This was a long one. Hope you enjoy! Azalea's POV coming next.
AZALEA'S POVTraining goes as planned, but with alpha Henry in a much angrier mood than he usually is, he pushes us so hard that a few people pass out dehydrated and fatigued.And as if that wasn't enough he announced them out of training for the war.While others were busy grunting and angry about it, I almost wish I fainted too, because I think he is extra cranky since I what transpired last night. have decided to avoid him like a plague.But the goddess wouldn't let me have it.We took turns in sparing with each other, changing partners every 10 minutes. I was down to my last sparing of the day which proved to be more difficult than the six foot men I had been fighting all week.Racheal was one of the very first persons I get to spar with weapons. We were given different arms according to our abilities. Some got metal bats, others like Racheal got a sparing rod with sharp blades, I got a short wooden rod.Trust Alpha Henry to mess with me at every chance."Is this a Joke?." I ask an
"Azalea you're going to kill her!." I hear Ryder shout, but his voice was too far away to reach me. Rachel wriggles underneath me, gasping for life. I was about to twist her neck between my legs when I was involuntarily yanked away from her thrust across the yard like a sack of flour.Before I register what is going on, people are being rushed back to the tents, Ryder and two other men carrying an almost lifeless Rachel away.My body begins to burn up as I took in the sight. I was about to murder Rachel. All I wanted to do was run, far away. With my hands, I try to push myself up with a large rock, but as I touched it, it shattered to pieces like a sledge hammer had gone through it. I stared at my hands, they looked normal.The ground continued to crack under me the winds getting stronger and sandier. I see Alpha Henry looking at me like he had seen a ghost.I moved to run away from him, towards the pond, as I knew no where else to go."Hey, no." He catches up with me, trying to hold m
HENRY'S POVShe's causing the earthquake. I can almost feel her magic grow, as she continues to panic. Amidst my own shock at her control of the wind and the ground, I shout to Cedric to get everyone to safety, while Ryder took care of a now limp Racheal. She had passed out but didn't die, thankfully.I turn back to Azalea, she was staring at her arms as a huge boulder just shattered as she touched it.She stood up quickly as she noticed me, I open my mouth to talk but she takes off running.'She's going to hurt herself if she doesn't calm down.' Things are finally making sense, why I felt such a strong connection to her, why she was such severe anger issues, why she had been pushing her wolf back.When I have been so focused on why her wolf presence was low, it never occurred to me that she was pushing her wolf back intentionally. I pushed her to heal, when she didn't want to at all.Azalea was scared of her own wolf, which is why she had been pushing back the entire time. She knew he
AZALEA'S POV"Yes, that's what powers like these are called." He answers.I stare at him, too stunned to speak."Control is all about the state of mind, with each extreme emotion you experience, a surge of energy is released, this energy the helps you alter the movement or production of something, an element.""Once you get a hang of that, you'll be able to control how your emotions influence the release of energy.""Emotion releases energy." I say. "Got it.""There is no shortcut, I have been learning about mine since I was born, I've had a lot of practice. It is very different for you, somethings might not work but keep an open mind."I nod."Do you dance?." He ask, I frown shaking my head."Dancing was one way I was taught, it helps with balance and building your core. What we can do is a ballad, I go and you follow simple.""There is no music.""That's the fun path, hum whatever tune comes to your head." He says. "……And feel."I have realized that all special features of our kind h
HENRY'S POVI pause, forgetting once again that it is entirely new to her. "Yes, that's what powers like these are called.""You can manipulate or rather control an element with your energy." I explain standing up. I pull her to her feet as well. Hoping that she can try to not kill another survivor when next they have to fight."Control is all in the mind, if you are happy, sad or angry or any extreme emotion, a surge of energy is released in form of the power to command the element. In my case, fire." I say sharply as the tree behind us catches fire for a second and stops."Are you happy, sad or angry now?." She ask watching me. I shake my head."Once you get a hang of it, or have had it as long as I have, you'll be able to control how much energy is needed to activate it or how much your emotions influence the release of energy."That was a mouthful, but I think she understood."Emotion releases energy, Got it." She nods. "And I know I have been saying this since I met you, but you
AZALEA'S POVThe next day after another brutal round of training, alpha Henry drops the bomb shell that it would be out last day in camp as we will finally be leaving the forest to the rendezvous point of Red Fire. Vehicles are waiting to take us into the pack.We could all feel the tension rise. Before now, to many of us, Red Fire seemed like a myth but as it drew closer, conspiracies flew at what we would find.I didn't know what to feel, scared or excited. My life had changed so much in the last two weeks, things I used to think would never happened have and others I didn't want to did. I certainly did not anticipate whatever is between Alpha Henry and I.I tried my best to avoid his stares through the training."Yay! We are a few hours away from becoming slaves." Lexa sighs."Are you scared of what might happen when we get there?." I ask her. She nods."Aren't we all?.""I know this whole thing has been hard, but I think Red Fire might not be so bad after all." I say slowly."At l
AZALEA'S POV"You were supposed to be mated to my sister, and I am 19, we have this huge age gap……" I list off. There are a thousand reasons why this is going to end with me getting hurt."Tha, that is a different story." He stops me, frowning. "A long one, but since we are on the matter." He gestures for me to sit on the tall rock that looked like a chair."I don't know if it was your sister, but I did end up finding my mate that night of the attack." He starts slowly. My heart plummets then I remember that I was with Eloise till she died, I doubt if the mate he found was her.I was about to ask when he continues with his story. "She was the most eccentric wolf I have ever seen, large and proud, definitely an alpha, but something was off about her." He turned to face the spring as the mist hovered over the clear green water."Because the next minute she rejected the bond and walked away."My mouth snaps shut. "It was in the woods, behind the, um, council house or what do you call it?.
