Chapter four

It was Saturday and that meant training day for me and I wondered what Joan had in mind for me to do this time around. She had been training me so I could harness my powers since I had problems and did not know how to make use of it like every other being. The last training we had was the first time I transformed into a Lycan because I could scent that my mate was nearby and now that I could turn I was really anticipating today's training and what Joan was going to make me do.

"What are you going to make me do today?" I asked her excited 

"Nothing you haven't done before" she shrugged her shoulders and tells me using her normal cryptic messaging.

I hated when she did that because it always made me think and I still would not know what she meant by it.

 " Just tell me. I'm dying of excitement" I whine at her

 "You have a lot of  better things to die from baby, excitement is quite boring if you ask me"

 I hated how she was being annoying but I still laughed at her joke 

"Well that's why I didn't ask you. Okay fine, keep it a secret or whatever I'm still going to see what it is soon anyway" I tell her and I start walking ahead of her feigning anger and she laughed at me 

"Stop being a grumpy baby"

We keep walking for a while until we get to a two-way road and I take the left one but instantly come to a stop when Joan screamed at me

"Lizzy, come this way" I turned to see that she was going to the right road. That right path only led to one place and it was the mountain top.

" That path would lead us to the mountain top" I tell her as though she didn't already know that

"Of course I know that"  she looked back at me and rolled her eyes

"We already  trained there before" I mumbled and started walking behind her 

"You didn't train technically because you didn't climb to the top of the mountain, talk more of reaching half of it and you almost fell to your death if I was not there to save you so that my dear was not a training because I'm sure you can't still climb it until you prove me wrong" she states

" Please I still tried though and thanks for calling me a failure in twenty different languages"

She glanced at me as told to tell me I did not try shit and honestly I did not but I didn't think she would bring me back here again after our last encounter.

"I didn't call you a failure and I'll never will, you know that. I just want to be sure that you can climb steep mountains especially now you can get to your Lycan"

 I saw and understood where she was coming from and her sense of reasoning but I still mumbled 

"I don't want to climb the mountain again, what if we see the Mayflower Park?" I asked in an attempt to get her to change her mind.

"We won't,I made sure of that. Now shut up and climb. Less talking more climbing, let's go!" She exclaimed with enthusiasm.

We were at the foot of the mountain and honestly I hated this mountain, first because it was too high and steeper than other mountains that I had climbed before and second of all because I discovered that Alpha Gerald was my mate on top of it.

 Joan already started her ascent to the top of the mountain and I watched her climb it with so much ease and grace, it was as if she was made solely for climbing mountains and tall things. I cringe at the thought cause I was afraid of heights.

 I start climbing and the first thing I noticed was that I wasn't struggling to get my hands and feet to work like I always did before,it was as though they had a mind of their own and they were moving as fast as they could. I noticed I had gotten stronger to an extent since I connected with my Lycan and whenever Alpha Gerald finished torturing me and my Lycan I always felt a surge of power later on.

 When I told Joan about it she said it might be because him torturing me and my Lycan was helping strengthen the link between my Lycan and I because of the mate bond without him knowing it and honestly I believed it because I could see it's manifestations by the way I felt powerful every time Alpha Gerald finished torturing me.

  Climbing the mountain was not easy but it was much more easier than the last time. I had gotten to a reasonable destination when my mind started instilling fear in me

 "You're almost there, don't look down" I heard Joan's voice in my head

I could feel the urge to look down greatly and immediately I tried to succumb to the fear, my Lycan leaped out without warning and started climbing the mountain so swiftly and we got to the top and I immediately switched back like it never happened.

"Woah, look who got her Lycan to come out and finish such a simple task for her" Joan clapped excitedly

"I didn't get it to come out, it just did" I complained

"Your fear did, you have to start trusting yourself more"

I knew my fear would pose a threat but it wasn't my fault as I was scared I wasn't as strong as the other werewolves and coyotes.

"Now let's go get you a reward " Joan smiled mischievously and I instantly knew what she meant

"I'm not going to that hut with you" I state clearly to her. The last time we had gone to the abandoned hut, the other one that didn't belong to the Mayflower pack, a big black mamba almost had my head and reptiles scared the hell out of me and there was no way I was going to risk it and go back there again. Joan rolled her eyes at me and sighed,

"That was your fault though as you did not listen to me when I told you to wait. But it's fine, don't move an inch, I'll go get something and come right back okay?"

"Okay, I want some peanut butter too" I call to her and when she didn't respond, I add

"Be careful out there!" And that got her to turn and face me,

"No you be careful, don't move from here" she warned me and I smiled at her and relaxed as I watched her start walking. Joan made my life so much easier and I was very thankful for that but there was no denying that she was also a pain in the ass most times but I also would not trade her for anything in the world. I decide to take a quick nap as I waited for her but quickly changed my mind as I remember that other nightly creatures might come and attack me and I had to be prepared so I just sit there, playing with the snow and letting my mind run wild with thoughts about Alpha Gerald and how I absolutely hated his guts.