Jackson finally calls me out on skipping three days of training, which in truth seem stupid to me now that I think about it. What's the point training to be something I'm not?
"I don't see the point, Jackson. I'm not a wolf anymore, why fight like one?" I sigh, not interested in his argument.
"You have too many enemies to rely on human weapons." Jackson argues.
"The Elders make sure I'm safe!." I exclaim in frustration.
"The Kali I remember would never rely on someone else's protection!" Jackson snaps.
"Maybe she's gone!" I snap back.
"Maybe you're right." Jackson glares, turning and storming out of the training room.
I stomp off outside to get some fresh air, hoping that a visit to see Apollo will relax me. I get why Jackson is angry, I do, but I just don't want to fight. It's pointless.
I walk down the familiar path to his stall, paying no mind to my surroundings as I bask in the dull noise of the woods around me.
Out of know where a heavy force drags me to the floor, sending pain up my chest as weight hits me. Shock fills me from the attack, a fear I haven't felt in a long time.
"I've been waiting to get my hands on you." A familiar voice seethes with disgust, rage.
Terror runs through me, more so because I have no way of protecting myself from him.
"Kade." I whisper faintly, my heart pounding, I start sweating. Fear creeps through me, like a disease that spreads itself until you're consumed.
Kade sneers down at me, gripping me by the throat and pushing my head into the ground painfully. I felt my lungs scream for oxygen, given that I'd lost my breath when he barged into me.
Panic sets in, and I claw at his arms in some attempt to make him let me go, but he's a wolf. It doesn't work, it doesn't do anything.
"Not so strong now, huh? Aren't you sick of hiding behind other people?" He sneers, dragging me to my feet roughly, before releasing my throat.
Kade punches me in my stomach, to blow so hard that I cry out in pain, keeling over as my entire stomach aches deeply. I knew this to be just a warm up.
"I'm not-" His fast smashes across my face, cutting me off.
Stumbling into a tree, I shake off the dizziness and stare at him, my heart racing. Grasping my cheek, I hiss slightly as pain shoots through my cheekbone.
"Pathetic. How dare you call yourself my daughter?" Kade spits, gripping me by my hair and yanking my head back.
I wince, the action causing pain to explode in my neck, and scalp. Fuck!
"I'm not pathetic." I breathe.
He slaps me across the face, and this time I hit the ground, his strength overpowering. I wanted to stay down, but adrenaline begins to kick in, the fear of survival coursing through my veins as hot as the day I lost my guts.
"YOU DO NOT TALK BACK TO ME!" Kade roars, punching me again as I try to get up.
I smack the dirt, letting out a small sound of pain, and I didn't have to check to know that blood is running down my cheek. Has the bastard really split my cheek open?
Kade didn't let me talk again, as if I'm still the same teenage girl living in the basement half of her life, he beats me black and blue. All I could do was curl up in some way to protect myself, and I did, punch after punch, kick and kick. He drags me back and forth, and I do nothing. My fear becomes frustration, and anger, and the anger quickly boils into a rage that I haven't felt in a long time.
With every bone in my body aching beyond belief, I flip onto my back, and I kick Kade in the balls as he comes at me. Scrambling to my feet as he grips himself, my breathing is ragged as my hand curls into a fist, and I punch him.
It feels new, and it hurt, but damn it feels good. I hadn't realised how much I've missed hitting someone properly until now
"I am NOT PATHETIC!" I seethe, his nose crunching under the ferocity of my fist.
Again and again, I hit him, just like he did me. With every punch, I feel it feed the rage, I feel a little more satisfied. Every time he flinches, I feel a little bit more empowered.
Shoving him to the ground, I stand over him without any mercy. Glaring darkly, wiping the blood from my face that drips.
Kade raises his head, his teeth covered in blood as he gives me a half smile.
"There's the she-wolf I remember." His voice is strained with pain.
For a moment I didn't understand, and then I realise why he's here after five years.
Jackson.
"You came all the way to Italy to piss me off?" I snap in temper.
"No." He groans, slowly getting to his feet.
"I came all the way to Italy because you need help." He says, brushing off his arms as if a little muck is his biggest problem right now.
"I could have killed you!" I spit in rage.
"Glad to hear it! I'd rather you be the predator than the prey." Kade retorts firmly.
"I'm not a wolf anymore." I glare, still extremely pissed off.
"She is dormant, not dead! Say what you will, but it wasn't human strength that just broke my nose." Kade growls, the small sickening crunch of his bone as he sets it back in place reminds me of so many memories.
I hated to admit it, I didn't want to...but Kade is right. I broke his nose, that means I have access to my wolfs strengths, and speed. Perhaps not all of it, but it's enough.
It's more than I've had in four years.
In that second, I felt a shift inside of me. A feeling of hope, determination. Something that I lost because I'd given up, I'd stopped believing in myself.
"I broke your nose." I repeat, and a genuine smile forced itself onto my face, I couldn't stop it.
"You did." Kade nods, offering me a small smile.
I broke an Alphas nose.
Feeling somewhat proud of that accomplishment, I was about to head back into the mansion when I pause. Glancing up at Kade, I ponder for a brief moment.
"Will you train with me?" I ask him. If I'm going to tap into that rage again, I'm going to need him.
Kade visible seems taken back, and yet immediately nodding. "Of course."
With a small nod, I lead my father towards the mansion. If feels a little eerie to have him so close, especially willingly, but in a way I also know he isn't going to attack me.
Who knew one more beating from Kade would beat some sense into me?
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ENDURING {Sequel to Everlasting} ❗️EDITING ❗️
WerewolfLife after the ceremony was different. Kali was completely alone for the first time in her life, no parents making her obey, no mate to confide in. Still, she found ways to adapt. Five years. Five years since she laid eyes on the man she once ador...
