That was the best bet to have ever lost. I am not entirely sure that I tried to win it though. It was far too much fun to lose. By the time we fall asleep it is only a few hours before dawn. Today is the day that I end up kicking Kiba's ass in the finals of the tournament so that I can hopefully gain more information from him. First though, we have the semi finals.
The semi finals are going to consist of me vs my wonderful mate, and Kiba vs one of our other warriors. Soon, we will know exactly who is the better fighter. Me, or Dante. Kiba is in the first match though so we sit back to watch and look for any potential weaknesses. So far his only down fall seems to be his complete brutality in the ring. He does not seem to be worried about getting injured and just goes all out no matter who the opponent.
As he steps into the ring, he glances at me before taking his place. I am not sure what the glance is supposed to mean but he either seemed concerned or curious. H
Dante and I climb into the ring right before our match is supposed to start. We may have gotten a little distracted just now but it is time to shake that feeling off and focus on our match. Finally, I get to test myself against my mate to see who is the better fighter."Are you ready beautiful?" Dante asks."Oh yeah, just promise me one thing." I say back."What's that?" He asks sounding confused."Don't hold back just because I am your mate." I say.At that he chuckles before nodding as we bump gloves to signal the start of the match. I can feel the entire pack's eyes on us as we get ready to spar. From the corner of my eye, I can see bets being made on who will come out victorious. Kiba's gaze is searing on me while he watches me get ready to fight my own mate.I swing slightly at Dante just to see how quickly he reacts but he just bats my fist away lazily before returning the blow. I bat it away just as easily and we trade blows back and
The time for the match between Kiba and I is intense. He did not expect me to attack as soon as the match started which gives me an advantage. In every match that I saw of his, he was always the first to attack so hopefully, I can use this to win the tournament.As I lunge at him, he twists early to try and dodge it but I swtich course and bring my fist into his ribs harder than I probably should have. He does not even grunt or act like I managed to get a hit on him. The only sign that he noticed is the slightly raised eyebrow as he looks at me in surprise. I keep up my attack so that he does not get the upper hand again.By now I am sure that he has seen me leg sweep a few people so I do not want to use that move unless I have to. Relying mostly on my fists, I keep hitting him with a speed which he cannot match. The most he manages to do is to block about half of the punches that I send his way. I can see him getting aggitated at not being able to attack me as I keep
The doctor gets done taking an x-ray of my foot and declares that the bone had already started healing crooked so he sadly had to rebreak the toe before it could heal fully. It hurts worse when you know it is going to happen than when in the middle of a fight. Luckily, the adrenaline had not fully worn off or else I am sure that it would have hurt a whole lot worse."You are amazing, just so you know." Dante says yet again as we are waiting for the bone to set enough to finally leave."You have said that recently you know. I would almost think that you are were lying when you said that I would be able to beat him." I say."What? Never. I had full faith in you the entire time. I did not have full faith in him keeping it clean. You managed to keep him on his toes so much that he never had a chance to pull out anything low like that. I am pretty sure that you broke a few more of his bones than he did of yours." He says with a chuckle."That is tr
All night I spent agonizing over what I am going to ask Kiba and what his answers will be. I thought about just trying to get a favor from him instead of information but I really want that information of the night 10 years ago. No, I need the information. What really happened between him and my mother, did he really sell them out, how did my parents even get together?I am not sure if he can supply all of the needed answers but he does know them better than anybody else does. He might even know my grandmother if he had ties close to the witches back then. It is nice to know that Scarlett is my cousin but I constantly wonder about other family that I did not know about in the past. Are there others out there or are we all that is left of my family?As dawn draws nearer, I find it impossible to sleep so instead I get up to see if exercise will help to clear my mind. I know that I did yoga the other day but I want something a little more intense this time around. Yoga was
After talking to Skoll for a while I have a slightly new outlook on who Kiba is. While he is still just as dangerous as I originally thought, at least I know that he is not completely heartless. I am not entirely sure why he sold my parents out even though I heard what he said in the cottage before but that just does not add up with the man that Skoll just spoke of. Of course, he could have been sent to try to throw me off before I go to meet with his Alpha. When Dante finally wakes up, I head back into our bedroom to take a shower before our meeting. I want to have him thrown off but I do not want to make him sick after I have been sweating for the last couple of hours. Dante throws the covers off when I walk in the bedroom and rushes up to me like he is nervous. "Is everything okay? I woke up and you weren't here. You NEVER get up before me." He says half jokingly and half worried. "I am fine. I was just having problems sleeping so I decided to go and get a
