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Chapter 5

Morning after the party, comes a session of long and intense training. Every wolf must complete training 3 days a week starting at the age 17. However, for pack warriors and high-ranking wolves must start training at 15 for 5 days a week. Leaders and warriors must be strong and agile for rogue attacks. Occasionally rogues attack us out of spite, but never anything we can’t handle.

At 7 am I get up from a short slumber since the party went on so late. I force myself out of bed and put on a green sports bra with some spandex shorts. I drag my feet to my bathroom and brush out my newly formed long white, blond hair. It’s so unsettling to look so different from my family. Once each strand was smooth, I carefully braid it into a French braid.

I rush down the stairs and grab a blueberry muffin, my phone, and bag. I head to the door and find Aiden and Celeste waiting there for me.

“Let’s go girl! Or we are going to be late.” She lectures while heading out the door. “Any second later we all be doing 10 laps around the forest” Aiden scowls and flicks my forehead. I mumble my apologies and hold my forehead for a dramatic touch.

We make our way to a clearing of the forest where we all train. We find dad and Beta James sparing along with the rest of the warriors and Gamma Chione. I partner up with Celeste while Aiden partners up with Atlas.

We take our positions and begin to spar. Most of the time we are almost equals. But now, I feel stronger. More powerful. It must be the fact I now have my wolf.

I block her every punch and kick. So far, she hasn’t landed a blow yet and I’ve been on the defensive since we’ve started. She takes a step back and signals me to come at her. I’ll show her what I’m capable of.

“Go for it Athena, know I have your back. “Blanche says confidently. I smile knowing I’m not alone. I run towards my opponent ready to attack. Celeste tenses up and prepares for what I’ll throw at her. She lowers her center and when I reach her, I throw a few punches to her stomach and shoulder. I test her strength and speed against me to fully predict her defense pattern. Finally, I plan a feint punch towards her face and quickly get low and kicked out her feet. She lost balance and I put a hand on her chest to bring her down faster. She looks up at me all bug eyed.

“Dang girl, you’re formidable.” She says breathlessly. “You’ve gotten so much stronger than me. You should start training with your brother.” She laughs still trying to catch her breath as I help her up.

“So future Beta, I officially kicked your ass.” I laugh. It’s true. I haven’t beaten her at a sparring match since she’s gained her wolf. “Yea yea yea. You’re the White Wolf though, that’s to be expected.” The White Wolf stuff is great, but I don’t want anyone to treat me differently than before. I don’t want this to make me superior over everyone. I’m still me. Then I look around and see the whole group is watching us.

“Dang sis, you had gotten way stronger than before. I better watch myself around you or you’ll easily become alpha” He laughs and puts an arm around me. He strategically fights similarly how I do. Others look for openings while we some up fighting patterns and make openings.

Father then whistles to gain everyone’s attention. “Alright now that everyone is warmed up, today’s focus will be teamwork. Sometimes there will be a rogue that will be too strong for one person alone. That is how they work. They pick off the weak ones and work their way up until the group is overwhelmed. So, work as a team and a pack. Beta James, Gamma Chione, Commander Titan, Commander Jay, and I will be the attackers and all of you will be working in small packs against us. Also, none of your powers will be used today. You can’t always rely on them. Now hurry and find a partner because we are coming for you.” Then with that they start running towards the whole group and shift into their wolves. There will hardly be times that rouges fight in their human forms.

“Let’s do this Blanche!” I yell in my head, and she howls back. I shift into my radiant white wolf with Celeste’s ginger wolf, Aiden’s black wolf, and Atlas’s grey wolf. The rest of the group shifts, and we all go on the defensive. I nod to Celeste and Aiden nods to Atlas, and we split up to take on a different “rogue”. A group of pack warriors follow me and some follow Aiden and Atlas. Gamma Chione’s Light grey wolf and Commander Jay’ chestnut wolf spot us and they growl. They lunge at us, and my group and I prepare for the first move. With that we split up Celeste and I go to take on Chione and the rest take on Jay. She lunges forward at us. In wolf forms it’s always the goal to go for the neck because punctured can be fatal. With that information I will go low to block my neck and under belly and hold my ground to prepare for impact. My eyes go to Celeste.

“If she comes for me go high, I’ll go low. Switch if she goes for you.” I mind link. Celeste nods at me and growls at the Gamma.

Finally, she decides to go for me, and I go low and brace for her to hit me to throw me off balance. Then just as I predicted she hits me I slightly lose my balance but quickly regain it and prepare for my next move. I latch onto her leg and Celeste hits her from the side. Chione completely loses her balance and goes tumbling back. However, she gets back up quickly and growls at us. She’s not going down easily. Now it’s our turn.

“Celeste, you be a decoy and throw her off. I’ll sneak and attack.” I mind link her again. Mind link is a unique form of communication wolves have. After the party Aiden and I had fun talking to each other from separate rooms. That is once we found out how to do it.

We run towards Chione, and she goes low for a defensive stance, and we split up into two different directions. I extend my wings, take off and land just past the thicket of trees and wait for my chance. I look back and find Chione took the bait and running after Celeste. Finally, they run in my direction and ready myself for an attack. At the right moment I pounce on Chione, and we go tumbling down and I pin her to the ground and go for her neck and slightly bite but don’t follow through. I step off her and she makes eye contact with me.

“Well done, Athena. That is a great tactic to sneak up and get the drop on your enemy. You have magnificent wings, always use them. You and Celeste know how to use team work to your full advantage.” Her wolf smiles and she run to take on another opponent. I turn toward Celeste and open a link.

“Girl we were awesome. We were in perfect sync.” Her wolf smiles and nods. We look around and I find dads dark brown wolf and James’s amber wolf facing off against Aiden and Atlas. They are circling and growling at each other, waiting for the other to make a move. Finally, Aiden and Altas decide to make the first move. They lunge toward their opponents. Dad and James get low and growl. Dad looks at his partner and he nods. They are planning something. They won’t be easy to take down. Aiden and Atlas close distance quickly and before any contact happens dad and James quickly split up and go in different directions. They quickly loop around and throw their opponents off their feet. They then hastily get back up and charged once more. I know I’m Aiden’s number one supporter, but he’ll never beat Dad. Dad is stronger, wiser, and obviously much older. The only advantage Aiden has is agility, because of his age and slightly smaller size. Both teams quickly close the distance baring teeth and growling. They collide with each other and snap and try to latch on to each other. Then Dad manages to knock him over. However, I was able to break through the few fights around me and slightly take off. I quickly advance my way to Dad and collide into him to knock him off course. He rolls and I end up on top and did the same thing I did to the Gamma. I went for the neck and didn’t follow through. He nudges me with his paw to show he surrenders. I hop off and he slowly gets up. I see conflict in his eyes. Mixture of pride, happiness, and some fear.

“I did not see that coming well done, Athena.” Dad’s voice rang in my head. I never thought I’d be able to bring down my own father the Alpha.

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