Alley POV: Waking up early has never been my thing, but we have to start training. Last night at dinner we decided that we will let people pick their workout partners. I already promised I would train Cassandra in the morning and my mother would train her after lunch. She is extremely eager to learn stuff, she told us girls last night that Jeremy tends to go overboard with protection but she never really thought much about it until they were attacked by a few rogues. She had no idea how to defend herself and it scared her and I could understand. Being a human and mated to a wolf is hard, humans are fragile and can be easily killed since they don't heal the same way that we do. She is right, she needs to know how to defend herself no matter what. We were all stretching before we broke off into pairs, I could tell that Cassandra was nervous her eyes were constantly moving, keeping everyone within eyesight. Jeremy on the other hand had his eyes on her. "Are you ready?" I asked her, o
Alley POV: "That was good, but next time when you spin, take your leg and give a kick straight to the face." I said. There was a fire in her eyes and I knew she was hungry to learn. "Again." I said lunging at her, I decided not to tell her anything and let her go off her own instincts. She went straight for my legs using her body weight to knock me off my feet, wrapped one arm around my neck and used the other to lock it in and tighten. She tried pinning my legs to the ground, I used my right elbow and drove it into her ribs. She hissed in pain but quickly recovered. Once she was on her feet I lunged at her, she swung a left hook that I ducked under and wrapped my arms around her waist, lifting her up and slamming us down back first on the mat, I spun around trapping her under me when she slammed her head in to my nose making me stumble off of her. "Impressive." I said, smiling at her. She is able to think quickly in situations. I caught a glimpse of Jeremy who looked at her with pri
Alley POV: After we had our lunch the girls and I stayed in front of the house while the others went back to training, it seemed like we all had an amazing grasp on our elements but I wanted to test our elements. See what we could really do. "So how are we going to do this?" Charlotte asked. "I'm not sure but I figured we could some how combine them if needed, like a mega fire bomb or water infused flame? I've infused fire with earth before." I said, trying to figure out how we could. My hopes are that if we get separated or one gets separated then we can somehow aid them. "Do you remember how you did it?" Chloe asked. "Not really, I mean I didn't put much thought into it. Just pictured it and boom it happened." I replied. "Where the hell have Anahita and them been? It's been days since we last seen them." Diane asked. Now that is a good question, they left and we haven't heard anything from them. "I honestly have no clue. Maybe gifting other people?" I said, shrugging my shoulde
Stephens POV: I decided to hang back and let the others train while I observed everyone, Jeremy decided to hit the weights and then the punching bag, Alleys mom was training Cassandra on the mats again and I must admit for a human she is pretty good. She moved quickly and her bounce back is even quicker. Jeremy takes a glance over at them every few seconds, I couldn't imagine living the way that they did. To constantly look over my shoulder because of who I was and knowing I had no backup or no protection is a horrible way to live. Maybe after all of this is said and done they can stay here or leave and feel better knowing they made a lot of new friends. "So how is Jeremy doing?" Alex asked. "He's doing fine in my opinion, I think he is more protective than Collin is." I replied with a chuckle. "Yeah I couldn't imagine that, but his mate seems to be learning really fast." Alex said. "Yeah she is. She's a strong person she just needs to embrace it and let her instincts guide he
Alley POV: We got back inside the house and wasted no time in coming up with a plan, we had to get to them before they came for us. We could train all day every day and still not be prepared for their attack if we don't have a plan. "Okay so the trackers will be back in the early morning and you all heard how many they saw, anyone have any suggestions?" Stephen asked, looking around the room, Pythia and Ambrosia came as soon as we sent out the word. "I think the dark witches need to take their own kind on, wolves and vampires can't fight back when magic is used." Devin said. He had a point. "True but with Stephens shield they could." Pythia retorted. "I don't know how many I will be able to cover when we are in an actual fight." Stephen replied. "I think Pythia should make a team of her own and we can be back up since we have elements." I said. "Or do you and Ambrosia think y'all can gain control of them?" Diane asked. "I don't want traitors living among me. They will die." Ambros
Alley POV: How would we though? If she now has ill intentions then she can't come within the protection or her insides will burn. She would die. "She can stay with us, I can work on a removal spell." Pythia said. "You can do that?" I asked. She nodded her head, "It won't be an easy process but yes it can be done." Pythia replied. What process? I can't believe he would use her like that but then again it does not surprise me at all. This ruins the surprise attack. I mean not really but if she is glued to Bosch then that is going to cause a problem. We won't be able to get to her without him seeing. "How are we going to get her?" Jackson asked. "I don't know. We can't get to her without Bosch seeing." I said. "The longer she is under the spell the more she will lose herself." Pythia said. Well fuck. Okay so we need to think of something quickly. "When did she leave his side?" I asked "The only time she did was when he told her to go off and do something." Tyler replied. "Okay so we nee
Alley POV: None of us slept hardly at all, we pulled our best fighters and filled them in on the plan. We have to find Leia after we set everything on fire. We decided to do it as early as possible to make sure most were inside sleeping. They won't be able to hide if the houses are burnt down, we were able to sneak in thanks to Pythias cloaking spell and check for kids. Thankfully no kids are around, if there were we would have to re plan things. We have ten of the best fighters from each pack plus us. "Are you staying here with Cassandra?" Stephen asked, looking at Jeremy, he was torn on what to do. "Yeah I'll stay here. I don't want them knowing about me just yet." Jeremy replied. "Hey, don't worry about it, you guys can hide out here until we get back, we don't want to push you to do something you don't want to do just yet." I said, trying to reassure him that it is okay to take the back seat every once in a while. He is scared for his mate and that is something we can all unde
Alley POV: "I know I can but right now, no, I'm not trying too." I replied, He started swinging his arms around trying to ease the flames that were engulfing him. I tightened the roots around his legs, immobilizing him. As he laid on the ground I looked around, everyone started disappearing and I knew it was time to leave. "Sammie get Stephen and the others out of here!" I yelled through the link, Stephens eyes went wide and before he could say anything Sammie did as she was told and sent them back home. "You will die, Alley, it's just a matter of time." Bosch spat . I looked down on him before raising my hand forming a ball of water. "If you can survive this, then I will give you a fair shot at a fight with me." I sneered, dropping the water around his head. I watched as he struggled to get his head out to gain some air. I heightened the fire bringing it up to his chest. His screams were drowned out by the water. "Let's go home." I said to Jack, he grabbed onto my shoulders and tel