My Best Friends Mate

Chapter Eleven- not awkward at all

Ryans POV
I heard my alarm clock go off. 0600 flashing bright red. I still felt sick from last night. This is horse shit. I
cant be with her because shes not my mate and neither one of us need to be hurt but I cant not be with
her because I knew, I knew without being told I had to protect her. I felt physically sick when not near
her. I decided I would focus on the pack today and training. Kiara would be there but she’d be busy in
the water. My wolf needed to run. I shifted and made my way to the arena. Dustin showed up and
shortly Kiara. The other wolves began to fall in. Dustin took the lead
“Alright, we’re going to add some aquatic training to our normal regimen. My sister Kiara will be taking
to both the pool and the swimming hole and she’ll be showing you all the ropes.” He then turned to
Kiara and said “its all yours”. Kiara stepped up and stood there, confident and sexy but despite her
demeanor, I knew she was hurting. That was the beauty of Kiara. She’s strong physically and emotionally
but she feels just like everybody else. She didn’t let many people see her vulnerable side. Ever since her
parents died, she always felt she had to be strong all the time. I knew I hurt her and I hated it. I hated
most that she was trying to pretend like I didn’t.
Looking at the group of warriors standing before her I see her point and say “you 12 will come with me
first. We’ll start by me just judging your stamina in the water. From there we’ll move onto diving with your hands tied. You’ll retrieve this from the bottom of the pool for me.” She pulled out a quarter.
“After that I will be attaching weights to your bilateral lower extremities and we will work on strength
training…”
“Sounds easy enough!” I heard a voice. It was the Alphas voice. I turned to find him, his beta and the
betas daughter walking in, followed by father and twin brother. Fucking great. I watched them walk over and stand beside me, his daughter
making a point to stand on the other side. What was her name again? Jennifer, I think.
“Please, continue” my father said.
Kiara turned back to the warriors as if his presence there didn’t phase her. "Finally, we’ll end with cold weather maritime training in the river”
Cold weather maritime training? That’s what the navy seals used. How the hell did she know about
that?! My thoughts were interrupted when Jennifer placed her hand on my shoulder and asked me if I
could teach her some training techniques and as if the fates had it out for me, I looked up and there was my brother making his way towards Kiara with a smile on his face. I turned my eyes to Kiara. She was staring a hole into me I think and I knew this did not look good. Goddess, this day couldn’t be over fast enough.

(Music Recommendation. Rise Against "Under the knife")