All Chapters of Marked Against Her Will: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

“Wow, really? Thanks, girl!” Leo went to Gareth and Ren, to start discussing what their strategy would be.“Are we supposed to join them?” Hana inched closer to her and asked.She grimaced, “I’d rather not.”“True. He might just let us win if you’re there.”“What?” Polly couldn’t believe her friend said that.Hana raised an eyebrow, “What? Don’t tell me he wouldn’t let you win? He’s your mate.”“I doubt it. He’s proud of his strength and expertise. He’s more likely to turn it into a training session, just to point out everything I was doing was wrong.”“Huh. Really? Won’t he act like a protective mate, who would concede defeat immediately just so he doesn’t hurt his beloved?” Hana teased but Polly shook her head. That shouldn’t be possible. To her, the man was quite impartial. He didn’t act the way she expected when she tried training in Blood Moon. He let her fight her own battles, which she clearly didn’t win. He was unsupportive like that.“You guys should get Luna’s permission if

Polly frowned when she saw him like that. “Here.” She pushed the packet of snacks onto his hand and he instinctively held them. She was already eating so he did the same.“Are we going to continue watching them? I think we saw enough for one day.” Polly asked Sab and this confirmed his suspicion.Damn. It actually hurt. He felt a pang of pain over his chest. Sab glanced at him and smirked.“Alright. Those earlier matches would be your material. Analyze them again and write a report for me. I’ll collect them tomorrow.”“Yes, Luna.” Polly and her teammates all replied.“I’ll get going first. I still have plenty of things to do.”“Go ahead, Luna. We’ll be fine here. I’ll make sure everyone doesn’t slack.” Leo promised, making Sab smile while the others rolled their eyes at him.“As if we would dare.” Hana jokingly kicked his shin.“Ouch.”Jared had a thought. Since they’re not watching his matches anymore, he’s thinking of declining them. It proved to be difficult. The others provoked hi

“We can have a one-on-one later. I’ll train with you. I just didn’t want you to distract me from your teammates. If you joined them, I would be more concerned about unintentionally hurting you. I won’t be able to focus on actually fighting them.”She was made speechless by his reply and her cheeks burned. Damn. He could actually say such things? They sounded sweet and he stirred her heart. Still, she didn’t like being singled out. It felt as if she’s the odd man out.He tapped her shoulder, hoping she would give him a response. When she still didn’t, he leaned over and pressed a kiss on her forehead. Her eyes widened and stared at him with her mouth open. What did he just do?“You . . .” She was stunned speechless.The bastard smiled, “Don’t be upset. I really didn’t mean anything hurtful by it. I didn’t mean to imply that you’re not as good as them, or that you’re incapable of fighting. I know you’ve trained hard and you’ve done well protecting yourself when I couldn’t. You’re a brav

Polly took a deep breath before replying, “Yeah. I’m fine.”She moved to place her feet on the ground and he helped her stand.“Polly, are you alright?” Hana shouted from above.“Yeah. I’m good.” She shouted back, but didn’t dare to look at her friend, sure she’s going to tease her again.“Be more careful.” His tone carried his concern and it made her look at him. His eyes . . . for some reason, her heart began to race. This feeling . . . was unfamiliar. She recognized the effect of the bond and she was personally annoyed by it.She moved away from him, which Jared expected. Seeing his sad smile, her heart ached a little. Why did she suddenly feel bad? What did she do?“There’s no need for you to go very high.”“It’s an added challenge, though.” She reasoned.“Move down a bit. That particular branch was in the way. It would be bad if you stumble on it again.”Polly stared at the tree, “If it happened to you, would you have been able to land safely? Even when part of your body hits som

“Rest for a bit. Here, have some water.” He picked up a bottle from her bag and gave it to her.“Thanks.” She sat on the ground but he remained standing. He saw a clipboard in her bag and borrowed it. No matter how good his memory is, he couldn’t remember so many numbers.When she felt better, she got up and faced the tree.“Seriously, stop when you can’t continue. If you pass out again, I’m going to kiss you.”She coughed upon hearing his threat. Uh, was it? He can’t be serious, right? But then again, he already kissed her, albeit on the cheek.“I won’t.” She promised and quickly began. She didn’t dare to get distracted.Jared maintained a serious expression until she went over the fifteen-minute mark. He was slightly smiling after that, still keeping an eye on her condition. Time still seemed to slow down. After a while, he audibly inhaled as he began to squint. As for Polly, she clearly heard his intake of breath. Was it a kind of signal? She thought it was so she counted to ten be