Torn Between Two Mates

11- Investigations

Cari’s POV

Weekends are supposed to be fun but not for us. Today is Saturday which means that I’m supposed to be in combat training right now, but I don’t feel like it.

Being the next in line to lead the pack has its downsides at times.

I can kick the ass of everyone in the pack, so I don’t need to be at every training, do I?

I know It’s my job to make sure no one is slacking and is physically ready for whatever can happen but I wish my dad would just let me slack sometimes and have a pack warrior watch overtraining my peers when I’m not up to it.

I look at my reflection in the mirror to give myself a pep talk: “ okay, enough complaining, this is part of your Alpha responsibilities and you got this. Now, where did I put the bag with the Pink bag.”

“Ah-ha! found it!” I yell happily.

I put on some high-waisted leggings with a matching sports bra.

It was an awesome find at Vickie’s. They were part of the clearance sale, so I decided to splurge on myself. This outfit is not what I would normally wear to train with everyone, but, I don’t know, I’m feeling super confident today. It’s not every day that I feel like this so I decide to ditch the sweats and baggy t-shirt. Once dressed I put on my Nikes and put my hair in a messy bun.

When my dad hears me run downstairs he yells: “YOU’RE LATE!”

“YEAH I KNOW DAD, BUT IT'S OKAY, LET THEM SWEAT A LITTLE, IT’LL TEACH THEM PATIENCE!”

“YOU KNOW IF YOU MAKE THAT A HABIT THEY- ”

I cut him off: “THEY WON’T DARE HATE THEIR ALPHA, THEY’LL RESPECT ME TOO MUCH TO HATE ME!”

I walk out of the house and head to the battleground so to speak.

I never expected to see the sight in front of my eyes. Chase is already training on his own and he’s shirtless. Omg, he looks so hot. Okay, Cari let’s show some self-control.

As I approach him he stops mid-punch with a look on his face that is similar to the way I looked when I first saw him, you know, the stuck on stupid look. I can’t help but grin a little. I knew I looked good in this outfit.

Seeing his face makes me glad I chose to wear it. Mission accomplished.

I walk up to him: “Hey, started without me huh.”

He clears his throat to compose himself. “Hey, yeah I got tired of waiting. Everyone else decided to leave to get another half hour of sleep.”

“I'm 30 mins late?”

He shakes his head and shrugs unbothered by it.

I shrug my shoulders: “Well, at least I’m here now and since they left, they’ll all have to run 30 laps before officially starting. No one makes their future Alpha wait” I say while trying to keep a straight face but I burst out laughing when I see the shocked expression on his face.

“I was about to say, would you do that to them?”

“Oh definitely, but I’ll just make it 20 laps, it’s like nothing to them anyway. I'm going to summon them now.” then I mind linked them.

(“Yo fuckers, get outside for training now, why didn’t any of you come to get me? Be prepared to do 20 laps once you get here”).

They all responded with grunts and Chase and I laughed.

I think this will be a fun training session. I’ll do investigating later.