HENRY'S POVShe grinds into me as her arousal hits my nose in a sweet aroma. My teeth began to itch, as my wolf starts to push forward.I pull away from her unwillingly, she flashes me one of her rare smiles breathing heavily."I think its best we pause here." I whisper, unable to control my wolf's urges to mark her. Her lips were swollen and red from my kisses. I place another peck on them as if sealing my fate. There is no going back now.I finally let go of her legs and feeling how wet her pussy is for me. Oh Goddess help me to stay away. "Or I don't think I will be able to stop myself from taking you here and now."Her green eyes stare into mine as if telling me she wanted me just as badly, but I know better. She is not one of those girls I fuck for the sake of a release. I am willing to wait till she is ready, as long as that takes.Shit, I've got it bad.Also because I want to be sure of what I feel for her, to be sure spending this much time in the forest is not messing with my
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
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
HENRY'S POV"When did you first start to, like me?." She ask, her chin pressing against my chest. Fuck this 20 questions game.I pause to think about it and fall short, she stormed my life and sucked me in.Till a few days ago I was convinced that I did not. So the question should be, when I realized that I like her."Hmn, I don't know."She pulled away from me slightly, as if offended, and my mind tells me she has a rather detailed recount of how and how she started to like me."Hold on, let me think about this." I laugh almost nervously. "Okay, I think I liked you the entire time." Now that I think about it, there was not a time where I didn't see Azalea, but I disguised my feelings as something else.Her smile falls."The very first-second time I met you, you were already cemented in my mind. I refused to believe I liked you, I told myself she's like 18, she's too young. I am not a pedophile or a groomer." I raise my shoulders."But you were everywhere, when I'm awake you there, du
HENRY'S POVThe next morning, bright and early we start out on what would be the very last lap of our hike to Red Fire.After the disturbing news that Ryder gave me last night, I want to get out of this forest as soon as possible.I look around for Azalea as the trainees file out for training, our eyes meet for a brief second before she looks away quickly."Two teams!." I call out and they split."I will join Ryder's team." I hear her say to her friend Casper. That was the closest I was to her all morning. It felt like she was intentionally trying to avoid me.After training drills are over, while the rest of the trainees start gobbling down water and stale bread, I grab a bottle of water to her, letting my hands linger as she took it. I will never get over the sparks."Thanks." She whispers, turning away."You'd sleep okay?."Her eyes dart to me. "Some one might hear!." She hush."I don't care." I reach out to touch her but she flinch away, stepping backwards to the rest of the group
HENRY'S POVShe grinds into me as her arousal hits my nose in a sweet aroma. My teeth began to itch, as my wolf starts to push forward.I pull away from her unwillingly, she flashes me one of her rare smiles breathing heavily."I think its best we pause here." I whisper, unable to control my wolf's urges to mark her. Her lips were swollen and red from my kisses. I place another peck on them as if sealing my fate. There is no going back now.I finally let go of her legs and feeling how wet her pussy is for me. Oh Goddess help me to stay away. "Or I don't think I will be able to stop myself from taking you here and now."Her green eyes stare into mine as if telling me she wanted me just as badly, but I know better. She is not one of those girls I fuck for the sake of a release. I am willing to wait till she is ready, as long as that takes.Shit, I've got it bad.Also because I want to be sure of what I feel for her, to be sure spending this much time in the forest is not messing with my
AZALEA'S POV"You were supposed to be mated to my sister, and I am 19, we have this huge age gap……" I list off. There are a thousand reasons why this is going to end with me getting hurt."Tha, that is a different story." He stops me, frowning. "A long one, but since we are on the matter." He gestures for me to sit on the tall rock that looked like a chair."I don't know if it was your sister, but I did end up finding my mate that night of the attack." He starts slowly. My heart plummets then I remember that I was with Eloise till she died, I doubt if the mate he found was her.I was about to ask when he continues with his story. "She was the most eccentric wolf I have ever seen, large and proud, definitely an alpha, but something was off about her." He turned to face the spring as the mist hovered over the clear green water."Because the next minute she rejected the bond and walked away."My mouth snaps shut. "It was in the woods, behind the, um, council house or what do you call it?.
AZALEA'S POVThe next day after another brutal round of training, alpha Henry drops the bomb shell that it would be out last day in camp as we will finally be leaving the forest to the rendezvous point of Red Fire. Vehicles are waiting to take us into the pack.We could all feel the tension rise. Before now, to many of us, Red Fire seemed like a myth but as it drew closer, conspiracies flew at what we would find.I didn't know what to feel, scared or excited. My life had changed so much in the last two weeks, things I used to think would never happened have and others I didn't want to did. I certainly did not anticipate whatever is between Alpha Henry and I.I tried my best to avoid his stares through the training."Yay! We are a few hours away from becoming slaves." Lexa sighs."Are you scared of what might happen when we get there?." I ask her. She nods."Aren't we all?.""I know this whole thing has been hard, but I think Red Fire might not be so bad after all." I say slowly."At l
HENRY'S POVI pause, forgetting once again that it is entirely new to her. "Yes, that's what powers like these are called.""You can manipulate or rather control an element with your energy." I explain standing up. I pull her to her feet as well. Hoping that she can try to not kill another survivor when next they have to fight."Control is all in the mind, if you are happy, sad or angry or any extreme emotion, a surge of energy is released in form of the power to command the element. In my case, fire." I say sharply as the tree behind us catches fire for a second and stops."Are you happy, sad or angry now?." She ask watching me. I shake my head."Once you get a hang of it, or have had it as long as I have, you'll be able to control how much energy is needed to activate it or how much your emotions influence the release of energy."That was a mouthful, but I think she understood."Emotion releases energy, Got it." She nods. "And I know I have been saying this since I met you, but you