Chapter 10: First Day

I stood in the training room facing my sparring partner. We were randomly paired up with someone. I was stuck with a girl who was a couple of inches taller than me and had a nose ring and eyebrow piercing. She didn't scare me, however.

Within minutes she knocked me down with her wooden staff. I tried to get back up and was quickly pushed down. That was only the first partner I went through.

The Alpha came into the room and said, "You all have to learn how to fight against an opponent who may have an advantage over you."

She paired us up with people who were either taller, stronger, or faster than us. I got paired with a guy who was quite taller and more physically built than me.

He looked down and me and said, "This will be a piece of cake."

"That's what you think. You don't know what you're up against."

I held back from punching him in the mouth and readied myself for our fight. Before we started, he added, "I want to do hand-to-hand combat."

"I can handle that. You're on."