*Alice's POV* I wiped the sweat off my brow and brushed the dirt off of my hands. The sense of accomplishment I felt as I looked at my final trap made it worth it. The last few nights had been full of Simon teasing me, so I decided that I was going to get him back. After the night when he made me run until dawn, we officially started combat lessons. However, it wasn't in the way I was expecting or hoping. He had been provoking and teasing me every night until I would mutate. Simon believed that for me to be truly strong that I needed to quit rejecting my mutations and use them to fight. And it pissed me off. I knew that shifter blood was stronger, but that didn't mean I magically liked it. So, he had to provoke me every night in order to get me to change. Simon would corner me or ru

