He has finally recognised her, but not in the way we want!
AZALEA'S POVTill now, all I've have done is drills and dummy practice. So I'm very inexperienced as to what strategies to fight with in general. Life has taught me recently that, the fitness trainings dad used to teach us was no where sufficient for real life war.But it doesn't take a lot to see a pattern in his attacks, left foot forward, right knee and left fist, right foot forward, left knee and right fist. Pretty basic, but I know that each of his blows are going to be lethal. Taking the advantage of my smaller frame, I narrowly escape them or I would be passed out already.Scary guy eye twitches and aims for a low blow, all his attention on my torso, his target, giving me the perfect entry, I bring my knee up as defense, he stops it, with his other hand. Seeing as he is out of hands, I spin on my heel planted on the ground and deliver an elbow to his face, his hand drops my knee in his momentary disorientation so I twist under him to sweep him off his feet with my leg. He rolls
HENRY'S POV"Alright!, quickest fight I've ever seen!." He yells.Pride fills me in a weird way as everyone turns to see.'Atta girl.' I held down a whisper.I should be worried, very worried that a girl, that looks not a day over eighteen is taking down a guy twice her size and probably a few years above her. I get that she is a Beta's daughter, but what she did takes incredible strength from her core.One that years of brutal assassin-like training would give.Her partner says something that cause a small smile from her and I frown, suddenly wanting to hear their conversation. I have only seen her frowning since I met her, both scenarios not exactly what would warant a smile or laugh. The first being ambushed by a trio of hormonal teenage boys, second when I followed and threatened to kill her if I found out she worked for Black Lotus. Still, something in me was on the verge of snapping at the thought that the guy could get her pretty little kisable lips to smile when nobody had. No
AZALEA'S POVI see Ryder's eyes follow her as she walks to her father's side, with literal hearts in his eyes like a puppy at a treat. I shake my head at how smitten he is. I always find it funny how the mate bond works, how total strangers sometimes gets so lust filled in a matter of minutes of meeting each other.Makes me wonder if it's actually true love. We barely get any divorces or cheating in packs because of how strong the mate bond is.So families stick together, but a part of me wonder if that is by choice. Would either parties chose otherwise if the opportunity presents itself?. While we don't have cases of infidelity often, we do get physical and emotional abuse cases. Imagine dealing with highly hormonal man beasts. Yep! Its as crazy as it sounds.Some of these men are very power hungry and they take it out on their mates.In the entire history of Blue-Ivy pack, only two mated couples had been forced to split on the accounts of physical and emotional abuse or infidelity. A
HENRY'S POVI jerk out of the sleeping bag, sweating in the dark of the night.Fuck!.I scuffle around for a glow stick, pointing it over my wrist watch. It says 1 am and I vividly remember falling asleep 10 minutes past 12. I lay still for a few more long minutes, staring blankly at the roof of the tent.I don't always like to admit it, but I was fucking scared. Scared that I would never defeat my uncle, and that he knows that very well. The fear of what might happen if he manages to win once again. The lives that would be lost, the families that would be torn apart.As time pass It becomes more and more glaring that I will have to one day, soon, fight my own uncle for power. The one who killed my mother and father in cold blood. For years I have been run by the inert rage to find him and rip life out of him. But now I suddenly think of the possibility that maybe I am weak, maybe I will never be able to rip life out of him.I still refuse to believe that the power I think I need to de
HENRY'S POVPressure increase as we continue to the pack the next morning. The lot used to be able to hike at least 6 hours before a break, now every 2 hours, people are fainting from heat stroke and fatigue. We once again had to set up camp for another two days after leaving Rocky Mountains territory.I am angry at the delay but equally irritated by their weakness. What was supposed to take a day now took 2 whole days, with whining.Back when I was in the military, even though I was younger than everyone there, they made no exceptions, made us train under the scorching sun and thundering rain with large tires tied around our waist.The trainings have helped, but they still had a long way to go to match up to Ray's army. They need more intense training. A loud round of groans reach my ears as I call out for another hundred laps after the fifty sit ups."Alpha." Ryder looks at me."They'll be fine, a little laps won't kill anyone." I dismiss him. He's way too soft on these nepo babies.
