The Rejected Alpha (Book 1 of the Rejected Series)

Chapter 5

I watched the young warrior in front of me. I knew that I was letting that whoever was controlling Levi that I could fight, but I didn't care. This boy needed his ass handed to him.

The young Warrior sneered at me, walking arrogantly into the circle. He stood bare-chested in front of me, and I could tell that he was wanting to make me "drool". "What do I get if I win?" he asked. He looked me up and down, licking his lips. "I can think of one thing I would like to try."

"You will be a part of the Elitist group, no questions asked," I replied, coldly, talking about the group that was strictly for the best of the best.

"Al-" one of the experienced Warriors started to say but stopped when I moved my hand to silence him. He closed his mouth but frowned. He was a part of the Elitist group, and I could tell that he didn't like where this was going.

"If he can beat me, a Beta that has trained with the King's sons, then he is welcomed in the group." I gave him a look, causing him to smirk.

The young warrior's eyes widened in shock when I said that. Fear and hesitation filled his eyes, and I could tell that he hadn't known that. "I-I change my mind," he said, trying to move out of the circle. He looked behind him to see that the pack had closed it before looking back at me. He showed me his neck, submitting, but it was too late. "I-I want to apologize for... disturbing the training session. I-I didn't mean to."

I gave him a blank look, stepping into the training circle. "Bull shit," I replied, causing him to wince. "You wanted to do this, so we are doing this. Next time, do not open your big mouth and do what I say. Do you understand me?"

The young male gulped and nodded his head. He knew better than to question my judgment because he knew that it could be bad on him. "Yes, Alpha," he said, causing me to smirk.

"Good, now get into position."

***

The young male, Kaden, got into his fighting stance. He kept his eyes on me as I walked around him, trying to find a weakness. He ducked underneath my kick before sliding his feet underneath the foot that was still on the ground.

I hopped over his legs, doing a frontflip just for show. I landed on my feet, facing him. "Nice try," I said. "You need to be quicker than that." I ducked underneath a couple of his punches before delivering a hard kick to his ribs. "Arms closer to your body. I shouldn't have been able to do that."

"Yes, Alpha," he growled out in pain. He clutched his side and closed his eyes, a bad mistake on his part because the next thing he knew, he was on the ground facefirst. He bit back a groan and opened his eyes to see me staring down at him.

"Pay attention. Do not close your eyes to the pain," I said, jumping back as he lunged for my feet.

"Well, you would have done that," he retorted, causing the pack to shake their head.

"I would've ignored it," I replied, tersely dancing around his punch and delivering another kick to his back. "What was that?" I asked, hearing him mutter something underneath his breath. "Did you call me a bitch?"

Kaden didn't say a word. Anger flickered through his eyes, and I could tell that I was getting him riled up.

I bit back a smirk, knowing what I was doing, and leaped over him when he lunged at me. "Come on, let him out," I taunted, causing him to growl out. "Better yet, learn control over your Wolf. You and your Wolf need to be one if you want to win any fights."

Kaden snarled and lunged at me, his Wolf taking control. His whole form shifted into that of a Wolf, causing a gasp to go through the crowd. His eyes were black as night, and I could tell that he was angry.

I shuddered but not in fear. I knew that I would be able to handle an untrained angered young Wolf, having done it many times in my fighting career, but I knew that I couldn't let Levi know how much I had grown in fighting.

Whoever was controlling him did not need to know, and I prayed to the Goddess that I would still be able to win this fight without all of my skills. I just had to make it seem like it was a close battle, even though I and the rest of the pack knew that it shouldn't be.

After a lot of ducking and rolling out of the way from him, I bored and tired of fighting him. So, I decided to end it by jumping onto the back of his neck and wrap my legs tightly around his throat. "Submit," I snarled, clenching tighter as he started to buck around. "Now!"

Kaden's Wolf growled and slammed me into a tree. He tried to reach around and snap at my legs, but it wasn't possible. After a few long minutes, Kaden's Wolf stopped trying to attack and just stood there, gasping for breath. His whole body shook as he shifted back into his human form, not able to hold it any longer.

"Well?" I snarled, ignoring the fact that I was on a butt naked male.

"I-I submit," Kaden gasped. He was about to pass out, and I knew that he had learned his lesson.

I nodded my head and let go of him before hopping off. I pulled the rope off of my arms and tossed it near him. "Rule number four: always admit defeat but don't dwell on it. Try again harder in training and next time, you might be able to beat me."

And with that, I turned away and started to walk away before stopping. "Training is over for today. Good work everybody." I walked over to Levi and picked up my shirt from where he had dropped. "Sir," I said in acknowledgment before starting to walk away again.

I closed my eyes and sighed, lifting my face towards the Sun. Goddess, protect us, I prayed. Protect us from whatever evil lies await.