Once rejected now accepted

Training starts now

It’s been a couple of days since we got here, we havnt started training yet seeing that there is a lot of catching up to do. I have spent most of my time outside just relaxing before I have to teach the pack how to properly take care of themselves, I have had a couple of run ins with Ash and Chance. Each time I just say hi and walk back outside to have my alone time with my feelings, Ash being sorry made being here a lot easier, but Chance hasn’t even tried to talk to me or show any remorse for what he did to me. Before I know it I’ve been in the sun outside so long that Dra has to come look for me.

” Hey kid, penny for your thoughts or do I have to spend a whole dollar, just to know what’s running through your mind?” We’re both laughing for a few seconds before Dra puts his serious face back on. I know he’s been having a hard time since two of our original pack members died on our last mission, but his pain and anxiety is really starting to show. “If you don’t stop looking at me like I’m a broken puppy I’m going to have to fight you.” I know he’s just playing with me because when he smiles while saying this he ages backwards about five years in time.

” Oh you can save your change, I’m just trying to figure out how I feel about all of this. Being back here just makes me wonder if it’s actually changed or if it’s just for show, I want it to be real so I can forgive Ash all the way, and my stupid mate bond is just making it harder to keep my distance.” I watch his face while I’m talking trying to read his expression to see if my thoughts on the matter are just a waist of time. “I was also thinking about how Chance hasn’t tried to apologize to me for anything and how he doesn’t even look sorry when he sees me. I probably sound stupid for being worried about these things don’t I?” I am still trying to gage his reaction, but his face is like a damn shield I can’t find a crack in his defenses.

After a while sitting in siolence with Dra thinking on what to say I go to stand, but he reaches for me pulling me back down to the ground so he can talk. “It’s not stupid or a wast of your time, I didn’t know them before, but I can tell that Ash regrets it. Even Chance has brought it up in conversation that he didn’t feel like a sorry is good enough, and kid I don’t blame you for being cautious about it all and taking your time but sitting out here alone not talking to anyone just so you can try and figure it out on your own, when you know that I am more than willing to help you to understand how you feel. Well you shouldn’t feel like you have to do it alone is what I’m trying to get at, do you understand?” He seems so sad that I havnt been talking to him about it, he’s been my best friend for so long that I just feel like I shouldn’t pile my problems on his already full plate.

” Hey Dra, thank you for alw...” I’m cut off by a blood curtailed scream coming from the woods, it sounds like it’s a mile away, and if I’m right the owners of the screaming can’t be any older than twelve years. I look at Dra, and know what I have to do. “ Dra you get the pack and meet me there, I’ll be ok for a few minutes by myself I promise.” Without another word I shift and take off not leaving him any time to protest. Using my abilities to put more speed into my run I get to a clearing, finding a young girl trying to run away from a pack of about 20 roags. I’m seriously out numbered and my pack won’t get here soon enough, so I do the only thing I can and strike first taking three of the wolfs to the ground with me giving the girl enough room and time to run away. She takes off so fast you would think she already had her wolf, but I knew she didn’t.

I know I just have to hold them off for a few minutes 10 at tops before the pack is here so I run into the middle of the clearing letting them surround me. Soon one of them lunges forward grabbing ahold of my hind leg in his fangs while another is swinging it’s giant claws at me hitting me first on the left side of my face, than again raking its claws down the length of my wolf form. Come on just keep them occupied for a little bit longer and the pack will be here to help. With this in my mind when the wolf goes to strike again I make a snap at its neck grabbing and shaking it until I hear it’s neck snap in my mouth. One down now I just have to get this one off of my leg, so I do my best turning around as far as I can striking with my paw. By she loud pop sound I assume I dislocated its jaw giving myself The chance to pull free, taking a moment to pounce on the wolf and snap its neck with my weight.

Before I know it I’ve taking five or six roags down without any help, but I’m almost out of energy and won’t be able to do this for much longer alone, they can’t be to far away from me now I can smell someone. In my moments of destruction the rest of them take the opertunity to attack taking me down to the ground in howling pain, one of them has a good bite on my neck getting ready to crush it I can feel the fangs I’m be skin, three others are nipping at my body knowing that I wouldn’t dare to fight back because my neck would be broken on any major movement. I just lay there hoping the pack gets here soon. When suddenly I hear snapping twigs from a few directions, I know there here I can smell them all of them even Ash and Chance. Thank god because I can feel my body getting ready to shut down from the lack of oxygen.

Without any warning my pack in there human forms attack, Dra moves for the roag that’s got my neck making it release me, but I can’t get up I can bearly feel the air going into my lungs I made quick work of the first six, but the pack made even quicker work of the rest taking out one after the other until the rest retreat. Leaving only one thing for my pack to worry about. Rushing over to me in time to throw a blanket over me, before my body I’m willing goes back to my human shape, I gasp for air not the least bit worried about any of my wounds.