AZALEA'S POV"Arg!." Reid, my sparring partner, a six foot big guy probably weighing 200 pounds hits the floor with a loud thud. I don’t know what it is, but I've been feeling a lot stronger these days. Maybe its mountain air, maybe it’s the pond waters, its certainly not the awful military powder food, but something is different.I know they say your wolf awakening gives you strength, but I have been pushing her down. I don't know what scares me more, that she could be dangerous to me or to the people around me.Compared to Reid, I'm a child, but somehow, just like all the other people I've spared with, has taken a beating. My biggest advantage is my heightened speed, its almost like I can see their moves before they even do it.Not expecting another attack from Reid as his back is already to the ground, I don't see his paws till they scratch my legs aiming for my side, the impact sending me to my knees instantly. I hear a loud round of gasps from the audience, pain shoots through me
HENRY'S POVAs much as they are being prepared for a brutal war with Black Lotus, we have limited the use of weapons and wolf forms to minimize injuries of people being conveyed. Werewolves heal very fast, but healing takes a lot of strength regardless, it would once again slow our journey down.Imagine my horror when what started out as a normal sparing ends up with someone bleeding. Rage fills me as I see an oversized nepo baby after he has been defeated go after his opponent again with the aim of actual hurt.Maybe I wouldn't be so mad, if said opponent was not already visibly injured and if said injured opponent wasn't Feisty. Of all the people he could have decided to hurt, it was her. As if I was not already aware of her enough. Even if I did nothing, Ryder would have given his ass a real beating. But I stopped him. I had other plans, which included him unconscious.His pathetic ego couldn't live with the fact that she, a tiny teenager next to him was a better fighter even thoug
HENRY'S POVAfter that first night of seeing her bathe, she only ever wears one large hoodie, it wasn't horrible, but while other girls didn't shy away from tossing their shirts when it gets really hot and hike in just bras or loose shirts, she would be in a hoodie.Now I understand its more than being just conscious, she was hiding something under all that fabric. Without warning, I tore the sleeve off the shirt revealing a bandaged arm, that was now bleeding out.I did notice the injuries back then, but I assumed she must have healed the next day like any normal wolf, but I should have expected nothing is normal with this girl.She scoots away, trying to shield herself, pain visible in her face.'How the hell has she been sparing with all these injuries?!' "Why haven't you healed?." I almost shout causing her to shriek, I close my eyes, trying to reign my emotions in. It wasn't exactly what she needed after her episode."I don't heal as fast as others……" She stutters. That explaine
HENRY'S POV Shaking my head with amusement. "Still the same hotheaded bastard, I see." I smirked and clasped Gray’s forearm in an elongated weird handshake I didn't think I remembered that we made up when we were kids. "Still the same arrogant prick." I looked around quickly for Eli, its best I keep these two apart for a while. Gray chuckled before my eyes landed on the woman beside him. She had bright brown eyes and an air of quiet confidence. My brows lifted. "Your mate?" Gray in a manner I've never seem him before stammered, avoiding eye contact and the girl—Emma, I assumed—cleared her throat. I crossed my arms. "Oh, this is interesting." They have definitely fucked. I arch an eyebrow at Gray laughing. He sighed as she gagged at my eyebrow, pulling me aside. "It’s…..Uh complicated. But listen, Emma has rare abilities. She saved my life, Henry. And she might be able to help us." "Help how?" Gray’s expression darkened. "She gets visions. She sees things others can’t." Emma gi
HENRY'S POVI sat at the edge of my desk, my fingers pressing into my temples as I stared at the glowing map and countless computer screens before me. My eyes burned from lack of sleep, but I couldn't stop. I wouldn't stop.Azalea was out there, suffering, and I was stuck here, unable to do anything.I used to take huge pride in my collection of super computers with accuracy of 0.00001 to trace even the tiniest signals. I personally designed the tech lab myself, I gathered only the best from all around the world, Eli and the rest of the tech team are the very best among werewolves.Yet when it truly matters, the best computers and the best tech team can't seem to trace one person. Right now, as I stared and listened for the continuous chime and beeping from over 50 computers in every corner of the 1500 square feet lab I wanted to smash everything into tiny balls and set it all on fire.My frustration boiled over, and I slammed my fist against the table, the sound echoing through the ro
AZALEA'S POVMy breath hitched, my heart hammering violently against my ribs as I tried to process the impossible. Kai. My brother.And yet, he stood there, grinning like a madman, his red eyes gleaming under the dim lights. The once familiar warmth in his gaze had been replaced by something dark, twisted, malevolent."K-Kai?" My voice was hoarse, cracking under the weight of my disbelief. "How are you.....alive?." I puased to ask. Till now, I had thought he was in the fight that night of the attack. I remember dad saying something about calling him. I didn't know if he died or survived, but Ryder had assured me that no one alive was left behind in the pack. His sinister smirk only widened as he stepped closer. "Oh, sister, don't look so surprised, I was never truly gone," he taunts, stepping closer. "Did you really think you were the only one who survived?"."Something was deeply wrong. My instincts screamed at me to get away, to fight, to do anything but remain vulnerable before him
