I find myself relieved that we are going to tell the pack everything before giving out the potion. Whenever I considered giving them the potion unaware I was struck by guilt. Would they feel like they were being poisoned if I gave them all potion without their permission? That is not something that I would want for somebody to do to me so I refuse to do it to them as well.
Even though the guilt is gone about forcing them all to drink the potions, I am now terrified at the thought that some of the pack members will refuse the potion now. It is impossible to protect them all at all times so what am I supposed to do? There really is not much that I can do besides try to support them in any way that I can but this is not something that is going to come easily to me.
Sensing my inner turmoil, Dante reaches over and grabs my hand. I slowly relax as he begins to rub circles on the back of my hand while we watch everybody arrive. It should not be too much longer and ever
It is finally time for us to make the announcement to the rest of the pack and I think that I am more nervous for this than I was for the Luna ceremony. That seems like it was so easy now but I remember that then I was a bundle of nerves. That is exactly how I feel now just a whole lot worse. Now, I have to tell them all of my secrets and hope that they still want to keep me around after they learn all of them.Dante walks up onto the porch so that everybody is able to see and hear him. As soon as he reaches the porch a hush falls over everybody in attendance. Each and every pack member looks at him with the confidence that he will not lead them astray.I have not seen many people able to hold an audience without even speaking the way that he is right now."Well, as you know, recently we were able to welcome our wonderful Luna into our pack!" Dante says enthusiastically. To my surprise the entire pack starts to cheer for me. I had not expected it so I blush
After everybody finally stopped coming over to assure me that they do, in fact, want me to stay here in the pack with them, things finally calmed down enough for us all to enjoy the dinner. Before tonight, I had always been afraid to fully open up to everybody because I was afraid to say the wrong thing. Now, I find myself being a little more of a social butterfly and flitting around between people to talk to everyone. At one point I even thought that I had spotted Lovette lingering nearby.The entire pack is dancing to loud music and just enjoying themselves. Tomorrow is the day that we have to get down to business and start making our plans for possible attacks. Tonight, we are going to enjoy each other's company. Every time that I spot Dante he is watching me with a smile on his face. I did not realize how much I was holding back when my secrets were still secret."Hey, so is it true that you can turn into other animals too?" I hear from behind me.Turning, I
"Are you going to try and stop me?" Dante asks me quietly. "No." I reply much more breathless than I anticipated. Instead of answering me, he just continues to let his hands roam while kissing me passionately. It is hard not to get lost in my mate. Everything he does and everything he is screams to me. I never thought that I would be able to have this much feeling for one person before but what Dante manages to make me feel has me second guessing who I am. What all I would actually do for this man. I moan into his mouth as he brings his hand underneath my shirt. Slowly, he inches his hand higher as if he is daring me to stop him. We both have enhanced hearing so I stretch out my awareness and make sure that nobody is about to walk in on us but I do not stop him. At this point the thought of stopping makes me feel as if I am about to implode. Each touch of his hand makes fireworks go off. Every time that his mouth moves on me I feel a line
Starting out classes the next day feels a little strange with everybody looking at me differently. They seem to have a little more respect for me than before which I do not mind but the whispers are going to throw me off if we do not get them under control soon."Alright, so after last night everybody knows that we are going to pick up the pace on this training. We need to make sure that we are ready for anything that the witches may be able to throw at us. They have spells and potions at their disposal. I may know how to make a protection potion but that does not mean that I know how to combat all of their spells and potions. From what I understand the less sinister ones should bounch off of the potions that I gave you but we need to be able to fight back. I highly doubt that the witches spend much time on physical training so we have to be able to use stealth and sneak up on them quickly. Then, when they do not expect it we can strike from close range." I tell them al
We increased the length of each of our classes by half an hour so by the time that I was finally done with classes for the night it was almost dinner time. It makes for a long day when I am working nonstop to keep the entire pack safe. Its a necessary long day but still quite exhausting. Still, I need to find time for my own workouts so I am going to have to let Dante know that I might be a little later than normal.With everybody gone the gym seems to be so gigantic, and quiet. Definitely quiet. I have been surrounded by the noises of training and yelling almost all day. It was necessary for the training but my head definitely needed the break that tonight may bring. I need to go for a run but maybe I can convince Dante to join me for one in the morning before the lessons all start.As I start with the punching bag I feel like somebody is watching me. Who would be watching me here unless it was one of the pack members? Glancing around, I do not see anybody
"Dante, why are you here?" I asked him concerned.I had opened up the mind link while Lovette was in here so that he would know what was going on. I did not know that he was on his way or why he rushed over here so quickly. Standing in the doorway, he is panting like he just ran all of the way over here from wherever he was."I got a call earlier today saying that Lovette had somehow managed to escape and they had no idea where she went. They thought that she was a danger because she has not responded to treatments at all. It almost seems as if she is, in fact, Akela's mate. I was trying to get here before she could harm you or leave again. She did not seem too happy to see you." He tells me walking towards me.When he gets up to me he holds me at arm distance to look me over. Since the mind link was open I know that he had to know that she did not even get close enough to hurt me but he is still looking at me like he needs to make
"Hey! Make sure that you are not letting her get behind you! Move faster. If a witch gets behind you it could all be over. Move, move move!" I shout at the pair in the ring.Normally I try not to yell at the sparring partners but it is getting more difficult to hold back when they spend so long thinking about their moves that they are not reacting to the actual fight at all. How am I supposed to get them to stop doing this? Is there a way to get them to stop trying to think about their moves so much?"Alright, take a break. I need to think for a moment." I tell them.I walk away from the ring to a stunned silence. This is the first time that I have ever stopped a lesson. Hopefully it is the last too. Mind linking Dante we brainstorm some ideas on how to get them to stop thinking so much. One way would be for me to get into the ring with them and hit them so fast that they do not have time to think about it. That seems like a good way to make a lot of peopl
All through dinner we found it difficult to talk about much as we were both heavily anticipating news from Natalie and Kiba. Kiba is convinced that it will be a boy but Natalie does not seem to be as sure. Wolf pups do not let us know their gender before they are born as they shift and move so much that it becomes impossible to tell their gender in the womb."Are you as excited as I am to see where this is going to lead the two of them?" I ask Dante excitedly."Of course I am. I have been hoping for something like this to happen for Natalie ever since her mate died. The fact that she found somebody while still pregnant with his child is quite astounding. None of it would have been possible without you though." He says to me."Me? I did not really do anything. Not besides almost getting killed as a child and then stumbling into your pack. It is just pure luck that I was here. It is still shocking to think that Kiba is an ally after all that had happened.&nb