Try Me

Chapter 21

Willow's POV

Time flew by. With everything that's been going on, my heat came in a flash. It was an incredibly painful experience but thanks to Jacey being quick to help me, I only felt those moments of pain very briefly. After my heat passed, Jacey and I slept for an entire two days to recover from our sex marathon. The morning after our two day coma Jacey woke up and shifted to cuddle with me. "How do you feel," he asked me. I didn't answer, just rolled over to bury my face into his chest. He chuckled softly, "Sorry for asking you questions before your coffee." He kissed the top of my head and I placed a kiss on his chest. We stayed like that for a while before he dressed to get my coffee. When he came back I sat up and accepted the cup.

"Did we miss anything while we were preoccupied," I asked him before taking a drink. "Two Temples have been attacked," he told me. "The one in Athens, Greece and the one in Paris, France. Tensions are high in Hawaii right now after a large group of Bestia Jackals went to the island's Temple." "How are we keeping everything a secret from humans if the attacks keep happening," I asked him. "The temples were in remote locations. The one in Athens is one of the few that doesn't pose as a bar or club. They give scheduled tours that humans have to schedule in advance and one of the temple workers have to lead the guide. They've put all tours on hold. The one in Hawaii is on a private island that only Subcinctus can get to via the ferry or by flying themselves if they have wings. They make their money by giving humans scuba and surfing lessons on one of the other islands. The one in Paris though was a close call. The humans who did see something were too drunk to remember anything, and anything they may have had on their phones was wiped entirely."

I nodded, "That's good to hear." "My parents are going ahead and closing the bar to humans to prevent anything from happening with them around," he told me. "How bad is that going to hurt us financially," I asked him slightly worried. "We can handle it. They've been saving for centuries. Putting aside a couple bucks every week for centuries truly stacks." I nodded, feeling a little relieved. I've also done that as well, but I always did more than a couple bucks. My brothers and I should also be getting our inheritance soon as well, so if they needed it, I'll be able to assist. "So to fill in the time, we're going to be working on training," he said to me and I nodded. "Sounds like fun."

Jacey's POV

My mate was fucking ruthless. I watched her and Shade train for the first time, and every dragon was speechless while the wolves seemed to expect it. Shade hit the ground of the cave that was warmed by hot springs on the property where her and Shade have been training for a while. Shade got up every time she knocked him down. I then watched as she took on more of the others, gauging where they were at when it came to skill. She didn't show the slightest bit of fatigue. Some of the other wolves were able to get in a couple of hits, but the rest of us couldn't even touch her.

When it was my turn she didn't show me any mercy despite me being her mate. I was really going to feel it in the morning after she kicked my ass.

Once she got through all of us we were all sore, while she looked like she barely broke a sweat. Had she been able to take on those Virs that attacked her in easy one on one fights, then she would've been fine. Maybe even if there were less than twenty she could have taken them on without getting injured. She took on those twenty wolves with some difficulty but if it was one of us? Seeing this difference in skill, let's me know that we would've died had it been one of us.

"How the hell have you put up with that," Lucas asked Shade as we got back to the cave, Willow still with the wolves, fighting in their wolf forms. "She's a harsh teacher, but I picked up quick. She's big on the, learn by experience approach, and I have to say, it's effective," Shade said before he downed a water bottle. "All I learned was that I can get my ass kicked by a woman a foot shorter than me," Mistigan said and we all chuckled.