Once we are finally finished with our shower we get ready to go meet Kiba. Kevin said that he is at the house that we loaned him expecting us. The walk is not a long one but we stop for coffee on the way. I am happy to say that I can finally order my own coffee without having to rely on somebody else. As we finish our walk, I sip happily on it until I remember what all I am hoping to learn today.Kiba answers the door right away and motions us in. As we walk in I can smell leftover takeout from the night before in the kitchen. None of those men can probably cook so they must have been living off of takeout ever since my heat started. Whoops."I would assume that you want to know what all I know about your parent's death since you won the tournament." Kiba says getting to the chase right away."Yes I would. By now, I am sure that you know who she is but I want to know more about what happened to them. Did the witches really kill them and why would they do that? W
"So, are you saying that instead of letting us live in your protection, you sent us out on our own with nobody to help us if things were to go wrong?" I ask indignantly."That was not my intention. I thought that if your location were to be kept a secret then you would all stay safe. I am still not sure how they got into my office to find the location but somehow somebody snuck in and found out where you were. I did not find out until it was too late and we could not help. I told everybody else that I gave up your location to keep the rest of the pack safe and to hide the fact that somebody managed to sneak into my office. I have a reputation as a fearsome, heartless alpha and I wanted to keep it that way so I just let everybody think that I sold your family out instead of having to admit that I had failed. I know that it wasn't the right thing to do but I could not let the pack think that I was growing weak. If that happened then I would not be able to find out who broke int
When we get back at the pack house Natalie is already there waiting for us. Unsure what all Dante has told her through mind link I let him begin. "Natalie, I am glad you got here quickly. I have an idea that I want to run by you but I want you to know that it is completely up to you and there is no pressure whatsoever to try and get you to choose either way." Dante says.Natalie, understandly, looks nervous at his statement but follows us inside nonetheless. I smile at her in what I hope is a reassuring way and run to get us all some drinks. When I get back I hand her a glass and sit down on the sofa across from where she is sitting."How are you feeling today?" I ask her politely."Not too bad. A little nervous at this point but before that I was feeling better than I have for a while. My morning sickness hit later in pregnancy than normal but luckily, I am starting to feel a little better today." She says rather nervously."Well, I wanted you to stop by
"Wait, you can do that?" Frank asks shocked. "Yes, of course I can. It is not something that I have done often, actually only one other time but it is an option. It is one that terrifies her." I admit. "Who did you do it to before?" Rand asks me. "I did it to Morden. There was no other way to stop her from coming after my pack or my family." I answer simply. "Your grandmother said that Simonetta was behind that the entire time. That only makes it right that she gets the same punishment if not worse than what Morden received." Rand points out. I had not thought of it that way but it is true. Still, we need to have a system set up for something like this. Otherwise, there will always be somebody that takes advantage of the power and that is not something that I can condone. "That is very true. I had not thought of that but this is not a decision to be made lightly. There might be longer reaching consequences that even I am not aware of by using this ability. Still, I see no other o
It did not take long at all for the Hybrid Council to arrive. They all file in looking a little shocked to see Simonetta there, unable to use her magic as she floats slightly in the air. Quickly, they find their seats. Then, both Rand and Frank walk in as well. I had not thought of inviting them but I am glad that Dante did. With how long she terrorized their pack it is only fitting that they are here for this as well.I smile at them all as they whisper among themselves for a few moments. This is a bit of a shock for those that were not here to see Simonetta arrive. For Frank and Rand, they finally see their enemy tied up and floating in the air. They are not aware that I can take away her ability to use magic so this is going to be a shock to them when the meeting starts. "I take it you called us all here for a reason?" Elle says once everyone starts to calm down."Yes, I did. As everybody here knows, Simonetta has caused quite a few problems for us. She has terrorized werewolves,
Simonetta rushes towards me using wind to guide her speed. It is not enough to throw me off guard though and I shove a wall of dirt up in front of me. She almost crashes into it before she is able to skid to a stop at the last second. If she had prepared then she might have been able to use the air that was helping her speed up to me to jump over the wall but instead, she is used to using her other powers for combat and did not make the decision in time.As soon as she begins to stop, I tear down the wall and shift into werewolf form quickly to land on top of her with my teeth to her neck. Out of all of the forms that I could have turned into this was the only one that registered as an option. I would like for her to see the one thing that she thinks is beneath her be the thing that brings her down. For once, she surprises me when she throws me off of her with some air. I quickly flip over and land on my paws. I shift back and face her again. She is breathing hard and I find myself a
