Chapter 12

He opened the car boot and brought out the equipment. He came along with a dumbbell, battle ropes, a stop-watch, a whistle and jump ropes.

He hung the whistle around his neck and held the timer to his chest. “You see that tree with the markings over there?” He said pointing at a tree five hundred metres away “you are going to run there and back. I want to check out your speed.”

I stretch out my muscles and feel the adrenaline rush. My heart starts to race in anticipation. At the sound of the whistle, I take off running.

I run a minute slower than I would in my wolf form, but I manage to impress him with the time.

“You did better than I expected” he said, his demeanor towards me changing. “You were better than most of the guys I train. Since your speed is good, we will be focusing on your other aspects”

“Such as?” I asked, eager to learn more.

“Your strength, agility, core training, stance and self defence” he listed off his fingers “let's start with the core training. We’ll use runnin