AZALEA'S POVMy eyes snap open with a start, and pain shoots through my entire body immediately. My vision is blurred at first, I could only see white light for a long second, my ears instantly ringing till the ceiling above starts to clear.My whole body feels heavy and battered, like I just survived a trainwreck, but I wouldn't even know what that feels like. The cold attacks my body, from my feet as I become aware of the feeling in the rest of my body, I lay flat, grimacing at the light, grunting at my dry throat, wincing at the pain and soreness and finally shivering from the cold. Makes me wonder how long I was unconscious.'Unconscious?'Looking around the large barely lit space I'm kept captive in. From what I can tell, I'm bound to a hospital bed of some sorts, beside the bed seems to be a heart machine that is not on, nor am I hooked up to it in any way.The rest of the room sure didn't look or smell like a hospital, the air was rather stale and dusty. It looked old, like an o
HENRY'S POV 'That's the last set.' Ryder links me as the final glider rises to the air."Go round one more time." I tell the pilot, Sam instead of replying him. I see the looks they gave each other at my words, but I don't care. They know better than to defy me.I must find her tonight.I walk away from the cock pit turning to the two dudes on computers. I try to know most of the members of Eli's tech team by name but they keep changing. They continue yapping some geographical nonsense to each other typing away rapidly to the giant screens before them."How hard is it to fucking find a giant gold wolf?!."They all flinch, fear washing over their face.How fucking hard is it to trace her chip, how hard could it fucking be?"Still no sign alpha." I hear the pilot call out."Go around once more!.""We're low on jet fuel, Alpha." This time, its Ryder speaking. I shoot him a death glare and he holds my gaze instead of backing down.'Its been hours, I think its been established that we won'
AZALEA'S POVI join the rest of the crowd and split up into our assigned groups as we have been trained. All the while Alpha Henry was repeating instructions and all the cheering around me, I literally keep zonning out. My head is foggy and unable to concentrate. We make eye contact one more time, I guess his way of trying to calm me down which makes me wonder if he can sense that I am clearly disturbed. The last thign I would want is to cause a scene or delay this whole move because I am feeling a bit poorly or foggy. "Are you okay?" Casper whispers to me. I nod, before shaking my head.He cups my face and jerks his hand away quickly as if he had been burned."Fuck, you're boiling!.""Yeah." I laugh.He looks around to call someone but I stop him. I would die of embarrassment if he called any more attention to me. And I really don't want to be a reason we would delay the run this night. We are just minutes away from leaving this forest. I probably ate a wild berry and I'm having an
AZALEA'S POVI still dread these new found abilities, but Alpha Henry seems rather happy about it. Maybe because it made us similar in a way or because he always wanted to teach someone things he had learnt with his abilities, but until now it was not heard of.Even after so much practice, the only thing I am capable of is blooming flowers. That doesn't seem like a very useful ability unless Black Lotus were deathly allergic. He says he can see my powers swirl around me every time we try, that if I just concentrate more I would be able to unlock other parts of my abilities.What if the 'other parts' of my abilities are not as extra ordinary or are too dangerous?. We spent a few more minutes before having to return to camp separately."Where have you been?." Lexi asks me immediately I reach the clearing."Isn't it obvious, she smells like him." Justin replies looking over to Alpha Henry whose attention was on us, definitely not in the words Cedric was speaking, Lexi rolls her eyes and m
HENRY'S POVWe charge at each other, unleashing power aiming for each other's throats. I deliver the first blow to his side, peeling off a good chunk of his skin. He counters my attack however with a slash to my face, digging through my eyes.Without a second I recover, sending him to a near by tree. He comes at me again with full force, we tussle over reach other, biting and scratching at every turn. I make sure to target his neck multiple times.While I am a larger wolf in this fight, he has years of skill and training older than myself under his belt as well as the odds in his favor.'What’s wrong fire boy?.' He chimes prancing around me as I struggle to regain my footing. The earth is spinning under my paws. I can feel consciousness seep out of me.'Is that all you've got?.'Anger bubbles through me again as I let out a growl. He is baiting me to use my abilities knowing fully well that it would do more harm to the survivors of Blue Ivy than more harm to himself and his army. I sha
HENRY'S POVThe sun began to set and the entire camp gathered for what would be the last time in the deep of the forest. Eli confirmed the vehicles waiting at the other end of the forest to take us into Red Fire territory.As they all gathered, I let out a breath counting relieved that no one died and no one was missing.Yet I could not rejoice, because I knew at the back of my mind that, I had known all along, the feeling of dread that I could not shake since I arrived in Blue Ivy. Some thing would go terribly wrong.We split off into teams as usual, the children with the adults and a trained survivor in their group. This part of the journey was to be done in wolf. It is a tricky situation.Since the death of their Alpha, their link has been broken, and since the current situation didn't exactly favor a pack run, their bond as a pack has deeply weakened. It would be very difficult to keep everyone on track when they shift into wolf form.It would be hard to keep their wolves from goin