Todos los capítulos de Iniko: A New Beginning: Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 60

Brooke“Hi, Aunt Kay,” I say, walking into the office that she’s created in the Big House. You’re just as likely to find her in the medical center with Uncle Everett as you are here, but this office is used as a place for people to leave questions if they can’t find either of them. Thankfully, she’s here this morning.“Good morning, Brooke. Don’t you have Intermediate Sword Fighting this morning?”“I did, but Alpha Cedric said I’m too strong for that class and I need to be moved to the advanced class,” I tell her.She looks surprised, then smiles. “Look at you connecting to your dragon.”“Not just my dragon, Aunt Kay. I’m connecting to my hyena and hopefully I’ll start connecting to my bear today. I talked to Edur yesterday, but I didn’t have time to practice using my sense of smell since Raina and I went flying.”“How are your flights with Raina going?”“She’s such a good instructor, Aunt Kay. You may want to consider giving her a class someday. She’s patient and she has a great way o

InikoI’m so impressed with Brooke. I can’t believe how quickly she has started connecting to her dragon as well as her other shifters. She’s still working on the bear, but I feel like she’s truly connected to her hyena, if that bone crunching is any indication.My scales ripple in revulsion at the thought. The sound she makes when she's crunching on those bones is as uncomfortable as a high pitched wailing.As I fly, I look below me, needing to hunt. When I catch a large bull moose, I stare at it, then toss it into my mouth. I usually bite down a couple of times to break up the bones and antlers before swallowing it, but this time, I try chomping down several more times.Nope! Still disgusting. I swallow quickly and continue hunting until I’m full. I idly wonder if hunting will help Brooke connect to her dragon even more.When I get to the outskirts of the city, I shift and put on my clothes, then walk to the jeweler where I had Brooke’s necklace made. Rather than giving it to her ton

BrookeWhile I was thrilled to connect with my bear while I was flying with Raina, what I didn’t tell Iniko is that I started doing cartwheels on and off Raina’s back quickly and easily. So much so that Raina was having a hard time keeping up with me. She even suggested that we race while we hunted and I realized that while I’m not as fast as she is, I’m a lot faster than I used to be.While doing cartwheels, it occured to me that my hyena’s bite force might be strong enough for me to get the upper hand with Iniko in a battle. If I can duck around him, then shift onto his back before shifting back to my dragon form, I could bite onto the back of his neck, and hopefully force his submission. The power of my dragon, bear, and hyena together may be enough for me to subdue him.Since I’m not strong with my earth element, I don’t have any weapons other than water to use against Iniko. He’s much better with his air element than I am with my water element, but I’ve been working with the Eleme

BrookeAfter Iniko flew away this morning, Aunt Kay approached me.“You have a few hours left to prepare, Brooke. What do you want to do?”“I need to practice using my earth element. When Iniko realizes that his air element isn’t going to defeat me, he’ll pull on that. He’s stronger at it than I am.”“How about you practice using your earth element while you are sword fighting,” Alpha Cedric suggested.“I’m not sure I can focus on both at the same time,” I said.“You’ll have to if you’re going to defeat Iniko. He may not know that he has four elements but just like in the dining hall when Kaylani announced your claim, it's possible that they’ll all come out in the battle,” Merethyl says.I nod. “Okay, then let’s try it. I only have a few hours.”“And you need to eat,” Dad says, walking up. “It’s not just about strength, Brooke, it’s also about stamina. If you’re hungry, you won’t be as strong of a fighter, and you definitely won’t be able to last against a full-blooded dragon.”Mom bro

BrookeI was so proud of myself when I claimed Iniko. My plan worked!Then it felt like everything was going to fall apart again when he realized that he has all four elements. I felt his anger flare, the same anger he'd felt when he found out he had a previous life. The same anger that made him leave me before.It didn’t occur to me that once he was in my head he’d be able to see that. I’ve been so concerned about getting strong enough to claim him that I wasn’t thinking about what he’d find once he was in my mind.That fear of losing him, of him leaving and never coming back, had slammed into me again.This time, his being in my head had been a good thing. He realized immediately that I was worried about losing him and he’d pulled me to him, calming himself for me. He even offered to let it go without ever finding out how he got those elements, but I would never want him to feel incomplete because he didn't know about his past. I’m still worried about losing him. What happens when h