” It... it t-took you all long enough.” I say after catching my breath, “ Please tell me the girl made it back in the right direction.” I finish my words looking up at my pack to see there horrified faces looking at me. I’m not the least bit surprised considering I just barged into that battle alone and got the s**t beet out of me. I have no energy left so I won’t be able to heal myself as fast as normal. Adrenaline wearing off I start to feel the pain and wince, but pulling the planet around me in a makeshift dress I try to stand anyway not noticing that I’m still bleeding in every place that I was bitten and batted at. I stagger forward only to find some expecting arms wrapping around me and lifting me off of the ground to carry me back to the packs house.

” You are the bravest and dumbest wolf I have ever met.” Dra said shaking his head walking next to whoever is carrying me, but I’ve lost so much blood that I’m bearly staying awake as it is so I don’t resist, or argue. As soon as we get back to the packs back yard I fell better, jolting free of whoever’s arms are wrapped around me I land on the ground crouching.

” I’m not leaving this spot until I know that girl is ok, and anyone that wants to argue that can fight me. I did not risk my life to save a kid not to know if she’s ok!” Everyone looks at me with surprise on there faces which quickly turns to annoyance, but nobody tries to move me or go against what I’ve said, they know I will fight until I can’t move to get what I want. Soon Nila walks off to the house, looking like she might just be board of my retaliation. I look down f**k I’m bleeding a lot more than I should be, this should have scared over by now, these wounds must be deeper than I thought at first. Before I know it Nila is back bringing with her the whole damn pack, standing tight next to her is the girl from the woods freely crying hair tossed with leaves and twigs in it. “ Hey, are you ok, I know your scared but did you get hurt at all?” I can’t help but look at her she’s still crying but she shakes her head no and mouths a thank you to me probably to scared for her voice to work properly.

Knowing she’s ok I feel like I don’t have to fight the need to pas out for much longer. looking around every person is staring at me while I’m on the ground, so I stand looking at ever individual. “ Training starts now.” That’s all I can say before I pass out, feeling like I’m melting into an empty abyss of darkness.

I still feel numb, and I havnt been able to open my eyes, but I can hear everything around me the beeping of the monitor that I don’t want to be attached to, and the hushed voices of Dra, and Ash. It takes me a moment to get my ears to focus all the way, but when I do the conversation is very obviously about me so I keep my eyes closed and just keep listening.

” She’s a grown woman she managed five years without you there to try and stop her from fighting. She saved a kid and I can’t be mad at her for that, any one of us would have done the same thing. She is a lot stronger than you ever could have thought, she is special and she doesn’t just do this on a whim, ok she doesn’t need anyone mad at her for what she did.” Dra sounds like he hasn’t slept in days, but that can’t be possible that girl was only attacked hours ago wasn’t she? “ You of all people have no right to be mad at her for saving a member of your pack. She was broken... so broken when she came to lashley and it wasn’t because of the abuse or the starvation. It was because you... you chose to reject her as your mate, and for what so you could come back into her life later and try to tell her that she can’t fight just because she got hurt once. You don’t know anything about her and if you want her to ever consider being your mate and forgiving you all the way you need to take a step back and think about what you want to ask her to do. If you do ask her and she stops fighting for you she won’t be the same person she is now, she will just be a fraction of the person that has you wanting to sit at her bed side while she’s been unconscious for the last week.”

One week, a whole god damn week that can’t be right, I wasn’t that banged up I just had a few gashes and bites. Sure I lost a lot of blood but I shouldn’t have been out for that long, my thoughts are again stoped in there tracks by talking but this time it’s ash and he sounds so concerned, and possibly hurt. “ I don’t want her fighting, because you and me havnt left her side in a week, and she hasn’t woken up yet. What if she keeps getting hurt like this, I can’t stand it. Through all the years I have known her she never did anything that stupid or reckless. How am I supposed to show her that I have changed if she’s out getting almost killed. How am I supposed to live with that. I know you are her alpha and even more than that you are her friend, but can you honestly tell me that if you were in my shoes and you loved her the exact same way that I do... you can’t tell me that you wouldn’t consider asking her to at least not run into a fight like that alone?” He doesn’t sound like he has slept ither, and I don’t know which one of them it is but someone smells like they jumped into a pool of rotting fish guts. I can’t be quiet anymore they smell so bad it going to be there stench that kills me and not me fighting.

“ will you two shut the hell up, and get out of here you smell really f*****g bad, and that’s going to be what kills me not doing what I am quite literally trained to do!” I snap at both of them and before they can even react I’m out of the hospital bed ripping out my Iv and pulling all the cords for the monitor off of my body. I’m not in a hospital gown thank Good I’m wearing a sports bra and some jogging pants. Wait who the hell dressed me, oh never mind I’m just not in the mood. So I walk out of the room but not before taking the chance to smack them both on the backs of there heads, and say one last thing. “ If you ever argue in my hospital room like that again I will Kick your asses from that day until you learn some respect for people’s week long naps.” I slam the door behind me to make my point.