CHAPTER FOUR - DIFFERENT FEELINGS

It was such a simple yet difficult question. His soft lips touched hers, and Valentina felt this hunger inside her, so much that she wanted to feed it. 

She threw her arms in over his wide and broad shoulders and it just felt like the whole world was spinning around her. His hands went to the back of her head as he pushed her closer to him gently. 

His warm tongue slipped into her mouth so easily and as she tasted it, she realized that she loved how she felt when he kissed her.

Then they pulled away for air, and Valentina began to feel like she had been suffocated. She quickly closed her eyes because she was afraid to look at him. 

After a while she opened her eyes and when she looked around, he was not there anymore. She still looked around once more and when she saw nothing or no one, she was a bit disappointed. 

He must be really fast, Valentina thought. Of course he is. He is the future Alpha King of all the whole werewolves. 

Valentina started to walk through the forest as she knew her way back to her little home. She walked fast because she still had to cart all her

clothes and other belongings to her parents house and then after that, she had to meet up with her trainees.

After a twelve minute walk, she finally got to her home. She stepped on the porch, opening the door as she entered inside the house and went straight to her room. 

Then she began to pick up her already packed suit cases and when she was done, she walked back to the front door, opened it and started to 

walk with her luggage to the car. 

She got her keys and opened her car, depositing her luggage into it. When she was done with that, she turned around and walked back into her home. When she stepped inside, she took her time looking around the whole place. 

She knew this was the last time she would set her eyes on the house. Then she sighed and walked out of the door, locking her small but cozy house for the final time.

I don't like this, Valentina said to herself. But I have no choice, she concluded.

She walked to her car, got in and shut the door. Then she turned on the ignition and started driving.

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"So you are leaving to become a part of the Royal Family and you are replacing us as your family?" Jamie, Valentina's brother said in an angry tone. 

Valentina had never seen him as angry as this before, and she guessed he really did love her. She always knew he loved her but when she lived in the house, they used to fight and argue most of the time. 

I guess the dork really loves me then, she thought to herself. 

So Valentina had to try to reassure him that she loved him and explain the whole situation to him in the hopes that he would understand why she had to leave.

"No, l am not replacing you, Jamie, but I really I have to go. I have found my mate and he happens to be the prince of the whole werewolf kingdom so now I have to leave." 

Valentina put her head down and started to rub her temples softly. This was giving her a bit of a headache, and she felt as if she needed some

medicine. Today was going to be tough to an extent because she had to say goodbye to her trainees.

Honestly this was pissing Valentina off like crazy. Like, who was he to tell her to pack up and leave her whole life because of some Royal bullshit?

She really needed a release for her anger. She felt like she needed to spar with someone. But before she could dwell further on that, Valentina felt warm and familiar arms wrap around her, 

and she looked up and saw her mom. 

Valentina's mom, Mrs. Sharpe, rested her head on her daughter's shoulders. And immediately, Valentina froze because usually physical touch made her feel weird. 

Yes, her mom had always nurtured her as a kid but it was still weird. Valentina never accepted hugs or kisses because they felt off to her. She also didn't like people touching her unless she was used to their physical touch. 

Valentina's friend, Kendra always loved hugs and anything physical. But it suited her because she was a really bubbly and a very nice person. 

"I want you to know that I am so happy for you, Valentina. You will be a great Queen. I am certain of that," Valentina's mom said with emotion evident in her voice.

Valentina's head snapped toward her mom because she really hadn't had time to think about actually being a Queen. The Queen of all werewolves, for that matter. 

I can't deal with this right now or l will panic, Valentina thought. 

She rolled her eyes playfully toward her mom. "I am not going to be a Queen, mom. At least not now," she said as she stepped out of her mother's arms. 

Jamie was still angry with everything that had happened, so he ran upstairs and slammed his door, the sound echoing throughout the whole house because of how hard he slammed it. 

Valentina felt really frustrated at the moment so she got up and walked out of the house. She got into her car and drove to the training center.

When she got there, she parked her car in the parking lot and she stopped for a while, taking deep breaths as she tried to control her anger.

She usually didn't let her anger overcome her when she was going to see her trainees. Whenever she got angry, she always kept it in control. 

She was able to calm her breathing so she opened the door, exiting the car. She walked towards the building and opened the door, stepping inside the building. 

There were different training rooms for each training instructor inside the building so Valentina headed to hers. She walked up a flight of

stairs before she walked through a long and large hallway. 

And another thing in the building was that it had a lot of training rooms, with each of them having a plaque that indicated the name of the instructor or trainer. 

Valentina pushed the door open, and saw that all of her trainees sitting down in the middle of the room bunched up together with their heads down.

Valentina knew that she taught them to be stronger than this, and now they looked just like a bunch of idiots. She had to stop herself from

laughing but they really looked ridiculous in that moment. 

"Everyone get up and begin to do one hundred and fifty sit ups and one hundred push ups!" she ordered.

All the twenty trainees looked up at exactly the same time and gave her a face that looked like they were really shocked. Even Jason too looked

shocked. 

"Get your ass up and begin your exercises or it is going to be three hundred sit ups and two hundred push ups," Valentina said, and immediately everyone got up and began to do the exercises.

After about thirty minutes, they looked tired. They had finished with their sit ups but they were failing at the push ups. They were out of breath by that time, so they were extremely tired and didn't have the energy or breath control to finish through with the push ups. 

"Alright, you all can stop now," Valentina ordered and immediately, everyone dropped to the ground and groaned as if they had been waiting for her to give that particular order since 

Cynthia, one of her trainees looked up and spoke in a very exhausted tone "You know, I am really going to miss you, Miss Valentina," she said.

But Valentina didn't have the time to deal with a bunch of sad fourteen to seventeen year olds because it would make her more than sad that she had to leave them. 

"If anyone of you cries, you are going to have a worse work out tomorrow. Yes, you have training tomorrow," she informed, making everyone groan again.

"I will miss you all too. Don't mess with your new training instructor. I am always going to be your instructor no matter how old you all become," she said while grinning but there was sadness underneath it. "Okay, you all can go. I will see you tomorrow."

Everyone started exiting the training room but Jason stayed behind, sitting on the ground. Valentina bent down to his level and he lifted his head to look at her. 

"Are you really going to leave? You were the only one who believed in me when I didn't even

believe in me. Now you are just going to leave me all alone."

Valentina's heart clenched because of the wave of sadness that washed over her. Jason was just like a second brother to her and she really didn't like seeing him like this.

She grabbed his arm gently before speaking to him. "Jason, you don't need me. You never needed me. I just happened to be there to encourage you. You have always been fighting the battle. You just need the right strategies," she said to Jason. 

He smiled and he looked really adorable with his boyish grin, making Valentina's heart lift a little.

"That doesn't change the fact that you moped after I specifically said no moping or crying. So I guess you will have to work extra hard tomorrow," she added in a strict yet amused tone. 

"Wow, you are going to make a great Queen. You sure got the bossy part down," Jason said to her.

And for the first time since Valentina's life had changed drastically, someone mentioning her being Queen didn't make her sad or angry. This time she laughed really loud. 

I am really going to miss this place, Valentina thought as she and Jason walked out of the training room.