Chapter Seventeen

Ethar’s pov

If Iliam hadn't snapped her neck she would have sucked me dry , but I felt one hundred times lighter and that worried me. Everything she took was now festering inside her. We had no shortage of problems these past few days, weeks even, and it didn’t look like they were ending any time soon with this new revelation. We had made one mistake after the other and couldn’t catch a break.

I move off the bed where Iliam and our mate laid , he was spooning her with his leg draped over the both of us. She was laying on top of me like I was a pillow her head resting on my chest. I slid from underneath her careful not to wake her. I got ready for the day , and headed to my office to meet the recruits.

They shuffled in one by one. Agatha , The twins Eli and Elijah, And Francis. I shook their hands and greeted them all before sitting at my desk.

“Agatha Bloodsaw you can report to Albizi in the pack house he will bring you up to speed with your role in the Luna Brigade, the security detail is exclusive to our Luna and her alone you will have no other duties than to remain at her side whenever she takes leave from the mansion.” I addressed the Head Gamma. She nodded and left the room.

“Eli, Elijah, I’ve been told you have extensive experience in pack defenses, I will require a report on our patrols hourly, and I also need you to hold the afternoon training sessions, we are preparing for an all out war and I want my people ready.” They nodded before hurrying to their post. The twins both shared similar features but were not identical. They reminded me of me and Roy when we were younger. I knew immediately I would have a soft spot for the two, both were smug knuckleheads with tremendous potential.

“Francis you will be mostly with me or Iliam, but first I need you to go retrieve Seb from her house and see that she is move to the mansion, I had a room emptied for her in the west wing, feel free to delegate if need be.” I tell him before he does the same as the others.

Each recruit were well seasoned individuals and didn’t need much instruction, their leaders vouched for them and I trusted their judgement, I had to, The Goddess treaty vowed to protect my pack I needed to trust them with my life if this alliance was going to work.

“Alpha Ethar” Toto mindlinked

“Is everyone here? “ I responded, the others spoke and let the presence be know through the link.

“Great let’s begin.” I told them.

Zions pov.

“Good morning beautiful.” Iliam breathed against my ear with his eyes shut.

I ran my fingers through his blonde hair smiling down at my handsome adonis. His arm muscles flexed as I ran my fingers down his jawline,and he let out a breathy moan. I loved how he reacted to me. I jerked my hand back as his sensual breathing jogged my memory from last night.

I hopped up in panic. He sat up and cocked his head to the side as he watched me in confusion.

“You.. you snapped my neck.” I stuttered and he let out a deep sigh before rising from the bad.

“I had to babe, you were going in on Ethar and I couldn’t stop you.” He explained walking toward me as I paced putting the memories together. My eyes darted to the broken mirror.

“And Ethar, what happened is he okay.” I stammered the question out hoping for the best. Iliam closed in grabbing me by my waist and pulling me in close. He tilted my chin up to meet his eyes.

“The big bad Alpha is just fine, I gave him my blood, he’s perfectly alright.” He assured me and placed the sweetest kiss on my lips. I follow his rhythm but let him take control of the kiss completely. My mates had a way of overwhelming my senses whenever they touch me. We were startled by the person we hadn’t noticed was standing in the room as she cleared her throat.

“ A very good morning to you both.” She says , Iliam sighed and rolled his eyes at her suggesting tone.

“Cornelius what a pleasure .” He responds sarcastically walking to the bathroom and cut on the shower. Leaving me in the room with the sassy intruder.

“It really is a pleasure Agatha, to what do I owe this visit.” I say to the she wolf snapping her attention from glaring at the bathroom door.

“Right, so I’ve been assigned to your security detail to stand in for Seb until she has the baby.” She explained.

Seb was pregnant? And no one told me? They really had a bad habit with keeping me out of the loop.

“So I was thinking we could head to the training grounds and spar for a bit, or we could do something else but I was hoping we could go show up the boys for a little while imagine the look on their faces.” she chuckled mischievously, oblivious to my angered expression.

“Or we could go do like some tea party thingy, or whatever Luna stuff you have planned.” she said very unenthusiastic, almost cringing as the words left her lips.

Nope she was right I wanted to teach those boys a lesson. Not including me in plans about the pack and in my own life irritated me, and her plan sounded like just what I needed.

“Not a chance, Im itching to kick some ass.” I told her and her eyes lit up. “I'll meet you in ten.” I tell her, Iliam was standing in the doorway steam rose from the bathroom around him making him look like a damn god. I shook my head and pushed past him locking the door behind me as I got in the water.

“What did you do Bloodsaw? Shes pissed.” I heard Iliam question Agatha on the other side of the door.

“Not at me” she teased him before I heard them both leave the room.

I met Agatha in the courtyard, she was beaming with excitement. When she noticed me, her eyes grew wide as they trailed up and down my attire making me feel self-conscious.

“Well, damn, I need to go shopping with you from now on, those combat boots are awesome.” she says as her eyes met mine.

