Ellie widened her eyes in shock with what Teach said. Her? Spar with one of the Devorare werewolves? She heard of how fearsome even the Omegas of this pack were in combat, and witnessing their skills up close? Adding in how weak her wolf was, as well as taking the outcome of the last training session to consideration, forget standing a chance against one of these wolves, she may just die fighting them! Not only that, but there was also that strange feeling she had been getting from her body... Ellie did not know why, but she had been feeling off for quite a while now, and she did not know why. That being said, she was also unsure about getting into a spar in her condition. "A-Are you sure? I don't want to be a bother to them when they have a good flow going," Ellie turned down, noticing how some of the werewolves seemed quite into their spar with their opponent. "It's fine. Besides, if you're worried about interrupting any of their training, there are still a trio of free werewolves
With Ellie having accepted Jengo's challenge to spar, the training grounds has become clear of people, save for the pair of combatants. Already, there were many in the sidelines cheering for the Beta to win against the stray, while the very few remaining cheered for Ellie. Not that their actions mattered much to either werewolves, as they calmly stared each other down."You think that girl has a chance?""What? Against Beta Jen? No way.""I don't know. She is Alpha William's mate, isn't she?""Yeah. She's gotta be fairly strong.""Doubtful. We don't even know what pack she's from. And there are rarely any packs with werewolves that even match the strength of our Omegas.""Yeah. This should be quick."Ashina snuck a glance at the few werewolves doubting Ellie's strength. While she was not quite sure how strong her ward truly was, she was not one to underestimate people like they were doing. For after all, even if it were true that majority of the packs were not as strong as theirs, the
"That's enough."Before the spar could go any further, a familiar voice rang out, grabbing every werewolf's attention. Many did not need ot look to see who spoke just now, as the Devorare wolves only turned and bowed before the source, including Jengo. Only Ellie did not turn to see who it was who spoke."We greet you, Alpha William," Jengo greeted."We greet you, oh great Alpha," the others followed.Ellie slowly turned to the speaker. As it would turn out, it truly was William who came along, much to her increasing stupor.'Why is he here...?' she wondered. Alpha William may be in this pack, why was he here in the training grounds? He couldn't have any sort of business here, could he?William made no eye contact with Ellie, though; only kept his eyes on Jengo. "I was wondering where you were, Jen. I see someone likes to work fast in upholding their promise.""But of course, Alpha. I do intend to do you a great service," Jengo stated. "If I were to delay things any longer after our c
Later that night, Ellie lay in bed, exhausted from everything that happened today, more in terms of mentality than physically. Once her spar with Jengo ended, she practically got assaulted by a plethora of questions from the other trainees. Mainly about her fighting capabilities, as there were rarely any people who could keep up with Jengo in a spar. Despite how highly they thought of her, though, Ellie had doubts that Jengo actually went all out on her. Not if he truly was as strong as his peers thought him to be, and certainly not when the point of the spar was for them to get used to each other's presence so as to not get affected by their rejection's aftermath.Regardless of his strength, Ellie did not want to try to fight him again to see who the stronger werewolf truly was. Rather, she did not want to encounter the Beta ever again. She may have gotten used to his company now, but that did not mean she has become thrilled in seeing him after that. Especially not when... when she
'Of course he would also see me for that...' It shouldn't surprise Ellie that William would also be here for that. For their deal. It was the main and only reason why she was kept in this pack. Yet, even though she knew this so well... "I really don't want to do this to Jen, but as you know, I am in need for a successor if this pack is going to continue on for the next generation," William stated. "Now hold still. I'll make this quick as possible." At that point, the Alpha kept his 'mate' pinned down, and kissed her deeply on the lips. Ellie was torn at his action. On one hand, she wanted to push William away, to be free from another round of sex with him, to avoid the higher chance of getting pregnant with his kid. She was her own person; she should have a right to have a say in what the were about to do, regardless if this was part of their deal or now, or even if they were mates or not. On the other hand... she was far too frightened by this werewolf. Bu what he will do if she w
The next few days after that night, Ellie had been undergoing training in the Devorare Pack. As the time passed, many trainees were starting to see her as one of them, as a fellow member of the pack. Glad as she was that these people were seeing her as an equal, she knew better than to really think all is well. Once her real role in this pack comes to an end, she was to get kicked our of this place, and that would be the least that can happen to her. Still, looking at all these werewolves' expressions, she could genuinely see how much they accept her, unlike the werewolves back in the Hermit Pack. It was possible that hew view and memories of them had changed after the last Wolf Swap Rite, but from what she could recall of them, Ellie did not seem to remember a time when the Hermit werewolves saw her as a companion. That is, not during the time they pretended to like her. They were friendly with her, sure, but the expression they had in their eyes? It was different from how the Devora
For the past week that Ellie had been in the Devorare Pack, she had overheard plenty of things, mainly about some big battle from reports made from the patrols, or those who overheard the news. In fact, even during training these days, some of the weaker werewolves spoke about wanting to get strong enough to down tough enemies, even though she neither saw nor heard anything that could result for such need of motivation.It really confused her as she heard of these things from the other werewolves, making her wonder what was happening outside the pack. Each rumor she had been hearing concerning the happenings outside made her more and more curious about what was happening in the pack, question what sort of people were crazy enough to get in a fight with the Devorare Pack. Adding on how desperatly William wanted her to have his child before, it really made her wonder if she could simply call it a 'fight', as well as what the pack's whole situation was."Is this pack in the middle of a w
Night has come once more. With it was another time of solitude for Ellie, as she lied in bed. "Another day gone. Spent with training..." she muttered, looking at her hand as she made it into a fist, getting a feel of her own strength. It had been on her mind for a good while now. That is, ever since Ashina and Morgan had their private chat earlier. At first, she only did it as a means of escape from what the hatter had said, but the more Ellie thought about it, the more bothered she was. Now that she had fully recovered, it became clear that she was far from weak. From what she saw during her time training with the Devorare werewolves, she could see that her capabilities were better than that of Maddie's prior to the Wolf Swap Rite. Taking that into consideration, did that meant that she was originally this strong? Had something gone wrong in the rite that no one in the Hermit Pack knew of? Regardless of which it was, if she had improved in the time she healed, what about Maddie? D