Bloody Fangs and a Howl

Chapter 7. Training Pt. 2

I squeezed my eyes shut as the burning increases. I completely blocked all passage of air that my lungs so desperately need. Flinging my hands and feet in every which way to regain some sort of control underwater.

I somehow was able to find my head above water and my eyes focused on Bailey's form watching me intently as I splash around. "Bailey!" My voice croaked as I tried to keep water out of my mouth. "Help me, Bailey. I can't swim!" I shouted pleading my body once again going underwater. Arms wrap around me and pull me out onto the ground. I began panting heavily.

I gulped before I spoke, my heart beating erratically in my chest, each thump starts a painful shock through my body.

"W-why would you d-do something like t-that?" I stuttered out as my jaw chatters. The cold sneaking into my skin.
"As a Luna, you would have to face your fears to lead this pack. Water, the source of life and a main element to the moon goddess herself should not be feared of by any wolf of her kin." Bailey explains with an unusual tone in his voice.

"Take me home, Bailey." I whispered looking in the distance. I tried to push at whatever is creeping into my head. Thoughts, memories, visions, images...everything. "We haven't started yet-" he begins. "Take me home, now," I said with my voice more stable as I turned to him. He narrowed his eyes at my shivering figure and wraps me in a blanket and picks me up.

A part of me was thankful for what he did. I understood completely his motivations. This experience was merely a test. Maybe a new impression he wanted to build on me to make me vulnerable, just like what he did to the elk.

Another part of me hated that I wasn't able to handle a little bit of water like that. The fear didn't lie in the water and I'm sure Bailey knew that. It was the fear that I was not good enough. That in times when the pack needs me the most, I would abandon them because I am a coward, a weak 'Luna' that is more harm than good.

"Alright, " he slips an arm over my shoulder gripping me tightly. "Let's get you home, Peachy." He mutters. He carried me on his back along with the duffle bag and holds his kill in his mouth. As he swiftly moves through the trees easily holding the load, I was able to rest mind as his presence actually made me feel warm and at rest even just for a little while.

We slow to a stop and Scarr arrives stopping her training session to aid me.

"What the hell happened to her?!" She barks out. She holds me bridal style and starts shouting orders at pack members. My head lolls to the side to see a pale brunette looking at me with fearful eyes. I recognized her immediately my heart sinking at her weak body curled into the bench away from everything with a book at hand.

"Jeselle." I whimpered out. Her eyes widened and she turns her face away burying her head into the book. I frowned not understanding her timid behaviour.

"I'm gonna make sure you're cosy and comfortable ok?" Scarr says as I just nod my head my main focus on the brunette in the distance. She quickly carries me into the packhouse holding me protectively to her chest snarling at anyone who gets too close.

I close my eyes thinking of Dylan's comforting embrace. Light slaps were placed on my cheeks making me snap my eyes open my vision blurry and my mind suddenly foggy.
"You have to stay awake a little while longer, Celene. Just a little while longer until Josie comes." She says moving away the stray hairs on my face.

"Oh no! Celene, are you ok? What happened to you? I came as fast as I could!" Katie suddenly rushes out petting my head softly. "She will be fine. Just step away from her for a moment." Another voice announces itself. Scarr snarls lowly and scowls at Josie heatedly. Katie places a hand on her shoulder sympathetically. "We need Josie to do what she can to help her right now. Let her go, Scarlette. Please." Katie asks with a pleading look on her face.

"Fine. But if you hurt her, you will be the one held responsible." She points a finger at Josie's face. She reluctantly placed me on the couch and allows the dark woman to examine me.

"No wounds. No bruises or deformities, " she pauses to shine a bright light in both of my eyes making me squirm and whine. "She's fine. She seems to be reacting to her beast. She may have a premature shift but there is no obvious reason as to why." She explains in deep thought.

"That's odd. The next full moon is next week." Micheal pipes up from the kitchen door frame. Katie scrunches her face. "What are you implying, Micheal?" She speaks up.
"Next week, on the full moon, she will be reborn as our Luna. Can't you see? He aura is already strong. I can smell her wolf from miles away." Micheal stated.

The room becomes quiet. Some faces showing concern for their luna and some just as confused as I was. "What does that mean? Am I not strong enough?" I croaked out. He watched me with an unusual face, hiding his true feelings.
"It mean you have to work ten times  harder and ten times smarter to create a strong threshold for you wolf to dwell in. You were born as a weak human after all." He finishes.

I winced at his harsh words. I don't know why but it felt like they had something against humans. I nodded and licked my dry lips. "Get her some water will you." Josie orders an omega. Just knowing that a human like me wouldn't be guaranteed survival as this isn't what I was born into made my heart clench. It wouldn't be the same.

My eyes closed as the cold glass reaches my lips. I gulped hungrily at the refreshing water that soothes my throat. Josie takes the empty glass away from my lips and hands it back to the omega as he bowed and rushed back to the kitchen. "What do you suggest we do to help her?" Alexia says from my siden, her cool fingertips gliding across my scalp making me sigh a little. " I say we set up different courses like training, reading and other stuff to help get her better acquainted with her role."she suggests.

Katie nods satisfied. "Yeah. And we can all pitch in and help her get stronger. What do you you think, Micheal?" Everyone looks in Micheal's direction. He sighs.

"That would be...beneficial. We still have to notify Alpha first before making any big decisions. But for now, let her retire in their shared bedroom for some rest." Micheal finishes. He takes one last glance at me and then leaves.

He seems like a very complicated man. He was so nice and warm, charming even, when we first met. Now his is blatant and straightforward. Scarr wraps her arms around me and heads to the stairs Katie following closely.

Everyone resumes their previous activities as if nothing happened. My eyes drifting close and opening again.

"Celene? Hey." She snaps me out of my daze gently with a smile. "It's alright, ok? You just need to rest for now. Tomorrow we will decide if you will continue training or you will just stay inside and do something else that isn't too much for you to handle." She looks at me for my response. She turns the doorknob and gestures Scarr to enter.

"What? Are you saying I can't handle a lil training? I'm hurt." I said faking a look of sadness on my face trying to ease the tension. Katie giggles and Scarrolette cracks a smile.

They laid me on the soft sheets and I immediately sank into the mattress. His scent forever stained into my brain embracing me. I sighed for what felt like the hundredth time and closed my eyes.

Soft fingers trace along my cheek to the skin between my shoulder and my neck: where my mark shall bear for all to see.

"Sweet dreams, Celene. When you wake up you will feel better and we will see what we can do for you, alright?" Scarr says. She reaches out before she pull back her hand and Katie glances at her as if understanding what she was going through. She taps Scarr's hands before they leave me alone in the room.

I turn my body away from the four and curled into a little ball, a pathetic attemp at giving myself a false sense of security and will myself to sleep.

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