The man took his place right behind her.“Whenever you are ready. Let’s slow down the movements then.”His new approach seemed to be working. Step by step, Lydia started to understand what she should be doing. She kept repeating the movements faster and faster. Soon enough she managed to keep her balance without the man’s help and Ryan only supported her by her arm. She was still somewhat unsure about her strikes. He decided to switch tactics again. He picked up his sword and looked at the girl.“I will attack, try to keep your balance, hold up your sword. Try to use the sword for defense. But I will be happy if you can just avoid my sword without it.”The man struck without hesitation and hit the girl on her thigh. She cried out in pain and was hit again. That was fair, in a real fight, her opponent wouldn’t care if she was ready or not. She managed to avoid the next hit. She saw as Ryan smiled proudly at her but in the next second, he was ready to strike again. He kept swinging his
The trio exchanged confused looks. Otis wasn’t supposed to be there yet. Things were about to change for the worse. Otis wasn’t supposed to be back until the next day. They could either speed up their pieces of training or they could get out of there as soon as possible. The problem was, that they were not ready. With Caleigh’s rehabilitation, Lydia’s ongoing trainings, and Ryan’s repressed powers they wouldn’t have stood a chance against Axel if they had to go that far.“I thought he would come back tomorrow!” Caleigh cried out loud.“I know!” Ryan sighed “We really have to do our best from now on. But” he looked at Lydia “you must not free the wolf yet. You know that your body is not ready, right? And you have two more chains left. Breaking them could be fatal for you. And maybe all of us.”“Yes, I know!” she snapped “And we will try to remain calm, yes, but everything I could think about is now overwritten because your idiot brother returned!” she hissed.“Lydia, we’re all upset.”
Lydia.My friends nodded. We finished lunch and headed back to the training grounds. Caleigh got back to archery immediately. Ryan and I picked up the swords immediately. The man asked me to try to use my sword that time.It wasn’t as easy as it sounded. I got a little bit upset by Otis. I knew I had to remain calm. If I got angry, my wolf got angry. And I was sure she was strong enough to break the chains if she wanted to. I gritted my teeth and took my stance. I tried to keep my balance just as Ryan showed me before. I closed my eyes for a second and recollected everything I have learned from him. I opened my eyes when I felt ready and noted I was ready.He was seemingly content with me. We started off slowly that time, too. I managed to defend myself with the sword, almost every single time. I saw as Ryan was getting more and more proud of me and that also filled me with pride. As his movements were becoming faster and faster he seemed to be more and more tired. It was understandab
The huntress looked back at me again and smiled cheekily.“Isn’t it obvious? We’re dating now!”“Funny, nice try, huntress!” he rolled his eyes.“What makes you believe we’re not?”“You can’t be her type!”“Why not? Because I’m a woman?”“We all know what all women need.”“Ugh, don’t even start!” Caleigh groaned.That was when I decided to play along. I caressed her hand gently and sent her a smile.“Honey, don’t worry, I told you I can handle him! Well, Otis, if you want a date you have to work for it! I’m still not tired yet, so how about a little race?”“A race?” his eyes lit up.“Just a short one. If you can outrun me, I’ll go on a date with you!”“Can we at least talk about this?” Caleigh asked nervously.“I know what I’m doing, trust me.” I comforted her “There will be no date. There will be only humiliation. Are you in, Otis?”“Okay! I’m in, alright! And right after I beat you, you will end up in my bed!”“You wish!” I snapped “A short race, from here to the pond and back, deal
Caleigh and I exchanged a look. We all knew it was about me.“So, what is it now?” the huntress asked.“Do you know what my brother found? An army. An army of humans.”“Wait, are they going to attack us?” I asked.“Most probably not, unless they find us. We have to hope they would just turn the other way.”“But what do they want?”“They seem to be at war. And luckily, not with us. If they find us, we stand no chance! There are too many of them!”“So we have to stay alert?”“More than ever.”“Okay, time out!” the huntress stood up “Too much stress! Let’s go to the lake!”“Caleigh, we can’t take a break from everything right now!” he said “Lydia, please back me up!”I looked at Ryan then at Caleigh. The huntress was right. Too much happened in the past few days. My clan got massacred, I lost my memories, I’ve been abused by Ryan’s fan girls, we figured out how powerful my wolf is, we’ve been through intensive training, I killed a man, Otis wouldn’t leave us alone now that he’s back, and
During dinner, I was actually getting worried Ryan was not telling me something. He still looked frustrated and I was afraid he wanted to compete so much it could kill him someday. He was lucky I got worried for him. Caleigh kept quiet about the incident, too. Honestly, I didn’t want to talk about it, I just hoped that he would just stop right there. I couldn’t always be there for him to save his ass. The huntress turned to me.“So, now that Otis is back, will you try to awaken your wolf as soon as possible?”“I wish!” I chuckled bitterly “My body is not ready. Trust me, I really want to just get better at everything and leave. For some reason, I don’t feel safe when he’s around.”“Well, he technically told you no matter what he is going to make you his. Luckily you’re already stronger than him.”“You’re right. I don’t want to hurt him though as long as it’s possible. If he gave me a reason, sure. But not until then.”“He wouldn’t hit you.” Ryan sighed “He might be an idiot but he kno
He returned my gesture and then walked up to me.“Can’t you sleep?” he asked softly.“Not really. My thoughts are killing me. Worst case scenarios.”“It’s good to be prepared but think about other opportunities! You are becoming stronger, we’re going to leave together, you have friends. And these are only a few amongst the other good things. It’s really unnecessary to think about the worst now.”“You’re right. Why are you awake by the way? Did you sneak out to meet your secret lover?” I grinned but I just wanted to know if he was seeing anyone.“What?” he blushed “No! I don’t have a secret lover! I…” he hesitated “I don’t think we have time for romance now anyway. Especially if we’re leaving soon. Who knows when I’ll be back, right?”“Will you actually come back?” I asked.“I have to.” he smiled bitterly “I told you. My father would hunt me down no matter what.”“But you may be under the protection of my clan!”“I don’t know, Lydia. We will see. Since we can’t sleep and I’m sick of ev
He gently placed his hand on my back. I shiver ran up and down on my spine. He has never touched me that gently before. Everything was so perfect. We could finally forget about what we had to face soon enough. All the responsibilities, trainings, my wolf, his wolf, Caleigh’s injury, my uncle, my mother, my father, Otis and we could keep going on how many issues we had to tackle. Ryan gently caressed my back, making me shiver again. I felt him smiling and gently pushed his chin with my head.“What are you smiling at?” I asked.“Nothing.” he chuckled “I just feel happy. Telling you actually put a lot of weight off my shoulders.”“I wanted to tell you, too. But we are right about not really having time for this. Could you imagine any other more appropriate time?”“Barely.” he chuckled “We still need to keep it as a secret. I don’t want you to go.”“I’m not going anywhere.” I whispered, “Maybe Caleigh was right, we have to rule the world!”“I wish that would be that easy. Speaking of her…