Marked by My Best Friends Dad

Chapter Five: Electric Tension

KIRA'S POV

Damien was the new head of defense?!

The cheers and applause were loud but my thoughts were louder.

This has to be a dream right? I thought he was in another division? What the f**k was he doing here and why now?

Damien waved to the crowd with a cold expression. His eyes wandered around and they landed on me. I felt this shock wave around my body when he saw me.

It felt like the world literally stopped. It was just the two of us.

Would he talk to me? Would he walk up to me?

The tension was killing me. I wanted him to walk up to me and kiss me softly without a care in the world, without any restraints. But no. He didn't do any of that. He just looked away. Like he didn't know me. Like I didn't mean anything to him.

Like that night didn't happen

I felt my heart shatter. My wolf howled in pain and yearning within me. She knows he's my mate. The bond… it still ached, regardless of the fact that he had rejected me that night.

“Your first training session will begin shortly. I hope you all are ready. I don't handle mistakes kindly. So be wise”. Damien said coldly and the trainees replied with a “yes sir!”.

I just stood in place. Trying to figure out why all the bad things had to happen to me. After the trainees started leaving to go rest up for the training session I left as well to go to my camp. I was utterly shaken.

“How was I going to cope? Training under him would definitely cause problems. Especially since I still felt the bond.”

Control yourself Kira.

But how could I? I couldn't even think straight at the sight of him. How would I train while he was there?

I took deep breaths and lay down. I had a goal. I was going to be an elite comrade. And no one would stop me, not even my mate.

The bells rang again and everyone fell out and headed to the training grounds.

Damien stood tall at the centre and asked us to form a huge circle.

“Now I'm going to assess your combat skills. I've been told that you guys were one of the best sets ever accepted in the elite combat training history. I don't work with hear-says, I work with what I see, what I observe. So today, you'll all show me what you have to offer.”. He said calmly.

“Am I clear?”. He said and the crowd shouted “yes sir!”. I was just trying my best to stay sane.

“Good. Now pick a partner. You'll come with your respective partners one by one to get centre of the circle and duel.”. The crowd murmured and started scrambling for a partner. I didn't really know anyone there despite the fact that I had been training with them for two years. I waited and finally got picked by some random Alpha.

He probably picked me because I was the only omega there. East kill I guess

He was sorely mistaken.

“You all have your partners now? Good.”. He said and pointed at a random pair and called them out.

He seemed like he'd be harsh with his evaluation at the end.

They dueled for close to 20 minutes and one finally yield to the other.

“Excellent!”. He shouted. “Your skills are amazing, both of you.” He said and patted their back. The crowd cheered and applauded them.

It was amazing to be complimented by the Alpha of Blackthorn. I was just surprised that he didn't scream at them. Maybe he wasn't so harsh.

“Next, you two!”. He called on another pair and they dueled. They were both unwilling to yield but one has to emerge the victor. The beta eventually yielded to the Alpha and Damien commended both their skills.

The training session went on like that. Damien commended everyone, he still gave corrections but they weren't harsh.

“You two, your turn”. He said as he pointed to me and my partner. My heart lept.

I took a deep breath and went to the centre. Damien's eyes were cold as Ice. He didn't spare me a single glance.

We dueled and obviously the stupid Alpha wasn't a match for me. He and everyone there was shocked. They knew I was strong but they didn't expect the Alpha to yiled quickly. They applauded and I turned to Damien waiting for him to commend me as well.

“Duel again, this time do it without your weapons”. He said in a cold tone.

What was he up to?

We both dropped our weapons getting ready to fight again. I was one of the best students at hand to hand combat. This was a piece of cake for me.

“Stop. Only the omega should fight without a weapon.”. He said and the crowd murmured.

Wait what?!

The Alpha was also confused.

“Th-thats not fair!”. I said in protest.

“So imagine you're in a war and you don't have a weapon but your opponent has one how would you go about it? You have to prepare for times like that.”. He said coldly.

“But the other teams weren't asked to do this. And how come I'm the one not fighting without a weapon? You're basically giving him an upper hand.”. I said angrily.

“Are you questioning my judgement? You're an omega, you have to prove yourself.”. He said coldly.

I have to prove myself? Was he crazy?

I kept quiet and took deep breaths.

The duel started and the Alpha attacked with full force. I blocked his attacks and hit his vital points one by one, weakening him. He lost balance but regained it and attacked again. I fell to the ground but refused to give up. I stopped being defensive and decided to go with offense. I attacked hitting his other vital points, weakening him completely. He wielded, endint the duel.

I turned to Damien with a smug look on my face.

Was this not enough to prove myself.

He walked past me and towards the Alpha and helped him up, patting him on the back.

“You did well, you just need to brush up on your combat skills.”

Did well?

He didn't even fight well. He was just relying on his strength and big size.

Damien turned to me.

“You should also train more.”. He said and called on the next pair.

Wait… that was it?

I stared at him and stormed off the training grounds while the other pairs dueled. I went to blow off steam on the first and tire down several trees.

Why the f**k did he treat me like that?

I didn't even bother to show up for the second training session. I was to pissed to even fight well.

His words kept resounding in my ears. In the evening, the other trainees came back to the camp. Some gave me weird stares.

They noticed the way Damien spoke to me differently, more harshly. I shook it off and just went for a walk.

After a few minutes of my walk I felt like I was being followed.

I turned around but didn't see anybody. Then I continued walking and felt strong arms hold me in place.

It was.. Damien.

I quickly pulled away from his grip and he cornered me to a tree.

“What do you want?”. I asked harshly. My wolf growling within me.

He didn't say anything, he just stared at me.

“What the f**k do you want?!”.

“What are you doing here?”

“How does that concern you? Just leave me alone. And what the f**k was that stunt you pulled at training huh?”. I said in anger.

“You're not meant to question my judgement Kira.”. He said coldly, staring at me Intently.

I felt so… small under his gaze. I realised I was in close proximity with him, only inches away from each other.

I gulped.

“You're…. You're going to ruin everything Kira.”

What?!