Saviour Mates

Chapter 15: Dandelion

2 weeks later...

"Stop! Alright everyone, take a break. Sparring starts in 5 minutes." Dylan yelled and we made our way to our water bottles. Sticky sweat slid down my face and my arm shook with the effort of lifting my water bottle. It was my second week of training and I was slowly, but surely getting better. However, the unanswered question always lingers in the air. Am I improving fast enough?

We had only made it through conditioning and I was already beyond exhausted. We usually trained physically on Mondays to Saturdays and on Sundays I would learn more about the pack history and battle strategies with Blake and Christy. Most wolves learn the basics to these as they grow up in the pack, but for obvious reasons, Blake and Christy were going more in depth with Liam and I.

I was still shocked to see that the rest of the warriors had enough energy to chit chat and casually sip their water. I had collapsed onto the ground and gulped down half the water I brought. Even Sharon, who only had a week more of training, was doing much better. She had enough energy left to talk and flirt with Dylan.

My eyes wandered over the scattered members of my pack and landed on Liam. He had surrounded himself with a couple other warriors and seemed to be giving them tracking tips. A smile molded its way onto my face at the peculiar sight. I didn't realize the rest of the warriors looked up to him so much.

Liam looked up and met my eyes. He seemed to be chuckling at my shamefully red and sweaty face. Liam began to make his way over to me, but I quickly waved him off. I couldn't focus on sparring if he was standing sweaty and shirtless in front of me. He frowned, but understanding seemed to flit across his face. Ever since that day in the graveyard, we had come close to marking each other twice.

I knew I was the runt of the pack, there was a certain humiliation to it. The whole pack knows Liam and I are supposed to be the saviours of the werewolf race. At this point, things were looking bleak.

Liam was most definitely stronger than me and much more physically fit, but his fighting skills needed to improve. He was taking extra sparring sessions with Dylan while I spent extra time running through the pack territory and lifting weights in the gym.

I was a strong fighter, but I could not fight for long. I lack the stamina and the strength. "You okay down there?" A toned brunette with a pixie cut made her way into my field of vision. Her bright blue eyes were laced with concern as she took in my fatigued body.

"Does it get any easier?" I groaned as I picked myself off the ground and carelessly chucked my empty water bottle over my shoulder.

"It usually takes a month for this training to feel like an everyday routine. Trust me, it isn't always going to be this bad. I'm Vivian by the way." Vivian smiled and handed me a water bottle. "Here, I thought you would need this. Want to spar with me today?"

"Thank you so much!" I graciously accepted the oasis and clutched it to my chest. "I would love to spar with you." We made our way towards the armory and began to pick out our weapons for the day. Sparring was set up in stations that depended on which weapon you chose to fight with.

There was a knife throwing station, archery, swordsmanship, bare [no weapons or shifting], wolf form and several others. "How long have you been in this pack for?" I asked Vivian as I began to strap on my throwing knives, a dagger and black protective gear. Vivian picked the same weapons I had selected and began to sharpen the dull dagger.

"I was born into this pack, so about 22 years." Embarrassingly, Vivian noticed my eyes widen in shock. "I guess it makes sense that you don't know. This is a closely guarded secret kept within our pack. Pack Warriors can only breed Pack Warriors. Makes sense don't you think? Regular packs would've abused this and forced Pack Warriors to breed for the purpose of combat. That's the reason why our pack is so big. Thankfully, we were taken into this pack before the Alphas and Lunas of the regular packs began to notice this."