned from adrenaline to pure shock. When they reached me, their eyes widened and pupils dilated. I was massive. Even among the warrior class wolves, I knew my size would rival most. I flashed back to a core memory of my father shifting when I was still little, he had looked like a prehistoric beast compared to the others. Now, looking at my own paws, I realized I hadn’t just inherited his strength… I’d inherited his size.“We’ve hidden three sacred items around the mountain,” Kael’s voice cut through the awe, gravelly and cold. “You’ll hunt for survival while searching. It lasts three days, and you'll be pai

Ayla’s POV.The moment the heavy iron gates slammed shut behind us, most recruits shifted and disappeared into the jungle. It was then it fully hit me that it had begun. The sudden mountain chill hit us hard, the cold air flushing our skin, Lydia’s ears and cheeks crimsoned almost immediately. It was survival of the fittest. “We shouldn’t shift yet,” I told her. “Let’s save our strength.”We pushed into the thick jungle on foot. Every few yards, I carved an ‘X’ into the bark of the trees so we wouldn't lose our way in the dense overgrowth.Suddenly, Lydia stopped. She sniffed the air, her expression sharpening. “I smell something.” She whispers, licking her lips. We crept forward, careful not to snap a single dry twig. Through the ferns, I spotted a large grey hare grazing. Lydia didn't wait. She lunged, shifting mid-air into her wolf form. She missed the hare by an inch, and the animal took off on its long hind legs. Lydia’s wolf immediately chased after it, disappearing into the

Ayla’s POV.The sun hadn’t even fully cleared the horizon when we woke up, but the heat was already starting to crawl under my skin. My head was spinning from hunger, and my mouth felt like it was full of dry sand. I looked over at Lydia. She looked terrible. Her eyes were sunken, and she was shivering even though the air was humid. We were exhausted, our bodies burning through energy we didn't have, but we couldn't stay in that cave anymore. If we weren’t bound to a pack under protection, just roaming these place, we’d have been long gone. “Water,” Lydia croaked, her voice barely a whisper. “Ayla, if we don't find water soon, I don’t know what’ll happen to me”I nodded, trying to steady my breathing. “I know. I remember the map I saw back at the pack. There’s a stream not too far from here. It wasn’t the main river, but it’s our best shot.”I closed my eyes for a second, picturing the lines and markings from the map I had studied. I had memorized the layout of this sector, and I kn