Dorothy's p.o.v
I was almost late for training, stupid alarm clock, I had woken up at 4:50.
Hurriedly I grabbed my shorts, yea it's like March but it was still warm, really, really warm.Climate change and all that stuff.
I put on my sports bra and a tank top on top, I brushed my teeth and I put my hair in a quick braid, I ran outside and to the clearing where we had trained ever since we got here.
My pack was there and so was Dianna's, but, we weren't separated like every other day. Instead everyone was standing together, though unwillingly. Dianna and Hunter were discussing something, I rush over to Persia and Carlos,
"What's happening?" Carlos shrugs, Dianna and Hunter both took that moment to speak,
"Today your Luna will be training you all." as soon as those words left Hunter's mouth, my pack started to grumble and protest. Hunter raises a hand and silences them,
"How can a girl, train us?" one of the males of my pack asked with disdain, I frowned at his sexist question.
"She is your Luna, not a girl. She will train you because her Luna ceremony is in a week, and all your skills are sloppy, you will look like untrained mutts when your on a battlefield." he nods towards Dianna,
"I have watched you all train before, it is true, you look like untrained mutts. If there was a rogue attack, they will easily take all of you guys down. It seems that your greatest weakness is strength in the girls, and speed in the guys." She looks at Persia and Huda,
"Persia will train the teenagers, meaning 13 to 18, Huda will take the children, meaning 12 to 4. Take your mates with you." Persia and Huda simply nod and leave with the children from Dianna's pack and from mine. The children from my pack looked really excited,
"The children are training?! they are not supposed to until they are 14!" a woman says worriedly in a shrill voice towards Dianna, no doubt the mother of a child.
"That is why you are so weak, you think rogues will leave the children? No they won't, that is why we are training them." Dianna ignores the other protests.
"Since we are starting, 100 laps for Hunter's pack, 1000 for mine. GO." everyone was reluctant but when Dianna pulled out her stopwatch, oh boy they moved alright, even me.
Third person p.o.v
Dianna kisses Hunter on the cheek,
"You too babe, get going." she slaps his ass, Hunter groans and runs with the rest of us.
Dorothy was one of the fastest and strongest females in Hunter's pack, she was already on her 50th lap in 10 minutes, she felt a hand brush her's, no sparks, she looked at the man in disgust, he just winked.
On Dorothy's 55th lap, Charles was on his 700th lap, he neared Dorothy and his hand brushes against her's, immediately sparks erupt. Charles almost stopped, he gave Dorothy a look that said, we-need-to-talk-about-this-later, Dorothy nodded with Charles giving her an odd look and jogs off.
"30 minutes?!" Dianna exclaims surprised, Dianna's own pack were talking among each other, they had finished a while ago and had been resting for a while
"It took you guys 30 minutes to run 100 laps." She continues, I was immediately reminded of the time my mother had said it took me a whole day to bake 10 cupcakes.
"Well done Hunter and Dorothy for making 100 laps in 20 minutes." She looked a little disappointed but she thought, still, it's better than the others.
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After training
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Charles' p.o.v
"You wanted to see me?" the girl in front of me asks, she was a small woman, her brown hair that was almost black, her brown eyes like her brother, her olive complexion. She looked like Hati,
"Yes, um." I blush, "I'm sure that you know who I am and what I am to you." she nods,
"You also know that I had another mate before you." again she nods although there was jealousy in her eyes.
"So I'm your second chance mate." it was my turn to nod. She advances and cups my cheek, she touches her lips to mine. I pull away and see her blush, she takes her hand off my cheek in a rush,
"Sorry, I wasn't thinking - mmhp." she started to say but I cut her off, pressing my lips to her's. I gently cup her cheeks with both my hands.
She moves her hands, one on my chest, the other on the nape of my neck. I part and close my lips, she does as well. Our lips moving in sync, she pulls away gasping for breath, bringing both hands to my face, she rests her forehead against mine, breathing heavily, she looks into my eyes,
"Look, ever since Hati's death, I've been scared to love again, in case that the person I love dies." I say slowly, cautiously, as her breath fans against my lips. She pulls away slightly, looking hurt,
"Are you rejecting me?" her voice sounded meek,
"No, I'm just saying, let's take things slow," I said. She takes a shaky breath,
"Never ever think that I would reject you. You are a blessing to me, the blessing to me from the moon goddess." she smiles,
"I've never had anyone say something that nice to me." her eyes water. I kiss her forehead and hug her, she wraps her arms around me,
"I had almost lost all hope on finding my mate," her voice was muffled slightly,
"I had lost hope of ever moving on and finding love again," I responded and buried my face into her hair, inhaling her lavender scent. She pulls away slightly and looks at me,
"Would it be too early for me to say I love you?"
"Not at all," I smile,
"Well in that case," she smiles coyly, "I love you."
"I love you too." I arch my eyebrow at her, looking for her name, she understands and giggles,
"Dorothy Grace,"
"Nice to meet you miss Grace, Charles Brown, a pleasure to meet you." she laughs at my formal introduction. She brushes her lips against mine, I emit a low groan as she nips my lower lip, playfully,
"You certainly know how to turn a man on miss Dorothy Grace." I say in a low husky voice, she blinks,
"Me? Turn a man on?" she asks all innocently, "What, do you have a light switch?"
"Yes you miss Dorothy Grace," I say with fake exasperation, "Wait a minute, did you say light switch?" we burst out laughing and we kiss again,
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" I knew that voice anywhere. We pull away and I look at the woman standing at the doorway of my room,
"Go away Dianna." I roll my eyes at her,
"Yeah, Yeah, whatever, is there something you two want to tell me? You looked awfully cozy."I blushed, so did Dorothy,
"Uhhh," at my response Dianna laughs,
"Don't worry I know, I know everything. Absolutely everything."
"Dianna," I scowl at her, she laughs again,
"Whatever, have fun you two, don't make a lot of noise." she chimes and walks away, leaving us blushing,
"Well then." Dorothy starts, looking at me embarrassed before laughing, I stroke her hair,
"Let's lock the door next time." I say after her laughter subsides which makes her laugh even more.
“Next time.” she trails off with a sly smirk.
She looks at me lovingly, something I thought I would never see again. I smile and I suppose we did cuddle for a bit until Dianna yells at us to get our asses down in the kitchen to eat.