His Luna and His Mate

Chapter 3- Warrior Assessment

I saw my dad in another assessment area fighting out his assessments. He was kicking ass. I cheered for him with pride remembering all the times he would teach me and train me. When he finished, he walked off and came to me. "Hey sweetheart! Man these men are giving me a run for my money!" He said breathlessly as he hugged me. "Getting a little old there pops?" I joked with him. In all honesty, my dad was still in great shape and a great warrior. "Watch it pup, I'd hate to have to put you in your place in front of our new pack" he teased back. "Yeah, yeah. Why don't you stay and watch how it is done" I grinned before walking over to my fighting area.

Ephraim stepped up and explained the rules which basically just included don't hold back during the fight, but also, don't kill the other pack members. Pretty simple. James was my first fight and it was all in human form.

I got into position and watched James' every movement. I waited for him to make the first move. We slowly circled until he make an attempt at me. I watched as he tried to fake me out with an attempt at a head shot with a trick foot sweep. However I was able to dodge both, surprising him. I then when on the offense and landed a hit to his abdomen with enough force to knock him down. If I wasn't so focused, I would have laughed at the shock on his face.

"Is that all you got, wolfie?" I teased. "Ok, you wanna fight like a man. Let's go" He came after me and we began to fight full force. After several minutes and several blows traded, I had him down in a position that were we truly fighting to the death, I would have snapped his neck. He raised his hands in surrender. I let go and helped him up. "You definitely do not fight like a girl. I would be honored to fight by your side." He shook my hand and walked back to the Alpha.

I looked back at him and noticed him studying me. I did not doubt that I was surprising him. I also did not doubt he was studying my every move for my fight against him. I walked up to him and felt heat running throughout my body at the look he was giving me. "I'm ready for my next opponent, Alpha" I said with as little emotion as possible. "You sure you do not need a break?" he asked as if trying to indicate I should take it. "No thank you, sir." I noticed the darkening in his eyes at the word sir. My, my, the alpha definitely has a kink in there. I take a deep breath trying to shake the warm feelings away. "Marcus, you're up. Good luck Rhea. Marcus, treat her as any other warrior".

I approached the fighting area. I began to take off my shoes, preparing to strip and shift. I heard 2 different growls and turned my head to see both Ezra and Ephraim staring at me. Ephraim gathered his composure quickly and approached me. "Rhea, maybe you should go over and change out behind the trees." He says in a low voice before whispering "We don't want all the unmated males going crazy over your overwhelmingly sexy body" His breath on my ear sends a shiver throughout my body. I blush and turn to walk to trees, but not before seeing my mate seething. He looked as though he would follow me, but Emma approached at that moment.

"Hello baby, how is our newest warrior doing in her assessment?" she smiled as she wrapped her arm around his waist. He smiled down at her and kissed her head before looking at me. I felt my heart ache as I saw the affection he gave her. There was a flash of guilt in his eyes, but it was gone as soon as it came. He looked at her and told her that I had put James on his ass. "That is great! Go Rhea! Kick their asses!" she cheered. God I hated the fact the girl was so likeable. I couldn't help but smile back. I walked behind the trees and quickly strip. I come out in my white wolf.

I hear a few gasps. There is a legend in our kind that solid white wolves were descended from the moon goddess herself and therefore the strongest of our kind. Ephraim walked up smiling. I lowered my head to him. He reached his hand up and gently stroked my fur. "I can't say I am surprised that you stunning in your wolf form just as your human form. I gotta say I love that your green eyes stay the same" I nudged him in approval with my head.

Ezra approached at that moment. "Ephraim. I want you to fight the finale assessment fight with Mr.Dewitt" he said while staring in my eyes the entire time. Ephraim turned to me and I looked at him. "Give them hell beautiful. I'll see you after the last fight". He gave my head one more stroke before walking away. I looked up ay Ezra and his eyes were red while staring at Ephraim walking away. When he looked back at me they turned back to brown and softened. He took a step closer to me. "So beautiful.." he whispered as he gently stroked my face. I leaned into his contact for a moment before I remembered the whole point of avoiding him. I whimpered and bowed my head and tried to walk around him. "Rhea, wait" I turned back to him to see a broken look in his eyes. "Please let me have a chance to explain. After the fights are over. Meet me in my office. It is on the third floor, the farthest door from the stairs." I tuned and walked away, not giving him an answer.

I took my place preparing for the fight against Marcus. I tried to clear my mind of Ezra and Ephraim and focus on the fight ahead of me. Marcus' wolf was colored similar to a normal grey wolf but much larger and his eyes stood out with a bright amber color. I noticed his stance seemed more guarded than James' had been. I quickly noticed that Marcus would not make the mistake to underestimate me. We both took our time before I decided to make the first move. I quickly pounced on him and before I made contact he turned on me as well. We clashed and began fighting. We growled, tumbled, rolled. Both of us took turns catching hits, scratched, and nips. Neither were biting or clawing enough to damage the other. As we both separated to prepare for our next move, I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

Ezra and Emma were half way behind a tree where I assume they thought nobody could see them. It took a second for my mind to register the motion I was seeing as I watched my mate thrusting into another woman. My wolf cried in pain within me as she felt the pain of being betrayed by our mate. I let out a soft whimper. Only seconds had past but it had taken my mind off the opponent in front of me. I didn't see him until it was too late. He jumped on me and normally I would have been fighting him off, but I was distracted until the last second. I howled in pain as his fanged sank into the flesh on my neck.

I managed to knock him off of me. He stopped when he realized he had actually hurt me. We were quickly surrounded by others. My blood was flowing out rapidly. I was becoming weak enough that my body shifted back to human form. I was scooped up into someone's arms as I began to slip from consciousness. His arms brought me comfort. I knew it was not my mate because there was no spark, no tingles. I realized it was Ephraim as I barely make out his voice. "Hang on beautiful. We are almost there. Please, please don't do this. I haven't even gotten.....courage.......you...." Hid voiced was fading from my ears. I then heard a voice I instantly knew as Ezra's. "What the f**k happened? Rhea! Come on, Rhea. Stay with me" he pleaded behind my head. Just as he began to speak, I fade into the darkness.