Love Thy Shadow, Satan (LTSS) [#Wattys2018]

Chapter 4 - Ambushed... The Start of War

2 months later ...

Josiah's POV (Faith's Father)

My little princess just turned 12 yesterday. I smile as I envision her ageing before my eyes - she's going to become a fine woman in the future. I can feel it.

Today, everyone's practicing hand-to-hand combat in their human forms. Moonlight is known for having human forms that are stronger than most wolves, but (little do they know) we make sure to keep our wolves up-to-par too.

I've been leaning on the fence with all the younger by-standers for the past half hour, there are as many as 15 boys aged between 11 and 19 - all who have gathered here after being humiliatingly defeated by my daughter. I smile, I have to hand it to them, they just don't give up - no matter how many times they fail, they line up for a rematch the next day. They must still be stuck in a state between denial and shock - they got their ego handed to them by a blind, 12 year old she-wolf.

Currently, Faith's readying to start today's last sparring session - I'm been quietly waiting here for Faith to finish so I can take her out for some father-daughter bonding. Now... I know I seem a little clingy, but I want to spend as much time as possible with her before she finds her mate. My smile falters just thinking about it - I won't be her favourite anymore. Her mate will become more important for her, she might not even come meet me for weeks, like Gamma Ronman's daughter. She won't depend on me at all when that time comes.

"Daddy, please stop pouting! You're an Alpha, for Goddess' sake!" I hear Faith call out.

(Huff)... I am NOT pouting.

I don't pay much attention to my surroundings as I try and figure out how her mate must be... will she love him more than me? My wolf and I don't like the sound of that.

"Daddy! Will you PLEASE stop making that face?! You're scaring the kids!" Faith called, as soon as the growl escaped my lips.

Will he look after her well? Or will he be a jerk and break her little heart? I see red as soon as this thought occurs. If he so much as makes my baby frown, I'll kill him! She deserves only the best - if not a prince then he must be a king. A handsome one. With a heart of gold and a high-ranking position. I'm not asking for too much, am I?

Although it's frowned upon in other packs, having a female Alpha has never been an issue in Moonlight. As long as the female is strong and possesses the dominant Alpha gene, she is more than qualified to lead. Her blindness was an issue at first, but her exceptional abilities have been proven to overshadow those of her peers and even her mentors. She is already the strongest member of my pack, maybe even me - but that still remains to be discovered.

"We're ready, daddy! On your signal!" she shouted as she took her position on the field - way too eagerly for my taste. I hate having my princess participate in combat training, what if she gets hurt? However, as the future Alpha, she must train regularly and keep at the peak of her strength. Faith completed all her combat-training lessons (in all fighting styles) by the age of 9, including all her Secret Arts studies. I guess that may be partially due to the fact that I started training her at an earlier age to ensure she completed them before she was handed her title - she ended up mastering it all before those her age had even started training!

Training for Faith is an obsessive hobby - recording her own progress and reducing her own weaknesses. My princess would rather bow to a vampire than willingly call defeat before a fight. She is now accomplished in karate, judo, kendo, boxing, kickboxing (and the list goes on)... Heck! She even street-fights with humans when she's moody!

I walked up to the centre of the grassy field and turned to face her opponents for today - Jared and Liam (Beta Garry's son). Liam has matured to don the same build as his father - a wall of pure muscle, it's a wonder how he can still move with above-average werewolf agility. Jared, although of Alpha blood, seems to have a slim-but-built figure - increasing his speed and hit-count.