The Female Warrior

Part Nine: Her

The claw marks soon healed as I spent the rest of the day in the clinic, Alpha Rush had commanded the doc to keep me overnight. I'd be lying if I said the action didn't make my heart flutter. Being a warrior didn't cause me to be exempt from the affects of the mate bond, the bond would continue to grow and play its wicked tricks on me, causing my heart and body to act in mysterious ways...ways I cannot fully control. 

Today, both Alpha's ordered Steven and I to train the new fighters of Black Ash Pack. I knew Rush wanted to see my capabilities, as Samuel wanted to see Steven's .

We stood at the front of the fighters in the pack, "Everyone pair up" Steven commanded

Once they were all paired, we told them to spar. We walked around looking at everyone's techniques and forms; that's when I noticed the problem.

"Everyone, Stop!"

They all turned towards me, as well as the Alpha's and Steven.

"I don't know how they taught you to fight here," I said glancing at a certain Alpha, "but your techniques will get you killed. You all repeat the same sequence and same techniques. It will not take an enemy long to figure out your next moves." Seeing their way of fighting confused me, how could this be the number one pack in the country? Perhaps they relied more on strength than skill. Of course, I had relied on stealth and skill, never much on strength. Who was I to judge?

"You two, come foward" the two fighters moved in front of me, "fight"

They began to fight, using the same techniques and sequences, taking a glance at me every once in a while.

"Do you all see that?" I asked the group of fighters, "When fighting an enemy, you need to use every point of your body; your teeth, elbows, your head. Throw in a curveball to catch your enemy off guard." The wolves all nodded in agreement, knowing my words were true, "Again."

Four hours later and the wolves learned a few new things. I taught some about pressure points and a couple of new moves. We were about to begin running more laps when Mark announced the sighting of rogues through the pack link

"The rogues are at the crossing!" he announced. 

We ran as quick as we could, some slower due to our training. I arrived to the border line seeing some overly excited wolves, along with some tense fighters. Alpha Samuel sat on the grass patiently waiting for the upcoming show, while Rush had a look of confusion seeing all previous BlackRain members excited. It wasn't long before we heard the tearing of clothing and seeing the hulking brown wolf appear in front of us. The half bitten ear, and scar along the back of the wolf's body was one of our favorite sights. Butch's wolf form ran straight into the trees, howling our warrior cry, a sound so guttural and filled with strength.

A crack echoed through the air. 

Showtime.

Six rogues. That's how many we heard cry and scream in agony. We saw and heard their bones crack. The brown wolf zig-zagged through the trees, blood smeared on his snout; a wonderful sight to see.

The excited wolves all chuckled seeing the rogues' limp bodies. The others, however, remained silent.

"That was amazing" Ben applauded as Peter patted Butch on the head.

"Haven't seen that in a while" James added

Butch then shifted back to his human form in all his glory giving a mock bow, "No photos please" he joked. That man could be the quietest, and angriest person I've ever met, but after a killing, he was always as happy as can be.

We were enveloped in our conversation, until we heard someone sob. We all turned to see the girl with red hair, Butch's mate, Ariana.

"H...how could you-you do that to someone" she cried out to her mate, while the tears streamed from her emerald eyes

Was she serious?

"They are here to hurt us, Ariana. They are not allies, they are our enemies, grow up." I sneered, passing right beside her.

She ran away, holding her crying face into her hands. I could see the look of concern on Butch's face. I gave him a nod to follow his mate. Soon, he too was running.

The awkward silence that was left over the field caused everyone to leave. I decided against leaving and stood to face out of the border, watching as a couple wolves went to drag the dead bodies away. Someone needs to investigate how those rogues got so close to our border. Was this the oncoming threat Alpha Samuel was scared of?

As I moved closer to the line, I could feel Alpha Rush near me. The heat he radiated tickled my skin, causing goosebumps to form.

"Killing rogues isn't for sport, its for protection" he said as his hands went through my hair.

I agreed with a nod, unable to form words at the close contact. The bond was working its wicked magic.

"And yet, your pack reveled in their deaths" It came out as a whisper, as if he were talking to himself

I let out a humorless laugh, "did you expect us to mourn them" My eyes landing on his

We stood there in silence for a moment, his hands leaving my hair with an inhale of breath, as if he had just realized what he was doing. The bond is forcing him to act this way, her voice whispered through my head.

"Anyone can become rogue" he stated with a turn. "You should do well to remember that"

My eyes remained glued to his retreating form as something warm had fallen onto my skin, my hand reached to wipe away the tears. It had been a long time since I last cried. Not since...no...I turned my form back to the crossing where the rogues had just been, my job was to investigate, not worry over the ethics of my pack.