worried.”
“Is she that strong?” I asked nervously.
Koda nodded his head. “She’s one of the
strongest females.” He set me down and pushed me towards the
bathroom. “Go take a shower. I’ll keep guard.”
I groaned as I started walking towards the
shower. “It’s ridiculous that I have a guard. I’m capable of
protecting myself. I’m not a helpless female in need of a big man
to protect me all of the time.” Sure, sometimes it was nice to have
backup, like when vampires and dhampirs attack, but I can hold my
own.
“Complaining won’t change anything. No
matter what you say, Ares is going to keep a guard on you.”
The shower head groaned for a minute before
turning on. My body suddenly felt very cold and the steam rising
from the shower head was more than inviting. “Do you think Ares is
going to come back?” I asked as I stepped into the shower and
relaxed under the hot water.
“He’ll come back. He’s just blowing off some
steam.” Koda assured me.
I quickly showered and then blow dried my
hair. Outside, a large crash sounded, making me jump. Koda rushed
over and picked me up in his arms.
“Put me down, Koda. Why do you guys always
pick me up and carry me? I’m not an invalid.”
Koda set me on my feet and frowned down at
me. “We pick you up because, as you’re aware, touch helps soothe us
when we’re feeling upset. Plus, it’s more effective to pick you up
and hold you while we run somewhere to protect you.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap at you,” I
said softly.
Koda kissed my cheek. “It’s alright. I
forgive you. It was probably just Ares knocking over a tree
anyways. Come on, we better get dressed so we can start
training.”
“Training? For what?”
He turned to me and all of the humor that
usually lit Koda’s eyes was gone, leaving them a dull blue. “You
have to train for your fight. I won’t lose my packmate just because
we were mad at you and didn’t train you properly.”
I followed Koda to the room and quickly
dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. He dressed in only a pair of sweats
and shook his head at me when I reached for shoes. “I need to teach
you some tricks about changing to your wolf form. Put some sweats
on instead.”
“Ares didn’t buy me any sweats,” I
whispered, feeling Ares’ absence like a weight on my shoulders.
Koda handed me a pair of his sweats. “Cinch
the string as tight as it will go on your waist and then roll the
waistband so the legs are shorter for you.”
I did as he suggested and then followed him
back down the stairs. As we opened the front door to leave,
Achilles walked out of his room. “Where are you going?”
“I’m taking her to the woods to do some
training.” Koda answered.
Achilles was frowning hard, but only a faint
line creased his perfect brow. “I’ll accompany you.”
Koda looked like he wanted to object, but
shrugged instead and pushed me towards the door. “Come on. We’ve
only got three days to train you.”
The three of us walked in silence through
the woods. I felt nervous, but I knew Koda wouldn’t hurt me.
Although, I wasn’t sure of Achilles’ intentions, but I doubted he
would hurt me either. Koda led us to a small circular clearing
filled with grass and wild flowers. It was beautiful and yet I
could smell dried blood on the ground. “This is our training
field,” Koda explained to me. He walked to the center of the
clearing and motioned at me to come towards him. “I want you to
attack me, but do not use your sidhe powers, or change to your
complete wolf form.”
I nodded my head in understanding and walked
to stand a few feet away from him. I took two deep cleansing
breaths before moving forward as fast as I could and punching at
Koda. He spun around me and in an instant had an arm wrapped around
my throat and was choking me. “You’re too slow. You need to move
faster. You also need to pay more attention to your opponent. As
soon as you see me moving to go behind you,
“Is she that strong?” I asked nervously.
Koda nodded his head. “She’s one of the
strongest females.” He set me down and pushed me towards the
bathroom. “Go take a shower. I’ll keep guard.”
I groaned as I started walking towards the
shower. “It’s ridiculous that I have a guard. I’m capable of
protecting myself. I’m not a helpless female in need of a big man
to protect me all of the time.” Sure, sometimes it was nice to have
backup, like when vampires and dhampirs attack, but I can hold my
own.
“Complaining won’t change anything. No
matter what you say, Ares is going to keep a guard on you.”
The shower head groaned for a minute before
turning on. My body suddenly felt very cold and the steam rising
from the shower head was more than inviting. “Do you think Ares is
going to come back?” I asked as I stepped into the shower and
relaxed under the hot water.
“He’ll come back. He’s just blowing off some
steam.” Koda assured me.
I quickly showered and then blow dried my
hair. Outside, a large crash sounded, making me jump. Koda rushed
over and picked me up in his arms.
“Put me down, Koda. Why do you guys always
pick me up and carry me? I’m not an invalid.”
Koda set me on my feet and frowned down at
me. “We pick you up because, as you’re aware, touch helps soothe us
when we’re feeling upset. Plus, it’s more effective to pick you up
and hold you while we run somewhere to protect you.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap at you,” I
said softly.
Koda kissed my cheek. “It’s alright. I
forgive you. It was probably just Ares knocking over a tree
anyways. Come on, we better get dressed so we can start
training.”
“Training? For what?”
He turned to me and all of the humor that
usually lit Koda’s eyes was gone, leaving them a dull blue. “You
have to train for your fight. I won’t lose my packmate just because
we were mad at you and didn’t train you properly.”
I followed Koda to the room and quickly
dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. He dressed in only a pair of sweats
and shook his head at me when I reached for shoes. “I need to teach
you some tricks about changing to your wolf form. Put some sweats
on instead.”
“Ares didn’t buy me any sweats,” I
whispered, feeling Ares’ absence like a weight on my shoulders.
Koda handed me a pair of his sweats. “Cinch
the string as tight as it will go on your waist and then roll the
waistband so the legs are shorter for you.”
I did as he suggested and then followed him
back down the stairs. As we opened the front door to leave,
Achilles walked out of his room. “Where are you going?”
“I’m taking her to the woods to do some
training.” Koda answered.
Achilles was frowning hard, but only a faint
line creased his perfect brow. “I’ll accompany you.”
Koda looked like he wanted to object, but
shrugged instead and pushed me towards the door. “Come on. We’ve
only got three days to train you.”
The three of us walked in silence through
the woods. I felt nervous, but I knew Koda wouldn’t hurt me.
Although, I wasn’t sure of Achilles’ intentions, but I doubted he
would hurt me either. Koda led us to a small circular clearing
filled with grass and wild flowers. It was beautiful and yet I
could smell dried blood on the ground. “This is our training
field,” Koda explained to me. He walked to the center of the
clearing and motioned at me to come towards him. “I want you to
attack me, but do not use your sidhe powers, or change to your
complete wolf form.”
I nodded my head in understanding and walked
to stand a few feet away from him. I took two deep cleansing
breaths before moving forward as fast as I could and punching at
Koda. He spun around me and in an instant had an arm wrapped around
my throat and was choking me. “You’re too slow. You need to move
faster. You also need to pay more attention to your opponent. As
soon as you see me moving to go behind you,
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