CHAPTER-12

Knox P. O. V

I am panting heavily, sweat is dripping down my back and covering my forehead. I eyed my opponent. We circled each other waiting for who was going to attack first. My grip on both the swords tightened as well her's . We both bend on our knees and leap in the air. Both our swords crashed. Both are not backing down.

We landed on our feets. She charged at me first with her swords ,tried to stab me but I bent backward. She retreats her sword , I straighten myself. She took a right hook while attacking with her sword but I was fast, bending my body to the left I hooked my left leg around her right and made her fall on her ass.

"Never underestimate your opponent".

"Ahhh I will get you for that".

After taking black flip three times along with her swords she stands up straight. Narrowing her eyes at me.She takes an attacking position while watching my every movement.

" Show off".

That triggered her. She ran towards me with her wolf speed . I side stepped her at the last moment putting my foot in front of her that made her fall on her face.

"Watch your opponent's movement even if you are fighting with him or her".

" Ahhhhhhhh".

She quickly stood up and attacked me with both the swords. I crossed both of my swords in front of my face to prevent her attack. Crossing her swords she started exerting pressure upon me . I bend backward a little because of the force. I took the opportunity and kicked her stomach that caused her to stumble back.

She is getting impatient so she took a left hook to attack me . But I did not notice she was faking it. At the last moment she took a right hook . I managed to dodge the sword attack but did not see her hook her left leg with my right. She flipped me on my back and pointed one of her swords towards my neck.

"Are you going to give up brother? " She said in a mocky tond. She is standing over me. My body is lying between her feets.

"Never ".

I lifted my leg and kicked her on her back. She stumbled forward. I took the opportunity and stood up. We both ran towards each other to attack. Our swords crashed, her right sword with my right sword and her left sword with my left sword. I pushed her back. She quickly gained footing.

She did a horizontal body roll in the air with her hands beside her holding .She landed on her feet and struck with her sword but I defeated her in every move. Between the fight she lost one of her swords. I throw one of my swords away.We still continue to fight.

"Just give up already Juliana ".

" Never ".

We threw our swords and started our combat practice.

Both of us bend their knees, I drop into a low squat while keeping the torso bolt upright, then stand up again and shuffle my feet into the proper stance.Feet parallel, both pointed straight ahead, right foot in front of the left foot. Juliana did the same.

We charged at each other.I faked right hook and punched her in the left side of her stomach.She hunch slightly but composed herself quickly.She jumped in the air,stretched her leg and gave me a round horse kick on the right side of my head. The impact caused me to stumble back and my head turned to the opposite side.She took the opportunity and kicked me on my stomach. We both wheeled to face each other, back up, and get back into the stance.

As she rushed to me, she swung a powerful right. I met her halfway, and lashed out with my own right. My punch was faster, and it caught her flush, but she took it on the mouth, spat blood and healed quickly.She caught and hurled me into the dust with such force that a cloud of dust arose. I rolled over , gasping for breath. She tried to drive her foot on my stomach but I caught it and threw her across me.

"You did well today Juliana . Go practice with Carlos your fighting technique . I have some alpha duties to do. I will see you later".

She nodded and left.

I am sometimes really scared for my sister. Unlike me she met her mate a few years back. Her mate was an alpha of a nearby pack. She was delighted to find her mate but that piece of shit mated and marked her and cheated on her after that.

Everything was going well. Suddenly one day after she mated she felt pain in her whole body . It was worse than any other pain.

I visited her that day. No one knew I was coming. I was talking to her sitting on her living room's couch . Suddenly she clutched her stomach and fell on the ground. She was whimpering and crying in agony and pain while cuddling her belly. She cried for nearly two hours. Everyone already knew what was happening. Her mate was having sex with another woman.

After half an hour her mate returned with the smell of another woman on him. He was so shameless he did not even try to hide what he did. When he saw me his eyes turned big and his face turned pale but he quickly masked his nervousness. He entered the pack house and acted like nothing happened .

Juliana kept crying on the couch. I gripped him by the collars and threw a punch on his face.

" How dare you cheat on my sister? If you did not want her, why didn't you reject her, you piece of shit? You hurt my sister, you will pay for it". I beat him to death. My guards held his men back.

Juliana stopped me before I killed him by throwing herself between us. She shook her head no at me.

"Leave him brother, he is not worth it. If you kill him, the wolf council will take away your alpha position ".

" He cheated on you and caused you pain".

"I know cheating is a crime but we do not have proof and if we kill him council will breathe on your neck" She whispered in my ear.

I looked at my sister and saw she was trying hard to control her tears. I threw him across the room.

I knew she was half telling the truth. Though he cheated on her she still did not want him to get killed . She still loved him. A part of her died that day.

When she asked why he did this. He said he never loved her and that he did not want her to be his mate. He was in love with the woman whom he was with a few hours ago. He wanted the alpha position of his pack but his father did not give him until he was mated to his mate. So he accepted Juliana as his mate. After he got the position he would either reject Juliana or continue seeing that woman behind her back.

I was hardly keeping my composure. Juliana rejected her mate that day and came back home with us that day. She was broken.

After a week she found out she was pregnant but the stress and depression took a toll on her and when her baby was born it was born dead. She lost herself completely. She didn't talk or left her room for days . The jovial Juliana lost in the darkness of life.

She was never the same person after she came out of depression. She completely focused on training and fights. She trains till not one of her muscles can move. She became one of the best warriors of the pack. She also trains new circuits. As for her mate , the wolf council took away his title and banned him from the pack.

I sometimes wished I could get my baby sister back. The pure soul I grew up with.