A Chosen Daughter

Chapter 26*E

Five minutes later Leah strides confidently across the garden towards Tammy and Marie. Marie has her long curly blonde hair tied up in a high ponytail, and is wearing her standard mission outfit; black boots, tight black armoured leggings, the shine of the material glinting in the sunlight and a black long sleeved, side zipped, form fitting top of the same armoured material. Her bright blue eyes sparkle as she bounces from foot to foot, until she spots Leah.
"Hey" Leah calls
"Hey" Marie smiles in wary welcome, as everyone turns to wave, smile or acknowledge Leah in some form.

Chris standing just off from Leah's group of friends watches his mates every step with eager eyes. Her legs encased in those tight shiny black leggings and boots, made his mouth water; they most definitely show cased her shapely legs and made his hands twitch to grab hold of her hips, pull her close to him as his hands explore that perfect ass. His eyes move upwards, admiring her toned stomach; it looked so smooth and flat, but each step showed her hidden 6pack. He licks his lips as, his eyes sweep up her trim waist to those delicious perky breasts, encased in only a black cropped sports top. Biting his lip he couldn't stop himself from imagining his hands cupping them, squeezing them as his mouth teases. His breath huffs out suddenly as Daniels elbow sharply nudges his ribs. Chris turns to glare at his friend. Daniel smirks and gives the slightest head tilt towards Matt who did not look very impressed with him. Not impressed in the slightest. Chris gives him a tight lipped smile in apology.

"Leah ... what's the plan?" Marie asks quietly, hesitantly. Leah raises her eyebrows surprised Marie was asking "The same as usual! ... It's standard practice by now isn't it?" Marie worries her lip and shares a nervous look with Sophie, Kate and Amber. "Yeeaahh" she draws out "but usually you haven't ... well it's not normally on the back of ..."
"What's she's trying to say is are you going to be ok going?" Kate ventures,
Sophie nods "Yeah mean an hour of drills, an hour of kicking our butts?"
"Not to mention 2 hours going mental in the gym, destroying how many punching bags?" Amber finishes.

Of to the side Chris's eyebrows rise up as his eyes widen in surprise 'holy ... if she's spent the last four hours doing all that in the gym is she even looking after herself right?! Never mind with this mission in addition!' he thinks to himself becoming all the more determined to stay close to Leah while they rescue his pack members and makes a mental note to keep a closer eye on her in future.

The three friends share an incredulous and a very worried look at Leah's smile and obvious suppressed giggles. Marie eyes her warily trying to subtly evaluate her. Biting her lips first to stop the giggles, Leah looks at each of her friends before asking with a delighted smirk, and a voice full of mischief "Are you trying to suggest I've not got the energy for this? That I exhausted myself?!" They exchange a look and a small head tilt of agreement before staring at Leah shocked as their friend throws her head back and laughs. "Sorry ..... Sorry .... it's just so funny" Leah gasps out between her laughter, "Goddess it's getting hard to breath! ...." taking deep breaths she regains control of her giggles "Don't worry about me girls! Think of me as one of those energise bunny's; hard to ware out" she jokes with a wink.

Immediately Chris let's out a strained groan. Leah spins at the sound. Her eyes widen with horror, as her face enflames with embarrassment. His lips tug up into a smile at her. She quickly closes her eyes and spins away from him, her hands coming up to cover her face in embarrassment.

Quiet chuckles ring in Leah's ears for a few seconds, until a low warning growl tumbles along her nerves down her spine. With the slightest of movements and by looking under her lashes, she sees Chris has moved closer and is glaring at everyone around them. A second growl rumbles out to meet the end of the first. A burst of warmth, of gratitude fills her chest. Usually it was her making a stand for everyone else, not them doing it for her. Leah raises her head slightly meeting his eyes, silently thanking him for standing up for her. Chris' eyes soften along with his expression as he smiles slightly. Their gazes remain locked, neither willing or able to look away. Both mesmerised by the others eyes.