As soon as my illsuion drops I see Simonetta's face blanche. Chelsea drops to the ground and has it swallow her up as she falls through it to meet the others. I send her a brief thank you as she helps to keep them all safe from whatever back up plan Simonetta could have.She sends me a sad farewell. Apparently she is worried about whether or not I am going to make it out of this one. I might not have used much magic recently but I guarantee that there is no way I will let her get away with this threat. Today, she is going to go down and she is not going to be a threat to anybody with werewolf blood ever again."Wait, you had the baby? No! You can't have had it already!" She screams in rage."Actually, I can. There was nothing stopping me from having it. There is also nothing in the way of me putting a stop to you and your bullying once and for all" I say. She takes a few steps back as she steels herself for what we bothk now is going to happen next. It is a shame that the rest of the
"Why would she ever want to go with you?" I ask Simonetta in shock."I am sure that she can see the benefits when she realizes that if she doesn't then she will never get to meet the bundle of joy in your stomach. I will personally make sure that you are unable to deliever them. After all, the more powerful the babes the less the mother can use magic so I am sure that you are not able to defend yourself very well." Simonetta says triumphantly.I try my best to look worried. I really do. I find that it is difficult to be worried about her though. She has never really had a lot of sway over me. Even when I first realized how much stronger than her I am I had found it difficult to be scared of her. "You really think that I am afraid of you? Even without being able to use my powers you do not worry me. I have plenty of other witches that are able to come and help me." I say."Not before something bad happens to you. Chelsea, I would hate to see for anything bad to happen to Laina. I just
Each team splits up and gets ready to make their way through the obstacle course. They are all going to have to take turns trying to make it through safely. Each team has a designated amount of time before they get elminated. The one that makes it through the fastest and with the least amount of mistakes, will be the ones to win the competition. The course is very similar to the one that we did with the entire pack when we first started training. The one that really got the women moving faster as they fought to make good time through the course to beat the men. This one is just a little more geared towards children and not fully grown adults.Some of the obstacles are smaller to better accomodate their size, some things are closer together and they have even added some new obstacles that would have been difficult for the adults. There are also some obstacles that are going to require teamwork to make it through. If they do not work together then they have no hope of making it to the
It takes much longer than planned to get the babies ready for travel. I have never packed a diaper bag before but luckily Scarlett shows up to help me get them ready and squeal over the twins for a minute. Or more precisely, several minutes."I can't believe that they are finally here! I swear it felt like your pregnancy was never going to end. Every time that I thought you were going into labor and you never did. Yesterday, I had no idea that you were going into labor. How did you keep that from me?!" She says to me."It was not exactly on purpose. I did not even know that I was in labor until I spoke to Dante and then Elle confirmed it. It was a really odd day. We had a lot that happened that day so I thought that everything I was feeling was just from stress." I admit to her."Ha! For once, I could have answered that if you had just talked to me. Instead, you have me doing made up jobs with you to help me out." She says excitedly.I shake my head as she begins showing me exactly h
The first night with the babies was quite a bit of a learning curve. Whenever we put them in their bassinets they just started to cry nonstop until we picked them up again. It took a couple of hours to find out that if we put them into the same bassinet they were able to sleep peacefully and not wake us up. By the time we managed learning that, I was beyond exhausted and ready to sleep. Thankfully, there was more than enough people in the house to help us out throughout the night.When I wake up I find that Dante is already standing over their bassinet watching them sleep. They have managed a few hours of sleep straight which for me was quite shocking considering that they are newborns. "How are they?" I ask him sleepily.Chelsea decided to sleep on one of the loveseats last night as well. She was just too excited to go to sleep in her bedroom after I had the babies. I do not blame her but as she shifts when I start talking I do realize that that might have been a mistake. She is goi
Chelsea comes running in once the babies start to cry for food. Her face is filled with excitement as she rushes over to me. Even though they are hungry, I allow her to hold and rock Caterine while I first feed Archer. I might get good enough to be able to feed them both at once in the future but for now feeding just one is tricky. I never knew that it could be this hard to feed a baby."Hi Caterine, I am your Aunt Chelsea. We are going to be best friends. You are going to get to go to school with werewolf pups and use magic. It is going to be wonderful. I can't wait to teach you everything that I know." Chelsea coos to the baby making all of us smile.It is a good thing that she already has so much experience being around babies because she does a great job holding Caterine while Archer is feeding. She does sit down though as she looks at her. Even though Caterine was crying just a moment ago from hunger, she is now looking at Chelsea with wide eyes. Werewolf pups have much better ey