We took off walking to the training grounds. When we arrived, everyone was busy training. What was weird to me was that they were even training with weapons which was not very common amongst packs of wolves. The twins oversaw training for now on and they were doing it their way, what can I say, it wouldn’t hurt. I used to train with weapons all the time with my mom, so I was interested in seeing how this all played out.

Iliam eyes met mine, and i shot back a sneaky grin. All of a sudden I felt like I was doing something I wasn’t supposed to by being here, but that was the point to piss off my mates, and every other male here who thought it was okay to keep the woman out of the loop.

Me and Agatha walked over to the weapons station and that’s when I saw true beauty in the form a shining Japanese katana with a jade hilt. I removed it from the table. I glance over at what Agatha chose and I could tell she must have also had weapons training because she picked two Egyptian Khopesh blades only a real warrior would know how to handle such a weapon. The khopesh is a thick, crescent-shaped blade. It is around 50 to 60 centimeters long. The inside of the hook is not sharpened but the outer part has a single cutting edge.

Agatha ran up to Elijah and whispered something in his ear then turned to me giving me a mischievous grin as she walked back up to me.

“What did you do?” I asked her, and I roll my eyes as she tried to contain her chuckle.

“You’ll see.” she answered with a wink. We made our way to a clear spot I was going to take my stance, but she motioned for me to wait.

I turned my head in the direction of the other people training and I could see Ethar was now standing next to Iliam with a disapproving expression etched on his face.

Snitch!

I shot him back an amused glance, this was thrilling I knew it would piss them both off. Eli and Elijah walked toward me and Agatha they both removed their shirts and took a stance, they had no weapons, I could tell they saw me as no threat which pissed me off more. I could tell this is what Agatha had set up, she really had faith that we were going to wipe the smug smirk off their faces.

Eli stood in front of me, and he took his stance a few feet from me. “I won't hold back just because your Luna, you would not learn anything that way.” He warned, smirking as he got the words out.

“I didn’t ask you too.” I snapped back at him. My way of saying ‘come at me bro.’

I was over this. I began to feel my frustration morph into anger, that was when I made a move, he was making his too. I felt faster, lighter, stronger, and I was relishing the feeling of my newfound power as we moved around the field. He gave me a harsh kick to my ribs, a kick like that would of certainly had me gasping for air in my old form. Just as his kick landed, I swung my sword backward as he retreated leaving him a huge thigh gash as he limped back trying to catch his balance. He hissed in pain and then chuckled.

“I underestimated you.” he admitted

Yeah you did I thought to myself but didn’t respond.

‘Okay Zi that’s enough.’ Ethar mind linked, but I wasn’t finished just yet.

But instant karma was in effect as Elijah grabbed me from behind in head lock.

“In a real fight you're not always up against a single opponent. You should be prepared for anything” Elijah explained the sudden attack. I glanced over at Ethar and Iliam as they were making their way towards us. I could almost laugh at how little faith they had in me.

I pushed off the ground with way more force than I thought I could muster from the position I was in, the move caused Elijah to lose his grip as I summersaulted above him landing behind him holding my sword out as I landed. I knew I looked like a badass. Ethar had stopped right in his tracks and so did Iliam shock on their faces.

Since this was training, I wanted to test something out. Since I turned, I had vampire magic running through me, I could always pull from my wolf, but it didn’t do much, it was short stented. But with the vampire curse now activated I wanted to try and pull on that. I held my sword out pointed at the twins and I focused my energy and pulled on my vampirism. I smirked as it had the exact outcome I was hoping for. I watched Eli’s body drag towards me involuntarily, his toes dragging against the dirt as he tried to fight my magic, he was staring down the tip of my sword in horror, he was headed straight for it and could do nothing about it. It would not have killed him, but it would have hurt like hell. I pulled on my energy a bit more and watched him accelerate, it was almost too quick but I stopped him right as he reached the sword the tip leaving a scratch on his Adams apple that bobbed in his throat, he swallowed the fear, and I dropped my magic and he fell to his knees. I helped him up and dusted off his muscley shoulders.

“You did not disappoint Luna.” Agatha said smiling with pride as she a walked over.

Eli and Eliajh were also nodding with approval, even though still shocked about what just happened. They began to walk off before the sound of Agatha's voice made them stop in their tracks.

“Hey, you guys aren't done yet, it's my turn to kick your asses.” she called out in a tone that suggested she would not be denied.

I started off towards the mansion trying to keep my head down as I passed them. My head watching my feet move when I slammed into my mate’s heavy chest as he grabbed me by my waist.

“That was so hot.” Iliam chuckled, but I pushed him off me, not liking the fact that he wasn’t pissed off as I intended but turned on instead. I should have known the sick bastard would be aroused by watching me fight. As I began to walk again I was halted by Ethar standing in my path.

“How should we deal with her brother?” He asked Iliam with a smirk.

“You won't be “dealing” with me until I say you can.” I snapped at them watching their smirks fall to confusion.

“I thought her turning would have improved her mood.” Iliam said looking toward Ethar for an explanation. He just shrugged unsure what to make of my attitude. I didn’t feel like explaining my frustration with them, they could figure it out themselves how they fucked up. I continued back toward the mansion.