The Alpha's Revenge

Chapter 54

Annalisa's POV

I enter and looked around the arena. I see all the men and women who were in the meeting sitting around waiting for the entertainment. There are a good number of pack members here also to witness the challenge. I see Donovan sitting with a group of men, one who looks similar to him. I hear my uncle come up beside me, then I see Alpha Ethan’s son, Curtis, enter the area.

At that time, I hear Xander’s voice

“This is a sparring match to show skills. This is not a challenge. There are to be no kill shots or death blows. The match will last 10 minutes or until someone concedes. We will do 10 minutes in human form, then 10 minutes in wolf form. We will then proceed to shooting skills at the attached open shooting range. Any questions?”

“Alpha Xander, I have something to say. My name is Curtis, future alpha of the Cold Mountain pack. I am participating in this sparring match because I have been instructed by my father. I think it is unfair and biased that Annalisa is being asked to show her skill to prove she can be an Alpha when this is never asked from any male heir. I just wanted to verbalize my feelings on this before we started”

“Thank you, Alpha Curtis. Many of us feel the same as you do. At the sound of the whistle, begin”

The whistle sounds and we circle each other. I hear a voice from the side that says, hurry and take her down. I think it was Alpha Ethan. Curtis advances towards me and throws a couple of punches. I blocked his punches and landed a few to his ribs. He steps back and advances again running to tackle me, I run at him and duck between his legs, flipping and quickly getting to my feet to then jump on his back. I climb and wrap my legs around his neck and squeeze. He leans forward to remove me from his neck, I use that momentum to flip him forward, jumping off at the last minute and ended up on his back with him face down in the dirt. I walk to my area and wait for him to get up, or tap out. I then hear Xander call

“Alpha Curtis has tapped out of the sparring session. We will give him a few minutes to prepare for the next session”

A few minutes later, he is standing on his side of the training grounds again. The whistle blows to proceed with the wolf skills

“Ready Ruby?”

“I’m always ready”

Curtis shifts and displays a large dark gray Alpha wolf. He stares at me and is again encouraged by his father to proceed. He starts to run towards us. I took off running at him and slide underneath him, hitting him on the under belly of his wolf. I get up and watch him shake off the hit, which takes a minute because the underbelly is one of the most sensitive areas of a wolf. He comes at me again and I charge towards him, he bends down low to avoid me being able to go under him again, but I jump over him, shifting in midair. Once Ruby hits the ground, she makes a quick turn using our enhanced speed to dart around the area confusing Curtis. When we realize he does not know where we are we run and barrels into him knocking him off his feet and pushing him about six feet. I hear comments and whispers about my red wolf. I learned when I started training that a red wolf is rare. And though we are small, Ruby is very powerful and fast. We move back as Curtis is not moving again. He shifts back and the Doctor comes out. He has two broken ribs and can’t proceed. I run to change my clothes and present myself to Xander as the victor of the sparring session. He is speaking to Alpha Ethan. I guess he finding out his contingency since Curtis can no longer proceed. As Alpha Ethan walks away there is a look of contempt thrown my way. I guess we don’t have an ally in that pack. Hopefully Curtis will become Alpha soon. That’s if he stands by his original statement from today.

“Curtis is being taken to the hospital to tend to his wounds. His friend and Beta Jamie will complete the shooting portion of the skills” Xander announces

We then walk to the adjoining shooting range. Since Zachary is not proficient in guns, we decided to give him the option of knives or arrows. He chooses arrows. I get out my weapons and set up my equipment. Alpha Ethan protests

“She should not be able to use her specialized equipment. They may have been altered to give her an advantage” he bellows

“No problem. We can both use the equipment from warrior training. I wouldn’t want anyone to feel I had an unfair advantage” I say with a smirk

Xander has one of the warriors bring out two sets of bows and arrows in a quill. I prepare my equipment then prepare myself for the task. Two targets are setup

“We will have two challenges, the first will be accuracy. The goal is to hit the bullseye zone. We will start at one hundred feet and keep moving the target back by a hundred feet until one of the contestants misses the target zone twice. The next challenge will be speed. The contestant that shoots the most arrows hitting anywhere on the target in a three minute timespan will be awarded the point. The current score is Annalisa Royal – 2 and Cold Mountain Pack – 0. If, after this there is a tie, we will discuss a tie-breaker challenge. Warriors are you ready? Begin at the sound of the whistle”

Xander blew the whistle and the challenge began, we were evenly matched until the target was moved to five hundred feet. Beta Jamie’s arrow just made it within the specified zone. He missed at six and seven hundred feet. I had officially won, but I had something to prove at this point. We setup for the next challenge and set the timer for three minutes. Xander blew the whistle and we both began shooting as fast as we could. In the end I shot 27 arrows and Beta Jamie shot 20.

“The winner of both challenges is Annalisa Royal. So, as per the challenge agreement between Alpha Ethan and Annalisa Royal, Alpha Ethan will be the first one to sign the petition to allow female Alphas. Alpha Ethan, my Luna is coming to you now with the petition. Please sign it as agreed. I hope everyone enjoyed the show. Lunch is being served in the open area outside the conference center. Please enjoy!” Xander states

Teresa steps up to Alpha Ethan with the petition on a clipboard and a pen for him to sign. You can tell he doesn’t want to do it but is already embarrassed for losing to me. Again, I love being underestimated.