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Maybe she was stupid to blindly follow a man she barely knew or it was the fact he was relentless and kept nagging her to go either way Gatlin was following Arro through the dark on unfamiliar grounds. She kept her nose in the air searching out each scent for any sort of noise she heard lucky it wasn't a long walk though. A little further than the camp across the field and in the tall grass was a small clearing where all the members of the training group were sitting around a few lanterns lighting up their little sitting area "You brought the weakest link?" one of the bulky werewolves commented as soon as Arro and Gatlin were closer.
"Chill would you" Arro gave a stern look to the guy who scoffed.
"Nice PJs," one of the others said. It was only then Gatlin realized what Onyx had picked out for her to wear her purple pants with doughnuts and milkshakes all over them.
"Thanks" Gatlin smiled if they thought they could embarrass her over simply wearing some stupid pyjamas they were wrong. As she dropped down amongst the young men turning her gaze to the stars.
"Question" one of them suddenly spoke up sitting himself up on his elbows to face Gatlin "I've been to school with you for our whole lives and you never seemed like the kind of girl that would well come here..."
Gatlin sat quietly for a moment analysing the young man's bearded face before finally speaking "we went to school together?" was her only question to which Arro couldn't help but laugh as he took a seat beside the she-wolf.
The man rolled his brown eyes "Yeah, my names Jaxon Marks you are in the same year as my little brother Carter."
"Oh..." she gave a slow nod.
"You didn't answer my other question why are you here?" he kept his brown eyes focused on her while lifting a beer bottle to his lips.
"Does it matter?" Gatlin let out a sigh of annoyance "I need to pass training so I can graduate."
"Well you're doing a great job so far" Billy a blonde sitting beside Jaxon laughed joined in by the others.
"Give me that" Gatlin growled reaching over and snatching the beer from Billy's hold "knuckleheads" she grumbled before practically guzzling down the bottle.
"Easy now" Arro spoke up over her actions but Gatlin shrugged him off "can we change the subject and lay off, Lin."
"You're close with her all of a sudden, Arro you guys mates or something?" the question hit hard and the two visibly froze for a moment. Gatlin quickly continued to drink and ignore what was said:" s**t are you, two mates?" Billy questioned further seeing both of their responses.
"No!" the pair exclaimed at the same time which caused everyone else to laugh. Arro held a stern look but could hide the blush encroaching along his neck.
"Yeah, that seems like denial" Kylen one of the other wolves commented.
"We are friends alright? Happy now idiots" Arro shook his head glancing at Gatlin who seemed like she was about to laugh.
"Join the club only Jace over there..." Billy nudged his head towards a quiet brunette sitting off to the side "has found his mate. All the rest of us... I mean now even Onyx was finally able to claim Eliza..." the words Gatlin stiffen once more. She didn't want to think about her estranged mate especially since his kindness was worming its way into a soft spot within her.
"I don't want one anyway" Jaxon interrupted most of the other wolves disagreed.
"I don't either" Gatlin glanced over to the brown-eyed wolf who looked at her stunned.
"I don't think I've met a she-wolf not interested in finding their mate" Jaxon still looked curiously at her.
"Well now you have..." she shrugged nonchalantly.
"I've always wanted mine" Arro suddenly said his gaze focused on the star-filled sky above " I mean this is the one and only one made for you. They are your other half, they complete you in every part of your being and you're telling me you're not a little curious?" Arro suddenly glanced between Jaxon and Gatlin before his eyes settled on Gatlin "not even a little tempted?" her eyes were wide at his questions as she shifted uncomfortably under his questioning stare just as she opened her mouth to speak.
"Man, who knew you were such a sap" Jaxon laughed flicking a bottle cap in the tall brunette's direction.
"Just saying the truth. A mate is our other half whether we like it or not" Gatlin had settled on focusing on the bottle in her hand but she could feel Arro's gaze and his words weighing on her heavily.
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"Mornin' sleepy heads!" was all anyone heard before cold water came down upon all the resting bodies on the grass ground. Gatlin gasped when the cold water hit her body automatically making it shiver her body flung up to the seated position when she had realised she fallen asleep on Arro's legs last night but now the sun was rising over the tree line and they were faced with three very annoyed trainers. All the group began to groan and squirm with the cold water soaking through their clothes "since you all decided to sleep in instead of getting up and out when training was supposed to start. You can all train today in these nice wet clothes" one of the trainers continued to shout as the group of wolves staggered to their feet "I wanna see some laps now!" a shaven haired trainer shouted "keep running till I say stop! Am I clear!"
"Yes sir" they all grumbled out as they began to run the field barely awake and fumbling over their feet. As Gatlin got herself ready to run she found her gaze on Onyx and very angry-looking Onyx to be exact.
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