My Pet Mate

Chapter 20

*Annabelle's POV*

When Adam woke up Monday morning, he was  feeling a lot better. He apologized ten more times before I finally got through his thick skull and told him everything was fine. After that, Adam got excited to start his new job. I swear this man is going to get whiplash from his own emotions one day.

"I was thinking." I told him as we ate breakfast, "remember when we were talking about training and how a Luna at least learns some self-defense?"

Adam nodded, "Yeah, why?"

"I think that you might be right about it. When everything happened on Sunday I was so dependent on the guards that were with me, I felt a bit useless." I told him.

"You weren't, love. You handled everything well." Adam told me with a smile.

I sighed, "Thanks but maybe self-defense training wouldn't be a bad idea. I mean, I know I'll probably never be able to actually handle a werewolf, but I'll at least be able to defend myself until you or someone else comes in to help." I tried to explain.

Adam looked like he was lost in thought for a minute before he nodded, "You're right. If you want, I can teach you."

"Really?" I exclaimed.

Adam laughed and nodded again, "Sure, it will give us some form of peace as well, knowing that you can protect yourself."

I grabbed his hand from across the table, "Thank you Adam."

"Anything for my love." He responded.

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I regret everything.

This was the millionth time I had fallen on my ass.

We decided to start training this Tuesday in the forest, so we wouldn't be interrupted and Adam could speak more freely about werewolf stuff. He was being careful with me, I knew that, but even Adam knew that he couldn't just catch me every time during this process.

So with heavy heart he trained me without holding back on me. My body is probably covered in bruises at this point, and my arms and legs felt like lead.

"What did you do wrong this time?" Adam asked. He was quite different as a teacher. I could see his Alpha nature was shining through as he explained and corrected me. He would always ask me what was wrong instead of just telling me.

"My stance wasn't strong enough." I told him as I stood up, wincing in pain. I could see Adam wince in response, as if he could feel my pain.

"Correct. Again."

I groaned and got ready again, "I thought it hurt if you hurt your mate?" I asked him.

Adam walked up to me and corrected my stance, "It does, love. It hurts every single time." he mumbled.

"Oh..." was my simple response. I wasn't expecting that. "Maybe we could ask someone else to train me? I don't want you to hurt me. We could ask Jasper or-"

"Anna it's fine. If I'm honest I don't know if I can handle it if another male has his hands all over you. Sorry." Adam spoke.

I rolled my eyes, "It's just training."

"That doesn't make it ok for men to touch what's mine." Adam said with a shrug.

"Alpha males." I muttered as Adam got ready to pounce again.

Adam lunged, and I actually managed to push away and avoid his arm. I was so excited though, that I didn't see his leg coming. He swept me off the floor and I hit the ground with a yelp.